Alice Lee, 20, from Alfreton in Derbyshire, will take on the 5km challenge with a bespoke walker.

The demand has caused concern among some suppliers about how they will pay to hire new workers.

Fans can watch more than 100 comedians from the comfort of their own homes - or even hot tubs.

A rescuer fell while responding to reports of a camper in the fells suffering chest pains.

Leicester's outside hopes of winning the Premier League title suffer a blow after being held to a goalless draw at Midlands rivals Wolves.

Kayakers who clean up river banks after flooding said waste had ended up on the River Derwent.

Alex Regan
BBC News

A yellow warning for snow and ice will be in place across the East Midlands until at least Wednesday as Storm Darcy makes its way across the UK.

The Met Office warning is for Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire from 15:00 GMT on Sunday until 23:59 GMT on Wednesday.

Forecasters have warned the storm will bring heavy snowfall in the South East and the East, but the cold snap is not expected to be as widespread as 2018's Beast from the East.

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The cold weather will last until at least the middle of the week, said BBC Weather forecaster Billy Payne.

He said: "Temperatures will be remaining below freezing by day for some, with snow showers most frequent in the east where significant accumulations are likely, and a risk of ice.

"A severe wind chill too."

Derbyshire County Council has said gritters will be out on Sunday after several roads, including the A57 Snake Pass, were closed overnight due to snowfall.

Hanyu Wong has been practising in Nottingham while he cannot train at the National Ice Centre.

Leicester Tigers score five tries - three of them from hookers - as struggling Worcester Warriors are hammered in the Premiership.

Sale go second in the Premiership as they come from behind to beat Leicester and get new boss Alex Sanderson off to a winning start.

Glenn Murray scores twice on his full debut as Nottingham Forest earn a clinical win over bottom-of-the-table Wycombe.

Barnsley's home Championship match against Derby County is postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.

The women were left "extremely shaken" after being ordered to sit down and hand over jewellery.

Police were told about the party after reports of banners outside the gathering.

Pupils without technology to access virtual lessons have been attending at the weekend instead.

Tara Bostock, 51, died after contracting the virus, despite isolating throughout the pandemic.

The 36-year-old is jailed for five years and seven months after a mother of two died.

Damien Hammond dropped the ball from the window of his flat, causing severe head injuries.

Police say the woman, 69, was on High Street in Desford when the crash occurred.

Amy Orton
Local Democracy Reporter

Front-line medics in Leicester’s hospitals stepped in to treat Covid patients from London and other parts of the Midlands when vital intensive care beds were in short supply elsewhere.

The hospitals provided mutual aid to other trusts while continuing to care for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland’s most ill patients.

Rebecca Brown, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust’s acting chief executive, told her colleagues she was “really proud” they not only managed their own workload but supported patients from London and the greater Midlands area too.

She said: “This hasn’t just been in ECMO (extra corporeal membrane oxygenation), as we would do normally, but in our intensive care unit too.

“We have absolutely supported the national NHS family by taking on their patients as well.”

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The city is home to the country’s largest ECMO unit, and has supported some of the sickest patients from all over the UK during the Covid crisis.

The specialist life support machine is used for patients needing the highest level of care. Blood is pumped outside of the body to a heart-lung machine that removes carbon dioxide and sends oxygen-filled blood back to tissues in the body.