Woman denies causing Nottingham railway station fire
Men guilty of Syria terrorism trial
Fracking protesters 'locked in concrete'
New urgent care centre offers A&E alternative
River searched following 'staggering' man sightings
Barbecue warning following country park fire
Rugby: Mike Ford joins Tigers coaching team
Updates for Monday 1 April
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Police say two people have been arrested on suspicion of obstructing the highway following an anti-fracking protest at a test drilling site in Nottinghamshire.
Officers went to the site, in Springs Road, near Misson, after protesters locked themselves together in a barrel made of concrete.
IGas began test drilling at the site in January.
Image source, Fracktion
Jeremy Ball
Social affairs correspondent, BBC East Midlands Today
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion Mercian Regiment have received campaign medals for tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The most recent deployment saw 127 troops protecting international bases and government advisers in Kabul.
The regiment, known as "The Heart of England's Infantry", is recruited from five counties including Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
Unfortunately they couldn’t take their mascot, Private Derby, to the ceremony at Episkope in Cyprus - so this Cypriot ram was the stand-in.
They’ve nicknamed him “Pte Derbydos”
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Police believe a body found in the River Derwent this morning is missing man Daniel Wheway, external.
The 27-year-old was reported missing from his home in Alvaston on 23 March.
Formal identification of the body, which was discovered by two officers in Alvaston, has yet to take place but Mr Wheway's family have been informed.
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Police are investigating reports a ball-bearing was fired at a conservatory in Darley Abbey while a woman was inside, external.
The 12mm silver ball-bearing was found near to the building, in Darley Park Road, after a pane of glass was shattered by the unexpected impact at about 09:00 on Sunday 24 March.
Derbyshire Police said they suspected a sling-shot or pellet gun had been used. Nobody was hurt.
Image source, Derbyshire Police
BBC Nottingham Sport
Notts County manager Neal Ardley says it's important supporters get behind them in their final six games of the season.
The Magpies won 3-0 at Stevenage on Saturday and are now inside the League Two relegation zone on goal difference only.
Image source, Getty Images
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Sorry to disappoint any milk loving bus users but Nottingham City Transport has confirmed this video was an April Fools joke.
Were you tricked?
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Mike O'Sullivan
Reporter, East Midlands Today
The jury at Birmingham Crown Court has found Hanzalah Patel, 22, of Frederick Road, Leicester, guilty of preparing terrorist acts between May and June 2017.
His co-defendant 22-year-old Safwaan Mansur of Hampton Road, Birmingham has also been found guilty of the same charge
Image source, PAThe men were arrested at a hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, after they tried to join and fight for the Islamic State group in Syria.
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Former Derby County and Nottingham Forest boss Steve McClaren has been sacked by QPR.
The 57-year-old took charge of the Championship side in May but they have won just once in the league since 26 December and sit 17th in the table.
Image source, Reuters
East Midlands Today
Rolls Royce in Derby has brought together scientists and technology experts to come up with ways tech can help people with motor neurone disease.
Robotics scientist Dr Peter Scott-Morgan who has the disease has been working with them.
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Video footage has been released showing a man throwing bricks through the front window of a hair salon in Leicester.
Jade Lauren Hairdressing, in Welford Road, was targeted by the vandal at about 02:30 on Friday 1 March.
Police are still trying to find the person responsible and have asked anyone with information to get in touch, external.
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Amy Orton
Local Democracy Reporter
A ten-year-old boy who smokes cannabis and sneaks out of the house while his parents are asleep is one of 1,000 under 18s who repeatedly go missing at a cost of more than £13m a year, Leicestershire Police said.
The boy, who has ADHD and a mental age of five, has been reported missing 52 times.
Due to his vulnerabilities he is classed as a high risk missing person meaning that each time he goes missing his parents call the police.
Image source, Getty ImagesSpeaking at an ethics panel meeting, Assistant Chief Constable Jason Masters said: "Every time this boy goes missing he is exposed to risk.
"We need to share information with other agencies but there are limits to what can be done when it comes to this case."
Other cases highlighted were of a 14-year-old boy relocated to Leicestershire after becoming involved in gangs and violence in London, who has been reported missing 27 times to police and a 16-year-old who regularly leaves her social care accommodation.
Mike O'Sullivan
Reporter, East Midlands Today
The jury has been sent out to consider its verdict in the case of a 22-year-old Leicester man and his friend who deny trying to join and fight for the Islamic State group in Syria.
Hanzalah Patel, of Frederick Road, and Safwaan Mansur, of Hampton Road, Birmingham are accused of preparing acts of terrorism between May and June 2017.
Image source, PAThe two men were arrested at a hotel in Istanbul in Turkey in June 2017 after contacting a US law enforcement agent who was posing as an IS sympathiser.
In their defence, the two men told the jury at Birmingham Crown Court that they were trying to visit Syria only for a short time in order to find out more about the situation there and did not want to join IS.
Hugh Casswell
Political reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
Nottinghamshire County Council has completed the purchase of the company that carries repairs on the county's roads.
Via East Midlands was previously half owned by Cornwall Council.
Image source, PATaking full control of the road repairs company has cost Nottinghamshire £5m - spending that was criticised by opposition groups on the council when the decision was made in November, but the acquisition has gone ahead nonetheless.
The council's Conservative leader Kay Cutts has said it means they'll be able to ensure the road network continues to meet the needs of local people and businesses and that all profits from the company can be re-invested in the county.
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
A homeless charity said the scale of the problem in Leicester means it has had to put work on hold until more funding becomes available.
Help the Homeless works to provide housing for people on the streets and said it costs around £1,000 to get each person into accommodation.
So it has survived on public donations and a £10,000 lottery grant received in January, but now more money is needed.
Founder Arif Voraji said: "We provide continued support for those we have already helped but any new cases we just can't take on because we just can't do it.
"We really do feel that we are making a dent in homelessness figures in the city."
East Midlands Today
More than half a million people of working age in the East Midlands are living in poverty, according to official figures.
The Trades Union Congress has said working age poverty has barely fallen since 2010 despite a drop in regional unemployment.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show between 2010 and 2017, the percentage of working people living in poverty dropped by just 1%.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A Leicestershire Police PCSO has been charged with two counts of money laundering.
Georgina Cook, 54, of Leicestershire, is due to appear at Leicester Crown Court today.
The charges relate to the possession and movement of a significant amount of criminal money in February 2018.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A motorcyclist has died after a crash in Lowesby yesterday.
The crash happened on the B6047 Melton Road towards Twyford just after 09:30 and involved the BMW R9 motorcycle and a VW Transporter camper van.
Image source, GoogleThe man on the motorbike was taken to hospital in Coventry by air ambulance but later died from his injuries.
Leicestershire Police would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the crash or with dashcam footage that may help with the investigation.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A 34-year-old woman has denied deliberately starting a huge fire that closed Nottingham railway station.
Ten fire crews were needed to bring the fire under control after it broke out on the morning of 12 January last year.
Gemma Peat, of Wilford Crescent East, Nottingham, has appeared at Nottingham Crown Court where she pleaded not guilty to arson with intent to endanger life and arson being reckless as to whether life is endangered.
BBC Radio Derby
This bright pink terraced house in Linton Heath belongs to Sally Owen - who's more commonly referred to as Pinky.
She has pink hair, a pink car, pink garden and has decorated her house pink - inside and out.
Mrs Owen told the BBC she had to have the masonry paint made especially for the outside of the house.
It has been this colour for about five years now and her only regret is not asking them to add glitter.
As you can imagine - it attracts a lot of attention and she often spots people taking photos.
BBC Radio Nottingham
A horror film character that mimics a neurological speech disorder has been praised by a woman from Nottingham with the medical condition.
Spasmodic dysphonia causes the vocal cords to spasm causing breaks or interruptions to speech.
Image source, UniversalIn Jordan Peele's new horror film Us a family are confronted by monster versions of themselves. Actor Lupita Nyong'o plays the mother of the family and was inspired by spasmodic dysphonia to bring her evil version to life.
She said: "It's a condition that's brought about by trauma, sometimes emotional, sometimes physical and sometimes inexplicable."
Lynda Clark, who has the condition, said the impression isn't overly realistic but you can hear elements of it.
She said: "There are plot reasons for her to have the voice so it's not the implication that it's an evil voice."
She explained to Radio 1 Newsbeat how the condition can make it difficult to say some sounds.