The latest news, sport, travel and weather for the East Midlands.

Leicester Riders thrash London City Royals 93-61 to claim their third successive British Basketball League Play-offs title.

An innings of 111 from opener Luis Reece steers Derbyshire to 253-5 on the opening day of their Championship match against Glamorgan.

A man from Nottinghamshire dies as two vehicles collide in North Yorkshire.

Sophie-Mae Raynor, eight, says her dreams have come true as she launches Kids Sunshine Club.

Sevenoaks Suns retain their WBBL Play-offs title with a 60-55 win over Leicester Riders at the O2 Arena in London.

Thousands of people have purchased a piece of Rock City's floor, which was known for its stickiness.

Notts County chairman Alan Hardy says he regrets buying the club following their relegation from the English Football League.

Derbyshire sign Australia fast bowler Billy Stanlake for this summer's T20 Blast.

Barrie and Dave, in their 80s, are the last volunteers on a Leicestershire waterway.

Large quantities of drugs were found in an oven and a kitchen drawer during a raid in Derby.

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A 150-year-old school's going to close this summer after a council said it was financially unsustainable.

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The Henry Prince First School, in Mayfield, Staffordshire, near Ashbourne, has space for 75 pupils, but currently has just 20.

Staffordshire County Council's approved proposals from the school's governing body to shut it, with its financial deficit forecast to rise above £400,00 by 2021-22.

Members of the local parish council called the decision premature, but the county council said there was no alternative but to close it from the end of August.

Leicestershire are foiled by rain in their run-chase at Lord's as they have to settle for a draw with Middlesex.

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

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

BBC Weather

It'll be a cloudy night with areas of patchy rain and drizzle. A few mist patches are set to develop too.

There'll be a mixture of sharp showers and dry spells tomorrow. Some showers could be on the heavy and perhaps on the thundery side. There will however still be some brighter spells.

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A road has been closed between Worksop and Budby after bags of asbestos were dumped on the roadside.

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The B6034 Ollerton Road has been closed - people living and travelling nearby have been advised to avoid the area. A diversion is in place via the A614 and the A57.

Bassetlaw District Council has said: "Due to the type of asbestos involved and the serious nature of this incident, the Health and Safety Executive have been notified and we have been instructed to seek an immediate road closure until further notice."

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BBC News

Police would like to speak to this man after two peregrine falcon eggs disappeared.

It's not known if the nest site, in the Derbyshire Peak District, was "interfered with" but it has been confirmed that recently laid eggs have gone.

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Rural crime officers have been monitoring nests over the last few months with the use of a done.

One pair of birds were seen with two eggs and the female had been incubating them but on Wednesday morning she was off the nest and acting "oddly".

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By the afternoon she had left the nest completely and did not return.

Police returned with the drone yesterday afternoon and confirmed the eggs were no longer there.

In a statement, the force said: "There are numerous theories and possibilities as to what happened to the eggs, at this moment in time we simply don’t know if human interference played a role."

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BBC News

Four men who intended to "flood Derbyshire with cocaine" have been jailed for more than 60 years.

The men were arrested after £1.3m worth of heroin, cocaine and cannabis, three firearms and £500,000 in cash were found at a house in Derby in May 2018.

Police have said the evidence pointed to a £35m conspiracy over two years.

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Benjamin Mousley (right) and Liutauras Streckis (left) were arrested and approximately 5kg of cocaine was recovered.

Later in the year John Devine (middle) and a fourth man Alvydas Giedraitis were arrested and £5,000 in cash was seized. All were charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine and have been sentenced at Derby Crown Court.

• Giedraitis (42) of Enfield, London jailed for 20 years.
• Streckis (36) of Littleport, Cambridgeshire jailed for 19 years.
• Mousley (35) of Friar Gate in Derby jailed for 12 years.
• Devine (32) of Worcester Crescent in Derby jailed for 10 years.

Derbyshire police said the men intended to flood the county with cocaine "bringing untold harm to our communities".

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Barclays is to close its branch in High Street, Ripley because it isn't used enough.

The firm said the decision followed careful analysis of how many people use the bank and what services they access.

The branch will close its doors on Tuesday 18 June.

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Loughborough Town Hall has changed its signage following the abuse Zoe Young suffered.