Arrests over racist chants at university
Corpse sex fetish man has 'extraordinarily low IQ'
Half of parking fines cancelled
Police shake-up planned after city centre violence
Snow warning for drivers in High Peak
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Read MoreRichard Ford is appealing against his 45-year prison sentence, imposed for public protection.
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Parents in Swadlincote have been told they could face fines of £100 if their children breach anti-social behaviour notices.
Sgt Graham Summers said they handed out several notices over half-term, which if ignored or broken will lead to fines.
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BBC News
A large, travelling exhibition known as the Museum of the Moon is making its way to Leicester Cathedral tomorrow, marking the start of British Science Week.
Image source, Luke Jerram
Image source, Robert SilsThe display is a seven-metre wide representation of the moon, using highly-detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface.
The exhibition has also toured Marseille, New York and Hong Kong.
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BBC News
Nottingham boss Ian Costello has named his side to face Ospreys Premiership Select in the British and Irish Cup tomorrow evening.
Image source, Nottingham RugbyThe match was initially supposed to take place in December, but it was snowed off.
Josh Poullet (pictured) captains the Green and Whites for the first time, with Jack Spittle and Joe Cobden both starting in the back division.
Tony Roe
BBC East Midlands political editor
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been visiting female entrepreneurs and business leaders at an event in Alfreton.
The gathering, staged to coincide with International Women's Day, featured companies from across the East Midlands.
Leicester's pack have been told they must up their work rate by new forwards coach Mark Bakewell
Read MoreA service for the homeless which won a temporary reprieve from closure has now announced it will shut at the end of the month, external.
Five people died in the blast that destroyed a shop and the flat above it in Leicester.
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Dave Wade
BBC News
Grime star Lethal Bizzle has tweeted his support for Rufaro Chisango, who tweeted a video of alleged racist chanting at Nottingham Trent University.
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe London MC retweeted BBC Breaking News' post about two arrests in connection with the alleged racist slurs earlier today along with a black fist emoji.
He also replied to the student's original tweet asking the university "what u lot doing about this??!?!?!???????!"
Peace Proscovia has taken the netball world by storm. She was the top goal scorer in the Vitality Superleague last season, she is now in her fourth season at Loughborough Lightning and she captained Uganda to their first ever Commonwealth Games qualification.
But it wasn't an easy journey. Peace grew up in a small village in Uganda, where her parents couldn't afford to pay for her education and she was expected to be married from the age of 16.
BBC's Betty Glover went to meet Peace to find out how she went from the Arua District, to the world stage.
(Peace Proscovia playing for Loughborough Lightning. Credit: BBC Sport
Dave Wade
BBC News
A prisoner who threatened to kill a police officer and a judge and have sex with their corpses has challenged his 45-year sentence.
Image source, Lincolnshire PoliceRichard Ford was serving a 30-month sentence at HMP Nottingham for possessing a knife when he made the threats from his cell in January 2016.
The 39-year-old was jailed for ten counts of making threats to kill a police officer, members of prison staff, a judge, a fellow inmate and a former partner at Lincoln Crown Court in December 2016.
At the Court of Appeal today, his barrister, Sam Robinson argued his sentence should have been less than 10 years - the maximum term for threats to kill.
Ford was a man of "extraordinarily low IQ", he said, who, having been behind bars for other offences, had become "institutionalised" and committed crimes in order to stay in jail.
The judges, led by Sir Brian Leveson, reserved judgment on Ford's appeal until a later date.
Mike McCarthy
BBC Radio Leicester Sport
Leicester City manager Claude Puel says he won't have any problems bringing Danny Simpson back into the side.
Image source, Getty ImagesSimpson was left out of the squad for last weekend's 1-1 draw with Bournemouth, but is set to be recalled with Daniel Amartey sidelined for a month with a hamstring problem.
Quote Message"It's not difficult, it's just competition between players. Amartey made good progress in this position. Danny came back from his injury and perhaps needed more time to get back to the right level. These players are close."
Claude Puel, Leicester City manager
Ryszard Masierak's lorry was involved in a crash that killed eight people after he stopped in the inside lane.
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BBC News
Professor Edward Peck, the vice chancellor of Nottingham Trent University, has tweeted about alleged racial slurs aimed at a student in a halls of residence.
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Rufaro Chisango uploaded a video of the apparent abusive chants to Twitter while locked in her room.
The university has apologised for delays in responding to the allegations.
Leicester winger Riyad Mahrez says he has had no problems with his team-mates since his failed move to Manchester City.
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BBC Radio Leicester Sport
Leicester City manager Claude Puel has admitted his side have lacked confidence since they rebuffed Manchester City's approach for Riyad Mahrez.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Foxes haven't won a Premier League match since 20 January, a run which began with a 2-1 defeat at Everton on transfer deadline day.
"It was a strange atmosphere around the team," said Puel. "We lack confidence after this game."
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BBC Radio Nottingham
I've just been to the scene of a small fire at the Jury's Inn in Nottingham.
Firefighters told me guests and staff have been temporarily taken to the Premier Inn hotel on London Road.
I’ve been told it’s all over now.
