David Pittam
BBC News Online

Trains cannot get in or out of Nottingham station from the West (Beeston/Mansfield direction) because of a fault with the signalling.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

A man has been released on bail after being questioned over a shooting in Bilborough.

A 22-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound while sitting in a vehicle in Brindley Road on 12 May. He has since been discharged from hospital.

Yesterday, the 24-year-old became the second person to be arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder over the shooting.

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A 21-year-old man questioned for the same offence was released on bail with conditions earlier this week.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

A crash involving two cars which closed a Leicestershire road has been cleared and the road reopened.

Both drivers were taken to hospital from the scene at Nottingham Road outside Barrow Upon Soar this morning.

Image source, Leicestershire Police

Kevin Stanley
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

In January its future looked bleak but some great news today from Stonebridge City Farm

The community charity, which has been open for about 40 years, launched an urgent appeal to raise £30,000 - but has so far collected around £120,000.

Ryan Ashby, the marketing and events co-ordinator, said: "We honestly weren't sure what kind of response we were going to get but raising the amount we have is just fantastic.

"We work with about 50 schools in the Nottingham area alone and 130 placements at the farm itself for people who might not otherwise get those opportunities."

Mr Ashby said the money raised, combined with a cost-cutting programme, had secured the farm's immediate future but with grants and funding harder to come by, further appeals would be needed long-term.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

A baker was so excited about the opening of a new joint fire and ambulance station in their Derbyshire town they decided to make an exact replica of it out of cake.

And I struggle to even get the candles to look good!

The actual Swadlincote Community Fire & Ambulance Station, which cost about £3.35m to build, is officially being opened this morning. The old one on Civic Road had been deemed "no longer fit for purpose".

Image source, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service

Eric's devastated owner said the dog urgently needs his medication.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

A pedestrian has been hit by a bus in Nottingham city centre this morning.

One lane of Wollaton Street is closed near the junction with Canning Circus and the council is warning of some delays.

It's not known what injuries, if any, were suffered.

Image source, Google

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Thieves stole chainmail, a drinking horn and a sword during a raid on a small Viking centre.

Other "obviously very distinctive" items they took from the collection at Perlethorpe Environmental Education Centre, in Nottinghamshire, include a helmet, shield, a deer skull with antlers and a deer-skin cloak.

The centre teaches children about the region's Viking past.

Image source, Nottinghamshire Police

Police say they were taken between 1 and 8 May and want anyone who may have noticed some unusual memorabilia around or has any information to get in touch.

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Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Tickets for Derby County's Championship play-off final against Aston Villa are due to go on sale at 10:00, external.

Rams have been given 36,000 seats for the Wembley clash on Monday 27 May.

Tickets are available today for season ticket holders, home membership holders and Final 3 Game Plan customers, with any remaining tickets going on general sale on Sunday.

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East Midlands Today

A man with chronic arthritis who's been denied a new blue badge after his walking problems were re-assessed over the phone is appealing the decision.

Chris Hutter, 74, from Gotham, has arthritis of the spine but Nottinghamshire County Council said he didn't qualify for a badge as his condition did not appear to be severe enough.

An independent mobility assessment of Mr Hutter is due to take place in the next couple of weeks.

Mr Rutter, who has had spinal and nerve surgery four times, said: "My condition has got gradually worse, as it will do at my age, and I thought I'd made that clear on the telephone but obviously I didn't.

"I mentioned other symptons I had developed that were just as debilitating but I don't think they took it on board."

Nottinghamshire County Council said its decision was based on the information provided.

A charity set up to care for sick miners is wound up and its assets given to a trust to help colliers.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

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Richard Rae
BBC Radio Leicester Sport

It's cool and grey but dry at Lord's this morning. Leicestershire need 267 runs for the win while Middlesex need 10 wickets.

You can hear every ball on the BBC Sport website.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

A fire at a hairdressers was started deliberately, police believe.

Snipits hairdressers in Brinsley, Nottinghamshire, was extensively damaged on Friday, 15 March, but no-one was injured.

Officers want to speak to a man in a camouflaged jacket seen running away at 03:00 on the day.

He was carrying this plastic container and a spray bottle.

Image source, Nottinghamshire Police

BBC News

Jaden Moodie is the youngest of the 100 people stabbed to death in the UK so far this year.

The 14-year-old moved from Nottingham to London for a fresh start six months before his death.

The first death was 33-year-old mother Charlotte Huggins, who died in London on 1 January. The 100th death was John Lewis, 32, who died in Middlesborough this week.

There has been one fatal stabbing every 1.45 days so far this year in England and Wales. If killings continued at that rate for the rest of the year, the total would be slightly lower than the 285 stabbing deaths recorded in 2017-18.

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Three people have been fatally stabbed this year in the East Midlands:

• Dorothy Bowyer, 77, was found dead in Buxworth, Derbyshire on Valentine's Day.
• Lance Martin, 24, was found with life-threatening injuries in Normanton on 28 February.
• Simon Jones, 57, died in hospital after being found stabbed near Chaddesden Park in Derby, on 20 April.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

Cloud and rain has moved in to replace the glorious sunshine we've been enjoying this week.

East Midlands Today

Nottinghamshire mining communities have received more than £1m after a Charity Comission inquiry into a miners' care home.

Neil Greatrex was jailed for four years in 2012 for stealing money from a Nottingham Miners' Home charity which he used for a new kitchen and other personal home improvements.

The charity was supposed to be caring for sick miners.

Greatrex has since repaid the money. The commission say the charity has now been wound up and its assets passed on to the Nottinghamshire Miners Welfare Trust Fund Scheme, which supports former miners and their families.

Caroline Lowbridge
BBC News Online

The introduction of plastic prescription bags at Boots has got people riled up.

Customers have been complaining to the Nottingham-based firm with one so incensed she took her bag back to the store with "shame on you!" and "paper, not plastic!" written in capitals in black marker pen.

Boots said it was using plastic bags because some prescriptions are now assembled at a central location, rather than in local pharmacies.

Image source, Bob Knightley

"When items are bulkier or have to travel longer distances, we use a plastic bag as these are more durable and help us to protect patient confidentiality and support patient safety," the company said in a statement.

Boots UK signed up to the UK Plastics Pact last year, external and said at the time it was "committed to reducing single-use plastic".

David Pittam
BBC News Online

What's brewing in Nottingham?

It seems documentary maker Louis Theroux is becoming a bit of a regular on Nottingham's coffee scene.

Madhatters say he popped in to their Kimberley tearoom yesterday, and Nottinghamshire Live has reported that he visited Hops Coffee House and Bar twice in March, external.

East Midlands Today

A young dancer from Leicester is preparing for her "biggest performance" yet.

Classical Indian dancer, Shree Savani, has beaten dozens of hopefuls across the country to make the finals of the BBC Young Dancer competition.

The 20-year-old is competing in the South Asian dance category on BBC Two at 20:00 tomorrow night.

Shree said: "This is the biggest thing I have ever done. Once I walk on stage and see the theatre full that's when it will hit."