Family in death appeal three years onpublished at 14:38 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2018
Mark Cookson was involved in an argument in the street three day's before his body was discovered.
Read MoreSummary
Hundreds of jobs lost at former Boots' factory
Body found in Market Harborough
Murder victim's brother hopes to keep killer behind bars
Families back bid for new QMC scanner
Angry driver beeps at emergency ambulance for 30 minutes
Concern over age of Derby's taxi fleet
Updates on Wednesday 21 March 2018
Family in death appeal three years onpublished at 14:38 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2018
Girl, 15, charged over fatal stabbingpublished at 08:03 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2018
Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News OnlineA fourth teenager has been charged with murdering a 17-year-old who was chased and stabbed in Nottinghamshire.
The 15-year-old girl is due before Nottingham magistrates later accused of Lyrico Steede's murder.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceLyrico died six days after suffering a number of injuries in the attack in Stock Well, Bulwell, in February.
Demolition work at shop blast site endspublished at 21:04 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
The explosion which killed five people including a mother and her two sons "will scar the city".
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Dedicated live coverage for this region has now ended for Wednesday, but some news, sport and travel updates will continue to appear overnight.
East Midlands Live will return from 08:00 tomorrow morning.
Man charged in human trafficking investigationpublished at 17:52 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA tenth person has been charged with conspiracy to commit slavery, trafficking and exploitation in Derby.
The man was arrested in Latvia as part of a large-scale modern slavery investigation - he was extradited to the UK yesterday where he was charged. He's since appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court and remanded into custody.
Quote MessageHaving left the UK in September 2017 - Derbyshire Constabulary and the State Police of Latvia have worked in collaboration to trace [the suspect] and bring him back to the UK to face these charges."
Det Sgt Carl Chetwyn, Derbyshire Police
RAF pilot was former Nottingham studentpublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThe pilot of the Red Arrows aircraft that crashed at RAF Valley in Anglesey on Tuesday went to school in Nottingham.
Flight Lt David Stark was injured in the crash which killed his colleague Cpl Jonathan Bayliss. He has been treated in hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
Image source, Royal Air ForceLt Stark was born in Switzerland but later moved to the UK and studied at Nottingham High School before joining the Royal Air Force in 2005.
Firearm prisoner absconds from jailpublished at 17:38 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA man convicted for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life has absconded from HMP Sudbury.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceAdrian McNeish was at the Category D prison after being given a nine year sentence in 2015.
He also has links to the Croydon area.
Road set to reopen after explosionpublished at 17:32 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsDemolition work at the site of an explosion in Leicester is now complete - work to reopen the affected stretch of Hinckley Road is now under way.
Leicester City Council has said it's aiming to reopen the offside inbound lane by the end of this week. The other lanes will remain closed while safety work continues.
Repairs to the pavement are to be carried out and safety hoardings put up before the footpath and road can be reopened in full.
A security cordon is to be reduced but will need to remain in place while utilities work is carried out.
Five people died in the explosion on 25 February that was caused by petrol being spread through the shop.
A temporary residents’ support point will close today but a local community recovery committee is being set up to guide the community recovery efforts over the coming weeks and months.
Police pay visit to Indiapublished at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC NewsA police force has been visiting its counterparts in India, learning about how they protect women and girls from violence.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceLeicestershire Police spent five days with the Madhya Pradesh force.
Ch Supt Kerry Smith said: "We are involved in providing the policing link from the UK... to understand and to directly improve police and victim services to women."
Expansion of city cemetery completepublished at 16:32 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC NewsThousands of new burial plots have been created as part of a £300,000 expansion of a city cemetery.
Image source, GoogleThere are now 3,000 new burial spaces at Saffron Hill Cemetery, in Leicester.
These new plots are on the land of the former Dorset Avenue playing fields.
The project has also seen the installation of a new road and pathways, improved drainage, fencing and seating.
Police appeal to find jewellery ownerspublished at 16:06 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsDoes any of this jewellery belong to you?
It was recovered by police in Nottingham following a search warrant.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceFormer Boots factory to axe 400 jobspublished at 15:15 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
BCM has been making health, beauty and toiletries for Boots since 1883.
Read MoreSpot checks renew taxi safety concernspublished at 15:12 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Four out of five vehicles inspected by the police and city council were immediately taken off the road.
Read MorePM welcomes defecting councillorspublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC NewsTheresa May has welcomed the defection of two councillors from Labour to the Conservatives.
Image source, AFPOn Tuesday, Chris Baron and Lee Anderson, both Ashfield district councillors, blamed campaign group Momentum for their decision to defect.
Speaking in the Commons, the Prime Minister, said: "And what did one of them say?
"They said 'both locally and nationally, the Labour party has been taken over by the hard left who are more interested in fighting internal, ideological battles than standing up for the priorities of working men and women.'
"Conservatives will always welcome people who care about their local area and we will always stand up for people in their local area."
The Labour leader of Ashfield District Council, Cheryl Butler, said the pair had let people down who voted for them by defecting.
Tennis: Boulter set for Miami Open debutpublished at 14:40 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC NewsKatie Boulter begins her Miami Open campaign later after coming through qualifying to make the main draw.
Image source, EPABoulter, 21, from Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, faces the world number 61 Su-Wei Hsieh.
PCC opposes badger culling in Derbyshirepublished at 14:12 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThe Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire has written to the government in support of vaccinating badgers to prevent the spread of tuberculosis instead of culling them.
It follows the government’s announcement that badgers may be culled in nine new counties in England, including Derbyshire.
Image source, PAHardyal Dhindsa has concerns about the shooting of badgers in the Derbyshire countryside.
Quote MessageBadgers are a protected species under the 1992 Badger Protection Act and evidence shows that shooting badgers is not a viable solution to the spread of bovine TB. I am urging the government to reconsider its position and to continue to invest in the vaccination programme in this county and beyond.”
Hardyal Dhindsa, Police and Crime Commissioner
History of BCM and Boots in Nottinghampublished at 13:50 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThe company BCM - which has today announced 400 redundancies - was formed in 1981 as the manufacturing arm of Boots The Chemists. Previously called Boots Contract Manufacturing, it made healthcare and toiletry items for Boots stores throughout the UK.
Image source, BCMOver the years Boots went through a lot of changes - first merging with Alliance UniChem and then Walgreens.
Image source, BCMDuring this time BCM became a stand-alone business but it was still owned by Boots and made products for their stores.
Last year Boots sold BCM to the company Fareva.
A consultation into potential job losses at the Nottingham site will start on Monday and last until May.
Student rowing challenge for Sport Reliefpublished at 13:18 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Kevin Stanley
Reporter, BBC Radio NottinghamDozens of pupils from the Bluecoat Beechdale Academy in Nottingham are attempting to row a total of 1,857 miles – the equivalent of a trip from Barcelona to Brussels and Amsterdam.
It’s all being done to raise money for BBC Sport Relief.
Student Rosie said: “Our teacher tried reverse psychology to get involved – he kept saying ‘you don’t have to do it’ – so eventually I felt really bad and decided to get do it.”
Horn honked at ambulance for 30 minutespublished at 12:50 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Paramedics were also "verbally abused" by the man in the altercation, the ambulance service said.
Read MoreHigh Court refuses planning permission appealpublished at 12:45 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThe High Court has thrown out an appeal against a refused planning application to build 170 properties in Countesthorpe.
Image source, Blaby District CouncilIn November 2016 Blaby District Council refused permission for Catesby Estates to build on the land next to Leicester Road and Foston Road.
This decision was challenged at the High Court but that was thrown out. The judge said the developers case fell "well short" of convincing him that the council’s strategy for meeting the development needs of the district was out of date.