David Pittam
BBC News Online

Police are appealing for help to bring a 28-week-old puppy who was reportedly stolen during a walk in Nottingham last month.

Nottinghamshire Police said they believe the suspect - a man wearing dark clothing - picked up French Bulldog Reggie and walked off with him at about 21:30 in Bulwell Hall Park on 15 November.

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Reggie is cream and brown, with speckles, and has one slightly blue and one brown eye, with police describing him as "unique" in appearance.

Sgt Amy Wilson, from Nottinghamshire Police, said: "We desperately want to reunite Reggie with his owner this Christmas."

Neil Heath
BBC News Online

Gedling Borough Council has called on Nottinghamshire County Council to replace "thousands of trees" that will be chopped down during the construction of a new access road.

Many trees have already been felled and more will follow to make way for the £40m road close to Gedling Country Park, which opened in 2015.

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The Labour leader of the borough council, John Clarke, said while the road is needed for new homes, he challenged the Conservative leader of the county council Kay Cutts to mitigate the loss of the natural habitat.

About 500 native trees have been planted across the borough and hundreds more are planned, with a plan to be carbon neutral by 2030, the authority added.

Nottinghamshire County Council has yet to comment but previously said in information on its website that once the road is complete, new woodland will be planted, external.

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Neil Heath
BBC News Online

A council member of the Royal College of Surgeons has described new disposable sterile headscarves for staff to use in operating theatres as "fantastic".

The University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust is believed to be the first in the UK to introduce the items.

Junior doctor Farah Roslan, who is Muslim, had the idea during her training at the Royal Derby Hospital in 2017.

She said it came following infection concerns relating to her hijab that she had been wearing throughout the day.

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Following research and tests on different materials, the headscarves were available to use by trust staff earlier in December.

Scarlett McNally, consultant orthopaedic surgeon and RCS council member, said it was "fantastic news".

"We are proud of the diverse NHS workforce. This disposable sterile headscarf will give female, Muslim medical students, doctors, surgeons and nurses more choice in how they cover their heads in theatre," she said.

"We want the operating theatre to be a welcoming place for all medical students, so the talented doctors of the future gain understanding of surgical practice, even if they do not go on to specialise in surgery."

Mrs McNally urged NHS trusts to go a step further and make them reusable for surgical teams to help reduce waste in hospitals.

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Gavin Collins is accused of murdering Terry Radford who died after being hit by a car near his home.

PA Media

EE has announced 5G coverage is now available in Nottingham.

5G is the next generation of mobile data network, offering speeds several times that of current-generation 4G.

The firm's new data network in the UK has also been extended to Hull, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield and Sunderland.

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The mobile operator, which is owned by BT, said it aimed to reach 70 more locations by March 2020.

Fellow operators Vodafone, O2 and Three have since begun their own introductions of 5G coverage.

Satya Thakor, 35, "knifed three people several times" in Wraysbury in May, police said.

Alex Regan
BBC News

Two people in their 40s have been arrested after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in Cromford.

Derbyshire Police were called to St Marks Close at 01:30 after reports that a teenager had been stabbed in the street.

The boy, from Nottingham, is in hospital but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

A 45-year-old woman, from Cromford, and a 40-year-old man, from Leicester, are in police custody.

Officers believe a red Seat Altea may have been in the area and have asked for anyone with information to come forward.

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The artificial tree, bought at a Woolworths in Dundee, is up for auction in Derbyshire.

Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

A woman has died suddenly at a property in Nottinghamshire.

Officers were called to Armstrong Road in Mansfield on Tuesday afternoon.

Det Sgt Matt Scott, from Nottinghamshire Police, said: "The woman's death is currently being treated as unexplained.

"Detectives remain at the scene as they continue their work to understand the circumstances surrounding the death.

"The woman’s family is being supported by specially-trained officers at this time."

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Amy Woodfield
BBC News

Visitors to Bradgate Park over Christmas are being reminded not to feed the deer with novelty reindeer food.

Bradgate Park Trust says the food can contain glitter and other micro-plastics, which are not digestible.

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"We have seen it scattered in recent years. Not only does it leave litter, the deer cannot differentiate between the food and added particles," the trust said.

Another problem the park sees at this time of year is people feeding the deer vegetables, like carrots.

Visitors are being asked not to feed the deer anything.

Rangers are currently giving the animals specialist supplementary food and minerals.

Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

About 800 tonnes of straw have been destroyed in a large barn fire in Leicestershire.

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service were called to Rotherby Lane, in Frisby on the Wreake yesterday afternoon.

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No-one was hurt in the blaze and one crew is still at the scene this morning damping down.

The cause is not yet known but authorities will be investigating today.

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Sandish Shoker
BBC News

Markfield Lane in Botcheston was closed after a body was found near the road yesterday afternoon.

A police spokeswoman said officers were called at 13:18 and are trying to "establish the circumstances surrounding the find and the identity of the deceased".

The road was closed at the junction with Reservoir Road and Hunt Close for several hours as investigations continued and reopened just before 22:00.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

A man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing in The Meadows on Monday night.

A 24-year-old was stabbed in Bosworth Walk shortly after 17:00.

Police said he was treated for "superficial injuries" in hospital before being discharged.

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Det Sgt Jon Kerry said the stabbing was an "isolated incident" and they are not looking for anyone else in connection with it.

BBC Weather

An unsettled outlook for the next few days as an area of low pressure moves in.

The Met Office has also issued yellow weather warnings over ice and fog, with conditions treacherous for drivers this morning.

Junior doctor Farah Roslan got the idea after having to leave an operating theatre due to her hijab.

Prosecutors thanked Stoke supporters who reported the abuse hurled at the Nottingham Forest keeper.

Liam Barnes
BBC News

A man accused of killing an 87-year-old by reversing into him with a car said he cannot remember going on what a trial has heard was a drug-fuelled rampage.

Gavin Collins is on trial charged with the murder of Terry Radford, who was hit by a car near his home at Mansfield Woodhouse on Good Friday this year.

The 39-year-old, of Addison Street in Tibshelf, told a jury at Nottingham Crown Court he had spent "90% to 95%" of his adult life in jail, and had been hearing voices since he was a child.

During his last stint in prison at HMP Ranby, he said prescribed drugs he took to treat mental health problems and an old shoulder injury were stolen from his room and led to him being denied access to them.

Mr Collins said he then traded vapes for olanzapine with inmates in another part of the jail, but after he failed a drugs test he lost access to them, which led to him "going crazy" while held in a segregation unit.

The court heard he was without access to his medication in the weeks up to his release on 18 April, the day before Mr Radford was killed.

Mr Collins said he remembered asking a neighbour to borrow their car, and a subsequent crash, but did not remember other incidents outlined by the prosecution, including taking another woman's car, breaking into a family's home, smearing crucifixes made of blood on to the head of children or reversing a car into Mr Radford.

He told the court he remembered thinking a neighbour of the deceased who he had confronted "was a prophet", and "vaguely" recalled pouring out a white liquid he believed was cocaine.

The trial continues.

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A temporary fix of the dam at Whaley Bridge will begin in January, before repairs start in 2021.

The water company paid the Trent Rivers Trust after pollution that caused the death of more than 2,000 fish.

Graham Coughlan leaves League One club Bristol Rovers to become the new manager of League Two side Mansfield Town.