Well that's the end of day one for the Nottinghamshire Local Live service. We hope you enjoyed it. Let us know what you think.

We will be back again tomorrow with more updates.

Sara Blizzard
Weather Presenter, BBC East Midlands Today

Showers are easing through the evening and it will stay mild with highs of 14C.

There will be a few more showers around tomorrow, with some late sunshine. Highs of 18C.

East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) says a full investigation will be carried out into why a Doncaster Mustangs American footballer was left waiting two and a half hours for an ambulance after breaking his back.

General manager in Nottinghamshire, Greg Cox, told BBC Radio Nottingham: "It seems very distressing and all I can do is make an apology on behalf of EMAS at what appears to have been a disappointing response to this call."

He said the length of time the player had to wait was "unacceptable".

East Midlands Today

Billy Jowett, 11, from Bunny looks a little worried as the long locks he had been growing for three years are chopped off.

He has raised more than £700 for those affected by the Nepal Earthquake by growing his hair, which will now be donated to the Little Princess Trust which provides wigs to children who've lost their own hair through cancer treatment.

BBC Sport

Notts County Ladies goalkeeper Carly Telford (left) has suggested the team sign fellow England goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain (right) while she is out injured.

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Telford dislocated her shoulder during the World Cup in Canada and said she didn't want her home club to suffer while she was out.

BBC Radio Nottingham

Two Nottingham chefs are experimenting with the possibility of making pasta using flour made from crushed crickets.

David Jones, who has worked in Michelin-starred restaurants around the country, said they were responding to warnings of a food crisis in 2050 which could see a protein shortage in people's diet.

He said: "We wanted to see how to add protein into a diet and crickets are very high in protein. It'll taste like wholemeal pasta."

BBC Travel

Traffic is slow moving around parts of Nottingham and the wider county this evening as we hit the rush hour.

There are currently some delays on the A52 and A612. Keep up to date with any delays to your journey here.

Nottingham Post

There has been further opposition against plans to build 89 new homes, external on the site of former Central College, Nottingham, in West Bridgford.

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Sandish Shoker
BBC News Online

• The ambulance service has apologised after an American footballer who broke his back during a game waited more than two hours for a 999 response crew

• Nottingham City Council is looking to build a "museum of rebellion" at the castle

• Notts have continued to make progress in their County Championship match against Sussex, who trail by 204

BBC Radio Nottingham

A Nottinghamshire head teacher who was knighted last year for services to education has announced his retirement.

Barry Day (pictured) has been chief executive of the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust for seven years, which works to turn around under-performing schools in poorer areas.

Adrian Harms
BBC Surrey, Sport

Notts continue to make steady progress into the Sussex batting at Horsham in the County Championship.

Sussex still trail by 204 at tea and battle to take this game into a fourth day.

With just two bonus points in the match Sussex can only collect a maximum of seven if they secure an unlikely draw, whilst Notts will be striving for a maximum 24 point return.

The head coach of Nottingham Caesars American football team said it was "embarrassing" that ambulance crews took more than two hours to respond after a visiting player suffered a broken back during Sunday's game.

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Barry Boseley said the team's first aiders called 999 after checking over the Doncaster Mustangs player who "lay in agony" for hours at Southglade Leisure Centre.

He said: "I'm sure there was a reason for the delay but it was a bit of an embarrassment for me and for Nottingham. When first aiders rang and said it's an emergency you would expect a quick response."

East Midlands Ambulance Service has apologised.

James Roberson
Reporter, BBC East Midlands Today

Yesterday I tried out the new tram simulator which is being used to train the city's new tram drivers and I asked councillor Jane Urquhart if she could put a date on when we'll see the new trams in Beeston and Clifton.

She said: "We really are in the last stages of the work and last stages of training, so I'm hopeful in the next few weeks we will show considerable progress and then an opening."

The jury has gone out in the trial of Robert Amoroso, a former teacher, who is accused of sexually assaulting seven boys over a 30-year period in Nottingham.

We'll bring you the verdict when it comes in.

Peter Saull
Political reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

Nottingham City Council is looking to build a "museum of rebellion" at the castle which will open in 2020.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News Online

• A man has been jailed for life for the "brutal" killing of his parents at their home in Worksop in April last year

• East Midlands Ambulance Service has apologised after an American footballer was left waiting for an ambulance for more than two hours

• Nottinghamshire County Council is to select a new company to help build and run a new visitor centre at Sherwood Forest

• On the third day of the County Championship match Sussex trail Notts by 244 runs with eight wickets remaining

BBC Radio Nottingham

East Midlands Ambulance Service has apologised after a Doncaster American football player was left waiting two and a half hours for an ambulance after he sustained a back injury during a game in Nottingham.

The Doncaster Mustangs had been playing the Nottingham Caesars at Southglade Leisure Centre when a visiting player fell and injured himself. He was eventually taken to hospital where he is being treated for a broken back.

Lisa Teanby
BBC Radio Nottingham

Detectives are investigating a report of a serious sexual assault in Regent Street, Mansfield, between 03:00 and 04:00 on Sunday morning.

A 30-year-old man has been questioned in connection with the attack and bailed pending further enquiries.

The prospect of a new visitor centre at Sherwood Forest could be a step closer today once Nottinghamshire County Council decides which bidder , externalwill get the job.

Adrian Wilson, founder of the charity The Friends of Sherwood Forest, said an application had been submitted to the council for permission to demolish the old visitor centre which was a positive move.

He said: "I'm hoping this time this particular venture is built on more substantial foundations."

Nottingham Post

Nottingham Rugby will kick-off their season at Cornish Pirates, external on Sunday, September 6 after their fixture dates were confirmed.

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