Man charged with raping women from dating sitespublished at 15:26 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
A man is charged with raping two women after meeting them on online dating websites.
Read MoreMan charged with raping women from dating sitespublished at 15:26 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
Leics sign Durham's Weighell on loanpublished at 15:26 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
Leicestershire sign Durham all-rounder James Weighell on loan for the rest of the season.
Read MoreTerminally-ill dad's Butlin's wish for familypublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
Daniel Scott, father to three boys aged four, five and 13, is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Read MoreRocks thrown from A38 bridge damage carspublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
Alex Regan
BBC NewsAt least six cars have been damaged after rocks were thrown from a bridge in Derby on to a dual carriageway.
Derbyshire Police said a man or a teenage boy was seen lobbing objects from the bridge, between the Markeaton Island and Allestree.
Six drivers reported damaged windscreens and bonnets between 20:45 and 21:30 on Tuesday.
The force urged anyone whose cars were damaged to come forward and appealed for dashcam footage.
Sgt Daniel Potts said: "There could have been more serious consequences should a driver or passenger have been injured or a collision caused."
Image source, GoogleCoronavirus: New testing facility in Meltonpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA new mobile testing unit for coronavirus has opened in Melton Mowbray following a rise in cases.
The borough has seen 31 new cases over the past fortnight and is ranked 10th in England for seven-day infection rates.
Anyone wanting to take a test can now make an appointment to do so at Parkside car park - outside the Melton Borough Council offices.
The authority is also delivering 9,000 coronavirus awareness leaflets to households in the borough.
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End of twitter postNational League club split on votepublished at 13:43 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
National League clubs are split on whether to vote to end the regular season without playing games that were scheduled up to 25 April.
Read More'Fabulous response' after book exchange stolenpublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News OnlineA woman who had an informal book exchange stolen from her drive has said she has had a "fabulous response" to its replacement.
Set up in May to help people through lockdown, Sherree Westley, from Glenfield, said the box of swaps had become a local feature.
Image source, Sherree WestleyBut on Tuesday evening all the books and their container vanished.
However Ms Westley was undeterred and put out a new selection housing in an old drawer.
She said: "It's had a fabulous response! I put out the replacement yesterday with five books to start it off - it's now full again. Glenfield has been so supportive.
"I've also received lots of offers of replacement books."
David Lammy MP: East Midlands needs Nightingale courtpublished at 11:17 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
Kit Sandeman
Local Democracy ReporterCrime victims are being "badly let down" by a major backlog in court cases, the shadow justice secretary has said.
Speaking during a visit to Nottingham, David Lammy said the government "urgently" needed to set up a Nightingale court in the East Midlands to help clear a backlog of about 41,000 crown court cases.
The government currently has plans for 10 Nightingale courts, but the nearest to Nottingham are in Leeds and Peterborough.
Mr Lammy, a former barrister and Labour MP for Tottenham, said: "If you have experienced serious crime, a serious sexual offence, murder or manslaughter or serious robbery, you want to see justice delivered, and you want it delivered in a speedy way.
"You certainly don't want a situation in which the delays are so extensive that evidence is lost or not as good, memories are forgotten, and someone gets off.
"That's why the backlog that's mounting is worrying. It's why the government needs to bring forward, rapidly, Nightingale courts, and there isn't one in this region.
"Nottingham also takes cases from the Derby area, Lincoln, so if you're not bringing forward some of the cases that are happening in this city, and you're having to take cases from other places, plus you've got local courts like Mansfield that are closed, you can see there's going to be a lot of pressure building up in the system."
The Ministry of Justice has been approached for comment.
Man and woman in critical condition after assaultpublished at 11:04 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
Liam Barnes
BBC NewsA man and a woman are in a critical condition in hospital after being assaulted in Nottingham on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Nottinghamshire Police were called to Pilkington Road at 14:00, and officers arriving on the scene found the victims seriously injured.
Insp Chris Pearson said they believe the attack is an "isolated" incident where "all parties involved were known to each other", but local patrols have been increased and any witnesses are urged to get in touch with police.
Image source, GooglePolice 'coughed at by man who said he had coronavirus'published at 10:54 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
Liam Barnes
BBC NewsPolice are investigating after a man who claimed he had coronavirus allegedly coughed at an officer.
Nottinghamshire Police said they were called to Wood Street at about 21:30 on Wednesday after receiving reports a man was trying to break a car window.
A 36-year-old was arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage, a force spokesman said, but after coughing in the face of the police officer he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker.
Image source, GoogleCasualty cut free after car and two lorries crashpublished at 09:48 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News OnlineA person had to be cut free after a crash between two HGVs and a car near the M1.
Police, ambulance and fire crews were called to the northbound slip road at junction 24 at about 15:30 on Wednesday.
Image source, Leicestershire Fire and RescueLeicestershire Fire and Rescue Service described the rescue as a "complicated extraction" but said only minor injuries had been suffered.
The collision caused delays on the A453 and A50 for several hours.
Image source, Leicestershire Fire and RescueCoronavirus cases rise in Derby and Nottinghamshirepublished at 09:40 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsDerby and Nottinghamshire have both seen an upswing in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases.
There were 20 new cases in Derby in the week up to 1 August - up from seven in the previous week.
Nottingham city has 26 new cases in the week to 30 July - up from 17 - while Nottinghamshire has seen 49 new cases in the same period, up from 36 the previous week.
Image source, Getty ImagesDerby's director of public health Robyn Dewis said: "Because the numbers currently are fortunately very small, we do expect there to be considerable variation week-to-week.
"Currently we're in the summer months and we're experiencing lower rates of the virus but we do expect as we go into the autumn and definitely into the winter to see rates increase."
Alison Challenger, Nottingham's director of public health, said people should remain vigilant ahead of children returning to school next month.
Teenagers arrested over alleged park attack on manpublished at 08:40 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsThree teenagers have been arrested after an 18-year-old man suffered a cut to his head in an alleged assault at a park on Tuesday night.
Derbyshire Police said the man was injured during an "altercation with a group of teenagers" in the park on Whitemoor Lane, Belper, between 22:00 and 22:20.
The force said he was kicked and punched, and hit with what they believed to be a metal tool.
He was taken to hospital as a precaution to check his injuries, police added.
Two boys, aged 15 and 16, from Belper, and a 15-year-old boy from Derby were arrested on suspicion of assault and have since been released on bail.
Police have appealed for witnesses.
Image source, GoogleToday's weather for the East Midlandspublished at 08:03 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
We're looking at a very warm and dry day, though one or two places may get a shower this morning.
Weather Watcher Pete sent us this photo of morning arriving in Melton Mowbray.
Image source, Pete'What we learned about coping with local lockdown'published at 00:11 British Summer Time 6 August 2020
Leicester's residents and businesses share what they learned during the UK's first local lockdown.
Read MoreDrone shows man jumping from window in drug raidpublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 5 August 2020
Thomas Stones scaled his neighbour's fence but was caught in some bushes by police.
Read MoreMan and woman in hospital after alleged assaultpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 5 August 2020
Alex Regan
BBC NewsA man and a woman have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after an alleged assault in Nottingham.
Nottinghamshire Police said officers were called to Pilkington Road shortly before 14:00.
An air ambulance was sent to the scene and the force said it is "working hard to understand the circumstances of the incident".
Police believe the assault was "an isolated incident and the people involved are known to each other".
Image source, GoogleArtist paints Cornish scenes after holiday cancelledpublished at 15:09 British Summer Time 5 August 2020
BBC Radio LeicesterAn artist whose holiday to Cornwall was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic has recreated his holiday on canvas.
Rod Shaw, from Loughborough, was due to travel to the south west earlier this year, but his trip was cancelled when the nationwide lockdown came into force in March.
After finding out he would be forced to have a staycation, he decided to paint his holiday from photos taken from previous years.
Some of the scenes are from the artist's favourite part of Cornwall, the Lizard Peninsula.
Image source, Rod ShawHe has now auctioned the paintings he created for mental health charity Mind.
The artist said: "I was really only doing it for my own amusement.
"I was posting them on WhatsApp to the family and a few friends but I was asked if they were for sale.
"The money raised wasn't quite in the league of Captain Tom, but we've raised £1,500 which is a very pleasing amount."
Image source, Rod ShawWoman 'pushed into river by kayak group'published at 14:59 British Summer Time 5 August 2020
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsPolice are hunting a group of men who allegedly pushed a woman into a river after she found them starting a fire on her land.
Derbyshire Police said the woman encountered the men at a site off Catton Road in Walton-on-Trent at about 15:20 on 26 July.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceThe force said when she confronted them, they pushed her in the water and when she got out they pushed her in again, before leaving in kayaks.
Police have released photos of several men they want to speak to about the alleged assault.
Image source, Derbyshire Police
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceMan taken to hospital after stabbing in parkpublished at 14:03 British Summer Time 5 August 2020
Liam Barnes
BBC NewsA man is in hospital after being stabbed in a park in Sneinton.
Nottinghamshire Police said the victim was playing basketball with a friend in King Edward Park at about 20:00 on Tuesday when he was approached by a man who threatened him with a knife.
After refusing to hand over items to the man he was punched, and only after the suspect ran off did he realise he had been stabbed.
The injuries aren't believed to be life-threatening, and police are appealing for any witnesses to get in touch.
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