Gavin Bevis
BBC News

An insect expert says a black bee spotted in a Derbyshire garden may not be as rare as initially thought.

The unusual-looking bee was spotted and photographed in Stanley Common by Colin Tomlinson, who told BBC Radio Derby a lengthy internet search had led him to conclude it was a rare black bumblebee, similar to one spotted in Oxfordshire in 2013.

Image source, Colin Tomlinson

However, Karim Vahed, professor of entomology at the University of Derby, said after taking a close look at the photo he didn't think that was the case.

He said: "At first I thought it could be the very rare black variety of the Ruderal bumblebee, which has declined by about 70% over the past 40 years.

"Unfortunately, on closer inspection, I don't actually think it's a bumblebee at all. I believe it's a hairy-footed flower bee. It's fairly common in the south but actually there aren't many records of it this far north."

Mr Tomlinson said he still thought it was a black bumblebee.

There has been morning rain at Edgbaston - and they will not be starting on time.

But BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Clive Eakin has just been on air to say that that the sun is now out and that he does not think it will be "too long" before they get started.

Nottinghamshire head coach Peter Moores says the inquest on what went wrong in their first innings at Edgbaston yesterday can wait until this game is over.

After being bowled out for 97- the lowest score by any team in the County Championship this season - Notts fared better in their second innings to encourage hopes that they might yet save this game.

"Credit to Ben Duckett and Chris Nash," he told BBC Radio Nottingham: "They played well in the last session.

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"As for the first innings, we will have to address at the end of the game. At the moment we have just got to address what's in front of us and that is to try and come out of the game with a draw.

"Jeetan Patel is a good bowler and it is a surface we knew was going to deteriorate but it's still a good enough pitch to bat on. We have seen that the way the lads have batted in the second innings. It's very frustrating that it didn't happen in the first innings."

Leicestershire's Mark Cosgrove says one of the things holding back the Foxes has been the generally poor early summer weather. And it has not been at its best for them again in Liverpool this week.

"It's been tough this season," the Australian told BBC Radio Leicester. "It feels like we've never seen the sun. As soon as we get our pads on the lights come on and the clouds come in."

Cosgrove hit a season's best 70 against Lancashire at Aigburth which, aided by 87 from South African Dieter Klein and 37 apiece from debutant wicketkeeper Harry Swindells and Callum Parkinson, came within 12 runs of saving the follow-on.

But the Foxes, 5-1 overnight for the loss of nightwatchman Chris Wright, still believe they can save the game.

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"We're really disappointed not to avoid the follow-on because the boys at the lower end batted so well," said Cosgrove.

"It's a pretty nice wicket - you might get the odd one jump up at you or keep low but most of those are every half hour or so and it's not one of those pitches that's a minefield. We showed there are no demons and that we can bat really well and deep. You never know - if we bat well in those first two session we might even get a little lead and you never know where that could take us at the back of the game."

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

The jury has been sent out at the trial of Hannah Cobley, who has denied murdering her newborn baby.

Justice Susan Carr at Leicester Crown Court told the panel of seven men and five women they must reach a unanimous verdict.

She told them they had three possible options: guilty of murder, not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter or not guilty.

"You must ask, are you sure the defendant intended to kill or cause really serious harm?" she said.

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During the five-week trial, prosecutors alleged the 29-year-old placed the baby in a carrier bag after secretly giving birth to her in an outside toilet and then left it in an overgrown area on the farm in Stoney Stanton where she lived with her parents.

She told the court she didn't know if the newborn was alive when she put her in a carrier bag and doesn't know why she didn't tell anyone.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Police say 34-year-old Ross Hawton-Hill, who was reported missing from his home in South Normanton on Tuesday, has been found safe and well in London.

BBC Business Live

Rolls-Royce says its UK pension trustee has completed a deal to transfer certain pension risk liabilities to Legal & General.

The deal covers the transfer of assets and liabilities relating to approximately 33,000 pensioners who are members of the Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund out of a total of 76,000 members.

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Rolls-Royce will make an exceptional cash contribution of about £30m. Alongside the transfer of about £4.1bn of liabilities to Legal & General, the Rolls-Royce trustee will also transfer about £4.6bn of assets.

Joel Griffin, head of global pensions & benefits at Rolls-Royce, said: "This agreement will result in increased security for Rolls-Royce pensioners and reduced risk for our business."

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Nearly 50 trees are to be cut down to make way for a new housing development in Etwall.

Plans for nine detached homes off Slade Close were approved by South Derbyshire District Council earlier this week despite dozens of objections from local residents.

Developers will remove 46 trees - mostly conifers - but the majority of trees subject to Tree Preservation Orders at the site will remain and a new hedgerow will be added.

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Tim Bilby, speaking on behalf of the objecting residents, branded the new development "an intrusion".

Planning officer Chris Nash said many of the trees being removed were not of suitable quality to justify keeping.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Police have released a photo of a man they want to speak to after a woman reported being flashed at in Derby, external.

Image source, Derbyshire Police

The 26-year-old said the indecent exposure happened in Moss Street, in the Stockbrook area of the city, between 19:00 and 21:00 on 9 May.

PC Steve Philips said: “This situation was clearly upsetting for the victim and we would like to speak to the man in the image about it.”

East Midlands Today

Veterans from the East Midlands have arrived in Normandy to take part in commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Ron Lamboll, from West Bridgford, was part of a special unit of the Royal Engineers back in 1944 when the Normandy landings took place.

Now aged 98, he is one of 300 veterans who have travelled back to the beaches on board a cruise ship chartered by the Royal British Legion to remember all those who fought there.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

This morning we'll see bright and sunny spells but scattered showers are expected to arrive this afternoon.

Nick Smith
BBC News Online

Tonight we can expect the occasional shower at times, but it will be generally dry with variable cloud and some clear spells, turning increasingly clear towards dawn.

Tomorrow will see some sunny spells, but turning cloudier at times with scattered showers spreading from the south west.

Press Association

The Queen jokingly told a D-Day veteran he did not have to remind her about the horrors of the liberation of Europe - as she was from his generation.

After attending the commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the Allied campaign, the mood lightened when the Queen met a small group of elderly ex-servicemen and women who were all involved with Normandy landings.

She chatted to former Royal Marine Jack Smith, 94, a landing craft coxswain who was part of the first wave during D-Day.

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He spent almost three months at the Normandy beaches ferrying the injured, munitions and other cargo, sleeping on his vessel under a tarpaulin sheet and was regularly strafed with bullets by Nazi planes.

When the veteran told the Queen how bad things were on D-Day she replied: "You don't have to tell me - I'm from the same generation," his son-in-law Stanley Marlow told reporters.

The ex-servicemen, from Barwell, Leicestershire, then teased the Queen, who is 93, by saying "I'm older than you."

After chatting with the monarch Mr Smith said: "It was a thrill meeting the Queen, she's marvellous and a real good egg."

Nick Smith
BBC News Online

Two men were racially abused outside Derby Royal Hospital last month, police said.

Police say the victims were approached by two men around 19:15 near the hospital's main reception who were racially abusive to them.

The suspects are described as white, with tanned skin, and both in their thirties.

One of the men had a bald head and a beard, and both were wearing high visibility vests, and drinking cans of beer.

The police are also looking to trace the victims, who are described as Asian, one of whom was in a wheelchair.

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More than £11m has been spent on the Metropolitan Police inquiry since it began in 2011.

Leicestershire County Cricket Club appoint Mehmooda Duke as the new chair to succeed Roy Bent at Grace Road.

The RSPCA believes the cat, found with a crossbow bolt in his shoulder, was "deliberately" targeted.

Denis Paczkowski is jailed for three years after he trafficked two men and took their wages.

Nick Smith
BBC News Online

A woman has been arrested after a purse was stolen in a burglary in Retford last night.

Police were called to the apartment block in Chestnut Avenue just before 22:30 after reports a woman had stolen a purse.

A 39-year-old woman was arrested nearby shortly after on suspicion of burglary and remains in police custody.

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Derby College said 100 students and invigilators were late for GCSE and A-level exams over A52 work.