Summary

  • Tea towels 'set restaurant on fire'

  • Laser shone as plane approached airport

  • East Midlands knife crimes rise

  • George Formby memorabilia up for sale

  • BMW crashes after driver nods off

  • PFA offer help in Mahrez row

  • Updates on Thursday 8 February 2018

  1. NHS Tracker: Check key targets in your areapublished at 11:07 BST 13 June 2019

    Use our tracker to check whether your local services are meeting waiting-time targets for cancer, routine operations, A&E and mental health treatment.

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  2. Living in 'a piece of heaven' since 1928published at 01:36 GMT 9 February 2018

    Olive Harvey's story is part of the latest series of The Real Peak Practice.

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  3. Police probe Lord Mayor corruption claimpublished at 20:56 GMT 8 February 2018

    Rashmikant Joshi said the allegations were untrue and he will co-operate with any police inquiry.

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  4. Forest bring in Kapino and Fuentespublished at 18:16 GMT 8 February 2018

    Nottingham Forest complete the signings of out-of-contract duo Stefanos Kapino and Juan Fuentes.

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  5. Striker Fryatt announces retirementpublished at 18:05 GMT 8 February 2018

    Ex-Walsall, Leicester, Hull and Nottingham Forest striker Matty Fryatt retires because of a long-standing Achilles injury.

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  6. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 GMT 8 February 2018

    We've reached the end of today's live coverage. Updates will start again at 08:00 on Friday.

  7. Weather: Milder night but chance of snowpublished at 17:50 GMT 8 February 2018

    BBC Weather

    Spells of rain this evening and for a time tonight. The rain is then expected to clear away to the east later in the night to leave some clear spells, but also a few wintry showers.

    Feeling a lot less cold.

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  8. Bus stop killer wins cut in minimum jail termpublished at 17:41 GMT 8 February 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    A cyclist who stabbed a journalist to death at a bus stop has been told he can apply for earlier parole.

    Rickell Patterson, then aged 16, used a pocket knife to deliver a single fatal stab wound to Timothy Smith in Nottingham in 2007.

    The teenager had been riding his BMX along the pavement and lost his temper when the 40-year-old accidentally stepped into his path.

    He was found guilty of murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years, later reduced to 12 years on appeal.

    Rickell PattersonImage source, Nottinghamshire Police

    Now aged 27, Patterson has won a cut in his minimum term after a senior judge ruled he has made "exceptional progress" in prison.

    The judge recommended Patterson's tariff should be reduced by nine months, which means he will be eligible to apply for parole in the summer.

  9. Further arrest over stabbing deathpublished at 17:30 GMT 8 February 2018

    A further man is arrested on suspicion of murdering a "much loved" Gambian national.

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  10. Video appeal after clubber attackedpublished at 17:26 GMT 8 February 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    An 18-year-old needed hospital treatment for head and chest injuries, external when he was attacked after leaving a nightclub in Nottingham at the weekend.

    Police said the assault happened as the teenager walked along North Sherwood Street shortly after he had left Pom Pom at about 03:00 on Sunday.

    Officers said they wanted to speak to the man in this video about the attack.

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  11. Rams boss calls for calm when unbeaten run endspublished at 17:09 GMT 8 February 2018

    BBC Derby Sport

    Derby County boss Gary Rowett has said it is important not to get too upset if and when his side's unbeaten run comes to an end.

    The Rams have gone 11 games without defeat since suffering a 1-0 loss to Ipswich in November.

    Rowett could have a fully-fit squad to choose from for Saturday's Championship clash with Norwich.

    Gary RowettImage source, Getty Images
  12. Watch: Tattoo artist 'goes against the norm'published at 17:04 GMT 8 February 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Leicester tattoo artist Heleena Mistry has been telling the BBC how she’s using her Indian-inspired designs to challenge taboos.

  13. Female elephants bid farewell to Twycross Zoopublished at 16:42 GMT 8 February 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Twycross Zoo is preparing to move four female elephants to take part in a breeding programme.

    Blackpool Zoo has a bull elephant and Twycross doesn't have room for one so the decision was made last year to take Minbu, Tara, Noorjahan and Esha up north.

    You can read more about the move here.

    Tara during her move last weekImage source, Phillipa Dobbs
  14. Road to close as police investigate fatal crashpublished at 16:18 GMT 8 February 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Part of the A515 in Little Cubley is to close for several hours this weekend, external as part of a police investigation into a fatal crash that happened there last year,

    A 60-year-old man from Ashbourne was killed when his car was involved in a collision with a lorry on 20 November.

    The 59-year-old lorry driver was subsequently arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and released while investigations continued.

    A515 through Little CubleyImage source, Google

    Derbyshire Police said the stretch would be closed from 16:00 on Sunday with diversions put in place.

    Drivers are asked to avoid the area, if possible.

  15. Children in stand-up stand-offpublished at 15:51 GMT 8 February 2018

    Schoolchildren have been up on stage telling jokes as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival.

  16. Your photos: Round robin in Attenboroughpublished at 15:40 GMT 8 February 2018

    BBC Weather Watchers

    A gorgeous shot - taken by David E at Attenborough Nature Reserve.

    RobinImage source, David E
  17. George Formby memorabilia up for salepublished at 15:36 GMT 8 February 2018

    Chris Fawcett
    BBC News

    An archive of George Formby memorabilia, which was found at an East Midlands car boot sale, is due to be sold.

    George FormbyImage source, Hansons

    The collection, which includes several private letters from Formby and his wife Beryl about the star's famous songs, was discovered by Long Eaton couple Rosemary and Paul Gregory at a sale two years ago in a nearby hotel.

    Mrs Gregory said: “My husband came across the archive and bought it for £25. Now we’ve decided to part with it so someone who really likes George Formby can enjoy it.”

    Formby collectionImage source, Hansons

    The archive has an estimated value of £200-£300 and is due to be sold at Hansons Auctioneers on 27 March.

  18. Tigers 'not been good enough' - O'Connorpublished at 15:32 GMT 8 February 2018

    Under-pressure head coach Matt O'Connor admits Leicester "haven't been good enough" recently but remains optimistic.

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  19. Puel hopes Mahrez 'gets his head right'published at 15:26 GMT 8 February 2018

    Leicester winger Riyad Mahrez will not face Manchester City but Claude Puel hopes he will "get his head right" and return to the squad.

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