Latest updates: East Midlands Livepublished at 07:58 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
The latest news, sport, travel and weather for the East Midlands.
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Match abandoned over racial abuse reports
Man found dead between van and M1 barrier
Hardy accepts offer to buy Notts County
Park deer 'strangled by carrier bag'
Leicester marks birthday of late chairman
Couple attacked by group of burglars
Buyer found for famous department store
Amnesty takes hundreds of knives off the street
Updates for Thursday 4 April
Latest updates: East Midlands Livepublished at 07:58 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Car fleeing police crashes into fuel tankerpublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Three teenagers are arrested and three more are in hospital after the crash on the M1 in Derbyshire.
Read MorePolice chase head-on crash man jailedpublished at 18:36 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Damian Cleaver was also disqualified from driving.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsThanks for reading our news, sport, travel and weather updates today. We'll be back with more from 08:00 on Friday.
Tonight's weather: Showers expectedpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Tonight will be largely cloudy with spells of showery rain at first. It should become largely dry late in the night with a few clearer spells possible.
Statue plan to honour Leicester chairmanpublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
A monument of two elephants should be erected to honour Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, an MP says.
Read MoreFootballer: 'Racial abuse was lowest feeling I've had'published at 17:47 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
East Midlands TodayA non-league footballer from Leicestershire has been describing the moment he was allegedly racially abused by a spectator at a cup final, leading to the game being abandoned.
Linford Harris was playing for FC Wymeswold and Cosby United when crowd trouble that followed the incident prompted the referee to halt the game.
He told BBC East Midlands Today that he got a red card following a challenge and then heard the alleged racial abuse.
"It was horrible. It was a feeling I never thought I'd ever feel. Professionals go on about it but for me it was the lowest feeling I've ever had," he said.
The Leicestershire & Rutland County FA is investigating.
How engineer got a union jack on the Moonpublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Keith Wright, from Nottingham, sketched the union flag on piece of equipment still on the Moon.
Read MoreWhy is there a union jack on the moon?published at 17:37 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Keith Wright cheekily doodled the flag on a piece of equipment left on the Moon by Neil Armstrong in 1969.
Read MoreCancer self-testing kit 'saved my life'published at 17:33 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Doctors say the test is easier and cheaper than a colonoscopy but it is not available everywhere yet.
Read MoreBowel cancer testing kit 'saved my life'published at 17:31 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Wendy Lyons thought she was going through the menopause when she started getting headaches and pains.
Read MoreMan 'flashed dog walker' at city parkpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsPolice are investigating after a man allegedly flashed at a woman walking her dog at a park in Derby.
The woman told officers the man ran away after exposing himself to her in Darley Park at about 06:45 on Tuesday.
He was described as white, in his 20s and was wearing stonewashed baggy jeans and a black jacket with the hood-up.
Derbyshire Police have urged anyone with information to make contact, external.
Stem cell transplant professor retiringpublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsLeicester Royal Infirmary is saying farewell to a woman who has helped carry out more than 1,700 stem cell transplants in the city.
Professor Ann Hunter was the first woman director to head a UK stem cell transplant centre in Leicester 21 years ago, and she's now retiring from the NHS.
Prof Hunter said since she started in 1998, survival rates have improved and the number of transplant procedures carried out at the LRI has increased from 10 a year to 90.
She told BBC East Midlands Today: "I've met some really special people and I've had a part in the lives of some really lovely patients.
"We're offering more transplants to more people and getting better results as time goes on as we learn more as the science improves."
Two men rescued from treepublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
David Pittam
BBC News OnlineIt's not just cats that firefighters have to rescue from the branches.
A pair of young adults got stuck up a tree today, needing help from the emergency services to get down.
Two engines arrived and spent about 30 minutes rescuing them with the help of a ladder. The reason they were up there was not recorded...
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End of twitter postMum 'won't forget' seeing stabbed sonpublished at 16:43 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Ross Hedley's parents shared an image of him in intensive care to raise awareness of knife crime.
Read More'Teen's suicide bid' sparks legal threatpublished at 16:41 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Legal action is threatened after two children developed mental health issues due to school isolation.
Read MoreReaction to Leicester deer deathpublished at 16:31 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsSome of you have been commenting on the news that a fallow buck at Bradgate Park, Leicestershire died after it became entangled in a carrier bag.
Ann Baillon wrote on our Facebook page, external: "How very sad, why don’t people put their rubbish in the bins or take it home."
Jean Newton said: "Doesn’t take much to dispose of your rubbish! So sad to hear this awful news!"
While Michelle Sheasby thought people should be punished: "There should be a penalty for any rubbish not disposed of in the bins available."
Man jailed for stabbing friend with steak knifepublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsA 24-year-old man who stabbed his teenage friend with a steak knife has been jailed for 13 years.
Joseph Lubasi plunged the knife into 18-year-old Ross Hedley's chest and abdomen after accusing him of being "cheeky" during a drinking session last year.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceLubasi, of Redhill Road, Arnold, admitted wounding with intent and possession of a knife at Nottingham Crown Court.
He was given a ten-year extended determinate sentence for the assault plus a consecutive three-year sentence for a 2017 robbery.
Man still critical after car and bus crashpublished at 15:50 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsA man remains in a critical condition after a car and a bus collided in Eckington, external.
The Vauxhall Corsa driver was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries when the vehicles collided in Southgate at about 07:40 yesterday.
Derbyshire Police said video of the crash had already been recovered but they were keen to track down any dashcam footage other drivers may have.
Man jailed for running over armed PCpublished at 15:34 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Yasin Adam left the officer with serious injuries including a fractured skull, hearing loss and bruising.
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