A BUSINESSMAN claims £20,000 of his stolen power tools are for sale on the internet.

Police are looking into two thefts from Raygar Architectural and Engineering Supplies Ltd in Centurion Way Business Park in Alfreton Road, Derby.

Ray Garlick, managing director of the firm, said he was "incredibly angry" at seeing what he believes are his tools on the online classified site Gumtree.

The 50-year-old, of Chellaston, said: "I got a text from a friend when I was watching Burton Albion on Saturday to say there were some tools online for sale. I was absolutely distraught and it made me feel sick. When I got home, I looked online and they look distinctly like the ones I've had which are gone.

"It says they are from the Derby area which makes me feel they are taking the mick.

"It also says on the site they have been bought 'very recently' which rubs salt in the wound. It makes me feel gutted because it's so open."

The firm was targeted at 2am on Wednesday and then again at 3.50am on Thursday.

Mr Garlick said the firm had been at Centurion Way since 2001 and had only had one attempted theft in all those years.

He said: "I want justice for what they have done to me and this firm. This is £20,000 of equipment. If it gets sold on it won't be at that price, it will be much cheaper."

He said a significant amount of damage had been caused in both incidents.

A large amount of glass was replaced but less than 12 hours later, the damage was done again when the firm was targeted for a second time.

The firm is celebrating its 20th anniversary of trading this year but Ray admits he is not in the mood for celebrations

And now he said he wanted to stage a "fight back".

He said: "We will not be beaten by these people, they won't win.

"We're a family business that is friendly to deal with, so that makes it harder to understand.

"The response from people has been great. Other companies in the local area say they are looking out for tools going cheap to see if it's mine. It's the sort of industry where people stick together and help each other out when things become tough.

"We will come back stronger and better. That support has given us a boost."

He said he will be contacting the police with the information.

A spokesman for Gumtree said: "We take items down and give the information to the police and then it is out of our hands.

"We work closely with them."

A spokesman for Derbyshire police said anybody with information should call them on 101.

MUGGERS aged just eight or nine robbed a grandmother in a Derby street.

The 80-year-old had just got off a bus in Sinfin Lane when her pink handbag was ripped from her arm. The young thieves then fled in the direction of The Chase, leaving the pensioner shocked and shaken.

People living nearby have spoken of their outrage at the age of the culprits and say the parents are to blame.

Mick Smith, 59, who lives on Lynwood Road, said: "This is absolutely despicable and a cowardly act. There have been anti-social behaviour problems in the past before but that's not involved children, it's been teenagers.

"I find it disgusting that people at that age can do this. It's always bad enough when people are mugged, but being eight or nine is unbelievable.

"At that age what are they going to achieve by doing this? It's not like they are on drugs."

The pensioner told police officers that she had just got off the number 38 Arriva bus in Sinfin Lane and had turned left on to Lynwood Road when the muggers struck at 5.45pm on Thursday.

She said that they were no older than eight or nine years old and were about 4ft 6in tall. They were both wearing hooded tops with the hoods worn up and escaped with her handbag, which contained her purse, keys, bank cards and a Samsung mobile phone.

Nearby residents said a similar incident happened around 18 months ago when teenagers mugged a pensioner in the same area.

Pensioner GlynneJones, 73, of Lynwood Road, said he felt sorry for the elderly victim.

He said: "It's hard to take in. Being that age and to do something like that is awful. It's very surprising and terrible.

"It's a nice area here and people do look out for each other and keep tabs on what is happening.

"I can't believe they are walking around unsupervised at their age, that's also what worries me."

Lorry driver Pete Lambert, 47, of The Chase, said: "It's normally quiet here 99% of the time. But this is horrific. At that age it isn't right, it's terrible.

"They should be doing normal things that normal children do at that age. I would love to see them caught as soon as possible and held to justice. You always get the odd incident but not when they are this age."

Derby Telegraph readers have spoken out about the incident on social media.

Karen O'Donnell said: "It's disgusting. Maybe if parents were allowed to chastise their kids, this kind of thing wouldn't happen so often. Mine wouldn't because they've been brought up properly. I hope the lady is all right and not too traumatised."

Daniel Vasile said: "Obviously the parents have failed in their mission to educate their children. Further inquiries need to be made. Those children need attention and care."

Children under 10 cannot be charged with committing a criminal offence. However, they can be given a local child curfew or a child safety order and children under 10 who break the law regularly can sometimes be taken into care or their parents could be held responsible.

A local child curfew means police can ban children from being in a public place between 6pm and 6am unless they are with an adult.

A child safety order means the child is placed under the supervision of a youth offending team.

If a child doesn't stick to the rules of an order, the court can consider if the child should be taken into care.

HIP-HOP legend Snoop Dogg, Primal Scream and Basement Jaxx are the first headliners announced for this year's Y Not Festival in Derbyshire. 

The event, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, will take place from July 31 to August 2 in Pikehall.

And performing a headline set will be Westcoast rapper Snoop "Doggy" Dogg, who is renowned for his hits Gin and Juice and Drop It Like it's Hot.

Other acts confirmed for the event include folk and acoustic performers Saint Raymond, Nick Mulvey and Rae Morris.  

Standard weekend tickets cost £89.50.

To book visit www.ynotfestivals.co.uk.

Watch a video of last year's festival here: 

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WORK aimed at improving a junction in the Blagreaves ward has been confirmed by Derby City Council after people raised fears over congestion and crossing safely.

The authority has said it will be paying for the design of the scheme where Blagreaves Lane and Stenson Road meet.

A spokeswoman said: "New homes planned for Stenson Fields mean that the junction needs improving with traffic signals and pedestrian crossings to cope with an expected increase in traffic.

"A developer is required to make the improvements to the junction to allow housing to be constructed.

"The commitment now means that council officers will actively work with the developer to ensure that these improvements are delivered as soon as possible."

Council leader, Councillor Ranjit Banwait, said people in the Blagreaves ward had raised the issue with him.

He said: "We have committed the council to take the design of this scheme forward during the 2015-16 financial year with the expectation that the developer delivers any recommended improvements in 2016."

The spokeswoman said it was not yet known how much the design work would cost.

LEIGH Freeman, 39, of Walbrook Road, Derby, was jailed for eight weeks, suspended for 12 months and was ordered to pay an £80 victim surcharge for breaching the terms of a restraining order in Derby on January 5.

WAHID Hamid, 35, of Fairfax Road, Derby, was fined £110, and was ordered to pay £85 costs, a £20 victim surcharge and had his licence endorsed with eight penalty points for driving without insurance in Oak Crescent, Derby, on July 2. A separate penalty was issued for a similar offence on June 14.

UMER Farooq, 26, of Dairyhouse Road, Derby, was fined £230 and was ordered to pay £35 costs and a £23 victim surcharge, and had his licence endorsed with five penalty points for driving without due care and attention in Lower Dale Road and Dale Road, Derby, on December 8. No separate penalty was imposed for failing to stop on the same date.

SIMON Kihyay, 43, of Francis Street, Derby, was fined £110 and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge for being drunk and disorderly in Iron Gate, Derby, on December 18.

SCOTT Pryor, 35, of Redbury Close, Derby, was handed a six-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £250 compensation for criminal damage in Derby on December 23.

JASON Gizzonio, 24, of Dean Close, Littleover, was fined £600, and was ordered to pay £600 costs, a £60 victim surcharge and had his licence endorsed with six penalty points for driving without insurance in Morley Road, Derby, on June 19.

DEBBIE Aston, 26, of Halstock Drive, Alvaston, was handed a 12-month community order and ordered to pay £80 costs, a £60 victim surcharge and was disqualified from driving for 12 months for drink-driving in Kedleston Street, Derby, on November 27. No separate penalty was imposed for driving without insurance or a correct licence on the same date.

AMJAD Hussain, 33, of Co-operative Street, Derby, was handed a 12-month conditional discharge and was told to pay £35 costs and a £20 surcharge for possessing cannabis in Normanton, on November 27.

ANTHONY Byrne, 47, of Pennine Way, Swadlincote, was fined £148, and was ordered to pay £300 costs, a £20 victim surcharge and was disqualified from driving for 40 months for drink-driving in West Street, Swadlincote, on April 5.

JOSEPH Collin, 22, of Pine Croft, Ashbourne, was fined £110 and was ordered to pay £85 costs, a £20 victim surcharge and was disqualified from driving for 22 months for drink-driving in Henmore Place, Ashbourne, on December 13.

MICHAEL Dwyer, 58, of Hayeswood Road, Stanley Common, was told to pay £1,281.78 compensation for criminal damage to two cars in Stanley Common on December 25.

RICHARD Hudson, 28, of Manchester Street, Derby, was handed a 12-month conditional discharge and was ordered to pay £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge for being drunk and disorderly at the Royal Derby Hospital on December 15.

ZEHIR Ahmed, 47, of Crewe Street, Normanton, was handed a six-month conditional discharge and was ordered to pay £15 compensation, £150 costs and a £15 victim surcharge for racially aggravated harassment against a named person in Derby on September 1.

AT 2.45pm on Thursday, February 5, I took the bus from Victoria Street to Royal Derby Hospital for an appointment an hour later.

I was intentionally early because the traffic can be horrendous. So it proved – the roads were chock-a-block in every direction.

I got off the bus and walked round the hospital to the King's Treatment Centre. Vehicle congestion outside the hospital was severely affecting those entering, leaving and still within the hospital grounds, and I noticed that I was walking faster than an emergency ambulance and police car which were trying to reach the entrance to A&E.

While early for my appointment, I had time to wonder how many others were late because of the traffic, never mind those in ambulances needing emergency treatment.

All this happened at a time, and on a day of the week, when one would have assumed the roads to be relatively quiet.

At 5.45pm, I left the centre after excellent treatment, only to find traffic still heavy in every direction and not a bus in sight.

I went into the Mallard for a glass of the red stuff with one of water and sobering thoughts about the Highways Agency.

If it thinks that building flyovers and tunnels from Little Eaton to Markeaton at the enormous cost of £220 million is going to solve the traffic problems north of Derby, it has got another think coming. It could make things much worse around the Royal.

Hasn't it learnt from past experience that "solving" congestion in one place invariably results in it occurring elsewhere?

The country seems to be in the grip of a "benefits of infrastructure" fever, such as HS2, HS3 and the proposed A38 "improvements" without understanding that such schemes produce nothing but debt, while the industrial wherewithal to pay for it doesn't exist.

We've had roads and railways for generations and now all types of communication options, such as internet, broadband and video conferencing, yet society refuses to use them properly while continuing to demand more of each.

Wouldn't it be better to spend £220 million on diverting unrelated traffic away from the hospital so that the ambulance service could operate unhindered? Meanwhile, the public should learn to use the many available means of travel and communications much more efficiently.

Graham Buckler

Leonard Walk

Derby

DON'T be fooled by the picture above – Daryl Hall and John Oates haven't been in an oxygen cylinder for the past 35 years.

In fact, Hall is now 69 and Oates in 65!

But, despite their advanced years, the American duo still sound as great as they did when they were at the height of their success in the early 1980s.

This is proven by footage from their recent concert at Dublin's Olympia Theatre which will be shown at Showcase Cinema de Lux, Derby tomorrow (7.30pm).

In just over an hour and a half, Hall & Oates and their band belt out all of their famous hits, including Maneater, I Can't Go For That (No Can Do), Private Eyes and Kiss On My List.

Hall's voice is just as powerful as it was back in their heyday when they overtook the Everly Brothers as America's most successful music double act.

Fans will love it.

NEIL WHITE

A DRUNK was told yesterday that "nobody, but nobody" should have to listen to racist abuse which upset a nurse and teenage patients in a Derby dental clinic.

Magistrate Derek Bale made the comments as Lee Parkin was fined £128 for threatening behaviour at the premises on Mill Hill Road on February 2.

Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court heard that Parkin's offensive language was initially heard by young patients in the waiting room.

When challenged by staff, Parkin repeated the comments, saying: "I don't care. Are you English? Are you British? Are you deaf?"

Gillian Foxcroft, prosecuting, told the court: "Patients were attending and he was banging on the window at reception. The nurse was really scared. One dental nurse was in floods of tears and distraught.

"Police were called and he was abusive to them. This was at 3pm, and at 10pm he said he could not remember anything but accepted what must have happened.

"He appeared to be genuinely embarrassed and remorseful. He said he had taken alcohol but acknowledged that was no excuse. He said 'a thousand apologies to them all'."

Parkin, 41, who is unemployed, of Alfred Street, Ripley, admitted racially aggravated threatening behaviour and being drunk and disorderly. He must pay £85 prosecution costs and a £20 victim surcharge.

Magistrate Mr Bale told him: "Nobody, but nobody, in the community should put up with a tirade like you came out with in a dental practice.

"When you think the person was giving a public service and trying to help people, that makes it even worse in my view. And there is the effect on the children present, what they must have gone through, it isn't acceptable.

"The racial element is a significant aggravating feature and the level of intoxication makes it more serious," said Mr Bale, who was sitting with two other magistrates.

Mark Salt, speaking for Parkin, said his client was keen to write a letter of apology to the clinic but had been advised against this before the court hearing was completed.

"This has been a massive wake-up call. He has struggled with an alcohol addiction. He has cut down and is still drinking but not problem drinking. He is absolutely horrified by his behaviour. He is really beside himself and has offered apologies all through," said Mr Salt.

Parkin had made contact with an organisation which would help him overcome his problem with alcohol, the court heard.

DERBYSHIRE bowler Will Davis will head for Australia next month as part of an England Under-19 squad on a month-long tour.

The academy graduate, on a summer contract as part of the first team squad this season after being named academy player of the year in 2014, is in a 16-man squad for the tour from March 25 to April 25.

They will face Australia Under-19s for a four-day match at the WACA in Perth from April 6-9, followed by one-day fixtures on April 13 and 15 in Bunbury and 18, 21 and 24 at Murdoch University.
Davis, who will be 19 next month, is a right-arm seamer who impressed in Derbyshire's seconds last season and was involved in an England Development Programme squad training camp in the United Arab Emirates in December.

"This is the first time that an England U19 squad has toured Australia in over 10 years and it represents a fantastic development opportunity for all of the players – particularly the chance to play a four-day match at the WACA," said England Development Programme chairman of selectors David Graveney.
"The fact that 2015 is an Ashes year for the men and women will only heighten interest in this U19 series and I am certain that all 16 of the England players selected for the tour will be keen to set the tone for the summer."

Australia U19s are due to visit England in August this year for a tour involving a one-off four-day match and five one-day fixtures.

Derby fans charged £40 for Norwich away. I'm sorry, but that's a joke. This is a Championship, not Champions League fixture folks.

— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) February 17, 2015

£40 for a ticket £40-50 medium sized car petrol return £20 food and programme The working man's game.

— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) February 17, 2015

Tough decision about the Norwich game..£40 is an absolute joke, but it's a massive game and will need to support the lads #dcfc

— Chris Lamb (@pedro_lamb) February 18, 2015

Lets refuse the Norwich allocation at £40 and make a stand. No posters, no protest just no fans!! Come on @dcfcofficial do it! #dcfc

— Danny Simpson (@dannys1mps0n) February 17, 2015

It won't work if you slate the Norwich prices on here then still buy tickets and go anyway. Boycott it and vote with your feet #dcfc

— Dan Wilson (@DJimmy_Wilson) February 17, 2015

I was really looking forward to Norwich away! At that price I won't be going though. I'm not made of money. #DCFC

— Nico (@nicolat1807) February 17, 2015