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Mobile speed camera locations for Derby and Derbyshire for week commencing...
HEADING out on a journey in Derby and Derbyshire this week? Mobile speed cameras will be in place along the following roads between Monday, January 19, and Sunday, January 25: - A609 Stanley Common -...
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Derby Cathedral first in the world to receive award for welcoming refugees...
DERBY Cathedral has become the first place of worship in the world to be handed an award recognising the work it has done to welcome refugees and asylum seekers. The Reverend Maureen Priddin was handed...
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University of Derby Graduation 2015: See your name on our roll of honour
DID you graduate from the University of Derby this week? If so, your name should be on the roll of honour. See if you can find yourself in the list below! Wednesday, January 14, 2015: Ceremony 1:...
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Recipe: Healthy eating doesn't have to be bland - spice it up!
Looking to eat more healthily? Check out this recipe from Derby's Cosmo restaurant for a dish that tastes delicious, fills you up and provides some of your five-a-day. SPICY FIERY CHICKEN IN A CHILLI...
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Last Tango in Halifax: Dose of flu almost cost Derbyshire actor his TV role
YOUNG actor Louis Greatorex, 18, from Duffield has told how he very nearly didn't go to his audition which got him the part in TV hit Last Tango in Halifax.Louis said: "On the morning of the audition,...
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'Bizarre' callout for mountain rescue volunteers as woman injured...while...
MOUNTAIN rescue volunteers said they had a more "unusual" callout today - after being called to help a woman who injured herself bell-ringing in a Derbyshire church. Members of the Derby Mountain...
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ICE ALERT: Dramatic picture show car which overturned in Derbyshire due to...
THIS dramatic picture show how a car - believed to have hit a patch of ice - overturned on a Derbyshire road because of treacherous conditions. Officers from Derbyshire police were called to the...
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From the air: Find out which part of Derbyshire has been photographed from...
This week's fantastic From The Air photograph taken from a hot air balloon by Robin Macey, a member of Nottingham and Derby Hot Air Balloon Club. But where do you think the picture is of? The answer...
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Foyle's War: What time is Foyle's War on TV tonight?
LOOKING forward to watching Foyle's War tonight? But do you know what time it is on? Anthony Horowitz's drama may have started in 2002 as a Second World War-set crime series but, instead of remaining...
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Jilted groom John Whitbread has new plan to sell honeymoon ticket after Ebay...
JILTED John Whitbread - who has suffered a blow to his revised honeymoon plans - now has a new plan to find a holiday partner. The 32-year-old had auctioned off his ex-fiancee's ticket to the Dominican...
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Derby house fire: Airport security staff understood to have raised alarm...
AIRPORT security staff are thought to have raised the alarm after a fire gutted a Derby house. Firefighters from three different stations spent more than two hours tackling the flames after being...
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Charging for brown bin service has saved Derby City Council £1 million - but...
CHARGING for a brown bin service in Derby has saved the city council just over £1 million, a report has revealed.But the city council originally said it planned to save £1.2 million from the scheme, in...
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Derbyshire teenager Jordan Jasper beats cancer and 10,000/1 odds to become a dad
TEENAGER Jordan Jasper cradles in his arms the baby he never thought he would have.It's a miracle moment in the young dad's life after he underwent gruelling treatment to beat his cancer."I was told...
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Anne Kirkbride dead: Derbyshire actor William Roache pays tribute to...
ILKESTON-BORN actor William Roache has paid tribute to his on-screen wife, Coronation Street star, Anne Kirkbride, who has died.Her death after a short illness was announced on Monday night. The...
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Normanton problems: More people must say have courage to cry 'enough' –...
I WRITE in response to yet more condemnation of the whole of Normanton.Having recently had a discussion with council leader Ranjit Banwait, I have to report that it is felt that is up to the community...
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Intu Derby shoppers to be 'transported' to exotic parts in Virgin Holidays...
Visitors to the Intu Derby shopping centre will this week be invited to "try on" a holiday as a part of a promotion by Virgin Holidays. On Thursday, shoppers will be invited to immerse themselves in...
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Bygones: Harvest bread was served up with jam as a treat for pupils
Roy Twells looking back on school days in Shardlow in the 1930s.IN the early years of the 1930s, the pace of life was much slower than it is today. The words idyllic and tranquil come to mind.No-one...
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IN the 1957 golden jubilee of the TT Races on the Isle of Man, Charles (Charlie) Salt, of Spondon, was killed on the last lap of the Senior TT Race while competing as a works rider for the BSA team.The...
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Bygones: Song on radio took me to '68
I WAS in Derby recently to see my family when, on my car radio, was played the song Eloise by Paul and Barry Ryan.They were the twin sons of popular 1950s singer Marion Ryan and the single was a hit...
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'Amazing progress' at Derby special school St Andrew's, say Government...
PUPILS at a Derby special school make more progress than expected, according to Government inspectors.An inspection team visited St Andrew's School, which caters for pupils with severe learning...
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