Shopkeeper 'admitted causing shop blast to fellow inmate'
Police car attacked with sledgehammer
'Pure luck' no-one died in trailer crash
Intu shares plummet after takeover scrapped
Woman hurt by falling chimney pot
City centre fire started in student's bedroom
Yellow weather warning across region
Trains back on after disruption
Forest and Villa in 10-goal thriller
Updates for Thursday 29 November 2018
East Midlands Today
A man who has made scores of dressing gowns for Sir Elton John, including one he wears in this year's John Lewis Christmas advert, has finally met the superstar.
Daniel Hanson, a tailor from Nottingham, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer last year, said the singer has been a client for years.
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Part of the roof from the front of a Leicester ASDA store has been torn off during Storm Diana.
The damage to the canopy at the front of the store meant it had to shut briefly at around 10.00 as firefighters tried to reattach it and make sure it was safe.
Image source, Ben BrownA spokesman for the supermarket chain confirmed they are working to fix it and the Oadby store has now reopened with customers using a rear entrance.
Image source, Karl JamesCaroline Lowbridge
BBC News Online
Inquests have opened into the deaths of two prisoners at HMP Nottingham.
Robert Frejus, 29, was pronounced dead at the prison on 9 October after being found within his cell looking face down.
Prison officers were alerted by his cellmate.
Image source, PAWyndham Thomas, 41, died at the Queen's Medical Centre on 6 November after being found hanging by a ligature in a shower block at the prison.
He was pronounced dead after life support was withdrawn.
The inquests were both adjourned.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Strong winds battering the East Midlands have blown a chimney off the roof of a building in Belper.
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The yellow weather warning covering the East Midlands has been extended as the storm moves east across the country.
The Met Office is now warning of strong winds - up to 65mph in some areas - until 17.00.
This means delays to journeys are "likely".
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Police have confirmed several other vehicles were damaged in a crash on the A50 last night after a vintage car fell from a trailer.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceA lorry had to swerve to avoid hitting the car and ended up in a ditch between J5 and J4 near Etwall.
Three other vehicles were also damaged when they hit debris from the car that was in the road.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceThe stretch of road was closed in both directions for more than six hours overnight.
No arrests were made but the driver of the trailer will receive a summons to appear in court for having an insecure load.
It was "pure luck" no-one was killed when the Jaguar Mark 2 came off a trailer on a busy road.
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Trains are not running between Nottingham and Newark Castle because a person was hit by a train on the tracks.
This is disrupting trains on the Leicester, Lincoln and Grimsby route and the Matlock, Nottingham and Newark Castle route.
It is not expected to clear until 12.00.
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Newsround
Viv Anderson has been looking back on his football career with his three young children.
Forty years ago the defender from Nottingham became the first ever black footballer to play for England's national team.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A German woman living in Derby has told the BBC she feels so uncertain about Brexit that she's leaving the UK.
Liane Scholz has been in the UK since 2014 with her Canadian husband.
Image source, Liane ScholzMs Scholz "absolutely loves" living in Derby but the couple are planning on starting a family and she needs "steady work".
She said: "It's been so stressful not knowing what the outcome is going to be if we're going to be able to work and live here, so everything is on hold."
Image source, Liane ScholzLiane and Michael currently have two potbelly pigs Ludwig and Wilbur.
Liane Scholz said the pigs were like her children and she's very worried the change in animal transportation rules may change after Brexit and could result in them being separated.
They're fundraising to buy a van they can modify and transport the pair out of the UK before March next year.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
This poor owl has been rescued from the River Soar at Cossington Meadows.
The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust suspects the bird collided with overhead wires whilst hunting.
Image source, Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife TrustThe trust said: "From the way it flapped its wings, one of them is almost certainly broken."
The owl has been taken to the Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital but it's thought it may never fly again.
BBC Business News
The owner of the Intu Derby and Nottingham's Broadmarsh and Victoria Centre has seen its shares plunge after a takeover bid was abandoned.
Image source, GoogleShares in Intu, which owns 18 centres sank 38% after a consortium led by Peel Group dropped a £2.8bn takeover plan. The consortium blamed economic uncertainty and market volatility.
It is the second time this year Intu has been jilted. In April, Hammerson abandoned a bid of £3.4bn.
Intu said it would continue investing in its shopping centres, but would be paying lower dividends to investors in the short term.
World number 121 Joe O'Connor says beating world number 12 Ryan Day in the UK Championship was the best win of his career.
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BBC News
A woman from Hinckley says she has received 15 fines for £100 after she checked the wrong box on her prescription form.
Kareena Lees, who is autistic and has several other mental and physical conditions, is entitled to get her medication for free because she receives Universal Credit.
She said the problem was that officials haven't yet changed the design of the NHS prescription forms to include Universal Credit so she deliberately ticked an incorrect box.
Ms Lees said if she were to pay the fines she wouldn't have enough money for food. Her support worker said this has caused her a lot of distress and anxiety.
The Department of Health told the BBC it was aware of the issues with the current forms and a new prescription form is currently being designed to include a tick box for Universal Credit and will be rolled out in due course.
BBC Sport
Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa contested one of the games of the season last night, which ended in a remarkable 5-5 draw.
Forest had led 2-0 and 3-2 in the first half through Lewis Grabban, Joao Carvalho and Matthew Cash's goals but Abraham's first-half treble put Villa level at half-time.
Image source, Getty ImagesJoe Lolley's long-range hit restored the visitors' lead shortly after the break, before Tobias Figueiredo was sent off and Abraham capitalised, heading in from Jack Grealish's free-kick to make it 4-4.
Villa then took the lead for the first time when Anwar El Ghazi curled in, but Grabban's near-post finish earned Forest a remarkable late point as they scored from all five of their efforts on target.
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BBC News Online
A Nottinghamshire couple were left "devastated and heartbroken" after jewellery with "great sentimental value" was taken in a burglary, police said.
Burglars took a wedding ring, diamond bracelet and a necklace which belonged to the victim's dead mum on Wednesday last week.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceCash and morphine tablets were also taken from the home in Watnall Road in Nuthall in the burglary which happened between 11.00 and 13.20.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceAston Villa and 10-man Nottingham Forest play out an incredible 10-goal draw as Tammy Abraham hits four for the hosts.
Read MoreFunds of £18,000 are needed to return the 12 metre-long "coal mining" installation back to Cardiff.
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It's hard to believe just 40 years ago Nottingham Forest's Viv Anderson made football history for being England's first black player.
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Strong and disruptive winds could hit the East Midlands today with the arrival of Storm Diana.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind covering Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire from 03.00 to 14.00.
This means there could be disruption to public transport, roads and the power grid - although the chance of the storm getting stronger and reaching gusts of 80mph is considered "very small".
The Derby Mountain Rescue Team is warning people to take care in the Peak District as "injuries and danger to life from flying debris are possible".