DERBY County play their 12th game of the 46-match Championship campaign at Reading tomorrow.
The Rams have lost only one of their 14 League and cup matches this season and they are unbeaten in 10.
Head coach Steve McClaren says the time to look at the table is not now but with 10 games to go.
Derby are currently fourth, one point behind leaders Norwich City and second-placed Nottingham Forest.
The Rams' start has made supporters more confident that this will be the club's season to win promotion.
With a quarter of the league campaign almost complete, we asked fans:
Have your thoughts on where Derby County will finish changed? Here is what they said...
Jack Francis: Still think Derby will finish second. Norwich first and Ipswich Town promoted through the play-offs.
Edward Reach: Not changed my prediction. I still think they will finish in the top two.
Tim: I originally thought the play-offs and I still feel that is a realistic finish.
Adam Berry: Happy with the consistency being shown and the team are cutting out silly losses but still to fire as we know they can. Top two.
Mark Pycroft: Think Derby will win automatic promotion. Wish we had an out-and-out goalscorer. I have seen umpteen chances created at home where a "poacher" would have turned one point into three.
Chris Hughes: Still a top-two finish for me. I think by next month we'll start hitting our stride.
Guy Pearson: Derby need to play with greater tempo at home. Play-offs within reach as long as Chris Martin stays fit. Lack of quality back-up for him a concern.
Danny Clarke: Still think Derby will finish in the top two.
Tom Gooding: I thought in July we'd achieve automatic promotion and I still believe we will.
Saul Fulda: I still think Derby will be champions.
Paul Wood: My thoughts have changed. I was little concerned by a lack of activity in the summer but now feel we can win the Championship after a good start without playing great as yet.
Nathan Morley: It is still difficult to say as no teams in the division have set the world alight, including Derby but they are still up there. I'll say a top-two finish.
Alex Barrett: Looking at the season so far, two teams will stumble into the top two and I don't see one of them cannot be Derby.
Mawgen Hogg: Derby are still another striker short of the top two.
Simon Wilkins: Although the League is tight at the moment, I expect it to settle into an order come the new year. Derby will click and comfortably finish in the top two.
Paul Clayton: If Derby become more clinical in front of goal, the top two. Otherwise the play-offs.
Rusty: Not changed my thoughts. We will win the Championship.
Ian Redfern: Top two if we are more clinical in front of goal and with the final pass. This has already cost us a win at Sheffield Wednesday and at least four points at home.
Andrew Turner: I thought Derby would finish second. If anything, I am now a little more confident of automatic promotion.
Jatinder: Has to be automatic promotion. I can't take another play-off disappointment. It is about time we won the division, it has been a long time.
Stefan Broome: Top two finish. If Derby can stay clear of injuries, it is easily within the team's capabilities. I am very confident.
Neil Hunt: I still think we will go up automatically. Norwich and Watford are the main threats.
Chris Joyce: Still saying top two.
Andy Miller: Play-offs, probably top two. Derby's start has reinforced my belief rather than changed my mind.
Chris Smith: I thought Derby would finish in the play-offs. Now I think they will be top two with Norwich.
WILL Hughes returns to Championship action with Derby County tomorrow, boosted by praise from England Under-21 boss Gareth Southgate.
Hughes helped England book a place in next summer's European Championship finals in the Czech Republic.
The 19-year-old midfielder started and starred in both legs of their play-off tie against Croatia.
His performance in Tuesday's second leg in Vinkovci particularly caught the eye.
He scored a fine winning goal to give England a 2-1 victory on the night and a 4-2 win on aggregate.
Southgate was impressed.
"He was fantastic," said Southgate.
"I think he was the youngest player in our team and has played with great maturity in both matches, under scrutiny and the spotlight.
"His touch and his awareness was first class.
"It's difficult to single people out because there were so many good performances but I thought he was outstanding."
Hughes has featured in all of Derby's 14 matches this season and has started 12.
His total number of appearances for the club stands at 103, a remarkable record given his age.
Rams head coach Steve McClaren, a former England manager, believes there is more to come from Hughes.
"Will is playing well," said McClaren.
"He is only doing what I think he is capable of doing and he needs to do that more consistently.
"He is developing and he is getting better but there is still a long way to go.
"What pleases me is he's getting some end product to his play.
"He can always keep the ball and deal with it but that killer pass to unlock packed defences or scoring a goal, that is what he has added to his game."
McClaren describes Hughes as a "modern-type" of player.
"In my experience, players like the Spanish, the Dutch and the Brazilians produce can get out of tight areas very well," added McClaren.
"You think you have them trapped, you think you can nick the ball and, all of a sudden, they can get out of that situation.
"It is something I have always talked about in the English game, something we could never quite get to grips with, but I think we are developing players now who are capable of doing that.
"And Will is one of those players.
"We have a lot of others, when you see the likes of Daniel Sturridge, Raheem Sterling and Jack Wilshere.
"They are the modern-type of players. You can give them the ball in any situation and you know they are going to keep it. That is so vital at top-level football."
STEVE McClaren has thanked Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill for playing a key part in helping skipper Richard Keogh be fit for Derby's County's clash against Reading.
Keogh suffered a hamstring strain while training with Ireland ahead of their Euro 2016 qualifier against Gibraltar last week.
He was ruled out of the game as well as the qualifier in Germany on Tuesday.
The central defender was released early from the national squad and sent back to Derby for treatment.
McClaren says O'Neill and the Republic of Ireland should take credit for their prompt action.
Keogh was able to train with the Rams squad yesterday as they prepare to face Reading in the Championship at the Madejski Stadium tomorrow (3pm).
"We thank Martin O'Neill and the Republic of Ireland for sending Richard back early and that has given us a chance to get him fit," said McClaren.
"Richard has trained and, hopefully, he will have no reaction to that, and be available."
Keogh has been ever-present this season in a defence that has kept four consecutive clean sheets.
He looks set to continue his centre-back partnership with Zak Whitbread, although Jake Buxton is fit again after missing the last five games due to a hip-flexor problem.
Buxton played an hour in a private friendly against Burnley at Moor Farm on Tuesday.
Ryan Shotton also adds to the competition for places at the heart of the back four.
"That is one of the things that has pleased me," said McClaren.
"When you lose somebody of the stature of Jake Buxton to injury, you wonder how you are going to replace him but not only has Zak come in but Ryan Shotton as well.
"It shows we have a strong squad and we will need that over the season."
Derby have also been boosted by Jordon Ibe's return to training.
The winger, on loan from Liverpool, has started the last four matches but struggled with a groin injury during the goalless draw against Millwall last time out.
The injury forced him to miss England Under-20s' successful participation in a Four Nation tournament during the international break.
"Jordon has trained this week and come through OK," said McClaren.
Simon Dawkins remains sidelined with a hip problem.
"He is getting closer," said McClaren. "He may start training next week with a view to being involved the following weekend."
Derby are unbeaten in 10 matches and have lost only once in 14 games this season.
DERBY'S Eagle Market should be closed, Market Hall retained and a three-day-a-week outdoor market put on the Market Place, the president of a national markets group says.
But stallholders in the Eagle Market say the bold vision from Mick Barker, also city councillor for Oakwood, is ill-informed and that, with better management from the council and fairer rent, it could boom again. It is a debate of real importance now that the council has launched a review of the future of both the Eagle Market and Market Hall.
Mr Barker, president of the National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA), said: "There would be the option for [Eagle Centre] traders to be moved into the Market Hall ... but there is no doubt that traders also need a shot of reality. They need to ask 'are we really making a living out of selling these anoraks or would we do better going into jeans or wool wear'."
Lyndsey Morgan, who runs the Eagle Market's Morgan's Deli, said Mr Barker's words were distressing "when people's livelihoods were at stake."
He said: "Mr Barker has never come to speak to us – we invite him to do so – and he doesn't the information we have."
Mr Morgan was speaking to the Derby Telegraph outside the Eagle Centre Market's unit No 6, a gloomy sight, with its shutters down as they have been for more than 12 years. It is one of 57 vacant units currently in the centre, meaning 40% are not in use.
Mr Morgan said: "The cost total of running that unit is £33,000 a year and it's been like that for a long time. The most recent rent levels were established around the boom time when Westfield was first built. The council are asking for twice as much as they can get."
He, like several other stallholders, believes the stalls pricing structure in the Eagle Centre is unfair – the rent, and the charges for services like cleaning and security.
Back in March, independent experts who wrote a report, commissioned by the traders, found that the top rent rate for a stall in the Eagle Market – £30 per square foot, per year – was a third more than they recommended.
And that report, Mr Morgan, said did not take into account that stalls facing Theatre Walk – but still part of the market – are charged £34.
In addition, the average charge for services like cleaning and security for 2014-15 is another £1.04 per square foot, 61p cheaper than the average paid by shops on the Derby Theatre side of Theatre Walk. This, the council says, is down to them receiving fewer services.
During its review, the council has promised to speak with market traders, its partners, and councillors before making a decision and it will also take on board the views of national markets organisation NABMA, which offers its own consultancy for market operations.
Its president is Mick Barker, also Conservative councillor for Oakwood, who says it is time for major change, an end to Derby having two indoor markets within 400m of each other and selling similar products – and an end to the Eagle Market. He says it is time for Derby city centre to have an outdoor market again – on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays in the Market Place.
Mr Barker said of bringing back the outdoor market: "It's about going back to basics – back to what a market is all about. People would come to the outside market with their fresh eggs, vegetables, crafts. If you have this three-day-a-week market you would bring footfall to Market Place, Market Hall and the Cathedral Quarter."
Traders in the Eagle Market and Market Hall have a lease that does not expire until 2016. They have "protected tenancies" which means they are entitled to renewal of their lease after that time. So it looks as if any major changes will involve co-operation and agreement between the council and stallholders.
The March report was drawn up by Derby-based Raeburn Consulting, which specialises in resolving disputes between landlord and tenant.
Mr Morgan said it was handed in to the city council and acknowledged as "useful" but said he had not heard anything about it since.
Now, a council spokeswoman has said that the findings will be taken into account as part of the review.
Mr Morgan said other issues holding the Eagle Centre back included a lack of flexibility when it came to new stall applicants.
He said: "The council won't budge on prices and they won't accept shared stalls."
A council spokeswoman agreed that rents and service charges were fixed but added that "concessions and incentives" were available, such as 50% rent discount for the first seven months.
Kay Woodhouse, joint owner of a pet and fruit and vegetable stores in the Eagle Centre, also said it took about a year between an applicant inquiring about a stall and getting one.
Such a long wait is something the council said was "rare". It said credit checks needed to be made, references checked and works carried out to bring a unit up to standard.
Mr Barker has other theories about the decline of the indoor markets – some of which stallholders agree with. These included what he called a lack of a long-term vision.
Mr Barker said: "Markets in their heyday were a cash cow for councils but they used the income from markets to pay for all sorts of things and didn't necessarily plough it back into markets so the infrastructure has deteriorated.
"Over the last few years, and successive regimes at the council, markets have been passed from pillar to post in relationship to the managerial structure."
He said there was also an issue with Derby Live, the council's entertainment arm, being in charge of city centre street vendors, such as those on the Christmas market.
Mr Barker said: "If the Derby Live and markets officers don't speak, how do they know they are not undermining rent payers in the Market Hall, for example?"
And he believes the council should have staff dealing with the markets actually based in the Market Hall, instead of where they currently are at Nottingham Road Cemetery. That positioning is down to the fact that the boss is the bereavement services manager as well as head of markets.
Mr Barker said: "You need a strong markets officer to say 'no I'm not prepared to give you a unit because you'll go under'. And you need them based in the Market Hall."
It is a tricky conundrum for those carrying out the markets review.
In the three years up to and including 2013-14, the council says it made a loss of £412,470 on Market Hall but gained £11,521 on the Eagle Market.
Mr Morgan said he had heard far higher profit figures for the Eagle Market.
It is an issue the council will have to consider in its review.
The council spokeswoman said: "It has been identified that a future role for city centre market's offer needs to be developed in the context of a strategic vision for a city centre retail and cultural offer.
"To achieve this will be working with the market traders' community, all stakeholders, partners, councillors, and drawing in, as required, external specialist advice."
Another issue the city council will have to take into account, when deciding on the indoor markets' future, is that expensive roof repair work is "likely to be needed" at the Market Hall.
A council spokeswoman said this would have "a significant impact on the operation of the market over a prolonged period".
She said: "This will be considered in more detail when the Market Hall is reviewed as part of our property rationalisation agenda."
One of the Market Hall stallholders, Lorna Margett, owner of Flowers by Joy, previously said she hoped that, when the council reviewed the markets, it would look at how more could be made of Market Hall being an old Victorian building.
She said there was also more that could be done to build on its "excellent" atmosphere and diversity.
The council is in the process of appointing consultants to carry out the review.
DID you enjoy eating Sugar Puffs as a child? And what about the famous Sugar Puffs adverts - do you remember watching those?
The manufacturers of the breakfast cereal have now announced plans to rename Sugar Puffs to Honey Monster Puffs, according to national newspaper reports.
They say it is to alleviate parents' concerns about the amount of sugar in the cereal - as well as improving a dip in sales.
The cereal itself is also set to change, with a new recipe with less sugar and 20% more honey.
Do you think the cereal should be renamed? Would you feel better giving it to your children? Let us know!
DERBY Telegraph readers have had their say on the news that the Spondon wind turbines are likely to become fully operational in December.
The two 180-metre structures, named Winnie and Tony, were installed last December, but, according to documents seen by the newspaper, they will not be operational until this December.
They are located in a "sensitive area", which means that when they are switched on they appear as unidentified objects on the air traffic control display at East Midlands Airport.
The document said Severn Trent hopes to install new equipment on the turbines at the sewage works in Megaloughton Lane next month.
Dave Borrington, who was "dead against" the turbines when they were first installed, said he was pleased to hear they would soon be generating electricity.
He said: "Most people in Spondon are pleased to see them working eventually after quite a lot of uncertainty. They are at least starting to do what they were supposed to do, although I still do not like the sight of them. I think people will get used to them being there."
Jackie Wood took to Facebook to say: "I would much rather look at a wind turbine than a power station or an oil rig."
Eliza Eyre said she was pleased a date had been revealed for when the turbines would begin working.
She said: "I think they are great. I hope the issue is resolved soon and they start generating power."
Philippa Jane Mawbey thought wind energy was better for the environment than alternatives such as extracting shale gas, or fracking.
She said: "I would much rather have wind turbines than fracking, which is a dirty and dangerous practice. It would damage our health and pollute our air, water and land."
The report said the turbines could only be operational in December if East Midlands Airport approved the safety of the system being installed.
The turbines are expected to produce 10,000 megawatts of electricity a year – the equivalent of supplying about 3,000 homes with power.
Moves to build the turbines began in 2007 and planning permission was granted in 2012.
But building them was not a straightforward process and lifts and motors needed to be installed before power could be sent to the National Grid.
Among local residents' main concerns was the prospect of noise, but these fears have been largely allayed during testing, although Severn Trent said it would be monitoring the situation.
A spokesman for the company said: "We expect to test Winnie and Tony – Derby's wind turbines – over the coming weeks.
"We are working very closely with East Midlands Airport to do this."
AS football clashes go, this one has got to be up among the strangest.
TWELVE players were sent off during a match between rivals Deportivo Roca and Cipolletti FC, following a tackle in the 67th minute.
The incident at the Argentine third division encounter then turned into an all-out brawl, with the match having to be suspended in the end.
Reports said the Argentine Football Assocation is now looking at handing out lengthy bans to both clubs for failing to control their players.
AN off-duty police officer tracked a solicitor for 30 minutes as she drove round a traffic island three times, swerved across the road and headed through Derbyshire at 20mph with her hazard lights flashing.
Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court was told that Danielle Owens had drunk so much she was more than four times the legal driving limit.
The court heard she had suffered "a complete emotional breakdown" while preparing a statement for an inquest on her child.
The hearing was told Owens was spotted by the officer on the A42 as he drove to his night shift at Swadlincote police station.
Lynn Manning, prosecuting, said: "Several vehicles were having to brake to avoid colliding with the defendant's car which was driving slowly down the A42 displaying its hazard lights and swerving between lanes one and two.
"The officer alerted the control room and began to follow the car which took the slip road and headed towards Swadlincote on the A511.
"During the journey, he was relaying what was happening to the control room telling them the car was swerving and going on to the opposite side of the road."
Miss Manning said Owen's car was finally stopped in Ticknall by the police and, when she got out, she was "visibly very upset".
She said officers noted that Owens, of Cirrus Drive, Watnall, near Nottingham, had slurred speech, glazed eyes and they could smell alcohol on her breath.
The offence took place on September 8, with the officer first noticing Owens' erratic driving at 10.30pm.
A reading, taken at the police station at 12.30am, revealed that the 37-year-old had 146 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.
Steve Williams, for Owens, told the hearing: "This is truly an exceptional case. She is a solicitor and, on the night this took place, had been preparing a statement for an inquest into the death of her child.
"She believes she had a complete emotional breakdown that night and she drank so much to get through it. She does not know what happened, she will resign from her work."
Owens pleaded guilty to drink-driving. She was given a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, banned from driving for three years, handed a 12-month supervision order and 60 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £60 victim surcharge.
Magistrate Stephen Upcraft said: "Your breath reading of 146 was almost unimaginable."
MORE staff are needed on trains to ensure passengers feel safe, according to a Derby MP and a police leader.
MP Chris Williamson said that more patrols were needed to ensure "unacceptable anti-sociable behaviour is dealt with".
And British Transport Police urged travellers to make use of a special text line to report incidents discreetly while travelling.
The calls come after an incident in which a father and his nine-year-old son were allegedly verbally abused on a train travelling from Birmingham New Street to Derby Midland station.
Mr Williamson, MP for Derby North, said: "I'm appalled by this reported incident, as any right-minded person would be.
"There should be more staff on trains to ensure that there is enough security and that unacceptable anti-sociable behaviour is dealt with.
"It is a very retrograde step to take when there are staff reductions and limits the supervision and protection of passengers.
"A reduction of staff and privatisation of the railway means that people's safety is being compromised for maximum profits."
And Mark Pickard, chairman of Derbyshire Police Federation, said: "In my view, it does not matter whether you are on a train or not, people should not behave this way to others in public.
"I am of the belief that it be would nice to have a police officer on trains, especially full trains, more often."
Hardyal Dhindsa, Derbyshire's deputy police and crime commissioner, said: "Anti-social behaviour, abuse and harassment of any kind, for any reason, is simply unacceptable – wherever it takes place.
"Those who choose to commit this type of crime need to know that there is no excuse and they will be held accountable for their conduct.
"Most importantly, I urge people to report the problem, whether they are a victim or a witness, so that the size of the problem can be gauged and the appropriate action taken."
But PC Stuart Hutton, of British Transport Police, who is investigating the latest incident, said that crime on the railway had fallen and he urged people to use the special text line to alert police if they felt threatened.
He said: "In the situation that occurred, the victim did not feel comfortable enough to call 999 or phone a member of staff because of the situation.
"We have got a special text line for people in this situation to contact us.
"They just need to text 61016 and they will get an immediate response."
PC Hutton said the force had police on trains on a regular basis and that incidents such as the verbal abuse case were "rare".
He said: "We are based at our biggest stations, which include Derby, Nottingham and Leicester in the East Midlands, and we often patrol the platforms.
"The biggest thing for us is that people make an early call when they see issues happening. As soon as we know there is an incident, we can react and get there.
"There are a number of different rail companies and thousands of miles of railway so we simply cannot be on every train.
"Ultimately, crime on the railway has fallen for the tenth successive year – so the railway is safer than ever before. Incidents such as this case are very rare, especially in front of children."
Reacting to the news that crime on the railways had decreased, Mr Williamson said: "While cold hard statistics bear out what British Transport Police are saying, there are two issues. One is how widely are crimes being reported? And another issue is that the fear of crime and actual crime are two different things.
"People feel safer when they can see police officers in their neighbourhood and no doubt they would feel even safer if there were more staff on board trains that they can call upon.
"We should be adding a comfort blanket so we can reduce problems of crime and anti-social behaviour and give people a proper public service."
EXCITED about tonight's EuroMillions draw? The jackpot is an estimated £128 million - what would you do with all that cash if you won?
Ticket sales for both Tuesday and Friday EuroMillions draws close at 8.30pm on the evening of the draw in the UK.
And ticket sales for the next EuroMillions draw re-open at 10pm, following the draw.
The draw itself will take place tonight in Paris at about 9pm - so best of luck!
LOOKING forward to Reading v Derby County? ? But do you have all the details you need to enjoy the match?
The Rams have lost only one of their 14 League and cup matches this season and they are unbeaten in 10.
Derby are currently fourth, one point behind leaders Norwich City and second-placed Nottingham Forest.
Tomorrow's match kicks-off at the Madejski Stadium at 3pm.
Tickets are still available to purchase on general sale - with sales due to conclude at 5pm today.
Derby County said supporters are advised to purchase in advance ahead of the game, although Rams fans can pay on the day - but at an increased price.
Reading will sell tickets to Rams fans via telephone from 9am-12pm on Saturday morning at the advanced non-member rate, on 0844 249 1871, and will then sell from 12.30pm from the South Stand ticket office at the matchday price. The family ticket will not be available on the day of the game.
Season-ticket holders and members: Adults £25, senior citizens and 17-21-year-olds £17, 16-and-under £8.
General Sale: Adults £27, senior citizens and 17-21-year-olds £19, 16-and-under £9.
Match day: Adults £30, senior citizens and 17-21-year-olds £22, 16-and-under £10.
Family area: Two adults and two juniors £46, one adult and two juniors £31 and one adult and one junior £28.
Supporters can buy their tickets in person at the Unite the Union Ticket Office at the iPro Stadium, by calling 0871 472 1884 (option 1) or by logging on to WeAreDerby.com.
THE following people have had their cases dealt with recently by Derbyshire's magistrates:
SAIMI Hussain, 34, of Hebden Street, Littleover, was fined £200 and told to pay £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs for driving a vehicle along Lower Dale Road on March 26 without a test certificate.
SARVJIT Johal, 47, of Esk House, Gamston, was fined £200, told to pay £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs and given three penalty points for driving along Nottingham Road, Long Eaton, on April 3 while using a hand-held mobile phone.
LUDVIK Lovas, 23, of Riddings Street, Derby, was fined £600, told to pay a victim surcharge of £60, costs of £65 and given six penalty points for driving along Stanton Street, Ripley, on April 20 without valid insurance.
DZINTYARS Almanis, 22, of Abingdon Street, Derby, was fined £95, told to pay a victim surcharge of £20 and costs of £35 and licence endorsed with three penalty points for driving a car along Normanton Road on April 25 without a correct licence.
DANNY Rainey, 34, of Anthony Crescent, Derby, was fined £200, told to pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs for driving along Boulton Way, Derby, on April 5 without wearing a seatbelt.
SOPHIE Tonge, 21, of Marshall Walk, Barnsley, was fined £200, told to pay £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs for driving in excess of the 50mph temporary speed limit on the M1 in Derbyshire on March 6.
SALAMI Husseine, 23, of Abbott Street, Long Eaton, was fined £110, ordered to pay £240 costs and a £20 victim surcharge for selling cigarettes to an underage person in Long Eaton on January 18.
KANE McBean, 20, of Finsley Walk, Sunny Hill, was committed to a young offenders' institute for 28 days for criminal damage on April 8 and assaulting a police officer on September 12.
DEBORAH Ann Gough, 47, of Greyfriars Place, Mickleover, was handed a six-month community order, told to pay £85 costs and a £60 victim surcharge for stealing clothing worth £224 from Marks and Spencer in Derby on August 30.
TADEUSZ Mytych, 20, of Pittar Street, Derby, was sent to a young offenders' institute for 12 weeks and disqualified from the roads for two years for driving while disqualified in St Giles Road, Derby, on July 11.
A DERBY pub has created 12 jobs following a £265,000 revamp.
The new-look Oaklands pub, in Oaklands Avenue, Littleover, has reopened its doors following a major refit, which has included new decor and a new bar and kitchen serving food seven days a week.
Licensee Gail McBride, who runs the pub alongside business partner Sue Gillingham, said: "We are very pleased with the new look. The work has really transformed the place."
Richard Skinner, partnership development manager at Punch Taverns, which owns the pub, said: "We are delighted to invest in sites such as Oaklands."
DERBY aero engine-maker Rolls-Royce has warned investors it will not grow profits next year largely because of the impact of Russian trade sanctions.
The firm, which has its civil aerospace division in Sinfin, had previously predicted a profits rise for 2015.
But, this morning, the company - which also has its nuclear and energy division in Raynesway - issued guidance to the London Stock Exchange, saying that it now estimated that profits for the group next year would be flat, or at worst 3% lower than its performance this year.
Rolls-Royce has downgraded profit forecasts for its power systems division, as well as its nuclear and energy division.
But it is still predicting that profits will continue to grow in its civil aerospace division.
In a statement, Rolls-Royce said: "In the last few months economic conditions have deteriorated and Russian trade sanctions have tightened, leading a number of customers to delay or cancel orders, particularly in our nuclear and energy and power systems businesses.
"At the same time we have made good progress on cost, which has limited the impact of these adverse trading conditions on the group."
Rolls-Royce has also updated its sales forecast for its current financial year, saying that its performance would be 3.5% to 4% lower than 2013. Previously, it had predicted flat sales of 0%.
Despite this, Rolls-Royce continues to be optimistic about the prospects of its civil aerospace division, which in Derby makes the Trent family engines.
The firm said: "In the medium term, our business remains well positioned in growth markets. In civil aerospace, the market will strengthen, driven by increasing demand for travel in emerging economies and the need to replace older aircraft with new fuel-efficient models."
Rolls-Royce chief executive John Rishton said: "While the short term is clearly challenging, reflecting the economic environment, the prospects for the group remain strong, driven by the growing global requirement for cleaner, better power.
"The operational efficiencies already achieved and the cost programmes we will now accelerate will put us in a better position to benefit from these growth drivers."
"SPRING weather" will return to Derbyshire this weekend, according to the Met Office.
Average temperatures of 20C have been forecast for Saturday and 18C on Sunday - above the 13C average for this time of year.
However, the forecaster warned Hurricane Gonzalo, which is making its way across the Atlantic, will mean increased wind speed this weekend and on Monday.
He said there will be highs of 17C from 1pm until around 6pm today.
He said: "Saturday looks like it will be a good day, although it will be quite windy. It's likely to get up to 35mph, although that is nothing exceptional for this time of the year.
"To have 20C is excellent and well above average, it will feel much more like spring.
"Sunday will also stay mild, slightly cooler at 18C, but the winds will stay.
"Looking ahead to Monday, there could be around three hours of heavy rain which will come from Gonzalo, although it will be unlikely to hit the country directly."
ADORABLE Isla-Rose Ellis is so proud of winning the Derby Telegraph's Baby and Toddler of the Year competition she keeps picking up her trophy to show people her prize.
The Alvaston three-year-old was crowned the winner of the 19-to-35-months category in this year's competition as well as the overall winner.
And her mum, Fiona, 28, said that, though her daughter was too young to know exactly what the competition meant, she loved her engraved award. She said: "It was such a shock when we found out that Isla-Rose had won.
"We don't have many family members in Derby so we didn't think we would get many votes. We really weren't expecting it.
"Isla-Rose loves her trophy and keeps telling people she has won a competition. She keeps trying to pick it up but we have to tell her not to play with it! It's on the fireplace at the moment and the pictures of her are on the wall."
Winning the contest also meant that Isla-Rose won £1,500 in prize money. Fiona said: "The money has been put into an account for Isla-Rose for when she needs or wants anything. We don't plan to spend it extravagantly."
Fiona, who lives with Isla-Rose and husband Lee, 34, in Corinium Close, said that she had recommended the competition to others.
She said: "I was so happy with the pictures they took of Isla-Rose that I bought the full package. Winning the competition was a bonus!"
Isla-Rose was one of four winners in the competition, with more than 100,000 votes cast across the four age-group categories. The competition began back in April and 896 entrants were photographed.
Tilora Johnstone, now 13 months, of Norwich Street, Chaddesden, won the zero-to-nine-months category, while Zinoviy Shanker, now 20 months old, of Merlin Way, Mickleover, won the 10-to-18-months prize and Emily Wallis, four, of Alfreton Road, Little Eaton, won the three-to-five-years category.
A MAN has died after he was involved in a collision with a lorry on the A50 this morning.
Police were called to the eastbound carriageway, between Sudbury and Doveridge, today at about 4am.
A spokeswoman for Derbyshire police said the man, who has been named as Michael James Thompson, 24, from Sudbury, was pronounced dead at the scene.
No further details have been released about the incident.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or has any information is asked to contact Derbyshire police on 101, quoting incident number 53 of October 17, 2014.
HUMAN excrement and rubbish has been left on Derby's Cattle Market after travellers vacated the site.
It is the third time in a month that travellers have moved on to the site, with witnesses reporting that eight caravans set up camp on Monday morning.
Paul Nunn, the boss of Shires Motorcycle Training, which is also on the site, said he has lost cash because the travellers moved in outside his business.
The last group, half the size of the current one, moved off on Saturday lunchtime.
Options to improve security at Derby's Cattle Market are now being looked at by Derby City Council.
The reconstructed skeleton of a dodo was the star attraction at a University of Derby lecture delivered by biology programme leader Graham Rowe. As Dead As A Dodo? explored the evolutionary origins of the long-extinct bird and the popular view of it from the 17th century to the 20th century by looking at a range of scientific studies, literature and films. Genetic research shows that the dodo was a large, flightless pigeon. The last recorded living specimen was in 1662.
A TRADER in Derby's Market Hall says she agrees with an idea to revamp Derby's city centre markets that would see the creation of a three-day-a-week outdoor market in the Market Place.
Lorna Margett, owner of Flowers by Joy, said she backed the view from councillor Mick Barker, who is president of the National Association of British Markets and wants to see the Eagle Market close, the Market Hall retained and the outdoor market created.
Mr Barker's vision is unpopular among Eagle Market stallholders, who believe better management from Derby City Council and fairer rent levels could see it boom again from a position of having many vacant units.
Shoppers in the city centre yesterday had mixed views on the idea, with some saying two indoor markets were unsustainable but that the one that should be retained was the Eagle Market. That, they said, was because the Eagle Market was convenient for the bus station and indoor links to car parks.
But Lorna said she believed it would be possible to bring current Eagle Market stallholders into the Market Hall.
She also owns a fruit and veg stall and said she would be happy for one of the traders selling similar produce in the Eagle Market to take over that business – if it meant a better future for the markets.
Lorna said she would keep Flowers by Joy indoors but also open up a stall on the three-day-a-week market.
She said: "I'd be the first one to get a stall there. People, whether they are 19 or 70, want to hear market traders shouting their wares and you aren't allowed to do that in the Market Hall whereas you could outside."
Lorna said the Market Hall needed to be advertised as an old Victorian market as it was "a beautiful building".
Among the shoppers in the city centre yesterday was Beryl Dawson, of Beresford Avenue, Ashbourne, who said she believed the Eagle Market should stay out because it was easy to access.
She said: "It's got the best link to the bus station and car parking."
Judy Woolley, of Greenway Close, Borrowash, said she believed the Eagle Market should be closed and replaced with a department store.
She said a new outdoor market would draw people to the Cathedral Quarter and Market Hall.
