Sophie Cook
BBC Radio Leicester producer

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A group of young people from the Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts have been nominated for an award at the 2018 Into Film Awards. , external

Their short film, Mystery of the Wishing Star, will compete in the Best Live Action, aged 12 and Under category.

The winners will be announced at a star-studded red carpet ceremony at London's famous BFI Southbank.

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Gavin Bevis
BBC News

The American Adventure theme park may be long gone but part of it lives on in a Derbyshire suburb.

When the park closed in 2007, large parts of it were auctioned off - including this log flume boat which now sits in front of a house in Alfreton.

It belonged to the mother of Lorraine Pyke, from Sutton-in-Ashfield, who's now trying to find a new home for the carbon fibre boat following her death.

She told BBC Radio Nottingham: "My mum's husband was a bit of a one for buying absolute anything he could on eBay.

"He saw this one day, bid on it and won it - so he had to go and dig it out of a guy's garden in Ilkeston.

"He turned it into a working fish pond and my mum absolutely adored it."

She continued: "But at the minute it's just a memorial and it's got to go. There are so many things people could do with it.

"It would be nice to know it's going somewhere where it can still be viewed and enjoyed."

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Police say they're increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 21-year-old woman who went missing after visiting Buxton yesterday, external.

Jasmine Mairs, from Fairfield, was last seen near Argos in Spring Gardens at about 17:00.

She was dressed in an orange jumper and black leggings, police said.

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East Midlands Today

A Nottingham woman whose son was murdered in a knife attack has made an appeal to families ahead of Mother's Day.

Luke Moran, 25, was fatally stabbed to death at a house party in Clifton in 2011.

His mother Jane is backing a police awareness campaign, Lives Not Knives. which encourages parents to warn their children they're more at risk if they carry weapons.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

This could make a few people late for work this morning.

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

A cold, frosty start to the morning but warming up for the weekend.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Severn Trent is continuing to give out free bottles of water, external to customers whose supplies are still disrupted by a number of pipe bursts caused by last week's cold weather.

The firm said the situation had "continued to improve" overnight but there were still a number of homes without water in the Ashbourne and Buxton area.

It said its efforts to resolve the problem had been hampered by some of the valves it needed to access being buried under deep snow.

Free bottles are being handed out at Ashbourne's Shawcroft car park, Sudbury Hall and Buxton Market Place.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Two men who were arrested after a video of racist slurs being shouted at Nottingham Trent University emerged have been released while investigations continue, external.

Rufaro Chisango tweeted the video of the abuse which apparently included "we hate the blacks" while locked in her room at a halls of residence earlier this week.

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The two 18-year-olds were arrested yesterday on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offences

Notts Police said an 18-year-old woman was also released after being interviewed in connection with the incident, which is being treated as a hate crime.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Happy Friday everyone. We'll be bringing you all the latest news, sport, travel and weather throughout the day.