Labour councillors defect to Toriespublished at 18:08 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Chris Baron and Lee Anderson both blamed campaign group Momentum for their decision to quit.
Read MoreSummary
Craig Keogh jailed for rape and murder of Jane Hings
Keogh will serve at least 32 years for killing 72-year-old woman
Mariam Moustafa: Italian authorities offer help
Labour councillors defect to Conservatives
Student demands compensation over strike action
Apology to motorists after long delays in Nottingham
Updates on Tuesday 20 March 2018
Labour councillors defect to Toriespublished at 18:08 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:03 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Dedicated live coverage for this region has now ended for Tuesday, but some news, sport and travel updates will continue to appear overnight.
East Midlands Live will return from 08:00 tomorrow morning.
More student doctors to train in Leicesterpublished at 18:03 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThe University of Leicester will soon be able to train 49 extra student doctors.
In 2016 the Government announced it was going to expand undergraduate medical training by 1,500 places nationally.
Image source, University of LeicesterLeicester was allocated 19 of those for students starting in September 2018.
That figure has been increased again for the following academic year with 30 additional places - that's 49 more student doctors than the university has now.
Police 'destroy' hundreds of weaponspublished at 17:58 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsPolice in Leicester have destroyed more then 200 confiscated knives.
Image source, Leicestershire PolicePolluted site to be transformedpublished at 17:47 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Maryam Qaiser
BBC NewsThe former Avenue Coking Works in Derbyshire, which was once one of the most polluted sites in Europe, is being transformed.
The site between Alfreton and Clay Cross was closed down more than 25 years ago.
Millions of pounds has been spent turning the once toxic wasteland into a country park and sports pitches.
Work has also begun on building 500 homes on the site.
Footage of rapist and murder's arrestpublished at 17:36 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Craig Keogh attacked 72-year-old Jane Hings in her own home.
Read MoreMan jailed for 72-year-old's rape murderpublished at 17:31 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Craig Keogh is jailed for at least 32 years for raping and killing Jane Hings while high on cocaine.
Read MoreJane Hings murder: Neighbours 'disgusted' at killingpublished at 17:27 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsPeople living in Fleckney have been reacting to the rape and murder of their neighbour Jane Hings.
The 72-year-old was raped and murdered by Craig Keogh in September last year.
Gritters out ahead of frostpublished at 17:18 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsIt looks like it's going to be another chilly one tonight.
This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on TwitterThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Skip twitter postThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
End of twitter postJane Hings murder: Keogh claimed 'sex was consensual'published at 16:46 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsKeogh was arrested for the murder of Jane Hings on 26 September last year - two days after her death.
The 26-year-old initially told detectives that he had recently met Jane and had been undertaking odd jobs for her.
He claimed that on the night of her death she had offered to pay him for sex and that it had been consensual.
He claimed that when he left the bungalow, Jane was alive but complaining of feeling unwell.
Selby struggles continuepublished at 16:39 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Mike McCarthy
BBC Radio Leicester SportLeicester's Mark Selby looks to be struggling for form heading towards the World Championships.
The world number one defends his title in Sheffield next month but lost 6-3 to Ryan Day in the opening round at the Players Championship earlier.
Image source, Getty ImagesSelby hasn't made a final since winning the International Championship in November.
A semi-final appearance at the World Grand Prix is his best performance in the nine tournaments he has entered since.
Watch: Killer caught on CCTV shortly after murdering womanpublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThis CCTV footage shows Keogh in Fleckney with a black bin liner shortly after he murdered Jane Hings.
Police believe items belonging to Ms Hings were likely to be inside the bag.
Keogh took the items he stole from Jane to a pawnbrokers in Leicester where he received about £100.
Ms Hings' phone was also stolen by Keogh - this was found in a drain near a betting shop in Granby Street in Leicester.
CCTV footage shows a young person dropping the phone down the drain. He said Keogh approached him in the street with the phone and said “get that gone”.
Jane Hings 'would have suffered greatly' in attackpublished at 16:06 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsPolice have described what Keogh did to Jane Hings as a "terrifying attack on the frail woman".
Keogh entered Miss Hings' bungalow and attacked her before killing her, "almost certainly" - Leicestershire Police say - by suffocating her with her pillow.
Quote MessageI cannot imagine the terror and pain that Jane suffered that night at the hands of Keogh. She lived alone in her bungalow, was vulnerable and largely dependent on the support of friends and neighbours, not least to walk her beloved greyhound Paddy. She was a vulnerable, fragile lady whom I’m afraid would have suffered greatly during the sustained attack.”
Det Ch Insp David Swift-Rollinson, Leicestershire Police
Man murdered Jane Hings after getting high on cocainepublished at 15:45 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsFormer factory worker Keogh raped and murdered Jane Hings (below) in the early hours of 24 September after getting high on cocaine on a night out.
A trial at Birmingham Crown Court heard Keogh raped Ms Hings twice before smothering her with a pillow and stealing her belongings.
The next day, he sold jewellery he had taken from her home and bought drinks and food for friends.
Mr Justice Jeremy Baker told Keogh he had shown no remorse and acted in a "callous" way after the killing.
The judge said: "The reason why you decided to kill Jane Hings was to prevent her from being able to identify you as the person responsible for having burgled her home and raped her.
"Bearing in mind what you had done, your conduct the next day [in selling the victim's jewellery and buying drinks for friends] was callous in the extreme."
Man jailed for rape and murder of Jane Hingspublished at 15:14 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
BreakingAmy Woodfield
BBC NewsCraig Keogh has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years in jail for the rape and murder of 72-year-old Jane Hings at her home in Fleckney.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceThe 26-year-old has been sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court after being found guilty of murder, two counts of rape and burglary yesterday.
East Midlands pot holes comparedpublished at 14:53 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThink pot holes are bad in your area? Well, apparently we're not doing too badly in the East Midlands.
In Leicestershire and Rutland the percentage of A-roads in need of maintenance were in the lowest 10 local authorities in the UK.
In Rutland, on average just 1.5% of A-roads were in a poor state of repair while the rate in Leicestershire is 1.6%.
By contrast, Nottingham has the seventh worst with a rate 11.6% of the city's A-roads in need of maintenance.
Image source, Richard Danny MacRaeIn Derby the problem seems to be with the B and C-roads. Derby City Council is the eighth worst local authority with 13% of minor roads needing maintenance.
The government said it was investing £6bn in improving local roads.
Apology to motorists after long delayspublished at 14:42 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Maryam Qaiser
BBC NewsHighways England has apologised to motorists in Nottingham who were delayed during this morning's rush-hour.
It said work to resurface the A52 overran because equipment had broken down.
The westbound carriageway was shut for several hours between the A60 and A453 causing lengthy delays across much of the city.
Image source, GoogleThey said it needed to make sure the road was in a safe condition before being used.
It reopened shortly after 09:30.
Rugby: Genge set for Tigers returnpublished at 14:09 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Mike McCarthy
BBC Radio Leicester Sport
Image source, Getty ImagesLeicester Tigers prop Ellis Genge is set to make his first appearance since December.
The 23-year-old England international needed shoulder surgery after Tigers' match at Wasps, but will be available for Sunday's return fixture in the Premiership.
Quote MessageGengey's trained really well through that Anglo-Welsh break. He's worked really hard, he's done all the contact, he's hit all his markers and he'll be available at the weekend."
Matt O'Connor, Leicester Tigers head coach
MP welcomes defected councillorspublished at 14:06 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsMansfield MP Ben Bradley has welcomed the Conservative party's newest members in Nottinghamshire - former Labour councillors Lee Anderson and Chris Baron.
This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on TwitterThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Skip twitter postThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
End of twitter postMr Anderson is the former office manager for Ashfield's Labour MP Gloria De Piero.
In a statement she said: "If he has had a political change of heart and decided to leave the Labour Party and join the Conservatives, that's a matter entirely for him."
Mariam Moustafa: Italian authorities offer helppublished at 13:52 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Maryam Qaiser
BBC NewsThe Italian Consul General in London says his government and authorities in Egypt are offering all possible help to shed light on the death of Mariam Moustafa in Nottingham.
The 18-year-old who had dual Italian-Egyptian nationality died last week, three weeks after being attacked in the city centre.
Image source, FacebookMassimiliano Mazzanti said: "It has become an international case, so naturally our general prosecutor will link with the UK authorities on the issue to try and get the elements they can to understand why this young girl was actually attacked and the reason behind the attack.
"We want to be sure such case will not go unpunished."
Nottinghamshire Police said they have identified six suspects they believe to be involved and say there is no evidence the attack was hate-related.