'My strength gives me independence'published at 00:38 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2018
Robert Ghahremani was left paralysed from his armpits down after a car crash as a baby.
Read MoreSummary
Nottingham students killed in two-car crash
Man murdered over driving comment
Family of abused Derby fan to donate money to charity
Seriously injured rower to be flown back to Nottingham
Derby radio station fined for broadcasting 'hate speech'
Foxes crash out of Carabao Cup on penalties
Updates for Wednesday 19 December 2018
'My strength gives me independence'published at 00:38 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2018
'Why pantomime deserves more respect'published at 00:34 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2018
Actors and fans of pantomime explain why this very British tradition should not be sneered at.
Read MoreBus shelter among listed buildingspublished at 00:19 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2018
A bus shelter, a cattle trough and a Rolls-Royce test hangar are among places gaining listed status.
Read MorePremiership seals £200m CVC investmentpublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
Premiership Rugby agrees to sell a minority shareholding to CVC Capital Partners for a sum understood to be more than £200m
Read MoreD-Day veteran awarded Legion d'Honneurpublished at 18:27 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
Jack Parrott was also celebrating his 67th wedding anniversary when receiving the award.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
Live updates on this page have now finished for the day however some stories and travel updates will continue to appear overnight.
Updates will resume from 08:00 on Thursday.
Travel: Another busy rush hour on Nottingham's roadspublished at 17:59 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
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End of twitter postWeather: Wetter evening aheadpublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
It's going to start off clear but get wetter this evening, with showers overnight continuing until tomorrow morning.
Temperatures between 4C and 7C (39 and 45F).
Vintage Christmas tree sells at auctionpublished at 17:44 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsA 1930s Christmas tree, originally bought from Woolworths, has sold for £280 at auction.
The tree had stayed in one family for 80 years but owner Steve Rose from Syston, Leicestershire, decided it was now time to say goodbye as he had no children to pass it onto.
Image source, HansonsThe 74-year-old said money from the auction will go towards the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Homelessness Fund.
The tree, which was sold with its original decorations, was bought by a private buyer in the UK.
Mr Rose said he had memories of decorating it every year with his parents.
He said: “Christmas was not an extravagant affair when I was a child growing up in South Wales.
"You’d get a Christmas sock and inside it was a tangerine, nuts, some loose change and small presents. It was very simple but enjoyable.
"Because we didn’t have much, we valued what we did have. I was given a train set when I was 11 and only parted with that eight years ago."
Brain injury GB rower fit to come homepublished at 17:11 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
Anna Thornton was left in a coma after falling down stairs in Seattle last month.
Read MoreDrug dealer shot himself in the legpublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
Keanu Spencer managed to drive off despite being Tasered twice by police.
Read MoreTwo jailed for PC World ram-raidspublished at 17:01 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News OnlineTwo men have been sentenced following a series of break-ins across the country.
Jamie Sylvester, 34, (pictured left) and Wayne Underwood, 49, admitted a series of ram-raids at Curry's PC World stores in Leicester and Mansfield, break-ins at a store in Evesham and a Sainsbury's in Oadby.
They also pleaded guilty to an attempted break-in at a Leicester PC World between August 13 and 4 September.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceThe pair were each jailed for five years and one month at Leicester Crown Court today.
The court heard that the total cost in damages and items lost was in excess of £114,000.
Defending Sylvester, of Bronze Close, Leicester, James Thomas said that he was offending to feed his "desperate" crack cocaine addiction,
The defence for Underwood, if Cherry Tree Court, Swadlincote, Helen Johnson, said he was trying to get money to provide for his parents who are in ill-health.
Drug dealer 'shot himself in thigh' running from policepublished at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News OnlineA drug dealer who shot himself in the leg as he tried to escape police has been jailed for more than eight years.
Keanu Spencer, 24, was driving in Leicester on 22 October searching for a group of men who had been looking for him.
Police arrived at a restaurant in Equity Road, where Spencer had met the group, armed with a revolver at about 22:50.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceLeicester Crown Court heard Spencer lost his grip on his gun and "shot through his thigh" as he ran from officers.
He then ran to his car, which would not start, and was then tasered twice by police officers.
Spencer admitted possession of a firearm, possession of ammunition, handling stolen goods and two counts of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs at an earlier hearing.
Ex-Forest boss takes over at Cambridgepublished at 16:40 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsFormer Nottingham Forest boss Colin Calderwood has a new job - he's taken charge of League Two strugglers Cambridge United.
The 53-year-old, who managed Forest from 2006 to 2009,was most recently Steve Bruce's assistant at Aston Villa before both parted company with the club in October.
Image source, Getty ImagesVans deliberately crash into BMW in road rage attackpublished at 16:32 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
David Pittam
BBC News OnlineTwo vans sandwiched a BMW between them and forced it to crash into one of them before driving off, police have said., external
Image source, GoogleA white van at the front reportedly did this by reversing at the BMW twice, while a dark grey van drove behind.
Police are treating the incident in Manton, near Worksop, on 6 December, as road rage.
Two men, aged 27 and 48, were arrested the following day and both have been released on bail.
'Positive' response to armed patrols in city centrepublished at 16:11 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsDerbyshire Police's gun division says it's had a good response from the public after patrols were stepped up in busy areas for the festive period.
The force has put extra armed officers on duty in places like Derby city centre for the second year in a row following a series of terror attacks on UK soil in 2017.
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End of twitter postFamily told to remove memorial to crash victimpublished at 16:04 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
David Pittam
BBC News OnlineA grieving family has been told to remove a roadside memorial to a 24-year-old woman who died after a crash.
Kirstie Kirk died on 29 December last year in a crash in Doe Lea, between Mansfield and Chesterfield.
Since then, her family has been laying flowers and decorations by the A617, recently adding a Christmas tree and tinsel because she "loved" the festive season.
Image source, Mikhaela KirkBut two weeks before the anniversary of her death, they were told by Derbyshire County Council to take the decorations down.
The council said it understands it is a difficult time for the family but has received complaints that the memorial has got too big and could distract drivers.
It added memorials on highways are only allowed to stay up for three months.
Image source, Mikhaela KirkKirstie's younger sister Mikhaela told the BBC the family is in talks with the authorities to let them leave the tributes up until after the anniversary.
Fans rally to raise cash for abused fanpublished at 15:52 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
Charlie Harrison's father has described the video, widely circulated on social media, as "shocking".
Read MoreNew Leicester Tigers boss 'delighted'published at 15:41 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
BBC Leicester SportGeordan Murphy has been speaking to the press after he was confirmed as permanent head coach of Leicester Tigers yesterday.
He said he was "delighted" and described the appointment as a "huge honour".
"It’s been great from the board to support me in that manner, and off the back of some poor results," he said.
Image source, Getty ImagesOn recruiting new players, the ex-Tigers full-back said: "I think in the past the head coach has made snap decisions in recruitment and that’s probably not been to the benefit of the club."
Sutton-in-Ashfield man on trial over drugs haulpublished at 15:23 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2018
AFPA Nottinghamshire man accused of orchestrating a shipment of 1.3 tonnes of cocaine into Europe has been giving evidence at his trial in Paris.
Robert Dawes, 46, from Sutton-in-Ashfield, was arrested in Spain three years ago after police filmed a conversation at a hotel where it is alleged he claimed ownership of more than a tonne of cocaine that was seized in Paris.
The drugs, worth an estimated 200m euros, were seized in 2013 after arriving in 30 suitcases on a flight from Venezuela.
Image source, EuropolMr Dawes told the court he had no involvement in the drugs haul and said the claim was fake because he knew his conversation was being recorded.
Prosecutors told the court that police believed Mr Dawes "headed up the biggest criminal organisation in Britain and Europe devoted to drug trafficking, money laundering and murder".
They also alleged he had links to the Italian mafia and South American cartels.
The trial continues.
