Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

Leicestershire Foxes wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi has urged his team mates to "play with a smile" as they look to end a five-game winless run in the T20 Blast.

Image source, Getty Images

The Foxes won their first four games of the competition, before losing their next four and seeing last night's match with the Notts Outlaws abandoned because of the rain.

"It is a tough game," former New Zealand international Ronchi told BBC Radio Leicester.

"But if we go out there with a smile on our face and just enjoy it as much as we possibly can and not think about results... things will work out better."

The Foxes host sixth-placed Lancashire Lightning on Friday evening.

Reuters

Experts from the University of Nottingham are using the internet in an attempt to try and root out modern day slavery in northern India.

Image source, ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images

The team are using Google Maps' satellite images to identify brick kilns, sites that are notorious for using slaves, including children.

"The key thing at the moment is to get those statistics right and to get the locations of the brick kilns sorted," Dr Doreen Boyd said.

"There are certainly activists on the ground that will help us in terms of getting the statistics and the locations of these brick kilns to [government] officials."

Anti-slavery activists said the project could be useful in identifying remote kilns or mines that would otherwise escape public or official scrutiny.

Image source, PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

A former military hospital which housed sick and wounded soldiers during World War One is to be honoured next week.

Image source, Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council will award a green plaque, external to Wicklow Lodge, in Melton.

A former hunting lodge, it was transformed into a military hospital in 1914 and between 1915-19 it treated over 1,000 military personnel.

Local historian Derek Simmonds nominated the building for the award. He said: "I was in the county records office and was shown a list of military hospitals in Leicestershire during the First World War.

"I was astonished to find out that Wicklow Lodge treated 1,484 sick and wounded soldiers."

Image source, Hulton Archive/Getty Images

BBC Weather Watchers

Here's how this morning's sunrise looked at East Midlands Airport. Thanks to Loki's Keeper for the pic.

Image source, Loki's Keeper

Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

People in Hatton have been describing their shock at hearing thieves used a digger to rip a cash machine from a supermarket, external in the village early this morning.

One said: "It is frightening because it does seem to be happening rather a lot now, all over the place."

Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

Twycross Zoo has announced its new arrivals have been named Eva and Ceba. Here's a cute video of them finding their feet.

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

Regent Road is suffering from the closure of a section of London Road...

Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

Police say a man was left concussed after being robbed by a "violent duo", external in Derby's Arboretum Park.

The victim also suffered facial injuries when he was punched to the ground and kicked on the floor by the pair at about 17:15 on Monday.

Witnesses are urged to contact Derbyshire Police by calling 101.

Image source, Google

Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

Derby County boss Gary Rowett has been talking about tomorrow night's season opener at Sunderland.

He told BBC Radio Derby Sport no matter how much effort players put in during pre-season, the first ten minutes of the season are always a shock to the system.

Mansfield Town chief executive Carolyn Radford changes roles to become a BBC East Midlands Today reporter for the day,

Relive all the action as Sunderland draw with Derby and Nottingham Forest beat Millwall on the opening night of the new EFL season.

Find out your team's fixtures in the Championship during the 2017-18 season.

Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

Broadmarsh car park will close on Monday ahead of its planned demolition, the council has announced, external.

The car park and bus station are being pulled down and rebuilt as part of a £250m redevelopment, external.

Image source, Nottingham City Council

The council said construction of the new Broadmarsh was due to get under way earlier next year with the new car park and bus station reopening in late 2019 and the new shopping centre opening in 2020.

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

The former owner of a restaurant that featured on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on Channel 4 has been sentenced for tax fraud.

Image source, Google

Arfan Razak, 49, ran the Curry Lounge on Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham, and was found to have lied on his VAT returns to the tune of £64,741.54.

Razak, of Melton Road, West Bridgford, owned the restaurant between 2006 and 2015 and appeared on Gordon Ramsay's programme in 2007.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) began examining the business after a series of unusual tax returns and it found sales were being suppressed on the VAT returns.

During the investigation, Razak provided fake bank statements to try to cover up his crimes.

He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the fraud, suspended for two years.

Image source, GERRY PENNY/AFP/Getty Images

"Razak first tried reality TV to keep his restaurant going, then crime - and both failed," Stuart Taylor of HMRC said.

"Now he is paying the price for thinking he could cheat the honest majority who do the right thing."

Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

Derby's Melissa Reid currently sits second on five under par, external after completing her first round at the Women's British Open in Fife.

Her round included seven birdies and two bogeys. America's Michelle Wie currently leads on eight under.

Reid finished joint 65th in the tournament last year.

Image source, Getty Images

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

The barrier fault on the Newark-Nottingham line has been resolved...

Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

This is the scene at the Nisa supermarket in Hatton after thieves used a digger to rip a cash machine from the wall, external early this morning.

Police said four men loaded the cash machine onto a trailer attached to a 4x4 and then drove off.

Facebook

We've had a few comments on Facebook, external about this morning's problems with level crossings around Newark.

Tony Walker wrote: "They need a full review of whether it is safe to have level crossing gates on major routes is this on the main east coast line. they are skimping on the expense of putting in a bridge which are much safer."

John Cooper responded: "Shouldn't be too dangerous if they're stuck down! Also, apart from the cost its clearly not practical to build bridges everywhere, particularly in town centres."

Notts County owner Alan Hardy takes over reporting duties on BBC East Midlands Today to get supporters up to speed with the close season.