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Derby County striker Chris Martin hits hat-trick as Rams win friendly at...
YOU have to go back 30 years for the last time a Derby County player topped Chris Martin's goalscoring feat last season.Martin hit 25 goals as the Rams reached the Championship play-off final – one...
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VIDEO: Watch Chris Martin's hat-trick in Derby County's friendly win at Notts...
WATCH all the goals from Derby County's 3-1 friendly victory over Notts County.Striker Chris Martin hit a hat-trick for the Rams at Meadow Lane on Saturday as Steve McClaren's men continued their...
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VIDEO: Watch day one highlights from Derbyshire's match with Glamorgan as...
WATCH highlights from an eventful first day of Derbyshire's County Championship Division Two encounter with Glamorgan.Sixteen wickets fell at the 3aaa County Ground, with the visitors bowled out for...
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Derby woman was 'drowning in rubbish after three black bin collections in six...
A MUM-OF-THREE claims she was left "drowning in rubbish" because her black bin was collected only three times since January.Kirsty Taylor, 32, of Northwood Avenue, Chaddesden, said the waste was...
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Hilton Primary School has some 'outstanding' teachers, say ministry inspectors
THE largest primary school in Derbyshire is performing much better than two years ago, Government inspectors have found.In 2012, Hilton Primary School was judged to "require improvement".The school,...
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Firefighters called to tree blaze in Mickleover
A TREE caught alight in the grounds of the University of Derby's Mickleover campus.A fire service spokesman said crews were called to reports of a blaze in Chevin Avenue, shortly before 9pm last...
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10 stupid reasons for hard-shoulder misuse
A driver on the M1 in Derbyshire decided to pull over after seeing the word fire on their dashboard, from the Adele song Set Fire to the Rain. The barmy reason was one of ten which the Highways Agency...
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Derbyshire police hailed as great crime-fighters AND cost-busters
DERBYSHIRE police have been praised in a national report for continuing to reduce crime while working to a tighter budget.In the Policing in Austerity report published today by HM Inspectorate of...
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Derbyshire police user of Tasers is below national average figure
A NATIONAL review of Taser use by police forces ranks Derbyshire as below average.The report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) published today reveals that, last year, Tasers were...
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Death threats to Derby TV model Maria Fowler
DERBY TV personality Maria Fowler is being stalked by a sinister internet troll who has threatened to blow up her house and rape her.Police are investigating after former The Only Way Is Essex star...
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Derbyshire ex-kickboxer gets nine years for £2m drug smuggling bid
A FORMER Derbyshire kickboxer has been jailed for nine years after admitting trying to smuggled £2m of cocaine and ecstasy into the country.A van driven by Paul Mitchelson was stopped by the Border...
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Birthday memorial tribute to Melbourne family-man Derek Howard
TRIBUTES have been paid to a father-of-six who would have been celebrating his 47th birthday today.Derek Howard was given less than a year to live in September last year after he was diagnosed with...
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Derby actress Lauren Socha will fulfil a career ambition with Celebrity Big...
DERBY actress Lauren Socha will be fulfilling a career ambition when she lines up in the next series of Celebrity Big Brother when it hits television screens.The Misfits actress is understood to have...
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Darts: Derby's Jamie Caven edged out by Gary Anderson at World Matchplay in...
JAMIE Caven was edged out 10-8 by Gary Anderson in a tight opening round contest at the World Matchplay Darts in Blackpool.The pair shared the opening six legs at the Winter Gardens on Monday night...
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New homes and jobs hope for next stage of Osmaston regeneration
NEW jobs could be created on the site of a former Rolls-Royce foundry, a World War Two memorial erected and 100 homes built as part of a swathe of new plans to regenerate Osmaston.Part of Osmaston Park...
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Parking limit at Derby's Wyvern will hit shopping numbers
THE decision has been made to enforce a three-hour parking limit for shopping at Wyvern Retail Park.I fear that many of these shops, which I frequently use, may live to regret this.No time for a coffee...
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Soapbox, Saros Kavina: Do not demonise Normanton, it is no dangerous...
THANKS to the intensive reporting of conditions in Normanton, the Telegraph has succeeded in getting Derby City Council to admit that more should have been done for this area recently.I first had a...
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New job supporting Derby City Council leader will pay up to £41,000 a year
A NEW role of "executive support officer" for the leader of Derby City Council has been created with pay of up to £41,000 a year.The job replaces the role of personal assistant to the leader but will...
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Senior director at Derby City Council is suspended
DERBY City Council's Strategic Director of Resources, Roger Kershaw, has been suspended from his duties pending further investigation. A council statement said the authority "stressed that this was a...
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VIDEO: Watch day two highlights of Derbyshire's County Championship clash...
WATCH the best of the action from the dramatic second day of Derbyshire's County Championship Division Two encounter with Glamorgan.Derbyshire moved to the brink of victory at the 3aaa County Ground on...
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