Neil Heath
BBC News Online

Staff at Attenborough Nature Reserve were greeted by the arrival of five Egyptian goose chicks this morning.

Tim Sexton, assistant manager of the Nottinghamshire reserve's visitor centre, said it is believed the adult pair had a nest in a kestrel box in the Wheatear Field area.

He said although the birds are called geese, they are actually a relative of the shelduck.

The birds are the reserve's first new arrivals of the year, he added.

Image source, Alena Sexton

The British Trust for Ornithology said Egyptian geese tend to be early breeders with pairs defending breeding sites from early January.

The birds were introduced to the UK in the mid-19th Century in private collections and have since established feral populations across the Midlands.

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A Leicester terror suspect has become the first person to be convicted of a new offence of breaching an order under counter-terrorism laws.

The unemployed defendant had not been charged or convicted of any terror offence when he was made the subject of the temporary exclusion order (TEO) for two years from June 2018, the Old Bailey heard.

The order required him to report to a police station every day but he failed to register at a Leicester police station on 20 May.

He claimed to police he was ill in bed with flu but CCTV footage showed him using a cash machine in the city on the same day.

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The suspect, identified only as QQ, was found guilty of the breach after a jury deliberated for 90 minutes earlier.

Following the verdict, prosecutor Emma Gargitter said the Home Secretary had found "reasonable grounds that the defendant was involved in terrorism abroad".

Judge Richard Marks QC adjourned sentencing until 27 March, saying it was a "novel offence" for which there was no sentencing guidance.

RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney is looking to phase in cuts to funding for Championship clubs over two seasons.

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Using moisturisers on babies does not prevent eczema, according to a major new study.

Researchers examined nearly 1,400 babies and found no evidence the skin condition was prevented in those who were moisturised daily.

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The study was led by Professor Hywel Williams, a dermatologist at the University of Nottingham.

He said: "Much progress has been made in recent years on the treatment of severe eczema but the goal of preventing eczema from developing in the first place remains elusive."

A 25-year-old man is arrested after a block of flats was evacuated in Chesterfield.

Amy Orton
Local Democracy Reporter

A Leicestershire mother who complained to the council that the property it had housed her in was unsuitable has been awarded nearly £3,000.

The woman suffers with a heart condition and her three young children have sight problems. She was also about to have another child.

The maisonette was accessed via two flights of external stairs and one of her children had found a needle in the communal garden.

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A report published by the Local Government and Social Ombudsman (LGO) has ordered Oadby and Wigston Borough Council to pay her £500 for the "avoidable time, trouble and distress" the situation had caused her.

It also has to pay a further £2,400 to "remedy the injustice of her family living in unsuitable accommodation for two years".

Councillor Bill Boulter, chair of the council's service delivery committee, said: "The council is disappointed with the findings of the Ombudsman and the high level of compensation that he has recommended is paid.

"It cannot guarantee when a more suitable property will become available as the complainant needs a three-bedroom property and will have to bid for any available property against other applicants who may have more urgent needs."

Neil Heath
BBC News Online

Highways England has released a graphic of the A52 Clifton Bridge showing which lanes are closed.

It shows four lanes are closed on the bridge which is currently undergoing repairs - three lanes heading eastbound out of Nottingham and one lane westbound into the city.

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On Wednesday it was revealed that the damaged bridge which has caused traffic chaos in Nottingham was unlikely to fully reopen until the end of the year.

The route, which is on the A52 and part of Nottingham's ring road, is used by tens of thousands of motorists every day.

Chesterfield appoint John Pemberton as manager until the end of the season, following his spell as caretaker boss.

Liam Barnes
BBC News

Lilian Greenwood has announced she's back fulfilling public engagements after she voluntarily isolated herself having attended an event where a fellow guest had coronavirus.

The Nottingham South MP tweeted to let constituents know she would be on the beat alongside Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Police and a bomb squad have dealt with a "suspicious device" they found behind a Chesterfield block of flats.

They had been called to a flat off Devonshire Close at about 02:00.

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They arrested a 25-year-old man and found the device in an outhouse.

A spokeswoman for the police said she could not at this point say what the device was, but said the surrounding area had now "been made safe".

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

It's set to be another wet day with heavy rain forecast for later this morning and into the afternoon.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Police have evacuated people from a block of flats after discovering a "suspicious device" in Chesterfield.

Officers and the Ministry of Defence are at the scene on Devonshire Close after being called at about 02:00 over concerns for the safety of a man.

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They said they then arrested a 25-year-old man and a device was found in an outhouse at the rear of the flats.

Police have not said what the man has been arrested on suspicion of for "operational reasons".

Kat Bailey is pregnant with her second child and intends on continuing pole fitness until four weeks before her due date.

The pilot’s flying log book and rolls of gun camera photographs are among items due to be auctioned.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

A disabled woman who had to be rescued from floodwater near Melbourne, Derbyshire said she is grateful to the firefighters who came to her aid.

Catherine Dennison from Shirebrook was driving towards the M1 early on Monday morning when water reached her knees in her car.

She told Radio Derby she was, "shocked, wet and rather flustered".

"I didn't want to get out of the car and get swept away because I didn't know how deep it went," she added.

Image source, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service

Later on Monday evening, firefighters were called again to reports of a vehicle in flood water near the River Trent (above) in Ingleby.

Officers said the driver got out the vehicle safely and was only a few feet away from the river. They reiterated advice for people not to drive through flood water.

Simon Ward
East Midlands Today Reporter

A farmer risked her own life to save 12 sheep and 15 ewes from a flooded field.

Faye Russell, 26, jumped into action to save her flock from the high water after heavy rainfall in South Derbyshire on Sunday.

She had already moved her 300-strong flock to higher ground on Saturday, as her farm is on a floodplain.

Image source, Faye Russell

But then on Sunday a flash flood submerged one of the fields in 7ft of water, leaving some sheep stranded behind a flood bank.

She said: "Duty called. I just had to do it.

"The sheep and lambs had got themselves cut off on higher ground as the water rose.

"It was cold; it took my breath away. I was very tired, very quickly, but I had to rescue them."

Image source, Faye Russell

Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

An inquest has opened into the death of a 23-year-old man who was attacked outside a nightclub in Chesterfield.

Joseph Robotham, of Chesterfield, died at Royal Hallamshire Hospital, in Sheffield on 9 February.

Police believe the ex-soldier was hit over the head with a glass bottle in the early hours of 8 February outside Vibe nightclub, in Holywell Street.

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Det Sgt Steve Topham told Chesterfield Coroner’s Court: “Males were ejected from the bar by door staff and Joseph was hit by what we believe to be a glass bottle.

“He was struck to the head, collapsed and lay unconscious. He was taken to hospital.”

Coroner Dr Robert Hunter said the provisional cause of death was a head injury, and suspended the inquest.

Engineer Connor Rose, 24, also from Chesterfield, has been charged with murdering Mr Robotham and will appear at Derby Crown Court on 20 March.

Derby winger Duane Holmes will be out for "several weeks" with a lower-leg injury picked up in the Rams' draw with Huddersfield.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

The owner of a stolen miniature Dachshund said her family were screaming and crying with joy when they heard she'd been found.

Lola was taken from a pub garden in Stanton under Bardon, Leicestershire on 29 January.

She had three-week-old puppies and there was concern they could die without her.

Image source, Leicestershire Police

On Tuesday, her owner received a call from someone claiming to know where two-year-old Lola was.

She was then found at a property in Whitwick by two police officers.

Leicestershire Police said she was taken to the vets where her microchip confirmed her identity before going home for an emotional reunion.

Image source, Lauren Wright

Owner Lauren Wright said: "Only a couple of days before, I had been saying that I had given up hope. I didn't think I was going to see her again.

"When we realised Lola had been found, we were just all screaming and the kids were crying. It was joy and just utter shock

"Lola came home and was reunited with her puppies. She just wants to be constantly near us now."

Leicestershire Police have not made any arrests and say inquiries into Lola's theft are ongoing.

Neil Heath
BBC News Online

Footage has emerged of a sunken boat floating down the River Trent.

It was spotted floating in the direction of Lady Bay, Nottingham, at about 17:20 on Tuesday.

Nottinghamshire Police, who said they were called a number of times about the boat - including from its owner - said it had been tied to a tree but the branch it was attached to snapped.

It is not believed anyone was on board or has been injured.