Derbyshire victims of stalking and domestic abuse to get covert, electronic...
VICTIMS of domestic abuse and stalking in Derbyshire are to be given covert electronic devices for increased protection.The new device will be given to vulnerable people whom police believe are at...
View ArticleWork starts on revamp of Derby play area
WORK to refurbish the play area at Derby's Field Lane Recreation Ground has begun.Improvements to the site will bring a new lease of life to the area and will take four weeks to complete.Ward...
View ArticleConvicted robber who failed to return to Derbyshire prison now handed himself...
A CONVICTED robber who absconded from a Derbyshire open prison 18 months ago has handed himself into police. Adam Walsh, 27, gave himself up to police in Preston, in Lancashire, after failing to return...
View ArticleEleven arrested in Derby after police carry out drugs raids
ELEVEN people have been arrested and money and drugs have been seized following police raids in Derby. Officers searched four houses in the city, including one in Uttoxeter New Road, yesterday and...
View ArticleReady meals produced by Derbyshire firm Slimming World 'flying off the...
FROZEN ready meals launched by Derbyshire-based Slimming World have been "flying off the shelves" since they were launched in Iceland stores this morning. It is the first time in the weight-loss...
View ArticleDerby County video: Watch the goals in Rams' 3-3 draw at Rotherham United
WATCH all the goals from Derby County's 3-3 draw at Rotherham United on Tuesday night. The Rams trailed 3-1 at one stage before rescuing a point and climbing up to second in the Championship. Tom Ince...
View Article'Derby mugging of gran by kids aged 8 or 9 shows we should join forces to...
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...
View ArticleEscaped convict from Derbyshire prison arrested by police
A CONVICTED burglar who failed to return to Derbyshire's Sudbury prison has been arrested by police. David Phillip Shrimpton left the prison on Wednesday, February 11. The 30-year-old had been serving...
View ArticleCommunity Champions: Derby Telegraph launches the search for heroes who care
DO you know a phenomenal fund-raiser, a courageous carer, a terrific teacher or an inspirational individual who are unsung heroes in our society?If so, then they could be one of the winners in the...
View ArticleNew Derby city centre nightspot Bar Sport opened - with help of boxing champ...
Helping to celebrate the opening of Bar Sport in Queen Street, Derby, is Commonwealth light heavyweight champion boxer Ovill McKenzie, centre. The sports bar and grill, which has cost £500,000, has...
View Article'Small things' to politicians can still greatly affect our lives' - Derby...
THE Prime Minister David Cameron has told a Derby vicar to pray that those who lead our nation "see the bigger picture rather than get caught up in small things". The Rev Alicia Dring, vicar of St...
View ArticleSatellite will track Derby sex pest's every move
A SERIAL sex offender who is "a danger to women" is the first person in Derbyshire to be forced to wear a satellite tracking device so police can monitor his whereabouts.In his latest set of offences,...
View ArticleNottingham Road, Spondon, closed due to crash and traffic light failure
A CRASH involving one vehicle has caused Nottingham Road, in Spondon to close. Police said they were called to the incident at 12.55am. The A6005 is currently closed eastbound between the Lodge Lane...
View ArticlePete Pheasant: Mensa quip landed me in midst of convivial Derby pub group of...
I WAS at the bar of the Standing Order and the barman was looking at me as if I were an idiot. I had a feeling he might be right.He knew nothing of a Mensa meeting taking place there that evening.I...
View ArticleShrovetide: Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide ball found
The missing Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide ball has been found. The ball vanished last night, shortly before 8pm, as it was whisked away in a sudden break in the pitch darkness. Ashbourne's rumour mill...
View ArticleFirefighters tackling large factory fire in Melbourne
FIREFIGHTERS are currently tackling a large factory fire in Melbourne.Crews from Ascot Drive, Long Eaton, Kingsway, Nottingham Road, Swadlincote and Chesterfield were called to manufacturing company in...
View ArticleDerby County: Rams edged out of automatic promotion places after Patrick...
MIDDLESBROUGH have gone top of the Sky Bet Championship table following a 1-1 draw against Birmingham City. The result means Derby County have been edged out of the automatic promotion places for the...
View ArticleSchool uniform business Uniformality expands to create second shop and jobs...
AN enterprising Derby businesswoman is branching out with her school uniform and workwear business. Ten years after she opened her first store in Borrowash, Claire Cockeram is opening a second outlet...
View ArticleMajor works to increase safety at A38 blackspot
MAJOR improvement works are being undertaken to improve safety on the A38 at an accident blackspot. Efforts to improve safety barriers on the southbound stretch of the A38 are being carried out after...
View ArticleNottingham Road, Spondon, reopened after crash and traffic light failure
A road in Spondon has reopened after a crash involving one vehicle and traffic light failure closed it.Nottingham Road is now reopen and traffic is moving freely after the incident at 12.55am. Officers...
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