House fire: Police investigate Derbyshire arson attack
Police are investigating an arson attack at a house in Derbyshire.Officers said furniture outside a house in Burr Lane, in Ilkeston, was set alight.The incident happened between 4.30am and 5.30am on...
View ArticleVan wedged underneath walkway in Babington Lane, Derby
A van was wedged underneath a walkway in Babington Lane, Derby, this morning. As the van tried to reverse from the walkway police said it clipped a nearby building. Fire service and police were at the...
View ArticleMinister Eric Pickles under renewed Derby Labour fire over city council funds...
A ROW over how much cash Derby City Council has in its reserves continued last night, with the authority's Labour leadership saying it has less in comparison to its overall budget than most other...
View ArticleDerbyshire man Dominic Birch charged with firearm offences
A 21-year-old man from Derbyshire has been charged with firearm offences. Dominic Birch has been charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. Birch, of Harpur Hill Road, Buxton,...
View ArticleDerby County: Callum Guy signs professional contract with the Rams
CALLUM Guy has signed a professional contract with Derby County. The 18-year-old central midfielder has impressed in both the under-18s and under-21s this season. Guy is currently a second-year...
View ArticleSlimming World's ready meals are most successful range ever launched by Iceland
Slimming World's new frozen ready meals has become Iceland's most successful range ever launched. Demand for the Derbyshire-based firm's meals was so high that one meal was sold every minute in each of...
View ArticleDerbyshire dad Tom Nelson will tackle London Marathon to help sick and...
A DERBYSHIRE dad is preparing to run the 2015 London Marathon to raise money for premature and sick babies.Tom Nelson, 29, of Brockhall Rise, Heanor, will be running the Virgin Money London Marathon to...
View ArticleDerby Telegraph Business Awards: Vision Express – Derby Sales and...
"Vision Express is proud to be part of the East Midlands business community, having based our nationwide support centre here since 1988, when the company was first established in the UK. "The past year...
View ArticleWill Derby City Council prune other trees in this area? – reader's letter
SOME weeks ago, a large branch was hanging down from one of the trees in the grounds of the primary school in Monk Street.A few days later a small council vehicle came and cut part of it down and left...
View ArticleDerbyshire CCC skipper Wayne Madsen now available for England selection
DERBYSHIRE captain Wayne Madsen has completed his residency in the United Kingdom and is now available for England selection. The South Africa-born batsman joined Derbyshire in 2009 and has since...
View ArticleDerbyshire town named as a UK property 'hot spot' as house sales boom
A DERBYSHIRE town has been identified as a property "hot spot" after recording the second-highest number of house sales anywhere in England and Wales last year.According to the latest Lloyds Bank...
View ArticleRAC: Millions of pounds of parking fines could have been charged illegally
HUNDREDS of thousands of drivers are likely to have been fined "illegally" for overstaying in private car parks, the RAC Foundation has claimed. And it says motorists could be entitled to repayments...
View ArticleColin Bloomfield Melanoma Appeal: More than £6,800 raised since launch
MORE than £6,800 has been raised for the Colin Bloomfield Melanoma Appeal.The BBC Radio Derby presenter's appeal - which has a £45,000 target - has been set up to help educate children in Derbyshire...
View ArticleGresley: Leek Town double headers crucial to Moatmen's hopes
WAYNE Thornhill says Gresley's upcoming double-header against Leek Town represents "possibly the side's biggest games of the season so far". The Moatmen are at home to the Blues tomorrow (3pm) and...
View ArticleBurton Albion: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink will not shy from tough decisions
JIMMY Floyd Hasselbaink says he will have no problems dropping one of his Burton Albion players when it comes time to give Mickael Antoine-Curier his full debut. The 31-year-old striker comes into the...
View ArticleHeather Wheeler: Choice in May is stark – Tory economic competence or...
LAST week, the Prime Minister visited the Bombardier factory in Derby to lay out our plans to secure growth and prosperity for the Midlands. He and Chancellor George Osborne addressed issues such as...
View ArticleBurton Albion: Darragh Lenihan has a big future, says Hasselbaink
DARRAGH Lenihan can make it to the very top in football, says Burton Albion boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.The 20-year-old on-loan Blackburn Rovers prospect has made a big impression since he was signed...
View ArticleDerbyshire quest to find 110 more foster carers
A DROP-IN event for would-be foster carers has been organised by Derbyshire County Council for next month.People will get the chance to meet existing foster carers and staff from the county council...
View ArticleWho's been up before the Bench? Latest cases dealt with by Southern...
JUSTIN Freeman, 32, of Goodale Street, Derby, was jailed for 12 weeks, suspended for 24 months, and was ordered to pay a total of £150 compensation, £625 costs and an £80 victim surcharge for assault,...
View ArticleDerby is fourth worst UK city for cyber attacks
DERBY is the fourth worst in a list of 50 UK cities hit by cyber attacks, according to a new report.And internet porn websites could be partly to blame.Derby city residents are nearly three-and-a-half...
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