City hopes to shed 'workaday' image with £30m castle refurbpublished at 00:43 British Summer Time 21 June 2021
Can a £30m refurbishment make up for the fact Nottingham's movie star castle is long gone?
Read MoreCity hopes to shed 'workaday' image with £30m castle refurbpublished at 00:43 British Summer Time 21 June 2021
Stokes makes winning comeback for Durhampublished at 18:58 British Summer Time 20 June 2021
Ben Stokes and Joe Root are on the winning side for Durham and Yorkshire respectively, while Notts tie with Lancashire.
Read MoreApology over Christian festival disruptionpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 20 June 2021
Locals have complained that festival attendees held drag races and were abusive to shop staff.
Read MoreMinister may intervene in Pitchfork releasepublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 20 June 2021
Robert Buckland said he was taking advice and considering the matter "very carefully".
Read More'Finally having a wig puts the smile on your face'published at 00:00 British Summer Time 20 June 2021
A girl, 15, who donated her hair to a cancer charity finds out a year later she has cancer herself.
Read MoreFurther arrests over street party stabbingpublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 19 June 2021
Police officers came under attack as they tried to give first aid to a stabbing victim.
Read MoreDeaths of woman and man in village 'linked'published at 11:38 British Summer Time 19 June 2021
A body of a man was also found after a woman was found fatally hurt in a field, police confirm.
Read MoreYoung Stilton-maker's childhood smelled of cheesepublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 19 June 2021
Ryan Gee, 23, is due to take over as head Stilton maker at Hartington Creamery, in Derbyshire.
Read MoreCPR call after boy dies following football gamepublished at 07:58 British Summer Time 19 June 2021
Kellum Thomas, who had underlying health issues, collapsed after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Read MoreDownload pilot 'the highlight of my year'published at 17:59 British Summer Time 18 June 2021
Ten thousand people are taking part in a government-backed pilot version of the three-day rock festival.
Read MoreEscapee pig family saved from slaughterpublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 18 June 2021
The sow, named Matilda, escaped from a farm and gave birth in woodland.
Read MoreQueues form as over-18s offered Covid vaccinepublished at 16:25 British Summer Time 18 June 2021
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsPeople aged 18 and older have been receiving their coronavirus vaccine in the East Midlands after it became available to all adults in England.
Many people queued in the rain outside vaccination centres, including one in Loughborough.
Dr Vijay Rawal, from NHS England in the Midlands, said: "We've seen a great uptake and real enthusiasm from the younger age groups across the region so I'm almost certain that we'll have a really good response to this.
"Obviously the supply will be paced but then the appointments are paced according to the supplies."
Jack Toberts, 18, said: "I'm very happy about getting a jab - it was painless.
"I've been waiting a while to get it and I'm just ready to get my second one, get back out and get back to normal."
Heavens open as rock fans descend on Downloadpublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 18 June 2021
The music festival welcomes a significantly reduced crowd of 10,000 as part of a government pilot.
Read MoreAttempted murder charge after woman hurt in knife attackpublished at 15:43 British Summer Time 18 June 2021
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA man has appeared in court charged with attempting to murder a woman in Kirkby-in-Ashfield.
Police were called to a report of a knife attack at a home in Hartley Road just before 14:30 on Wednesday.
When officers arrived they found a 41-year-old woman with a severe injury to her neck.
Image source, GooglePolice said she was taken to hospital where she remains in a stable condition following emergency surgery.
A 61-year-old man, of Hartley Road, appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court earlier and was remanded into custody to appear at Nottingham Crown Court on 16 July.
First glimpse of T. rex set to go on display in Nottinghampublished at 15:34 British Summer Time 18 June 2021
Liam Barnes
BBC NewsWollaton Hall has released a sneak peak of part of a special new visitor.
Titus, the first real Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton shown in England for more than 100 years is set to go on display from 4 July, with a premiere event the night before.
Backed by £250,000 of Arts Council England funding, the 4m (13ft) tall and 11m (36ft) long dinosaur will take up all of the Nottingham hall's main Willoughby Room.
The Wollaton Hall Facebook page released this picture today showing part of Titus' skull in its packaging.
Image source, Nigel GibsonEast Midlands Railway announces cuts to servicespublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 18 June 2021
The firm said a timetable introduced only last month was delivering a "substandard service".
Read More'Joyous' to welcome festival-goers back to Downloadpublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 18 June 2021
Dave Wade
BBC NewsMelvin Benn, managing director of Festival Republic, which runs Download as well as Reading and Leeds and Latitude and others, said: "Despite the weather it feels joyous.
"We didn't think this would happen but the government wanted to extend the research programme they'd put together and they wanted a camping festival.
"And I felt that a Donwload pilot event was the perfect one to do so."
He said the line-up, which includes Frank Turner, Enter Shikari and Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, was put together in less than 36 hours.
"I won't quite be moshing, my body won't be but my mind and my heart will be," he added.
Drenched revellers arrive for Download festival pilotpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 18 June 2021
Dave Wade
BBC NewsIt wouldn't be Download if it wasn't raining, right?
Festival-goers have started to arrive in Castle Donington for a government pilot event - the first camping festival to be held in the UK since 2019.
Media caption, Download festival-goers hug in the rain
The rock festival, which usually welcomes more than 100,000 revellers has a much-reduced capacity of 10,000 and everyone has had to take a Covid test in advance.
However moshing will be allowed, organisers said.
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Download festival: 'Throw me in the moshpit'published at 14:19 British Summer Time 18 June 2021
Enter Shikari, and festival ticket holders talk about this weekend's 10,000 people event.
Read MoreRoads closed in Derbyshire village due to 'ongoing incident'published at 13:08 British Summer Time 18 June 2021
Liam Barnes
BBC NewsPolice in Derbyshire have closed a number of roads in and around Duckmanton as they deal with an "ongoing incident".
Staveley Road and Inkersall Road have been shut between the A632 Chesterfield Road and Inkersall Green Road, with access to Rectory Road and Tom Lane also restricted.
Derbyshire Police said officers "will remain in the area for some time" and it will issue more details "in due course".
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