Red military jacket raised in city squarepublished at 16:02 British Summer Time 6 April 2019
The scarlet coatee is hoisted each year to reflect the storming of a fortress in Badajoz, Spain.
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Updates for Friday 5 April
Scientists discover world's tallest tropical tree
Teens released after M1 fuel tanker crash
Five sentenced over summer street shooting
Crews battle overnight house fire
City expressway plans 'could devastate countryside'
Force records rise in violent crime
Adrian Mole musical heads to West End
Five-day festival to celebrate city's caves
Pet rabbits found dumped in lay-by
Red military jacket raised in city squarepublished at 16:02 British Summer Time 6 April 2019
Warning over naming campus 'sex abusers'published at 13:42 British Summer Time 6 April 2019
A campaign encouraging students to share stories of sex abuse leads to online "naming and shaming".
Read MoreBoy's 'slideathon' after sight losspublished at 00:05 British Summer Time 6 April 2019
Four-year-old Larsen Roberts lost his sight in his left eye due to a benign tumour.
Read MoreMurder accused held 'mock reconstruction'published at 20:27 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Leon Wadsworth and Hayley Fletcher are accused of killing Caroline Fisher outside a bar.
Read MoreDerbyshire fight back after early slumppublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Derbyshire fight back with the ball late on against Durham after a top-order collapse with the bat.
Read MoreWickets tumble between Sussex & Leicspublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Fifteen wickets fall on a captivating first day at Hove as Leicestershire stumble to 131-5 in reply to Sussex's 173 all out.
Read MoreNotts' Clarke scores first ton of seasonpublished at 18:17 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Joe Clarke's superb century helps Nottinghamshire to 324-5 on the first day of their season opener against Yorkshire.
Read MoreMini-moto rider rammed in hit-and-runpublished at 18:06 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Moments earlier the motorcyclist had been riding around kicking at car wing mirrors.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsToday's live page updates have now finished. We'll be back with more news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday.
Tonight's weather: Clear spells before cloud moves inpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Tonight will start quite cloudy and possibly damp, but clear spells should soon start to develop.
However low cloud is expected to spread from the east in the last few hours of the night.
Photos: Cat loves birdwatchingpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Here's a funny photo to end the week - taken by Maggie T Howlett in East Leake.
Image source, Maggie T HowlettFirst pro contract for Foxes teenagerpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsLeicester City defender Luke Thomas has signed his first professional contract with the club, external.
The 17-year-old, who has made 13 league appearance for the U18s this season, has been handed a two-year deal.
Image source, Leicester CityPublic warned not to approach wanted manpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsPolice in Derbyshire have released a photo of an Alfreton man they want to speak to about an allegation of assault.
They've warned anyone who spots 27-year-old Danny Jordan not to approach but to call 999 immediately, external.
Image source, Derbyshire PolicePlants transported by barge to Birminghampublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
East Midlands TodayA Derbyshire landscaping company is using the canal for the first time to transport its freight and cargo.
It's using a narrowboat to take 5,000 plants to Birmingham for a regeneration project there, in the hope it will reduce its carbon footprint.
Sean Goodwin, from Talbot Landscapes, said: "We are reducing our carbon footprint, the fuel cost is less and it just ticks so many boxes from a commercial point of view to use the canal network as a means of transport from A to B."
The Canal and River Trust said it wants more freight to be carried on its commercial waterways and narrowboat operator Richard Horne said next-day delivery is possible with a bit of forward. planning.
The Arundel barge set off from Stenson Marina, Derbyshire, this afternoon and is expected to reach Birmingham by Sunday afternoon.
Jack O'Connell to star in Arctic thrillerpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
BBC Radio DerbyDerby actor Jack O'Connell is to take the lead role in a four-part BBC thriller.
The North Water, which also stars Colin Farrell, is set in the UK and the ice floes of the Arctic during the late 1850s.
O'Connell plays a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as ship's doctor on a whaling expedition where he meets a murderous psychopath played by Farrell.
Image source, Getty ImagesDrivers in hospital after crashpublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsTwo drivers have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash between two cars in Kirk Langley, Derbyshire this afternoon.
Police said they were called just after 13:00 to the crash on Ashbourne Road.
The driver of one car was taken to the QMC in Nottingham by air ambulance and the second was taken to the Royal Derby Hospital.
Image source, GoogleThe road between the Moor Lane junction and A52 remains closed and the force said it could stay shut for some time.
Motorists have been advised to avoid the area and take alternative routes.
Five years since Foxes went uppublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsIt's five years ago to the day that Leicester City won promotion to the Premier League after ten years outside the top flight.
It's fair to say quite a lot has happened in the five years since.
Image source, Getty ImagesVan driver seriously injured in Woodhead Pass crashpublished at 16:17 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsA van driver has been critically injured and several other people have been hurt in a four-vehicle crash on the A628 Woodhead Pass in Derbyshire.
Police said the crash happened at about 12:25 between Tintwistle and Torside Reservoir and involved a van, a lorry, a Volvo S40 and a Ford KA.
The road has been closed and diversions are in place.
Accident closes Derbyshire roadpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsAshbourne Road in Kirk Langley, Derbyshire, is currently closed because of an accident.
It is shut from the Moor Lane junction to Brun Lane on the A52 and police have diversions are in place.
Derbyshire Constabulary said the road is "likely to remain closed for the foreseeable future" while officers investigate.
Image source, GoogleDefendant 'made massive mistake' in street shooting, says judgepublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Giles Taylor
BBC East Midlands Today reporterSentencing the five people over the gunshots fired in Hyson Green, judge James Sampson at Nottingham Crown Court described McLean as "resourceful".
He said he was "far more than an apprentice criminal".
He told Burgess she made "a massive mistake", having had no previous convictions and added: "I don't want to see you again".
Image source, Nottinghamshire Police
