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Sir Paul Smith returned to home soil to visit a new exhibition at Nottingham Castle dedicated to the world-famous designer.

The castle's “Hello, My Name is Paul Smith” exhibition includes more than 1,500 objects, many of which are from his personal collection and reflect his interests and personality.

"The idea of the exhibition was always to be helpful to young people who are starting out, not necessarily in fashion, but in any form of creative career," said Sir Paul, who was born in Beeston.

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Ted Cantle CBE, Chair of the Nottingham Castle Trust board, said it was a "real privilege" to welcome the designer and added: "It’s been a day that makes you proud to be associated with the city.”

Sir Paul hosted two events where he passed on advice to art and design students from Nottingham Trent University, and met a Brownies group from Chilwell.

Two people have been arrested after police stopped a suspected stolen van on the M1.

Nottinghamshire Police said officers "used tactical contact" to bring the vehicle to a halt near junction 27 at about 05:00 this morning.

A force statement said the van driver "is alleged to have attempted to evade officers by driving down the wrong side of the road".

Two men, aged 25 and 41, were arrested once the van was stopped.

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Today's weather will be mainly dry and cloudy, but there is the odd chance of a shower.

We expect highs of 20C (68F), and tonight will be overcast but dry with lows of 13C (55F).

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A 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.

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Jo 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.

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Nottinghamshire 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.

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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).

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