THE daughters of an "elderly and vulnerable" couple set up a spy camera to snare a carer who was stealing from their parents.

The women were so suspicious that Lisa Millard was taking items from their mother and father, aged 84 and 86, they placed the miniature camera in a bedroom drawer.

Footage then handed to the police showed the 45-year-old taking tubes of £2 coins and then replacing them with tubes filled with 2p coins.

Millard, of Littleover, was arrested but denied the charge, forcing the 86-year-old man she had cared for to give evidence against her at a trial. Southern Derbyshire magistrates chose to believe the evidence against her and jailed her for 18 weeks for the crime.

Speaking after the case, the two daughters issued a statement saying: "We were so adamant she was stealing from our parents that we set up the spy camera in the drawer of a bedside table to catch her in the act."

The daughters said their mother, who is 84 and has brain damage from a stroke saw Millard as "a trusted friend" for the two years she was carer for the Derby couple.

They said: "Our mother has been badly affected by what has happened to her and our father. She trusted this woman for two years and this is how she chose to repay that trust."

See a video clip (below) of Lisa Millard caught in the act of stealing.

Southern Derbyshire magistrates heard that Millard, of Field Rise, took £102 from plastic tubes in the drawer.

Footage captured her reaching inside the drawer and taking the tubes. It then showed the tubes being returned the following day filled with 2p coins instead of £2 coins.

Jailing Millard, Guy Wildgoose, chairman of the magistrates' bench, said: "You have shown absolutely no remorse for your actions and you denied that you were responsible.

"This meant that an 86-year-old man had to come to court and give evidence against you.

"You also implicated other staff members at the care company you work for."

Peter Bettany, prosecuting, told the hearing that the camera caught Millard taking the coins on May 26 last year. He said: "The matter was brought to the attention of the police by the daughters of the couple who noticed that things were going missing from their parents' home.

"The spy camera recorded a white hand with a ring reach in, take them, then continued to show this defendant going back into the drawer and replacing the cases, but this time there were 2p coins in them."

Mr Bettany said Millard was in debt and had some "outstanding credit with an ex-partner".

Harry Lally, for Millard, said his client was of previous good character and had lost her job with Sterling Homecare, in Friary Street, Derby.

He said: "She is a single mother of a 13-year-old girl and cares for her parents who both have health problems."

Max Wurr, a senior spokesman for Sterling Homecare, said it took the safety and security of the people that use its services "very seriously indeed".

"Whilst we are appalled that one of our employees could have carried out this shameful crime against vulnerable people, we are also very pleased that justice has been done and that Ms Millard will no longer be a threat to those that had placed their trust in her.

"We have carried out an internal review and are satisfied that all the necessary vetting and checks, including a criminal records check, had been carried out in respect of the care worker and that we did everything we reasonably could have done to prevent this crime occurring. Nevertheless, we deeply regret the distress caused by Ms Millard's crime."

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A PUPIL of late teacher Martin du Sautoy has told of how he once recorded her cough to show her how annoying it was.

Mr du Sautoy, a former Deputy Mayor of Derby, was found dead at his Allestree home two days before Christmas at the age of 73.

Derby's Conservative leader, Philip Hickson, and UKIP leader Steve Fowke have already paid their tributes. Now his ex-students have been paying their respects.

Christine Walker attended Derby's St Thomas More RC School from 1974 to 1979. Mr du Sautoy taught her English for three years.

Mrs Walker, 52, of Church Lane, Darley Abbey, has fond memories of the time they spent together.

She said: "I had a really bad cough once and it was getting on his nerves. He decided to bring in a tape recorder and played it in front of the whole class to show me how silly it sounded. You didn't really get many teachers like that."

This is not the only memory Mrs Walker has of her old teacher.

Mr du Sautoy, who would have been 74 yesterday, was also the owner of a Mini Metro and she remembers him as one of the first people to buy one when the model came out.

She said: "It was really funny. He used to drive it into school.

"He was quite a big bloke and it was such a little car, so it was funny seeing him in it.

"He was a lovely man. He was well respected and we all enjoyed his classes."

Mrs Walker was not the only St Thomas More pupil to pay their respects.

Derbyshire Detective Sergeant Debbie King was also taught English by Mr du Sautoy from 1975 to 1980.

She remembers how he remained a popular figure despite the fact that he was not afraid to lay down the law when necessary.

She said: "I remember him being a witty, knowledgeable and very inspiring teacher.

"I know he went on to greater things after teaching at St Thomas More School but the contribution he made there was huge and he was respected and liked by the pupils.

"Even when he had to be firm with some pupils from time to time, they still respected him."

Michael Stack, another former pupil, added that he was an inspiration to all he taught.

The 50-year-old, who now lives in New York, said: "He was always a joy to listen to as he analysed books and subsequently made it fun for his pupils to go to his class and talk about them.

"There were other teachers who ruled by fear but not him. It was always a pleasure to go to his class and deliver homework to him."

Mr du Sautoy enjoyed a successful career in politics after teaching at St Thomas More and later at Saint Benedict Catholic Voluntary Academy, as it is now called.

He was chairman of the planning committee when the Conservatives were in control of the city council.

He stood for UKIP at the elections in 2012 and last year for the seat in Allestree and Darley.

He was also a devoted Derbyshire County Cricket fan and took a keen interest in the most popular names given to babies in Derby each year.

Every day, he would note down the forenames given to babies in the announcements page of the Derby Telegraph. At the end of each year, he produced a list of the most popular names.

Mr du Sautoy's wife, Rae, died four years ago. His funeral is to be held at Markeaton Crematorium on Friday, January 30, from noon.

IT is the ever-present worry which nags away at elderly people and their close relatives.

As the advancing years render them more in need of daily help and supervision, the question arises of whom the family might trust to do this.

The thought of a stranger having the run of the house will always be unsettling for those who may only have ever previously shared their home with spouse and children.

So when a case such as that ofthieving Lisa Millard comes to light, it inevitably reinforces all the worries which the vulnerable and their relatives are harbouring.

Millard was stealing from the Derby couple for whom she was a carer.

The daughters of her victims harboured suspicions that this was going on and so set up a miniature spy camera in a bedroom drawer.

It did the trick, producing footage of Millard taking tubes of £2 coins from the drawer and replacing them with tubes filled with 2p coins – hardly a spur-of-the-moment offence.

She has now been jailed for 18 weeks – whether that reflects what the magistrates described as her "gross breach of trust" will be a subject for debate.

But what damage she will have inflicted in her wake.

Her reputation is ruined – but that of the agency which employed her will also have suffered significantly.

There are thousands of honest, diligent carers out there who also do not deserve to have their profession tarnished by Millard's shameful action.

But the most harm is done to the victims, who may never feel able again to benefit from sorely-needed home help, and will struggle on alone unaided.

And others, too, will read about this case and may also need persuading anew about the merits of essential extra care for the vulnerable. There are no winners in these cases.

A FEMALE prisoner at a Derbyshire jail has collapsed and died.

The 33-year-old was taken to the Royal Derby Hospital on Saturday where she was pronounced dead following a collapse at Foston Hall.

A police spokesman said: "On Saturday, January 10, an inmate collapsed during the morning and was taken to the Royal Derby Hospital where she died.

"A post mortem examination is being carried out today to determine the cause of death and it is not being treated as suspicious."

A file is being prepared for the Coroner in Derby who was informed about the death at the weekend.

A spokesman for the Coroner's office said: "We have been made aware of the death of a 33-year-old woman who was reported to have collapsed at Foston Hall Prison and later died.

"An inquest will be opened in due course."

According to its website Foston Hall is a closed female-only which has has a capacity for 310.

This morning it said all media inquiries relating to the incident should be directed to the Ministry of Justice.

Gusts of wind up to 65mph battered the Derbyshire Peak District at the weekend and Ashbourne photographer Rod Kirkpatrick was able to capture the moment when the water in the 30-metre Kinder waterfall was blown back up on to the Kinder Plateau.

CLUBS in Derbyshire are being asked for their help to make sure three of the county's fallen heroes from the First World War have a proper lasting memorial.

Journalist Nigel McCrery is compiling a book about the 289 men, 12 of them Test cricketers, who played first-class cricket but perished in the 1914-18 conflict.

Seven among that list made appearances for Derbyshire.

As part of his research for the book, McCrery has tried to track down pictures of every one of those WW1 casualties to go with a biography of each player as a lasting tribute but finding a picture of some has proved to be difficult.

"I have managed to get the number down to double figures but many of the players I am missing made only a handful or perhaps only one or two first-class appearances and never featured on their county's team photographs," he said.

"Three of them played for Derbyshire, though not very often. However, they must have played much more frequently for the clubs and that could prove to be my best hope of finding a photographic image of them.

"My hope is that someone will recognise the names of these three players as having played for their clubs and that an old team photograph with them on it still exists."

Here are potted biographies of the three missing Derbyshire players:

Captain Guy Denis Wilson

Royal Field Artillery

Died November 30, 1917, aged 35

Wilson was born on November 30 1882 at Melbourne, Derbyshire, the son of Arthur Wilson MA JP of 30 Ashbourne Road, Derby.

He was educated at the Derby School (now Derby Grammar School) and was captain of their cricket and football XI.

He made two first-class appearances for Derbyshire, in 1902 against London County and 1905 againstMCC.

Sgt Charles Barnett Fleming

Tank Corps

Died September 22 1918, aged 31

Fleming was born on February 28 1887 in Derby and made one first-class appearance, against Essex in 1907 at the County Ground.

Lance-Corporal Arthur Marsden

Manchester Regiment

Died July 31 1916, aged 35

Marsden was born on October 28 1880 at Fairfield, Buxton, the son of William E Marsden, a railway driver, and his wife Eliza.

He was captain of the Chetham's School XI in Manchester and played his club cricket for Longsight and Levenshulme cricket clubs, making only one first-class appearance for Derbyshire against Kent in 1910.

Anyone who has information about any of these three players can contact McCrery by email at polo254@hotmail.com.

A LEADING Derbyshire school has said it cannot admit pupils from a controversial housing development on the outskirts of Derby.

The governors at Ecclesbourne School are consulting on plans to exclude land off Kedleston Road from its current catchment area.

The proposed development of 400 homes on open fields has resulted in a huge outcry from local people and thousands of signatures have been collected on a petition opposing Catesby Estates' project.

The Duffield school, which is regularly over-subscribed, has said it cannot take any additional pupils.

But this could leave a huge headache for school place planners in Derby, who may be urged to find space for additional pupils as the housing developments sits on the city boundary, despite would-be pupils being under the jurisdiction of Derbyshire County Council– and any planning decisions to be made by Amber Valley Borough Council.

James McNamara, Ecclesbourne School head teacher, said: "We have been above capacity for many years and demand for places is rising.

"The school has responded by expanding its planned annual admission number to 240 pupils to accommodate the large new housing development already being built at Radbourne Lane near Mackworth.

"Our governors have taken the decision to amend admissions arrangements for September 2016 in response to further and unsustainable demand for places at Ecclesbourne."

He said the area of land where the Kedleston Road scheme is being proposed is to be "excluded from our normal area".

Mr McNamara said: "This change is necessary in order to ensure that we are able to meet existing demand and continue to provide the high quality of education that our community expects.

"If the school was not to respond in this way then areas which have traditionally been included in our catchment might find their places in jeopardy."

Derby councillor Fareed Hussain, cabinet member for children and young people, said that Derbyshire County Council was responsible for providing places from the proposed development.

But he said: "Where developments are proposed near to the boundary, the city and county councils will work together to consider school place planning options.

"There may be an option for the development to form part of a Derby city secondary school catchment area. However, this will require very careful consideration, working closely with schools."

Opposition group Kedleston Voice believes building on the land would cause flooding and traffic problems and that it would be more useful as farmland.

Isobel Shorrock, of nearby Quarndon, said: "I think this is a significant move by the school and emphasises the concerns we already had about schools."

Catesby Estates said the site, which Amber Valley Borough Council wants to earmark for a housing development, was "ideally located" to build much-needed homes.

A Catesby Estates spokesman said: "Throughout the preparation of our planning application for up to 400 high-quality family homes on land at Kedleston Road, we have been in contact with the county council, which has a duty to provide school places for local children.

"We will continue to work with the council and other relevant authorities to ensure that the need for extra primary and secondary school places will be met should our application be approved."

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Forecasters have predicted snow to fall in Derby tonight.

BBC Weather is reporting the city will be hit with an hour of "light snow" at 9pm.

The rest of the day looks dry and settled with top temperatures of 4C between 2pm and 4pm.

There is no further snow forecast this week until the weekend when a "light snow shower" is forecast in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Keep an eye on the forecast here.

More than 60 school crossing patrols could be axed or not replaced under proposals by Derbyshire County Council.

Thirty six sites, which have have either zebra or light-controlled crossings, would have their patrols cut.

Seven schools which currently have lunchtime crossing patrols would have their services axed.

And 19 sites where school crossing patrols staff have left will not be replaced.

However under the plans, which will be discussed at a cabinet meeting at County Hall in Matlock next Tuesday, 153 crossing patrols would be saved.

The money to fund the patrols would come from the public health budget.

Councillor Dean Collins, Derbyshire County Council's cabinet member for highways, transport and infrastructure, said: "In July 2014 the council faced the prospect of losing all the school crossing patrol service unless alternative funding could be found.

"So I am delighted that we have managed to find the funding, by using public health money, to propose keeping most of the service.

"We'll be asking Cabinet for the go ahead to consult on these proposals, and should they agree we'll consult with families, school children, schools and the public later in the year before any decisions are made."

The meeting will also be asked to approve the timetable for consultation on the plans which would run as follows:

• From January 2015 – 12 week consultation

• Spring/early Summer 2015 – evaluation of consultation responses

• Early/late Summer 2015 – report back to Cabinet and staff consultation

• Autumn 2015 – plans implemented

WOLVES striker Bjorn Sigurdarson has completed a loan move to FC Copenhagen.

The Icelandic player, who spent last year on loan with Molde in the Norwegian League, will again join up with former Wolves boss Stale Solbakken and assistant Johan Lange.

Sigurdarson, whose deal lasts until June 30, will also play alongside Kevin Foley, who has agreed a deal with Copenhagen after his Molineux contract was cancelled.

READING are reported to be tracking Manchester United striker Will Keane.

The 22-year old, who had loan spells at Queens Park Rangers and Wigan Athletic last season, has been out of the frame at Old Trafford, his progress having been hampered by injury.

A loan move away this month seems inevitable and Reading are one of a number of Championship clubs reportedly wanting his services

FORMER Crystal Palace and Bolton boss Dougie Freedman could be in line to replace Bob Peeters as Charlton Athletic manager.

Betting site Bet Victor slashed the odds of Freedman going to the Valley from 66/1 to just 2/1.

Guy Luzon who emerged as the surprise early favourite for the post, however he is now joined by Freedman and Karel Fraeye at the top of the betting market.

Freedman has been out of the game since leaving Bolton in October.

NOTTINGHAM Forest midfielder Andy Reid will not be ready for the showdown with Derby County at the iPro Stadium on Saturday.

Boss Stuart Pearce has ruled out any prospect of Reid making a dramatic return as desperately seek a morale boost following a run of only two successes in their last 20 outings.

They face a massive task against Steve McClaren's side, who climbed back into the top two in the Championship with a battling win at Ipswich.

Reid is back in training following a persistent groin problem but is not yet fit enough.

Pearce said: "He will not be ready. He is ticking along, he has built up a base level of fitness.

"But he is not 100% sure in his own mind – and we are not 100% either – with regards to his injury.

Irishman Reid has been out since September, when the two sides met at the City Ground.

CALLING all Derby County supporters - do you have a Rams tattoo which you're willing to show us ahead of the SkyBet Championship clash with Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

We're putting together some of the best pictures of Derby County tattoos for an online gallery and want you to share yours with us.

Email a picture of your tattoo to kganly@derbytelegraph.co.uk 

A STREET drug dealer found with cannabis has been ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work.

Sandeep Grewal, 20, of Olivier Street, Normanton, was spotted by a police officer standing on his street at 2.30am on August 12.

Jonathan Straw, prosecuting, said that on seeing the police car, the defendant headed down an alleyway and the officer chased him.

Mr Straw told Derby Crown Court: "The officer found the defendant in a garden attempting to hide and when he was challenged, he threw a sports bag in the adjacent garden. He was arrested and taken into custody. The bag itself was recovered."

Inside the bag was cannabis, self-sealing bags, £165 and two mobile phones.

The value of the cannabis was between £200 and £300.

Grewal admitted possession of cannabis with intent to supply.

Justin Ablott, in mitigation, said: "He began by supplying friends but it developed into something more than that. He's been smoking cannabis for a few years now, with friends who were of a similar view. By August of last year he was selling cannabis to his friends for money which paid, principally, for his own use of the drug. It's street dealing for financial advantage. This was unsophisticated and low-level."

The court heard that Grewal had completed a number of courses to get into the security business – a file of certificates was handed to the judge.

Giving Grewal an eight-month sentence in a young offenders' institution, suspended for 18 months, Judge John Wait said his record of achievement were "impressive documents" and showed that he could make a good impression on people.

But, he added: "You prefer the way of life you have had so far. You will very much be on the court's records now and the police will be looking out for you from now on."

Grewal will be supervised by the probation service and must do 150 hours of unpaid work and pay £200 costs.

PAINSTAKING work will be carried out on a spectacular oil painting of Rome's Colosseum to find out if it is the work of Derby's Joseph Wright.

If it is proven, the value of the piece, in the collection of Derby Museums Trust, would rocket from being worth hundreds of pounds to tens of thousands, according to a leading auctioneer.

And no matter what the outcome, the piece, called the Colosseum by Moonlight, will go on display at the city's museum for the first time, alongside its companion piece – proven to be a Wright – the Colosseum by Daylight.

The painting has been in Derby since 1960 but experts are only now able to carry out the investigation, thanks to a £15,000 grant.

Lucy Bamford, senior curator of art at the trust, said it was a "really exciting time".

She said: "It's always exciting to do conservation work on a Joseph Wright or any other painting in the collection because you never know what it will uncover.

"I think it's unlikely that it will turn out not be a Wright, given what we know about it, but if it does the question becomes who painted it and why because it's being touted as something that it isn't."

No other examples of Wright's Colosseum paintings are known to have survived, though his account book lists four.

It arrived damaged and was sent off for conservation work that saw it almost completely over-painted.

That left experts unable to confirm whether it was a Wright without the use of the techniques art conservators have available to them today.

Meticulous work should now mean they can remove part of that top layer of paint to see what lies beneath.

First, infra-red lights will be used to see where the alleged Wright paintwork starts and the 1960s conservator's begins.

Then the layer will be slowly removed under a microscope using specialist chemicals.

What is revealed will then be compared to the Colosseum by Daylight and other Wright pieces to check if it is the work of Derby's most famous artistic son.

The investigation is only possible thanks to the £15,000 grant from The Pilgrim Trust, which aims to preserve and promote Britain's historical and intellectual assets.

Trust executive director Tony Butler said the grant would pay for the majority of the work.

News of the investigation comes after the trust discovered it was set for a major hit to its funding from Derby City Council as it looks to save £22 million in the next financial year.

Mr Butler said: "It wouldn't have been possible to spend £15,000 of our budget on something like this. We are trying to be more entrepreneurial, getting funding from a whole range of sources."

Prior to the museums trust taking over the running of the city's museum, the Silk Mill, and Pickford's House, in October 2012, the city's art collection was under the control of the council.

As a trust it has been more able to apply for grants, like the one for the painting work, than the authority would have been.

Mr Butler said it would be difficult to say what the value of the Colosseum by Moonlight would be if it was proved to be a Wright.

He said: "That's a matter for the arts market more than anything else. These things are only as valuable as people are prepared to pay for them."

Auctioneer Adrian Rathbone, associate director at Hansons Auctioneers, Etwall, said: "A painting following the style of Wright recently sold for £600. But a moonlight painting attributed to Wright, which was sold in Sussex, in April 2013, had an estimate of £70,000 to £90,000 and sold for £135,000."

Mrs Bamford said Wright's biographer and cataloguer, Benedict Nicholson, had given the trust reason to be optimistic about what the outcome of the painting work would be. She said he appeared to have seen both the Colosseum paintings before they were restored and that he believed them to be by Wright.

But Mrs Bamford sounded a note of caution as to what could happen when the work begins.

She said: "We have no way of knowing for sure, even with the modern analytical techniques, what sort of state Wright's original painting of the Colosseum by Moonlight will be in.

"Other paintings restored around the 1950s/60s have been discovered to have been sanded and scrubbed so as to give a smooth surface on which the restorer could lay new paint. "Conservation science was in its infancy, and a favoured approach was often to simply paint over the existing picture so as to 'improve' the appearance of it and make it displayable."

A SHOPLIFTER who stole two bottles of perfume while serving a suspended sentence for burglary has been jailed.

Darren Bell and an accomplice were watched by a security guard in Debenhams, in Intu Derby, removing security labels from the two bottles and placing them in a sports bag. The pair were stopped on their way out of the store.

Bell, of Elmtree Avenue, Allenton, pleaded guilty to theft on November 23 and breaching a suspended sentence order.

Derby Crown Court heard that Bell was given four months' jail, suspended for a year, in April for burgling a house in Allenton, where the stolen items included a laptop, perfume and a money tin.

Yesterday, Judge Ebrahim Mooncey told Bell he would serve three months' detention for the burglary and four months for the shoplifting.

The 19-year-old's accomplice in the shoplifting case, a teenager – who cannot be named for legal reasons – was given a youth rehabilitation order in Youth Court.

Sentencing Bell, Judge Mooncey said: "When a court says we're imposing a suspended sentence and if you commit any other offences during the disposal you must go to prison. I must not go behind that promise."

Lauren Sharkey, for Bell, said at the time of the theft he had been awaiting payment of his job seeker's allowance and had no income.

She added: "The burglary was his first conviction."

Bell sobbed as he left the dock.

A £300,000 refurbishment to transform a Mackworth church hall into a community centre has been dubbed a "dream come true" by Councillor Paul Pegg.

St Francis Church Hall, in Prince Charles Avenue, closed its doors as a community centre in 1999.

For the past 10 years, Mr Pegg has been campaigning to "save its future". Now work has begun to refurbish the hall – creating a dance floor, stage area and kitchen as well as replacing windows and doors.

Mr Pegg, also chairman of the Mackworth Estate Community Association, said: "This is a big step. The estate needs a community centre that can be used by everyone.

"There's nowhere big enough to hold large functions, so this is desperately needed.

"It's absolutely fantastic that work has started. We're all over the moon."

The refurbishment work is being carried out by Green Hill Construction. It is expected to be complete by July.

Mr Pegg said: "There used to be what was called the 'Saints and Sinners Club' held in a barn building attached to the church.

"It was a wooden structure that had all rotted, so it needed to be pulled down.

"Work is being done to rebuild this, as well as incorporate new shower and changing rooms for theatre groups and football teams who will use the space.

"In the main hall, the sprung dance floor is being rebuilt and new heating and electric systems are being put in.

"All the windows and doors are being replaced and a new kitchen is being fitted that will double up as a bar for functions."

Mackworth Estate Community Association took over the building in 2012.

Mr Pegg said it took the group more than 10 years to get the lease from the Church.

He said: "Terry Kelsall, who passed away in 2003, and I had the idea to use the space years ago.

"I made a promise to him that I would carry on the fight and I have.

"We have Mackworth Youth and Community Centre, in Prince Charles Avenue, but that is mainly used for children's parties.

"We need somewhere where adults can go and where larger functions such as christenings and weddings can be held.

"We need somewhere to hold the local football presentations, so this venue will be ideal.

"We are also hoping that theatre groups will be interested in hiring the space so that they can stage productions."

Judy Kelsall, widow of the late Terry, said her husband would have been "over the moon".

Judy, 75, of Mackworth, said: "It's such an exciting thing to happen for the estate. I cannot wait to see the finished project.

"Paul has worked so hard to get the church hall – it would not have happened without him."

The project is being funded through "section 106 money", paid by developers for local community schemes.

DR Saros Kavina's letter "Spectre of Enoch's Speech is Behind UKIP thinking" (December 10), has drawn much interest among Derby Telegraph readers.

Some are alarmed and feel offended by content of the letter to the extent that they felt it was important to put pen to paper in defence of UKIP.

One reader has advised him to read Enoch Powell's speech in full and has gone as far as suggesting Dr Kavina was stirring racial tension by distorting the date of a historical event in reference to Idi Amin. I would like to remind the reader that Ugandan Asians were expelled by Idi Amin just four years after the delivery of the controversial speech by Enoch Powell and 46 years later its legacy is still with us.

I have reread the speech in full and come to the same conclusion as I did when I read it for the first time.

Every word is anti-immigrants, inciting racist aggression and defending racialism.

Dr Kavina is absolutely right in suggesting that Powellism is behind the UKIP ideology. There are so many similarities between Enoch Powell's and Nigel Farage's politics. Here are some examples:

1. Enoch Powell stated, "……. They found themselves in their own country ………their neighbourhood changed beyond recognition ….."

Nigel Farage states, "Mass Immigration has left Britain unrecognisable; Part of the country has been taken over by foreigners; He felt uncomfortable among non – English speakers while travelling from London to Kent."

2. Enoch Powell incited fear by suggesting that Commonwealth immigrants will increase to three and half millions in 15 – 20 years, while Nigel Farage tries to use fear-mongering tactics stressing that tens of millions of people from Europe were waiting to enter Britain.

3. Enoch Powell expressed the view that the indigenous population was deprived of basic resource in favour of immigrants. Nigel Farage echoes this in relation to housing and benefits.

4. Enoch Powell strongly called for repatriation of Commonwealth citizens. Nigel Farage does not mince words about repatriation of immigrants from Europe.

I have no doubt that British public will analyse UKIP to its core before using their valuable vote in the next elections.

UKIP's vision is one of an insular, anti-working class society.

Joginder Bains

Ladybank Road

Mickleover

RIOT police were called to Derby city centre after a fight spilled in front of moving traffic.

Witnesses looked on in horror as a man threw a series of punches in the Morledge, outside Derby Bus Station.

The incident happened at 3.40pm and continued for several minutes before spilling in front of an Arriva bus and yellow taxi.

Both vehicles had to stop to avoid hitting the pair.

Moments later, the man threatened to punch a Derby Telegraph reporter who was passing by and tried to defuse the situation.

The reporter called 999 and riot police arrived moments later.

The man, who by this point was shirtless, attempted to flee from police but they managed to restrain him on the ground as he yelled and swore.

One officer suffered bite marks and one witness said he saw pepper spray being used.

Technology used for the first time in the world is being installed to try to get the controversial wind turbines in Spondon turning.

The turbines are located in a "sensitive area" which means when they are switched on they appear as unidentified objects on the air traffic control display at East Midlands Airport.

Now, for the first time ever, a 3D holographic radar system will be installed to try to resolve the problem.

But there is still no date for when they will be fully operational.

The two structures, in Megaloughton Lane, have not been fully in use since they were installed in December 2013. 

Radar technology specialist Aveillant was been brought in to work with Severn Trent and the airport.

Severn Trent Water's renewable energy manager, Martin Dent, said: "This is an exciting time for us. Since we installed our wind turbines we've been working closely with Aveillant, and East Midlands Airport, collecting data and identifying the new radar technology to work with the turbines, which we're proud to say is a global first.

"Because of their position in relation to the airport, the wind turbines had to be constructed and working to allow data to be gathered, this was then used to finalise the radar design and decide on its location. 

"Now that this has been done, we're installing the new radar on one of our sites so that it can observe the wind turbines from a distance, while enjoying unrestricted views of the skies above the wind turbines and the city of Derby. Preparations are now underway for the construction of the new radar equipment.

"We understand that it's frustrating for local people to see the wind turbines at a standstill; however, a lot of groundbreaking work has been going on in the background to prepare for the new radar system to be installed. Our investment in this new technology is making sure that it will meet the airport's needs and allow Winnie and Tony to operate without restriction for their long term future."

Severn Trent could not reveal where the new system will be located.

The turbines have split opinion in the village since they were installed.

A ROAD in Alvaston will be closed for nine weeks while its surface is dug up and replaced.

Derby City Council has agreed to the repair work in Beech Avenue, between Shardlow Road and Kelmoor Road, after it was asked for by the area's neighbourhood board.

Work is set to last from Monday, January 26, to Friday, March 27 at a cost to be finalised.

Councillor Paul Bayliss, who represents Alvaston, said residents could ask questions about the work at a consultation meeting in Beech Avenue, on Saturday January 24, between 9am and 11am.