£180,000 paid to ONE Derby City Council worker who agreed to voluntary...
A DERBY City Council worker who agreed to take voluntary redundancy received £180,000 in their final year.But officers have refused to give details of what percentage was annual salary and what part...
View ArticleDerbyshire businesses urged to serve healthier food to tackle obesity
FOOD outlets are being encouraged to promote healthier eating by becoming members of a new scheme called Heart of Derbyshire.The county council scheme will launch in September and have a number of...
View ArticleAccording to you, which sandwich shop is the best in Derbyshire?
WHEN it comes to getting a bite to eat for lunch, everyone has their favourite sandwich shop - but which is yours? We are asking you to tell us your top place for getting that perfect cob, bap or...
View ArticleM1 smash: Woman killed despite help of Derbyshire cricketers is named as...
A WOMAN who died in a fatal M1 smash - despite two Derbyshire cricketers battling to save her life - has been named as Anne Pattrick. The 72-year-old was the passenger in a Ford Anglia which was...
View ArticleEast Midlands ambulance service now out of crisis after performance improvement
CRISIS talks will no longer be regularly held about the region's ambulance service – following a turnaround in its poor performance.Bosses at East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) said they were no...
View ArticleDerby County: 40 years on from the day Rams legend Brian Clough shocked...
FORTY years ago today, Brian Clough became manager of Leeds United.It was a surprise appointment, given his previous outspoken criticism of Leeds.Clough was sacked after only 44 days in the job.Don...
View ArticleLater access to GPs in two Derbyshire towns but hospital unit's hours are cut
PATIENTS living in Ilkeston and Long Eaton could be able to access their GP on weekday evenings and weekends under new proposals.GPs in the towns are to trial plans to remain open between Mondays and...
View ArticleDerby County: How Brian Clough scuppered Rams players' strike
IN the autumn of 1973, Brian Clough, as manager of Brighton, barged into my – supposedly – "secret" meeting with the Derby County players and ordered them home just because he was not in control of...
View ArticleHomes plea for cat dumped in Derby skip and one left for dead at roadside
A CAT who was found abandoned in a cardboard box and another who was discovered lying in a gutter with maggot-infested wounds are in desperate need of being re-homed.Stig, a black kitten, was found...
View ArticleThree years of health worries for Derby Rolls-Royce workers after radiation leak
ROLLS-ROYCE workers exposed to high levels of radiation through failures admitted by the company say they have suffered three years of fear, anxiety and anger.Derby Crown Court heard today that three...
View ArticleDerby Food and Drink Awards: Public urged to vote as nominations open
FOOD-LOVERS across the city are being invited to nominate their favourite pubs, restaurants and cafes for Derby's prestigious Food and Drink Awards.The contest, which is now in its sixth year, is an...
View ArticleWhat are you doing this weekend? Let us know!
We need to know what is going on in and around Derby this weekend and what you plan to do! Give us your best ideas in the comments below and we will create an article with a full round up for the Derby...
View ArticleDerby County's Will Hughes and John Eustace will get chance to show they can...
WILL Hughes and John Eustace will be given the chance to prove they can fill the "George Thorne" role for Derby County this season.The two are vying for the controlling position in midfield as Derby...
View ArticleRolls-Royce profits fall by £160m
ROLLS-ROYCE has reported a fall in half-yearly pre-tax profits due to shrinking government defence spending and currency headwinds.In a statement issued to the London Stock Exchange this morning, the...
View ArticleIlkeston fire blaze pensioner, 80, dies
AN 80-year-old man who suffered burns during a fire at his Ilkeston home has died.The pensioner was declared dead at 2am this morning, a police spokesman said.A quick-thinking neighbour used water from...
View ArticleIntu Derby shopping centre owner sees profits rise
THE owner of the Intu Derby shopping centre has reported a rise in profits.This morning, Intu Properties reported that for the six months to June, profits rocketed to £602 million, compared to £200...
View ArticleMotorist hospitalised after head-on smash outside Morley Hayes
A 36-YEAR-OLD Derby man had to be taken to hospital following a head-on crash outside a country club.The man had to be cut free from the Toyota Avensis he was driving following the collision outside...
View ArticleDerbyshire policing pledge over rise in number of road deaths
DERBYSHIRE'S police and crime commissioner has pledged to keep a watchful eye over the county's road safety performance following a higher than normal number of fatalities.Figures presented to a...
View ArticleKiller dog has to be put down, Derby magistrates rule
DERBY magistrates have ordered that a greyhound which savaged a Bichon Frise to death in front of a two-year-old girl on a Derby park is destroyed.The attack happened in Sunnydale Park, Littleover, on...
View ArticlePauline sends Normanton fly-tipper packing - armed with her Derby Telegraph!
A PLUCKY householder in Normantonused a Derby Telegraph front page to challenge a woman who was trying to fly-tip in her street – and she says more people should do the same.Pauline Harper brandished...
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