Nottingham Post

A speeding driver who seriously injured two people when he caused a crash which sounded like "a bomb going off" was jailed for three years, external.

Sisters Abbie and Poppie Sisson were unhurt in the concert bombing but still struggle mentally.

Nottinghamshire all-rounder Samit Patel signs a new deal until 2020, which will take his stay at Trent Bridge to 18 years.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

There have been rumours for years of a Canadian tank from World War II being buried in Leicester.

It's thought one was left in Stokeswood Park in New Parks after the war and Dorian Gamble, who has grown up in the area, said he is keen to know if the stories are true.

But the city council is warning people not to start digging around looking for it.

Image source, Imperial War Museum

Local historian, Vince Holyoak, said the area was a massive British depot for storing vehicles made in America, Canada and other places before D-Day.

"They were fitting them ready for combat and shipping them to Normandy," he said.

"Then a bit later the same vehicles were coming back battle damaged and they were repairing them there."

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

Forces in the East Midlands have taken to Twitter to pay tribute to the victims of the Manchester bombing on the one year anniversary.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

A "£50m" bid to revamp Bradgate Mental Health Unit is being put together after hospital bosses said it was no longer fit for purpose.

Health chiefs revealed the plan at the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Joint Health Scrutiny Committee, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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Dr Peter Miller, chief executive of the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, said without the investment inspectors may not improve the rating for the unit, at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital.

He said some of the issues highlighted would require the unit to be rebuilt to comply with the CQC.

A report published by the Care Quality Commission, external last month found the unit "requires improvement".

Inspectors found the trust admitted males to female areas, some shower rooms did not have shower curtains, wards had ligature risks and areas where staff could not easily observe patients.

The plans to revamp the facility include single en-suite rooms rather than dormitory accommodation to address dignity and privacy issues.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

An 86-year-old man has died after a crash involving two cars on Lings Bar Road, Gamston yesterday.

The crash happened at 10.40 at the junction of Tollerton Lane between a blue Daihatsu Siron and a blue Nissan Micra.

Nottinghamshire Police asked anyone who saw what happened to come forward with information.

Image source, Google

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

A Muslim cook in Leicester has been telling the BBC about the changing ways families are choosing to break their fast during Ramadan.

Six days into Ramadan Anisa Karolia, who has a cooking channel on YouTube, said she's noticed more people are choosing not to eat traditional Indian food.

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Instead they're choosing pasta, Mediterranean dishes or even a full English breakfast. She thinks the shift is down to more people travelling and being introduced to different cultures' foods.

She said that despite this it doesn't make it feel any less like Ramadan.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

Arsenal FC have been fined £20,000 after their players protested over a penalty awarded to Leicester City in their 3-1 defeat to the Foxes earlier this month.

The FA imposed the sanction after Arsenal players surrounded the referee at the King Power Stadium on 9 May and said the club failed to ensure their players "conducted themselves in an orderly fashion".

Jamie Vardy converted the 76th-minute penalty with other goals coming from Kelechi Iheanacho and Riyad Mahrez in Leicester's first Premier League win over Arsenal since 1994.

Image source, Getty Images

Chris Doidge
BBC Radio Derby, political reporter

Plans for an Islamic secondary school in Derby have run into a problem because the city council's officers are recommending that it should be refused planning permission.

Those behind the plans had wanted to use part of the old Derby Telegraph building on Meadow Lane but it's thought to be too much of a flood risk.

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They're also recommending a block of 77 student flats in Agard Street is refused planning permission.

One of the reasons for this is that it could have an unacceptable impact on air quality. Officials are worried the creation of a "canyon" (caused by several tall buildings going up on the street) could cause nitrogen dioxide levels outside to jump by 28% if the building goes up.

A final decision on this is expected next Thursday.

The man who stabbed Aqib Mazhar to death remains at large almost two years after the killing.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

Firefighters worked through the night in Harworth after about 5,000 litres of hydrocarbon thinning chemicals were spilt inside a warehouse.

Image source, Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service

The fire and rescue service said it was called to a building on Bawtry Road at about 22:30. Other businesses on the industrial estate area were evacuated whilst crews worked to clear the spillage.

Image source, Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service

There were 11 appliances at the scene including a specialist Environmental Protection Unit.

The incident had been dealt with by 06:45 this morning.

Three cars boxed in the vehicle before a gang of men attacked with knives and bars

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after a stabbing in The Meadows yesterday.

A 33-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries, after the assault in Tarbert Close just before 16.00.

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Ch Insp Al Pearson said officers were carrying out regular patrols in The Meadows "to tackle any issues as well as reassure local residents".

She told officers her waters had broken after she was pulled over for being uninsured.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

A Nottinghamshire fish farm has tipped the scales and smashed the record for fish production.

The Environment Agency's fish farm at Calverton produced nine tonnes of fish last year, which was up from the six tonne haul they reported the year before.

Tench, bream and chub are some of the nine breeds reared to boost low numbers in rivers and lakes across the country or replace populations lost to pollution.

Alan Henshaw from the farm said: "They're being transported in the best possible condition because when we get to the other end we can introduce them nice and slowly, and it just gives them time to get used to their new surroundings and then off they go."

The team put these new records down to mixing up species to find groups that grow well together, producing bigger, stronger, fitter fish that are more likely to be disease-free.

BBC Radio Derby

Three people working at Derby Hospital's Radbourne Unit, for people with mental health conditions, have been moved after concerns were raised by a whistleblower.

The complaint about patient care, staff attitudes and decision making on ward 36 came from someone working at the unit.

The Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Trust said it has launched three reviews into the concerns raised.

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Melton Mowbray Scouts said the wall, which was on a trailer, was "not easy to hide".

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

Police investigating the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old man in Nottingham nearly two years ago have released this video footage of the moment he was killed.

Aqib Mazhar was travelling along Russell Road in the Forest Fields area in June 2016 when a group of men in three vehicles blocked his car.

Mr Mazhar was attacked with bars and knives inside his vehicle.

Five men have been jailed for a combined total of more than 44 years following the death but the person who dealt the fatal blow has never been held to account.

Detectives would like to trace the man circled in red and a £10,000 reward has been offered by Crimestoppers.