Arrests at pro-Palestinian drone factory protestpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 17 August 2021
Three people blocked the entrance to the facility, which also saw a rooftop occupation in May.
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Arrests at pro-Palestinian drone factory protestpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 17 August 2021
'Devastating' vandalism at baby loss remembrance gardenpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 17 August 2021
Samantha Noble
BBC News OnlineA memorial garden where people can go to remember babies they have lost has been vandalised.
Trees have been uprooted, sculptures damaged and a plaque has been removed in the Serenity Garden in Highfields Park, Nottingham.
Charity Forever Stars said approximately £10,000 of damage has been caused after they spent more than three years designing, fundraising and building the garden before it was opened last month.
Image source, Forever StarsJo Sharp, from the charity, said cars, vans and caravans had been driven through the garden after a padlock was cut.
She said: "They have driven straight over a tree that was dedicated to twins."
Yesterday, she said she she witnessed a boy "trying to destroy" a sculpture and within an hour she saw 10 vehicles driving through the garden.
"It is frustrating but devastating because of the sentimentality of the garden," she said.
"It has taken a huge amount of time and fundraising for someone to destroy in less than one week."
However, she added since the vandalism, "the outcry and outpouring of support has been phenomenal" and the charity is determined to restore it to its prior beauty.
Image source, Forever StarsNottinghamshire Police said they were investigating it as criminal damage and appealed for information.
Sgt Bruce Clarke said: “We understand that this incident will have caused considerable upset to a lot of people – especially to those families whose children are remembered at the garden."
He added there will be more patrols in the area over the next few days.
Image source, Forever StarsDoctor caught by 'paedophile hunters' struck offpublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 17 August 2021
Joshua Peake is erased from the medical register after being caught by people posing as a boy.
Read MoreTeen charged with attempted murder after two men stabbedpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 17 August 2021
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA teenager has been charged with attempted murder after two men were stabbed in Derby city centre.
Derbyshire Police said the men, aged 17 and 22, were attacked on Cheapside in the early hours of Saturday. Both remain in hospital.
Image source, GoogleThe 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was also charged with grievous bodily harm and possession of a knife in a public place.
He appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on Monday where he was remanded in custody.
He will next appear at Derby Crown Court on 13 September.
New homes could make hamlet six times biggerpublished at 12:16 British Summer Time 17 August 2021
There are currently just 23 houses in Woodthorpe, a hamlet that pre-dates the Domesday Book.
Read MoreClub announces death of 'oldest football fan'published at 10:53 British Summer Time 17 August 2021
Derby County said it was "saddened" to learn of the passing of Derek Eley, aged 103.
Read MoreAppeal after cyclist seriously injured in crashpublished at 08:48 British Summer Time 17 August 2021
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA cyclist is in a critical condition in hospital after she was hit by a car in Illston on the Hill on Sunday.
Leicestershire Police said the woman in her 30s was taken to hospital by air ambulance following the collision with a black Mercedes SLK on Gaulby Road at about 16:15.
Image source, GoogleThe driver – a man in his 50s – was not injured and no-one has been arrested in connection with the crash.
Police have appealed for witnesses and to anyone who may have dashcam footage from the time of the collision.
Today's weather for the East Midlandspublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 17 August 2021
It will be cloudy with a few spells of rain to start.
Rain will clear through the morning, with just the odd spot lingering in the afternoon. A maximum temperature of 18C (64F).
Image source, The RamblerCovid testing site workers 'abused and assaulted'published at 16:54 British Summer Time 16 August 2021
Liam Barnes
BBC NewsPolice in Leicester are appealing for information after workers at Covid testing centre in the city reported being abused and assaulted.
A woman got out of a van and tried to enter the site at Victoria Park at about 14:40 on 9 August before she was stopped by a security guard, after which point Leicestershire Police said she "became verbally abusive".
Image source, ReutersTwo more guards came to act as support but one was punched in the face and the other spat at, a force spokesman said.
The woman is described as mixed race, aged between 16 and 20, about 5ft 4in tall, with her hair in a bob and wearing white trainers.
Security staff suspended after attack video sharedpublished at 16:40 British Summer Time 16 August 2021
One video appears to show security staff punching and kicking a man at Rock City.
Read MoreBike charity 'devastated' by vandalism and theftpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 16 August 2021
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA charity that was set up to help people living in transport poverty in Nottingham has been hit by vandalism and theft.
RideWise said bicycles, tools, fridges, hydraulic pumps and other materials had been stolen from its workshop in the city.
Image source, RideWiseThieves even took a bed and bowls belonging to a dog that visits the workshop.
The charity, which refurbished and donated more than 700 bikes to key workers during the pandemic, said it was devastated by what had happened last week.
Image source, RideWiseChief executive Helen Hemstock said: "This is a sad day for the whole team, and our volunteers.
"We have a lot of things to sort, replace and repair.
"We are determined to build back - bigger and better - and restart our community work."
The charity is appealing to bike shops and retailers that might be able to help with donations of basic stock used to repair bicycles.
Bird smashes through window of air ambulancepublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 16 August 2021
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsA pilot and crew mate escaped injury when a crow smashed through the windshield of an air ambulance and entered the cockpit.
An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report, external said it happened as the helicopter was flying over Carsington Water on the way back from a mission on the afternoon of 22 April.
Debris from the windshield of the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance landed in the cockpit and also made a hole in a rotor blade.
Meanwhile the bird hit the crew mate on the helmet and ended up wedged behind the pilot's seat.
Image source, AAIBA precautionary landing of the AgustaWestland AW109SP was then carried out and there were no injuries.
The AAIB said the model of aircraft was not required to have a bird strike-resistant windshield but changes to this rule were currently being considered by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
Three charged after thermal drone locates suspectspublished at 13:06 British Summer Time 16 August 2021
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsThree people have been charged with burglary after a police thermal imaging drone found suspects on the roof of a bank.
Two men, aged 25 and 40, and a 31-year-old woman, were arrested after the intruder alarm was activated at Santander in Stockwell Gate, Mansfield, at about 01:10 on Saturday.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceThe trio, all from Warsop, were remanded in custody ahead of a court appearance today.
Train arrives ahead of expected Mission: Impossible filmingpublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 16 August 2021
Samantha Noble
BBC News OnlineA train that villagers say will be used in the filming of a stunt in Derbyshire for the new Mission: Impossible film has arrived.
In April, work started on building a train track over Darlton Quarry, in Stoney Middleton.
Planning documents say a train "will run off" the railway line on a "partial bridge structure", and part of the quarry floor will also be excavated to create a water-filled tank.
The applicant, Jupiter Springs Production Ltd, has been contacted for comment.
Image source, Pete GraftonPete Grafton, the owner of Toll Bar Fish & Chips in the village, said two French train engines have been delivered.
In May, a dark blue carriage with French writing on arrived.
He said: "It is all set up on the track. They say it will be filmed in the next two weeks.
"We had two engines come on Saturday. It's the talk of the town again now."
Tom Cruise was seen posing for photos earlier this year as filming took place elsewhere in the country.
Tony Holmes, who was walking in the Peak District on Sunday, went to have a look on his way home and saw one engine sat on the track as well as "wagons at the side of the field".
He said: "I heard it had been delivered so we took a detour. It is not every day a Hollywood movie is filmed in a field in the Peak District."
In June, the production of Mission: Impossible 7 was halted for two weeks due to positive Covid tests within the crew.
Image source, Tony HolmesRobinson hopeful of Tokyo medal successpublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 16 August 2021
Great Britain's Lucy Robinson believes the women's wheelchair basketball team can win a medal at the Paralympics.
Read MoreCummins ready for 'surreal' Paralympicspublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 16 August 2021
Great Britain wheelchair rugby player Nick Cummins says playing at the Paralympics will be a "surreal" experience.
Read MoreSussex sign Hudson-Prentice on loanpublished at 10:42 British Summer Time 16 August 2021
Sussex sign Derbyshire all-rounder Fynn Hudson-Prentice on loan for the remainder of the County Championship campaign.
Read MoreToday's weather for the East Midlandspublished at 08:04 British Summer Time 16 August 2021
Today will start mostly cloudy with the odd spot of rain possible.
Cloud will become increasingly fragmented as the day progresses, with plenty of sunny spells expected by the evening. A maximum temperature of 20C (68F).
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