Fundraiser 'used profits on flop single'published at 07:56 British Summer Time 4 September 2018
Lorry driver Gary Gardner diverted funds to make a song, a court heard.
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Lee Rigby fundraiser 'spent profits on music single'
Sooty puppet sells for £14.5k
'Ferocious' crowbar attack man jailed
Call to remove all Nottinghamshire's phone boxes
Fire-damaged railway station bridge to reopen
Festival drugs 'contained anti-malaria tablets'
Hansom Cab returns to its Hinckley roots
Derby flat fire was suspected arson attack
Live updates on Monday 3 September
Fundraiser 'used profits on flop single'published at 07:56 British Summer Time 4 September 2018
Blind woman takes on the Great North Runpublished at 00:45 British Summer Time 4 September 2018
Sarah never thought exercise was for her after she lost her sight seven years ago.
Read MoreLeicester boss O'Connor leaves clubpublished at 19:57 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
Leicester Tigers head coach Matt O'Connor leaves the club with immediate effect, 48 hours after losing 40-6 at Exeter in their opening Premiership game of the season.
Read MoreSooty puppet sells for record pricepublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
Auctioneers said they were "delighted" the original puppet invented in 1948 had sold for such a high price.
Read MoreFurther arrest over teenager shootingpublished at 18:38 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
Police said a 30-year-old man is being questioned and remains in custody.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
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Weather: Spots of rainpublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with the chance of a few spots of rain, but there may be a few clear breaks too. Another mild night.
Tomorrow looks set to stay mostly cloudy with just the odd spot of rain possible. However, a little more sunshine should develop later in the day. Feeling cool.
Child porn claim over nappy rash photospublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
The photos had been taken by a Leicestershire grandmother after she was told to by social workers.
Read MoreDeaf toddler hears for the first timepublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
The parents of Max Brett, who had a cochlear implant fitted, wanted to share the "incredible moment".
Read MoreFlag and trophy design for Tour of Britain chosenpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
Kit Sandeman
Local Democracy ReporterThe official starting flag and trophy for the Tour of Britain's Nottinghamshire stage have been revealed, after a county-wide competition for children.
Image source, LDRSThe winning flag design was drawn by six-year-old Sam Radburn, from Cropwell Bishop Primary School.
The winning trophy design was won by Eva Smith, 8, from Lantern Lane school in East Leake.
Sam will wave his flag to start the race and Eva will present her trophy to the winner and they'll get front-row seats as the tour speeds through the county this Saturday.
Eva said she likes cycling, but is more of a fan of drawing. Sam said flags and cycling are his two favourite things.
The Nottinghamshire stage of the race starts at 10:30 in West Bridgford on Saturday and is expected to finish in Mansfield at about 15:20.
Norovirus causing fewer ward closurespublished at 17:12 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThe number of outbreaks of norovirus at Royal Derby Hospitals has been cut by half over the last six years, according to a report.
The spread of the highly-contagious winter vomiting bug has led to 26 full ward closures at Royal Derby Hospital since 2012.
Image source, LDRSIn that time, 427 patients and 161 staff have been affected by the virus, the Local Democracy Reporter Service reports.
Health bosses said these cases have been combated and contained through the use of an inflatable door, pioneered in Derby, which seals off the contaminated ward.
Image source, Getty ImagesIn 2012 there were eight full ward closures; 131 affected patients and 38 affected staff. These figures have decreased since then to four ward closures; 46 affected patients; and 11 affected staff in 2017-18.
Driver cut out of car after crashpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
Dave Wade
BBC NewsA woman had to be cut free after a car overturned in a crash near Market Bosworth earlier.
Image source, Leicestershire Fire and RescueLeicestershire Fire and Rescue said it happened on the A447, near the Bull in the Oak pub in Cadeby, at about 12:50.
A woman from a separate vehicle was also taken to hospital in Coventry.
Neither women had injuries believed to be life-threatening.
The road was re-opened by 14:30.
Lee Rigby fundraiser 'spent profits on music single'published at 16:53 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
Press AssociationA charity fundraiser who collected thousands of pounds for the son of murdered fusilier Lee Rigby spent profits on producing a music single he knew would be a "flop", a court has heard.
Jurors heard how Gary Gardner raised at least £24,000 from various events but only £4,000 made its way to any charity because of his "enthusiasm for promoting emerging music artists".
Image source, PAAs well as the production of the single, jurors heard the defendant also used the profits for travel expenses in London as he allegedly transferred funds from the charity bank account to his own personal account.
The 56-year-old lorry driver put on three truck-pull events in the Leicestershire village of Medbourne and also in Market Harborough - fundraisers which were attended by thousands of people, including Fusilier Rigby's widow Rebecca and his son Jack.
Prosecutor Sam Skinner said: "He spent questionable amounts of donors' money on travel and expenses for himself in London. He has not given Jack Rigby or his trust fund any money.
Gardner, of Old Holt Road, Medbourne, denies three counts of fraud. The trial continues.
Could our water bills be reduced?published at 16:37 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
Quentin Rayner
East Midlands Today chief news reporterSevern Trent is pledging to bring down household bills in the five years to 2025.
As part of a price review by the water companies regulator Severn Trent has set out how it is going to meet customers needs in a detailed business plan for the next five years from 2020.
Severn Trent is pledging to spend £6.6bn to improve services. Its most eye-catching pledge is to cut bills by 5% as long as it meets targets on issues like leakages.
It'll help pay for the reduced bills by paying lower returns to its investors. The company is also pledging to deliver efficiencies of 13% by forcing down costs.
Progress made on railway improvement projectpublished at 16:11 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
East Midlands TodayA £200m project to improve the railway in Derby has reached the half way point.
The upgrade of signalling and track has meant serious disruption for passengers, but Network Rail has said the majority of services are resuming today - including Cross Country services, and East Midlands trains to Crewe and Nottingham.
The company says the project is on course for completion on 8 October.
High demand for second hand furniturepublished at 16:10 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
East Midlands TodayA charity has told the BBC it's seen a huge rise in demand for used furniture from families in need.
SOFA sells second hand furniture from a warehouse in Loughborough. It relies on donations and the money raised goes back into the charity.
Tony Warren, from SOFA, said demand for their service has risen 65% in the last year.
Hayley Wright used the charity to set up home with her two children. She said the charity "changed her life" by allowing her to furnish her home.
Kewell relishing pressure of Notts jobpublished at 15:53 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
Notts County boss Harry Kewell welcomes the pressure of having to turn League Two's basement side into promotion contenders.
Read MoreSooty puppet sells for £14.5kpublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
Dave Wade
BBC NewsAn original Sooty puppet from the 1950s children's show has sold for £14,500 at auction.
The puppet, which is 70 this year, far exceeded it's guide price of £2,000-£3,000 when it went under the hammer in Derbyshire today.
Image source, Hanson's AuctioneersHarry Corbett bought a glove puppet for seven shillings and six pence to entertain his children on holiday in Blackpool in 1948. He used soot to blacken its nose and ears and Sooty was born.
It belonged to Dr Steven Abbott, 58, from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, after Mr Corbett gave it to his father, musician Arthur Abbott, whose stage name was Art Johnson.
Mr Abbott, now retired, said he was "delighted".
"We knew he was a genuine Sooty from the TV show but were allowed to play with him.”
The anonymous buyer at Hanson's Auctioneers said: “I’m delighted. Sooty will be going to the north of England to take his place in my large, private collection of TV puppets and memorabilia.”
Man, 85, pushed over in robberypublished at 15:27 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
Dave Wade
BBC NewsAn 85-year-old man answered the door to a robber in Nottingham, police have said.
Image source, GoogleIt happened in Christina Crescent, Cinderhill at about 21:15 last night.
The man answered a knock at the door only to be pushed over and have his wallet stolen by a man, described as white and in his late 20s.
'Ferocious' crowbar attack man jailedpublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 3 September 2018
Dave Wade
BBC NewsA man who launched "a ferocious and unprovoked" attack on another man with a crowbar has been sentenced.
Dawid Rzeszowski, 28, had concealed the weapon up his sleeve before he started attacking a man, who he knew, in Leicester.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceThe 50-year-old was left with a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain for which he had to have specialist surgery as well as a broken leg, Leicestershire Police said.
A friend of the victim suffered a broken thumb after trying to stop the attack by Rzeszowski in Marshall Street at about 18:00 on 11 May, the force added.
Det Sgt Lisa Ariss described it as "a ferocious and unprovoked attack in broad daylight on a street where families live".
Rzeszowski, of no fixed abode, appeared at Leicester Crown Court today where he was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years for GBH with intent and a further 18 months for GBH without intent.
He will serve the sentences consecutively, meaning a total sentence of nine years.
