Prayers for woman, 100, who died after mugging
Rolls-Royce staff await job news
Guns N' Roses star buys miniature train ticket
Heavy rain due to hit East Midlands
Derby Central Library closes for good
Warning after animal euthanasia drug goes missing
Latest updates for Monday 11 June 2018
BBC Sport
British tennis women's number one Johanna Konta is the star name at the Nottingham Open, which gets under way today.
Fellow Britons Heather Watson, Gabriella Taylor, Katie Swan and Leicester's Katie Boulter are also due to play at the event.
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Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Derbyshire have signed Scotland batsman Calum MacLeod and national coach Grant Bradburn for this summer's T20 Blast competition, external.
The 29-year-old (pictured) has played 85 times for Scotland and scored 140 off 94 balls to help them beat England yesterday.
Bradburn is a former New Zealand international who has been Scotland's head coach since 2014.
Image source, Getty ImagesRolls-Royce says more technical issues affecting types of its Trent 1000 aircraft engine have been discovered and will require further inspections.
The firm has been working to fix a problem with the compressor in the Trent 1000 package C engines that power Boeing's 787 Dreamliner jet, forcing planes to be grounded while they are fixed.
The company said on Monday, external it had now found the same issue on a "small number of high life Package B engines".
It said that while this would incur some additional cost, it would not affect its financial targets for the year.
Image source, Rolls-Royce
Jennifer Harby
BBC News
A man has taken on one of the Tour de France's most gruelling peaks on Nottingham's iconic Raleigh Chopper bicycle.
Matt Richardson scaled the 21 hairpin bends of the famous Alpe d'Huez, which have an average gradient of 8.1%, in memory of his father and to raise money for charity.
"It's really designed for rolling around to the corner shop and buying a Beano and a quarter of peardrops," he said. "It's not really designed for racing up a mountain."
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BBC News
A Sikh from Leicester has become the first to wear a turban while Trooping the Colour.
Guardsman Charanpreet Singh Lall, 22, told BBC Breakfast News he was very proud and hoped it would inspire others.
"It's not that different to wearing a bearskin," he said. "It was still very hot and I was sweating a lot out there."
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Regular visitors to Derby's Central Library have told BBC Radio Derby they're "extremely disappointed" by the city council's decision to close the building.
The library's doors officially shut for the final time on Saturday afternoon after 139 years.
Library staff have begun the process of moving thousands of books to several library sites across the city - including to the new Riverside Library at the Council House in Corporation Street.
Martin Pickering, who has been using the library for 25 years, said: "It's been relevant for many people for generations - my grandparents and great-grandparents went there. For Derby it's a jewel that's going to be gone."
Derby City Council said it "recognises that the Central Library will be greatly missed, but the Riverside Library will continue to offer a valuable service for the local community".
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Not great news.
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Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Today's BBC Sport football gossip column features speculation Derby County's top scorer from last season Matej Vydra is wanted by Leeds United.
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BBC News
All together now... ahhh.
This is Travis, the newest recruit on Nottinghamshire Police's dog section. He's a 10-week-old Labrador who will start training to become a passive drugs dog.
It looks as if he's already got that monkey banged to rights.
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BBC News
Prayers were said in Derby yesterday for Sofija Kaczan, the 100-year-old woman who died last week after a mugging left her with a broken neck.
Worshippers gathered at the Polish church on Gordon Road where Sofija was a regular member of the congregation.
Flowers had been left in memory of Mrs Kaczan, who died in hospital nine days after being attacked in Normanton.
A mass is also being said at the church this morning.
A 39-year-old man is in custody after appearing in court on Saturday charged with her manslaughter and robbery.
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BBC News
Police have issued an appeal to try to track down the missing contents of a "large animal euthanasia kit" which has disappeared from a stolen Land Rover.
The vehicle, which was reported missing from the Newark area, was tracked down in Staunton in the Vale.
However, a 50ml bottle of the drug Somulose is unaccounted for, officers say.
The drug can cause death in humans.
Police are calling on anyone who finds the drug to contact them so it can be recovered. If anyone takes the drug to a police station, care should be taken to avoid contact with the liquid.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceGavin Bevis
BBC News
Drivers have been warned traffic will be very heavy in the Castle Donington area all morning as thousands of rock fans make their way home from the Download Festival.
Up to 60,000 people attended the event over the weekend, which was headlined by Avenged Sevenfold. Guns 'N Roses and Ozzy Osbourne.
North West Leicestershire District Council said congestion was set to last until the early afternoon, external and drivers should avoid junction 23a of the M1 if possible.
Image source, Matt Eachus
BBC Newsbeat
Download Festival brought a whole lot of guitars and screaming to Donington Park at the weekend.
Newsbeat headed out to find who had the best scream, pitting bands like Parkway Drive, Asking Alexandria and You Me At Six against each other.
East Midlands Today
People living in Newark are being sent travel packs encouraging them to walk and cycle more.
The personalised packs, which include tips on routes and advice on how to cut back on car journeys, are being delivered to around 9,000 homes in the town.
Nottinghamshire County Council has been given £845,000 to run the Travel Choice scheme for two years.
Nevine Malek
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
Police say they are stepping up patrols in Nottingham following reports of a serious sexual assault in the city centre over the weekend.
Part of Maid Marian Way, near the Britannia Hotel, was closed off following the attack in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Officers say they are keen to speak to anyone who may have been in the area between 03.00 and 05.00 on Saturday.
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BBC News
A motorcyclist has been left seriously injured , externalafter being involved in a crash with a car in Leicester at the weekend.
Police said the collision - which involved a Suzuki bike and a Ford Fiesta - happened near the junction of Melton Road and Sandringham Avenue at about 01:20 on Sunday.
No-one else was injured. Witnesses have been asked to contact Leicestershire Police.
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BBC News
A Leicestershire MP has said a decision by the Health Secretary to allow medical staff to learn from mistakes when treating patients could prejudice an ongoing court case.
Jeremy Hunt's decision follows the death of six-year-old Jack Adcock at the Leicester Royal Infirmary which saw the doctor involved - Hadiza Bawa-Garba - struck off following an appeal by the General Medical Council (GMC).
Bawa-Garba's appeal is due to be heard in July and Alberto Costa, Conservative MP for South Leicestershire, said: "I cannot see how this will not prejudice the ongoing court case".
Among the measures introduced by Mr Hunt are a recommendation that the GMC will no longer be able to appeal against the findings of doctors' disciplinary hearings.
"If I were counsel for Bawa-Garba, I would certainly be arguing in court that the secretary of state has accepted recommendations removing the right of appeal of the GMC. In other words, the appeal wouldn't be in the High Court in the first place," Mr Costa said.
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Rolls Royce is to hold an investor meeting on Friday after refusing to comment on what it calls "media speculation" that it plans to cut 4,000 jobs.
The Sunday Times said many of the job losses would be in Derby, involving middle-management and back-office staff.
While Rolls-Royce has confirmed it does want to cut costs, it won't comment on the paper's claims.
Financial expert David Buik told BBC Radio Derby he expected factory floor staff in Derby to be largely unaffacted by the cuts.
He said: "When you consider that the quality of the engines, which has to be paramount, and the fact Rolls-Royce makes an enormous amount of money out of servicing these engines, some of which I understand last about 30 years, the idea you could cut the workforce in that area, which is a very specialised job, strikes me as a non-starter.
"I suspect very sadly it is going to be the middle management that suffers."
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
A warm day, but watch out for those heavy showers...
Jennifer Harby
BBC News
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