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Police are appealing for witnesses after an 18-month-old boy was injured during a collision in Calverton, Nottingham this morning.

Police were called just before 8.30am to the crash between a Mitsubishi Colt car and a Ford Transit van in Longdale Lane.

The child who was a passenger in the car, was transferred to the Queen's Medical Centre with suspected serious injuries and is currently in a stable condition.

Drivers of both vehicles sustained minor injuries.

The road is currently closed in both directions between the scene of the crash and the A614 roundabout with Longdale Lane.

Police investigating the discovery of the remains of a missing person from Coventry have arrested two people today on suspicion of his murder.

Hiralal Chuahan, who was 58 at the time of his disappearance three years ago, went missing from his home in Bowness Close, Radford.

Police had to use DNA testing to establish the identity of the remains, which were found in Wainbody Wood on Sunday

West Midlands Police are questioning a 43-year-old man and 34-year-old woman from an address in the Lower Coundon area of the city.

Police investigating the death of a woman who fell from a bridge over the M1 say they're not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.

The woman, who has not yet been named, fell on to the motorway near Nottingham at about 11.50pm last night.

Diversions between junctions 25 and 26 were set up after the incident but the motorway has now reopened in both directions.

A man has been seriously injured after the car he was driving rolled into a field.

The accident occurred yesterday on the A449 at around 6.00pm on Wolverhampton Road.

Emergency services freed the man believed to be in his 40s from his vehicle before he was taken to hospital with serious head and and chest injuries.

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after being hit by a taxi in Birmingham yesterday.

The 19 year old suffered serious head and leg injuries after being hit near the O2 Academy just after midnight.

The taxi stopped at the scene of the accident in Horsefair, the driver was not arrested.

Six people have been rescued from a flat fire in Leicester.

It happened just before half past six this morning.

More than 20 fire fighters tackled the flames at the flat on the Kirby Road.

The shop underneath was also destroyed.

A fire investigation team are currently at the scene.

Motorists have been warned to expect delays on a southbound stretch of the M1 after a crash involving a car and a coach.

It happened close to junction 10 of the motorway, near Luton, shortly before 6.55am.

One lane of the motorway remains open.

A man is being treated in hospital after being hit by a taxi in Birmingham.

The 19 year old suffered serious head and leg injuries.

The taxi stopped at the scene of the accident in Horsefair, near the O2 Academy, and the driver was not arrested.

26 year old Darren Adam James was charged with a total of 13 offences and pleaded guilty to all counts in March.

Police found quantities of nitroglycerine stored in cupboards at a flat in Mapperley in Nottinghamshire on the 13th October last year after police went to recover a stolen car.

Local homes, businesses and a school all within 100 metres were evacuated.