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Updates on Wednesday 7 February 2018
Gavin Bevis
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A man suffered serious injuries after being punched in the face in Nottingham city centre.
Police said the 25-year-old was attacked in Pelham Street at about 03:00 on Saturday 16 December.
Officers said they wanted to speak to the man in these CCTV photos about the assault.
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A power cut is affecting 932 homes and businesses in the Kingsway area of Derby.
Western Power Distribution says it's aiming to have electricity back on by 14:30.
Image source, WPD/GoogleThere have been more than 40 cases of scarlet fever reported in Nottinghamshire in the last week alone - three times as many as last year, external.
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Dennis Skinner and Theresa May enjoyed a little exchange about the NHS during PMQs a little earlier.
The prime minister also wished the Labour member for Bolsover a happy birthday.
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Incidents of racism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination are up by 38% in England's top four leagues compared to this time last year, anti-racism body Kick It Out has said.
There have been 111 incidents since August - 64 in the Premier League and 47 in the Championship, League One and League Two, compared to 40 and 29 respectively at the midway stage of last season.
One of them involved a Leicester City supporter who was fined after admitting shouting homophobic abuse during the Foxes' home game against Brighton in August.
Image source, Getty ImagesMore of the white stuff fell on the East Midlands last night. These pics were taken at Crich Stand, Gedling Country Park and Normaton upon Soar.
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Image source, David SBThe resident's parking permit was hidden by snow on the windscreen.
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Safety advice has been issued to tram operators across the UK after a pushchair became trapped in the closing doors of a Nottingham tram and dragged to another stop.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch said, external the empty pushchair was carried from Radford Road to Hyson Green Market when its plastic rain guard got caught up on 15 December. Nobody was hurt in the incident.
Image source, GoogleInvestigators concluded tram operators should take "urgent steps" to make sure visual checks are carried out on closing tram doors before vehicles depart.
They added drivers cannot rely on existing locking systems to flag up if anything has become caught up.
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Hayley Compton
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
While Elon Musk has been making headlines by sending the Falcon Heavy rocket into orbit, Nottingham's been contributing to space exploration by letting people sleep.
Ten people were picked for a scientific study by the University of Nottingham to simply lie in bed for three days to simulate the effects of weightlessness - as if they were in space.
The test is running in parallel with a 60-day bed rest study by the European Space Agency in Toulouse and will see participants, known as "Pillownaughts", stay on a hospital bed with their feet above their head. Bodily fluids then mimic the way they would during space travel.
Dr Natalie Shur, who is leading the experiment, said: "We are looking into how quickly detrimental changes occur such as muscle wasting and the onset of pre-diabetes. There are other models to test this but this is the most tried and tested."
It is all part of work to make the human body capable of handling the stress it would endure during a trip to Mars.
George, 10, was diagnosed with tinnitus after hearing strange noises and getting headaches.
Read MoreLee Williamson pulled into a bus stop to give a homeless man food and clothes and was later fined £70.
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Plans for a 6.5% increase in the policing part of council tax paid by people in Notts are likely to be approved today.
A meeting of Nottinghamshire's Police and Crime Panel will discuss the proposal, announced by the county's police and crime commissioner Paddy Tipping.
It would mean the average band D household paying about £12 extra each year to fund 80 additional police officers, bringing the total to 1,940.
The meeting today will also look at how the force can save money on its properties, which currently cost just under £6m a year to run.
Those plans include a proposal for Nottinghamshire's first tri-service hub in Hucknall, which would see the town's ambulance station in Annesley Road extended with new space for police and fire crews.
Plans to build more than 70 flats on a patch of land near to Highcross shopping centre have been submitted to Leicester City Council, external.
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If you can bear to watch, here are the goals from last night's 8-1 FA Cup defeat for Notts County at Swansea City.
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The crash on the A52 near Ockbrook involved five vehicles. It's been cleared but there are still delays.
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Kevin Stanley
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
You may have seen hundreds of workers huddled in the cold this morning, after a fire alarm forced them to leave their office block at the City Gate Complex.
The building on Toll House Hill is home to various businesses including the Nottingham Post.
Staff were sent to safety points at a nearby hotel. It's not known if this was a real fire or a drill but they were allowed back in at 09:30.
Leicester Comedy Festival has provided a stage for many of the UK's big-name comedians.
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Work is continuing this morning to assess the environmental damage caused by a chemical spill in Heanor yesterday.
A 1,000 litre container of chemical waste containing cyanide was punctured while it was being moved around on a forklift truck.
Seven workers from the Heanor Gate Industrial Park had to be decontaminated but they were not hurt during the incident.
Authorities say there's no danger to the public and drinking water hasn't been contaminated.
Gary Platt, firefighter in charge of the cleanup operation, said the Environment Agency were there first thing today.
"Samples are being taken this morning, but measures were put in place last night to stop it from entering any other water sources. We covered and flushed drains to prevent further spillage."
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