BOLLINGER champagne, Prosecco wine and a large amount of other alcohol was stolen by burglars at a Derbyshire pub.
The offenders broke into a storeroom at the Saracen's Head pub, in Church Lane, Shirley, Ashbourne, between 1am and 5.30am on Sunday.
Police say once inside they made a search and stole "a large quantity of bottles" from inside, including a bottle of Bollinger Champagne, several bottles of wine and Prosecco, and energy drinks.
Police investigating the offence want to hear from anyone who saw suspicious activity in the area around the time.
Officers are also keen to hear from anyone who might have been offered alcohol for sale recently.
Witnesses or anyone with information should call Derbyshire police on 101, quoting crime reference 1659/15.
MARK Hume is the new Matlock Town manager, replacing Dave Rushbury and Martin Foster who left the Autoworld Arena by mutual consent on Wednesday.
Doncaster-based Hume had been assistant to John Deacey at Bradford Park Avenue for four and a half years, the pair guiding the club into Conference North via the NPL play-offs in 2009-10.
But Hume, who began as a professional with Doncaster Rovers, had a long and distinguished career as a no nonsense central defender and left the Horsfall Stadium expressing a desire to be a managerial number one instead of a number two.
He was part of the Eastwood Town side who reached the third round of the FA Cup in 2008-09 and won the NPL Premier Division title in the same season. His other clubs include Alfreton Town, Barrow, Stalybridge Celtic, Buxton and Harrogate Town.
Hume hopes to confirm the rest of his managerial team before his first game in charge when Ashton United visit the Autoworld Arena on Saturday.
THE inquest of murderer Karen Morris who died after collapsing at a Derbyshire prison, will take place on Monday.
The Coroner's office confirmed the opening was due to be done at 1.30pm.
Morris, 33, was taken ill at Foston Hall at around 9.30am on Saturday and was taken to the Royal Derby Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 11.24am.
Police say there are no suspicious circumstance but a post mortem examination has so far proved inconclusive and further tests will take place.
Morris and her then partner Steve Parton were both jailed for life in 2005 for the gruesome murder of Nelvaughan Brade in Birmingham in November 2004.
Mr Brade was living with Parton in the Perry Bar area of Birmingham when the couple killed him.
He was shot through the neck with a crossbow by Parton and then chased around the flat and attacked with an axe.
Parton and Morris then chopped up his body, fed some of it through a mincer and dumped it 100 miles away in Kings Lynn.
THE body of a missing 48-year-old man has been found at a nature reserve in South Derbyshire.
Police and mountain rescue volunteer were involved in the search for the man who had been reported missing from the Hilton area on Tuesday.
A body was found in a nature reserve near Willowpit Lane, Hilton, at about 4pm yesterday.
A police spokesman said: "It is believed to be that of the person police were searching for. There are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances and police have submitted a file to the coroner."
Teenager George Watson has been praised as a "hard working and popular" student by Derby College, where he was studying.
The 17-year-old from Whitaker Road, Littleover, died on Tuesday.
George, a former Littleover Community School student, is the second student from the school to die in two consecutive days - a 12-year-old pupil died on Monday.
George studied his A-Levels at Derby College's Joseph Wright Campus last year and returned this year as a part-time student on an evening English class - working towards re-taking his GCSE this summer.
A Derby College spokesperson said today: "We are all deeply shocked and saddened to hear of George's death. Our condolences and best wishes go to his family.
"George was an extremely hard working student and a popular member of the class."
DERBY aero engine manufacturerRolls-Royce has secured an order worth more than £700 million to supply its products to a Spanish airline.
Air Europa has ordered Derby-built Trent 1000 engines to power a fleet of 14 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.
The deal also includes a TotalCare agreement, which will see Rolls-Royce maintain the engines throughout their service life.
Air Europa already has eight Trent 1000-powered 787-8s on order that will enter service in 2016.
Juan Jose Hidalgo, president of Globalia, the parent company of Air Europa, said: "We have plans to further expand our long-haul service and the Trent 1000 will deliver excellent economics through its performance and support service."
Mark Harrison, Rolls-Royce's vice-president of customer business (civil large engines), said: "We are delighted that Air Europa has once again selected the Trent 1000 and continues to recognise the benefits that this engine brings, delivering excellent lifetime fuel burn and reliability on the aircraft as well as outstanding emissions and noise performance."
EAST Midlands Airport has pledged to fill 1,250 job vacancies across its site over the next 12 months.
The Castle Donington airport said that the positions were across 90 businesses, which operate from the site.
The airport has recently invested millions of pounds to redevelop the terminal, which has created more retail space, including a new food court.
To encourage jobseekers to apply for the various positions, the airport will be holding a recruitment fair and will have more than 350 positions available to apply for on the day.
It will be held on Saturday, January 24, from 10am to 2pm, in the check-in hall at the airport's terminal.
Howard Ebison, the airport's head of customer service, said: "We are committed to two key objectives; firstly making East Midlands Airport a fantastic place to work and secondly delivering the best airport experience in the UK.
"In order to achieve the latter we need great people to join us."
At the recruitment fair, the airport will be joined by a number of "partner" companies.
The vacant positions will be focussed around passenger services: concentrated on serving passengers flying in and out of East Midlands Airport, including airlines, check-in agents, shops, bars, restaurants, hotels and the airport itself.
Last year, East Midlands Airport handled 4.3 million passengers. It is also the busiest freight airport in the UK.
The airport has its own Airport Academy, a dedicated employment and education facility for adults, which works with partners, Stephenson College and Job Centre Plus.
It aims to help unemployed people in the East Midlands region develop their workplace skills and give them the opportunity to apply for the vacancies on site at the airport.
Since it's opening in 2013/14, the academy saw 156 people undergo training and secured 102 of those people into employment.
Mr Ebison said: "There is something about working at an airport that is exciting, with no two shifts the same.
"With approximately 6,500 staff on site across 90 different businesses, it's a great place to expand skills and develop, either with us or with one of our partner businesses."
To encourage people to attends the job fairs, the airport is offering free car parking on the day and Trent Barton will be offering those travelling by bus a discounted ticket.
MOVING your family halfway round the world comes with its own set of challenges – but when your pet is a 17-stone pot-bellied pig a whole new world of difficulties open up.
For Mike Maughan and Liane Scholz, moving Ludwig, who turns three today, from Canada to Derby involved the Canadian government changing their strict rules on animal immigration.
Liane said: "He is actually the first pot-bellied pig to be exported from Canada as a pet.
"The options on the form were fattening, which is a no-no as he is fat enough as it is, slaughter is clearly not going to happen and breeding, which he can't do because he is fixed.
"So after many phone calls, the Canadian government actually added an extra box to the form that says pet!"
He was adopted from a pig refuge for beasts that have fallen foul of the various bylaws prohibiting the keeping of swine in small Canadian towns.
But why did the couple choose a pig? They are hardly the go-to animal when it comes to easily domesticated animals.
"We are the people that buy pets for our pets," said Liane.
"At the time, we had a little cockatiel who would fly around the house but she was afraid of other birds.
"I didn't want to get a dog or a cat. I tried to get Michael interested in lots of different exotic animals and we settled on a pig."
And while they did not opt for a dog, that does not mean that guard duties have been left open.
Just two months after he moved into his home on Merchant Street, off Ashbourne Road, Ludwig managed to scare off some burglars.
Mike said: "It was New Year's Eve and when we came down in the morning, the door was open but the room was still warm so they can't have been there for that long.
"What we think happened was that they woke Ludwig up and he would have realised that we weren't up and would have been disturbed.
"The noise he makes is like a low rumble that sounds like the biggest Rottweiler you can imagine so I think they just ran.
"There were things in there they could have taken, like a bike, but they just left."
The decision to get Ludwig was not something the Liane, who is a teaching assistant, and Mike, who currently works in a Derby warehouse, took lightly.
Liane said: "I spent two years doing research. Pigs are a nice pet because they are very intelligent but there is a trade-off.
"A pig is like a two or three-year-old toddler but he is a toddler who will never grow up and they live to around 20."
One of the biggest questions that springs to mind is how dirty a pig would be in a house.
But according to Liane, they are actually very fastidious animals.
She said: "When we first got him back and he was only a couple of months old, we put a litter tray down for him.
"But he got confused and had an accident on the kitchen floor.
"But I showed him where it was and then four hours later he went to his litter box and we have never had an accident since.
"Pigs like to be clean. He doesn't have much of a coat so when he gets dirty you just give him a brush down with a broom.
"Or if he is particularly unclean, or needs to be extra fancy, then he might have some dry dog shampoo.
"He goes to the toilet in the back yard like a dog would and we just clean up after him."
The move to the UK threw up some difficulties even when the Canadian government were on board.
Liane said: "I moved over a couple of months before and was actually living in London but none of the landlords would allow me to have a pig!
"That is one of the reasons why we decided to come up to Derby. The people that we rent from are the same people that I was renting a room from down in the capital.
"I got talking to them and showed them pictures of Ludwig because he is my baby and they said that they had another property in Derby.
"They weren't planning on renting it any more, they were just going to do it up and sell it on.
"So since they liked me and I was a good tenant, they allowed me to bring him over.
"We have to say a big thank-you to Pet Relocation who helped clear him through customs and then transport him right up to the door here in Derby.
"As a house animal, he is well behaved and isn't a destructive animal but I could see the potential for it.
"It's the same with a dog. They get destructive because they are bored.
"So we make him little treat boxes that he has to figure out and he has toddler toys and dog toys.
"He never wrecks the yards, though, because he is just too lazy."
Because of how intelligent he is, training Ludwig is not as easy as working with a dog.
Liane said: "When you tell him to do something, he wants to know what the outcome will be.
"So he won't just do things on command but he knows the words for things and I have started using sign language with him now as well, which seems to be working.
"He is also a very emotional animal, as tough as he is physically, if he is really naughty I will shame him and send him outside.
"Then he cries and he actually sheds tears."
That intelligence and emotion is key to the relationship that Mike and Liane have with Ludwig, who has to know who is boss all the time.
Liane said: "He only gets up when we get up. Until then he stays pretty quiet.
"The noises he makes are quite a nice low-decibel level generally, unless you are trying to make him do something he doesn't want to, then it just sounds like he is being slaughtered!"
And while slaughter is off the menu for him, pig has also disappeared from the family dinner plates.
Liane said: "I was cooking some pork one day and he came in looking very excited. I thought that was a bit weird that he liked the smell so we decided about a year and a half ago to not eat it any more!"
CONGRATULATIONS to Erewash council for the free one-hour, 60p charges to be abolished in an experiment until June on certain car parks in Ilkeston and Long Eaton ("Free parking scheme will run until June", January 9).
Why don't Derby City Council come up with the same and help the struggling markets in the city?
A 12-YEAR-OLD girl who unexpectedly died on Monday was full of "life and dreams", according to her parents.
Franchesca Pawson had been suffering from an illness but the family do not know how she died.
The Littleover Community School pupil's death is part of a double tragedy which has hit the school after 17-year-old former pupil George Watson died on Tuesday.
Franchesca's family moved to Derby in the summer of 2013.
A statement released by her family tonight said: "We are devastated at the loss of Franchesca.
"She was such a precious girl, a beautiful, friendly and loving soul, full of energy, life and dreams. She was a strong Christian. We will miss her all our lives, but one thing we are sure of is that she is in the best place, which is with God."
The Rev Graham Watkins, a director of Derby City Mission, is a friend of the family, who visit the Ozzy Road Baptist Church, where he is the minister.
He said: "She did have an illness, but a lot of people have had it at this time of year. Franchesca's death has absolutely devastated me.
"I can't remember crying with so many people this week. It's hit us at the church very hard.
"My reaction to hearing the news was shock and devastation."
He said Franchesca's dad was a Christian missionary in Ecuador, where he met his wife, Franchesca's mum.
Littleover Community School head teacher Ash Venkatesh said floral tributes had become a focal point at the school, along with a lit candle, after her death.
He said: "There is a picture of Franchesca and that has been placed so pupils have been visiting that and respecting it. Her friends have found it as a source of comfort.
"And it has meant it has been brought to the attention of people who did not know her that well."
He said Franchesca had only been at the school since March 2014, but he said she had made a positive impact in that short time.
Before that, he said, she attended Bemrose School.
He said: "A lot of people when they are new students find it difficult to mix and start at a new school. But she didn't, she fitted in very well.
"She was such a pleasant and cheery girl and made friends very quickly and made a great impression on people.
"She was very clever girl and great academic in her short time at the school."
Teenager George Watson has been praised as a "hard-working and popular" student by Derby College, where he was studying.
George, of Whitaker Road, Littleover, studied his A-Levels at Derby College's Joseph Wright Campus last year and returned this year as a part-time student on an evening English class – working towards re-taking his GCSE this summer.
A Derby College spokesperson said today: "We are all deeply shocked and saddened to hear of George's death. Our condolences and best wishes go to his family.
"George was an extremely hard-working student and a popular member of the class."
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A 20-YEAR-OLD stole champagne and wine from his ex-stepmother's utility room after being told he was not allowed in the house.
Hayden Handford, who admitted burglary of the Chaddesden house, has been given a 12-month sentence in a young offenders' institution, suspended for two years.
Derby Crown Court heard that Handford, of Bishop Lonsdale Avenue, Mickleover, had gone to the Chaddesden home but was turned away by his 13-year-old brother.
Laura Pitman, prosecuting, said: "Handford then walked off. However, he returned and made his way into the back garden and then went into a back room, a utility room."
She said the boy saw him and phoned his mother. When she returned she discovered that bottles of champagne and wine were missing.
The woman told police: " I feel that I took him in, treated him like a son and he's thrown it all back in my face."
Nicola Hornby, in mitigation, said Handford had been drinking too much and sleeping on the streets.
Handford will be supervised by the probation service and must attend a thinking skills programme. He was also ordered to pay £200 costs and a £100 victim surcharge.
Waking up to snow can be fun for some but stressful for others if they find themselves unable to get to work.
Here, Matt Jenkin, employment partner at Harrison Clark Rickerbys Ltd, gives his advice.
"Whether or not employees are entitled to get paid if they are unable to attend work due to snow and other extreme adverse weather conditions, is probably one of the most frequently asked questions by both employers and employees at this time of year.
"In most circumstances there is no legal right for an employee to be paid by their employer if they are unable to attend work due to snow. However, some employers may have contractual, collective or implied terms and conditions through custom and practice which they provide for payment in these circumstances.
"As such, an employee would need to check the position with their own employer. There has been some suggestion that this approach could be challenged by the courts and that employees have a right to be paid if the reason for their non-attendance is not their fault. However, and in the absence of any right for payment and no custom and practice of making such payments, it is likely to be difficult for an employee to make a strong legal
"Even if there is no right for payment for an employee unable to attend work due to snow, employers do have the discretion to make such payments and could consider alternative arrangements such as working from home or allowing employees to take the time off as paid holiday on short notice.
"ACAS in their travel disruption guide suggest that "a more flexible approach to matters such as working and location may be effective if possible. The handling of bad weather and travel disruption can be an opportunity for an employer to enhance staff morale and productivity by the way it is handled."
He added: "Most employers will look at taking a balanced approach and will be concerned that by paying all staff who say they are unable to get to work is not without its risks as it may encourage some employees not to make the effort. As such as well as considering how those who can't make it into work should be paid, many employers will also be concerned to ensure that those who do make it in have their efforts recognised."
UKIP calls for a language fluency test for NHS doctors and nurses from non-English speaking countries have been blasted by a Derbyshire MP who said the health service already does this for doctors.
They also want to "encourage a culture of whistle blowing", so those with concerns about the language skills of any existing staff feel more comfortable raising their concerns than they do now.
Health organisations have said that fluency tests already exist for doctors through the General Medical Council.
The same system does not currently exist for nurses but NHS England said it expected to extend the tests to them, dentists, midwives, dental care professionals, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, later this year.
South Derbyshire Conservative MP Heather Wheeler said she was surprised UKIP didn't know about the situation with doctors.
She said: "I'm surprised they don't know the rules and regulations are quite clear that the NHS do not employ doctors from outside Britain who can't pass an English fluency test.
"I suppose that's the calibre of the politicians they have."
Derby North Labour MP Chris Williamson said of the whistle-blowing point: "It's scaremongering on UKIP's part and trying to create an atmosphere of suspicion and anxiety among NHS staff."
Mrs Parker said she had personal experience of being treated by medics who could not speak English very well and it made it uncomfortable for both her and those treating her injuries.
She said: "Mistakes have been made and there is nothing wrong in saying doctors and nurses should have a command of the English language."
Karen Martin, director of workforce management for Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said every doctor it employs must have demonstrated they have "the required knowledge of English".
She said: "Every doctor we employ in the Trust must have a licence to practice, issued by the GMC.
"In order to qualify for this licence, the doctor must be able to demonstrate to the GMC that they have the required knowledge of English.
"In addition, when interviewing all staff, we measure communication skills as one of the criteria in a person's specification."
An NHS England spokeswoman said: "We have a full system of checks in place to prevent doctors, from inside and outside of the EU working in the NHS who do not have the necessary knowledge of English from treating patients."
She added: "The GMC already carry out proportionate language checks of foreign healthcare professionals from outside the EU and inside the EU who want to work in the UK. Following a recent consultation, and with subject to the agreement of Parliament, we expect to extend this to other healthcare professionals such as nurses and dentists later this year.
"Overseas healthcare professionals make a valuable contribution to our NHS but healthcare professionals must have the necessary knowledge of English to properly communicate with and treat patients."
THE East Midlands derby could not have come round at a worse time for Nottingham Forest, who are woefully out of form ahead of their visit to the iPro Stadium on Saturday.
Stuart Pearce's men are on a seven-game winless streak in the Sky Bet Championship and 2/1 title favourites Derby County are expected to maintain their challenge with three points.
The Rams are 7/10 to make it four wins in a row but Forest, in contrast, have lost their last three on the spin, so avoiding another defeat will be the ultimate aim for the visitors.
They're evens (1/1) to manage either a win or a draw but a clean sheet is unlikely at 4/1, with Derby's top goalscorer Chris Martin the 7/2 favourite to break the deadlock.
With Britt Assombalonga and Michail Antionio in their side, Forest do have firepower, and they've scored in three of their last five league defeats, so both teams to score looks a wise bet at 4/5.
Both Martin and Assombalonga to score is available at 11/2, while Derby to win with over 2.5 goals scored in the game is on offer at 13/8.
Meanwhile, Rams boss Steve McClaren appears to be out of the running for the Newcastle job, with Football League sponsor Sky Bet currently making him an 8/1 outsider.
In League Two, Burton Albion are also chasing a fourth successive league win as they travel to a Portsmouth side that are without a win in their last six games.
Four of those six winless games have been defeats for Pompey and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's men are 19/10 to inflict another.
The hosts are 6/4 for a much-needed three points, while a share of the spoils is available at 21/10.
