Summary

  • Bee panic on Derby street

  • Naked swimming club 'wants more woman'

  • Second company sues government over railway bid

  • Air ambulance celebrates 25 years

  • Football: Mansfield Town promotion dreams end in defeat

  • Live updates for Monday 13 May

  1. Who and when? The EFL play-off schedulepublished at 10:46 British Summer Time 17 May 2019

    The key dates, fixtures and 12 teams involved in this season's English Football League play-offs.

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  2. Derby stun Leeds to reach play-off finalpublished at 23:53 British Summer Time 15 May 2019

    Derby County come from 2-0 down in the tie to stun Leeds United and set up a Championship play-off final against Aston Villa.

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  3. Boy in wheelchair refused school buspublished at 21:03 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Ten-year-old Josh Higginbottom has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair full-time.

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  4. Family 'shaken' after drive-by shootingpublished at 19:25 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Police say it was not the only report they had about cars being shot at that day.

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  5. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    The East Midlands Live page has now finished for the day however some posts linking to BBC articles may continue to appear.

    Full live coverage will continue at 08:00 on Tuesday.

  6. Weather: More warm sunshinepublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    BBC Weather

    Late sunshine this evening, then staying dry overnight with largely clear, starry skies and few, if any, clouds.

    SunImage source, mogjo

    Tomorrow will remain dry with a good deal of warm sunshine and just a little cloud at times.

  7. Teen avoids jail after friend 'gravely injured' in crashpublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Amy Orton
    Local Democracy Reporter

    A teenager who made off after crashing an uninsured car leaving his friend "gravely injured" in the middle of the road said it was the "worst decision of his life".

    Details of the crash, which happened in the early hours of 5 December 2018, were revealed as Zaheer Patel appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court and admitted several driving offences.

    The 18-year-old picked up his friend at 03:30 after messaging her to see if she wanted to go for a drive.

    Just minutes later the student, of Vicarage Gardens, Leicester, crashed into a kerb and telegraph pole before the car rolled several times, coming to rest on its roof.

    Thurncourt RoadImage source, Google

    Patel, who had not passed his test, crashed a Peugeot 206 on Thurncourt Road catapulting his friend, who was not wearing a seat belt, out of the boot of the car.

    She suffered life-changing injuries and is still recovering at home after a four-week stay in hospital.

    The court was told that Patel continues to "question why he did what he did" and loses sleep over the crash, "the worst decision he has ever made".

    Magistrates told Patel that he was "on the cusp of going to prison" but instead was given a 12 month community order and ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work to start after his A-Level exams.

    He was also handed a £120 fine and ordered to pay an £85 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

  8. Men arrested after bank robberypublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    Two men from Leicester have been arrested after a bank was robbed in Oadby last week.

    SantanderImage source, Spotted Oadby

    Cash was stolen from a deposit machine in Santander in The Parade, Oadby, on Thursday morning after a 4x4 was smashed through the front.

    Two men, aged 25 and 21, have been arrested on suspicion of robbery. They both remain in custody.

  9. Appeal to find missing Gamesley manpublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    Have you seen Steven Whiffen?

    Police are appealing for information on his whereabouts after he was reported missing from his home in Gamesley, near Glossop.

    Steven WhiffenImage source, Derbyshire Police

    The 61-year-old was last seen leaving his home in Baslow Way at midday on Sunday 5 May.

    Police have said he uses public transport and has links to Manchester, Leicester and the Nottingham area.

  10. Family 'shaken up' after car was 'shot at'published at 16:50 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    A woman has described the moment a car she was travelling in was shot at with an air rifle.

    Lorraine Kavanagh was in the car with her partner Stuart, daughter and four-year-old granddaughter on the A46 near Farndon when they heard a "bang".

    A46 near FarndonImage source, Google

    She said: "It was the sound of something hitting the car. My daughter looked around and caught sight of some youths. We stopped the car and saw that there was a hole in the front passenger door.

    "When we reported it to the police they told us other people passing by in cars had been shot at in the same area, but we were the only car that had been hit”.

    Ms Kavanagh said the whole family was “shaken up" by what happened.

    She said: “This was very dangerous, it could have hit Stuart while he was driving or our granddaughter”.

  11. Teen stabbed in night of violencepublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    A 19-year-old man has been stabbed in the back near Humberstone Park in Leicester.

    Police said it happened last night at a time when fighting in the area had also been reported to them.

    Saltersford RoadImage source, Google

    His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

    Stop and search powers were authorised to police officers following the stabbing however no searches were carried out and no arrests were made in relation to it, police said.

  12. Burglary at board game cafepublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    Three people have been arrested after alcohol and computer equipment was stolen from a shop in Leicester over the weekend.

    Police were called to reports of a burglary on Silver Street at 11:00 on Sunday. It's thought to have taken place sometime overnight.

    Police car

    Bean Gaming has posted on its Facebook page: "We have been burgled. They have ransacked the business, stolen our iPad ordering systems, destroyed our CCTV systems."

    Some of the stolen property has since been recovered by police.

    Three men, aged 29, 30 and 34, have been arrested on suspicion of burglary and released while the investigation continues.

  13. Man admits spreading terrorist documentspublished at 15:19 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    A man from Derby has admitted spreading terrorist documents around mosques in the midlands.

    Omar Ashfaq had been due to stand trial at Birmingham Crown Court after originally denying the terrorism offences.

    Birmingham Crown CourtImage source, PA

    The 24-year-old, from St Thomas Road, admitted six counts of distributing or circulating a terrorist publication and two counts of dissemination of a terrorist publication.

    This relates to incidents at mosques in Loughborough, Luton, Coventry, Birmingham and Derby in 2018.

    Earlier this year, Ashfaq admitted three counts of possession of a document containing information useful to terrorism but denied the other eight offences. He is due to be sentenced later.

  14. Championship play-off semi-final: Derby fight back to beat Leeds - as it happenedpublished at 15:03 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Relive all the action as Derby County stage a stunning fightback to beat Leeds and reach the Championship play-off final.

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  15. 'Dignity gown' pilot for radiology patientspublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    The blushes of some radiology patients in Leicester can now be spared as "dignity gowns" are now on offer.

    Standard hospital gowns have a gap at the back and often leave patients bottoms on show.

    Dignity gownImage source, Leicester’s Hospitals

    Gowns that cover the whole body are now being piloted at Leicester General and Glenfield Hospital.

    It follows a plea from a member of the Equality Advisory Group (EAG) representing the Federation of Muslim Organisations (FMO).

    Just over 300 of the new gowns have been bought so far with funding from Pak Food Stores and the charity Rahma Mercy. Currently they're just available in the radiology departments.

  16. 'Serious' crash closes A46published at 14:55 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

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  17. Leicester let Toomua join Rebels earlypublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Leicester Tigers allow Matt Toomua to make an early return to Australia to join up with new club Melbourne Rebels

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  18. Street closed after 'threats to kill'published at 14:52 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    Police in Ashbourne have spent the last few hours dealing with a man who had climbed onto a roof.

    Derbyshire Police in AshbourneImage source, Derbyshire Police

    A cordon was in place around King Street but has since been lifted and all roads in the area have reopened.

    Derbyshire Police have arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of making threats to kill.

  19. Demolition of landmark Nottingham building well under waypublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    David Pittam
    BBC News Online

    The demolition of a landmark building where the last English-made cigarettes were produced is well under way.

    Demolishing the factory

    The old Imperial Tobacco building, known as the Horizon Factory in Nottingham, closed in May 2016 with the loss of about 500 jobs.

    Demolishing the factory

    The factory, built in 1972 at a cost of £14m, was one of the most modern of the time and the company was one of the biggest employers in the city.

    The site is being cleared to make way for new industrial buildings.

  20. Cars 'shot at' with air rifle on A46published at 14:37 British Summer Time 13 May 2019

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    Police in Newark are investigating reports of people shooting an air rifle at cars from a bank on the A46.

    Police and community support officer

    It's thought to have happened at about 18:30 yesterday. Police have said no one was hurt but one car was reportedly damaged.