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Brace yourself for winter floods, council warns bbc.in/4k5QuLi

Get ready for winter floods, Leicestershire council warns

Flood defence items are being distributed to at-risk parts of the county as winter approaches.

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Mum of van murder victim welcomes bollards decision bbc.in/4yudkjq

Mum of Ilkeston van murder victim welcomes bollards decision

Loraine Wilson says she is glad permanent bollards will be installed at the spot where her son died.

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Lorry driver guilty of attempted rape near M1 bbc.in/3UEYzwh

Lorry driver guilty of attempted rape near M1 services

Tadeusz Podlasinski attacked the woman near Leicester Forest East services in April.

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Man arrested after car crashes into bin lorry bbc.in/4k27B0z

Man arrested after car crashes into bin lorry in Nottinghamshire

An Ashfield District Council bin lorry was hit by a car being driven "erratically", police say.

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Charging battery believed to have caused house fire bbc.in/4hSgWqt

Charging lithium-ion battery believed to have caused house fire

A charging lithium-ion battery is believed to have caused of a house fire in Leicestershire.

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Morgan Gibbs-White fined after his car ran red light bbc.in/4i1v1k8

Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White fined after his car ran red light

The midfielder failed to respond to two police letters asking whether he was driving at the time of the offence.

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Four arrested after police officer injured in shooting bbc.in/4zDBzg3

Four people arrested after police officer injured in shooting

The officer was shot in the foot and remains in hospital in a stable condition, police say.

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Officer 'stable and with family' after shooting bbc.in/3UA1Pcj

Police officer stable and with family after Nottingham shooting, PCC says

Nottinghamshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Gary Godden commended the officer's bravery.

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'Postcode lottery' driving children's inequality in England, commissioner warns bbc.in/4zBf5fv

Children face extreme inequality in England, warns commissioner

Dame Rachel De Souza's landmark report says children are being failed by a "postcode lottery".

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Wildlife habitat planned on more than 120 acres bbc.in/4Bdxd0N

Wildlife habitat planned on more than 120 acres in South Derbyshire

Ecologists say they have seen skylarks, yellowhammer, linnet and brown hare on the site.

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Roads and car parks to shut for charter fair bbc.in/4ju3pGK

Roads and car parks to shut for annual Ilkeston Charter Fair

The town centre is taken over each year for the fair, which dates back to 1252.

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The woman with an 'up to 100% chance' of developing cancer bbc.in/4BeXT18

The woman with an 'up to 100% chance' of developing cancer

Choir member Hannah Simpson, 32, lives knowing every year could be the one when she needs surgery.

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Plan for £3.8m health centre set for approval bbc.in/4zJdR27

Plan for £3.8m health facility in Rutland set for approval

Rutland County Council's planning committee is recommended to approve the application on Tuesday.

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Athletes 'jumping for joy' over £2.1m stadium plans bbc.in/4yWdLUR

Athletes 'jumping for joy' over £2.1m Nottingham stadium plans

Nottingham City Council is recommended to approve investment in Harvey Hadden Stadium.

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My dream of being a paramedic helped me save a life at 15 bbc.in/3Uunbrz

My dream of being a paramedic helped me save a life at 15

Ethan gives CPR to a 75-year-old man he found collapsed on the street in cardiac arrest.

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Stop selling kids flour and eggs, shops told bbc.in/4sebG3Y

Leicester stores ban Halloween sale of eggs and flour to kids

"Please remember, flour and eggs belong in cakes, not on neighbours' walls."

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Arson-sniffing fire dogs win national award bbc.in/4ekjrzv

East Midlands fire dogs sniff out 580 years of custodial sentences

The canines and their handlers work across the East Midlands to help solve fire investigations.

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Main road closed after crash near reservoir bbc.in/4iqT2lX

A628 Woodhead Pass closed after crash near Torside Reservoir

It is shut in both directions and drivers are urged to seek alternative routes.

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Rescuers called in over 'suspicious item' in crevice bbc.in/4ismTKQ

Rescuers called in over 'suspicious item' in Peak District crevice

Kinder Mountain Rescue Team say it was asked to investigate by Derbyshire Police.

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NHS data breaches a 'disgrace', says health secretary bbc.in/3TXTDSZ

NHS data breaches a 'disgrace', says Health Secretary Yvette Cooper

A total of 15 NHS staff are sacked for accessing records of the Nottingham attacks victims.

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