Sandish Shoker
BBC News

It's not just picnics that teddy bears are having in one Nottinghamshire garden, thanks to one grandmother's idea to entertain children in her area.

Bev Norman, from Arnold, has set up displays of teddy bears at the beach, theatre and on a camping trip, with a new theme each day.

She has been arranging the teddies in her front garden every morning for the past three weeks during lockdown and said families have been stopping on their daily walks to enjoy them.

Image source, Bev Norman

"I started because I wanted to give children something to focus on while out walking and it has just grown from there," said Mrs Norman, a former pre-school manager.

"I enjoy watching the reactions of people as they stop and my neighbour says she watches a lot of them from her garden.

"Some families come every day now to look at them and people are being are very sensible to stay apart while they're looking at it."

Image source, Bev Norman

The sister of Eileen Landers says she "had a heart of gold and was the most generous person".

Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

A moorland fire which has been burning for six days has destroyed an area where bog restoration work to improve the land for wildlife is taking place, the RSPB has said.

The fire at Rakes Moss, near Crowden in Derbyshire's Peak District, is still burning having started on Thursday.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said it is unclear how much the blaze has cost them, but they estimated it has destroyed about £40,000 worth of its restoration work.

Breeding birds and other wildlife such as curlews, golden plovers, meadow pipits, and mountain hares are among the wildlife affected.

Image source, Shirebrook Fire Station

An RSPB spokeswoman said: "Bog restoration is where we wet the peat through the blocking of drainage channels, to restore the peat itself and plant species like cotton grass, other native grasses and sphagnum moss to encourage wetland bird species and improve their numbers.

"We had started to see good results for birds following the restoration, but the restoration was nowhere near finished, taking many years to fully restore after our interventions.

"So we will wait to see if the plants start to come back naturally, or if we will have to start again, but ultimately our aim is to make the site wetter to improve it for wildlife."

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

A Derby artist has created this mural in his back garden as a tribute to NHS workers.

Leigh Irvine, who runs Raze Murals, cannot work at the moment due to the coronavirus pandemic so painted the image over the course of four days at home in Chaddesden.

Image source, Raze Murals

Alex Thorp
BBC News

Staff at a hospital in Nottinghamshire observed a minute's silence to commemorate the front-line workers who have died with coronavirus.

These workers at King's Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield joined colleagues across the country in falling silent at 11:00.

More than 100 NHS and care staff have died with the virus, as have many transport and other key workers.

Sonia Kataria
BBC News

Police have appealed for information following the death of a 33-year-old man in a crash in Nottinghamshire.

Emergency services were called to Coxmoor Road, between Ravenshead and Sutton-in-Ashfield, at about 10:20 on 2 April.

Nottinghamshire Police said the man died at the scene.

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The force has urged anyone who saw the crash or has dashcam footage to contact 101.

Rob England
BBC News

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A fire service will begin training crews using virtual reality (VR) technology, external in order to maintain social distancing.

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said VR would be used from tomorrow for fire investigation training while staff were working remotely.

Watch manager Paul Speight said: "We are having to work remotely and are always looking at ways to improve how we do this - virtual reality remote training is one of them, which will help keep officers up-to-date with their training."

Mr Speight added there were a number of benefits of VR training, including allowing firefighters to access "virtual burns" and investigations without the risk of being exposed to a real fire.

Bob and Brenda's various activities are keeping residents - and their owners - entertained.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

A cleaner for the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust has become their third staff member to die from coronavirus.

The hospital said Eileen Landers, 67, died on Sunday at Queen's Hospital Burton.

Her sister, Margaret Landers, described her as having a "heart of gold", adding: "We will all miss her greatly."

Image source, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Trust chief executive Gavin Boyle said Ms Landers started working at the hospital in Burton in 2004 and "was known for her high standards".

He said: "During her time here she was known for her absolute dedication to her role and her dedication to coming to clean the hospital and protect patients.

"The importance of the role Eileen and her colleagues perform simply cannot be overstated."

Her death follows that of consultants Amged El-Hawrani and Manjeet Singh Riyat.

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Schools have called in a Tai Chi instructor to help relieve the stress of key workers' children.

The lockdown period has seen more people spotting amorous hedgehogs in their gardens.

Curlews, golden plovers and mountain hares are all affected, a bird protection charity says.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

A couple who travelled 200 miles "to collect a rug" from Wales were stopped by police.

Officers patrolling in South Wales over the weekend spoke to the pair at Llwyn Onn Reservoir who said they had travelled from Leicester.

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Officers didn't issue them with an official fixed penalty notice but said they were "issued with a Covid breach warning and moved on".

Current government guidance on preventing the spread of coronavirus advises not leaving home unless you have a "reasonable excuse" like to buy food, medicine or take daily exercise.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

A 19-year-old man has been summonsed to court accused of assault after a cyclist was attacked.

Xinhua Wu, 34, was cycling through Keyworth on Thursday when someone inside a car thew beer over her.

Image source, Xinhua Wu

A man was voluntarily interviewed by Nottinghamshire Police and was reported for summons to court for common assault and driving offences.

Nelson Nelson also hit a police dog with a plank of wood when asked if his travel was essential.

Sonia Kataria
BBC News

Police officers have been working with a Leicester temple to distribute "much-needed" food to vulnerable people in the areas during the coronavirus outbreak.

The Shree Hindu Temple said it was "another successful" Sunday delivering food parcels to those in need with help from Hamilton and Spinney police stations.

Image source, Leicestershire Police

The temple added it was a "great pleasure" to have Leicestershire Police join them.

The force said it was "not all about catching the baddies".

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The temple decided to close "until further notice" on 17 March, before the lockdown measures were announced a week later.

Image source, Leicestershire Police

Sally Maddison holds a virtual weekly assembly in a different blow-up costume to cheer up children.

Adam Barry, 15, was struck by a car while cycling between two villages, police say.

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

A one-stop shop of latest online NHS updates, advice and information about coronavirus has been launched for Derbyshire.

All seven NHS organisations working across the county and city will have their services covered as part of the 'Joined Up Care Derbyshire, external' health and care partnership.

A postcard is being delivered to homes across the area to highlight the move and make arrangements for those who do not have web access.

Image source, Derbyshire NHS

Dr Chris Clayton, chief executive officer, NHS Derby and Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group, said: "Each organisation is doing sterling work in informing the public, but this one-stop shop will bring them all that information together so people can easily access all trusted NHS information from one place."

The site also has help for NHS staff, to provide some additional mental wellbeing support, he said.