David Pittam
BBC News Online

After a long day of mixed emotions, Chellaston Junior School pupils are leaving for the day.

Jude Smith, 42, mother of Frankie, in Year 6, and Tallulah, in Year 4, both at the school, said: "I was in two minds about sending them back, I was worried about the social distancing.

"But the school has been brilliant, they've addressed all my concerns."

Her daughter Frankie added: "It was really exciting going back. I was a bit nervous at first but happy now I'm here."

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

People have reported long queues at Ikea stores across the country - including Nottingham's - after the furniture giant reopened 19 shops in England and Northern Ireland on Monday.

Melissa Bell said at 10:30 this morning, the queue for the Giltbrook Retail Park store was already "half a mile long".

Image source, Melissa Bell

Another shopper, Annette Furuyama, said she started queuing at 08:15, and when she came out of the store after an hour, she said there were "over a thousand" people waiting in line.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

A firefighter was racially abused while on duty over the weekend, police said.

Derbyshire Police confirmed it was investigating after the officer reported a racist term had been shouted at him from people in a passing car at about 19:00 on Saturday.

He said he had been in Walton Back Lane in Walton, Chesterfield, when it happened and there had been four people in the passing white Vauxhall Corsa.

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Chief fire officer Gavin Tomlinson tweeted: "We are liaising with Derbyshire Police over this matter. We will not tolerate this type of behaviour in any shape or form."

Anyone with information is asked to call the force on 101.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Police have shared footage of two motorcyclists dangerously overtaking one of their unmarked cars and other vehicles on a road in the Derbyshire Dales.

The pair are facing disqualification after officers switched on blue lights and brought their antics to an end further along the A5012 Via Gellia.

Police said the footage was a short clip from the two-mile "horror show".

David Pittam
BBC News Online

After lunch, assistant head Stephen Beeston was making sure every child leaving the hall washed their hands and received a squirt of hand gel.

He had been particularly worried about lunch as it was when most of the kids would be moving.

He said there were still some "teething problems" such as how long it took the kids to all wash their hands, but it was "not bad for a first day".

"It has gone smoother than I thought. It's nice to know our plans worked," he said.

The school has a field, a large courtyard and a number of outdoor areas which allowed them to have the children outside during lunch and safely distance from each other.

But head teacher Alex Smythe said schools with smaller spaces would struggle and he "does not know" what they would do without theirs.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

The last few children have finished off their lunches in a hall with 10 tables, each with chairs for only four pupils.

Lunch started at 12 and it has taken one-and-a-half hours - the same amount of time to serve the roughly 150 pupils in today as it does the usual 500.

Carol Townsend, who has worked on the catering team for 20 years, said the children had behaved well but it had been "surreal".

"But then again everything is at the moment," she added.

Ms Townsend said: "I was nervous, we've gone from serving only key worker kids for the past weeks to all of a sudden having more than 100.

"But it couldn't have gone better. The kids have been good, I only had to remind one or two about staying 2m away."

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Pupils enter classrooms by outside doors, rather than through the corridors.

Inside the desks have been put two metres apart.

There’s a maximum limit of 15 children in each class and there's a one-in, one-out policy in the toilets.

Alex Regan
BBC News

A woman broke her leg in four places after a boxer dog attacked her pet, police have said.

Derbyshire Police said at about 09:20 on 30 April, a man and a woman were walking their dog across the park on Greenwich Drive South, Mackworth, in Derby.

The pair reported seeing another man and woman talking on the park, and were then aware of a boxer dog that appeared to be with the woman, which chased their dog and attacked it.

The force added the animal then chased their dog towards where they were standing, causing it to knock the 52-year-old over and break her leg.

Image source, Google

Police want to trace the owner of the boxer dog, who is thought to be local to Mackworth or Mickleover.

She is described as about 5ft 8in tall, with shoulder-length blonde hair.

The dog is male, tan-coloured with a white patch under his muzzle, and was wearing a red-coloured harness.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

For lunch, Chellaston Junior School pupils have to queue on 2m plastic markers to get into the hall.

They are still able to chat - and some have already turned moving from one marker to the next into a game.

Along with reminding pupils to socially distance, there's the usual small battles over hats, untied shoe laces and pushing in that teachers have to cope with.

Pippa Kinsey, overseeing the entry to the hall with smiles and some dancing, said the kids had largely followed the rules.

She added: "They've been absolutely brilliant. I've really enjoyed it so far today, it's getting back to something normal for the kids."

Piles of litter cover beaches and parks after a warm weekend combined with more freedom of movement.

Repeated warnings for people to avoid the water, which is similar to bleach, have been ignored.

Neil Heath
BBC News Online

Two men have been arrested after a man was attacked in Leicester.

Police were called to Redcar Road, in the Belgrave area of the city, at about 15:30 on Sunday after a report of a fight in the street.

Leicestershire Police said a man was found on the ground - it is believed he may have been pushed.

The 50-year-old victim subsequently suffered a cardiac arrest and was taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical but stable condition.

The arrested men, aged 19 and 22, were detained on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and remain in police custody.

Image source, Google

Alex Regan
BBC News

A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed in what police believe to be a "targeted" attack.

Derbyshire Police said they were called by East Midlands Ambulance Service to reports a man had been found injured in Albion Street, Ripley, at 03:30 this morning.

Officers found the man, 31, had been stabbed while in Ash Crescent, then had left the scene and driven to Albion Street.

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He was taken to hospital and is currently in a "serious condition".

A police spokesman added: "The incident is understood to be targeted and, while no arrests have been made, officers are working on a number of lines of enquiry."

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Two Year 6 pupils at Chellaston Junior School have been sharing their thoughts on returning to school after more than 10 weeks away.

Amelie, 11, said: "It's been really difficult. When you see your friends you want to go up and hug them but you have to pull back.

"It's good to be back. Learning from home was tough without the teachers there. It was really nice to see everyone, I've not seen that many people in so long.

"I think it will feel more normal as we spend more time here though."

Connah, 10, said: "It feels great to be back. We've never had as long off school before and we won't again.

"But it's hard to stay two metres apart - we've not seen friends in so long. And some friends might not know how to deal with it and it's hard to tell them to keep away from you.

"It's different but it's still school. We want to get to know each other again. Maybe I can make some new friends, at a distance."

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Teaching assistants at Chellaston Junior School are doing support work in corridors for a variety of reasons, including easing up space in classrooms.

Head teacher Alex Smythe said the idea all children could be back in school by the end of the term was "crazy".

"We don't have the capacity, in terms of space or teachers," he said.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Feet-shaped markers have been added at Chellaston Junior School to remind children how far apart they should be keeping.

At Chellaston Infant School next door, pupils are having their temperatures taken by a member of staff before being allowed in.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

John Gadsby, PE coordinator at Chellaston Primary School, said seeing today's break was "bizarre".

"Usually they would be much closer together but we've not had to enforce the distancing yet," he said.

"Even if we did, we'd try to do it gently. At the moment they're just enjoying catching up with each other."

He added: "We've been thinking of games we could do, like football or football golf.

"There's not been much guidance from the government so we're just having to use our best judgement."

David Pittam
BBC News Online

The 108 Year 6 pupils returning to Chellaston Junior School today are being taught across 14 classrooms.

This class had 10 pupils and two unused desks - 21 members of the year group have not returned today.

Reopening schools have been advised to reduce class sizes to 15 or less, with pupils kept 2m (6ft 6 in) apart wherever possible.

Staggered break times, increased hand washing and less sharing of equipment has also been recommended.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Chellaston Junior School in Derby has been welcoming back pupils this morning for the first time in months.

The school said 108 of the 129 Year 6 pupils eligible to return have done so.

The children arrived through two entrances over four staggered start times, 15 minutes apart.

Head teacher Alex Smythe said: "We had cones out to show where two metres was but we didn't need to enforce it - everyone did it naturally. I think they're so used to it now.

"Most of the work in the classroom, at least for the first few days, is going to focus on mental health, self-esteem and coping with change.

"It's been extremely calm so far, although we'll see what happens at lunch and break."

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

At least 40 drivers were handed £100 fines and three penalty points yesterday for parking dangerously, external on the road near Padley Gorge in Derbyshire.

Police said the parking forced them to intervene to allow traffic through safely - but they added some drivers still verbally abused officers when they learned they had been fined.

Image source, Derbyshire Police