Assembly Rooms car park to re-open on Monday
DERBY'S Assembly Rooms car park will re-open on Monday at 10am. This follows its closure due to a dramatic fire on March 14 caused by over-heated machinery in an air conditioning unit. At the height of...
View ArticleChaddesden: Elderly woman on mobility scooter robbed
An 80-year-old woman was robbed as she rode her mobility scooter in Chaddesden. She was heading along Max Road in the direction of Sussex Circus yesterday at 2.30pm when she was approached by a man....
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014: Derby County supporters in Brazil
Do you know anyone from Derby who's flown out to Brazil? These pictures from Twitter should that Rams fans from The Neptune pub in Derby are having a great time at the World Cup. Our pictures also show...
View ArticleDerby County to host Rangers in final pre-season friendly
DERBY County will play host to Scottish club Rangers in their final pre-season friendly ahead of the 2014-15 Championship campaign. The match is to take place at the iPro Stadium on Saturday, August 2,...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014: Find out what your Brazilian football name would be
Neymar, Pelé and Ronaldo are just some of the names to have graced the back of the famous yellow Brazilian shirt. And now you can find out what you would be called if you were lucky enough to pull on...
View ArticleDerby child stuck in bathroom
A CHILD stuck in a bathroom in Derby was one of the incidents reserve firefighters attended during the 24-hour strike that finished this morning. Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service said there were 11...
View ArticleDerby County target George Thorne has formal transfer request turned down by...
DERBY County transfer target George Thorne has had a formal transfer request turned down by West Bromwich Albion. The Rams recently had a bid of around £1m for the midfielder rejected by the Baggies....
View ArticleQuestions still need to be answered over Nick Hodgson's exit
SO now we know. Nick Hodgson was paid £219,000 to leave his post as chief executive at Derbyshire County Council. The big secret is finally out in the open. It is nothing short of disgraceful that...
View ArticleBarry Smith murder trial: three defendants sentenced to life
A FATHER, his daughter and her boyfriend have been sentenced to a total of 52 years for the murder of a dad-of-four outside a Derbyshire social club. Vincent Aitken, 44, of Chapel Street, Kilburn, Emma...
View ArticleBarry Smith murder trial: three defendants found guilty
A FATHER, his daughter and her boyfriend have been found guilty of murdering a dad-of-four outside a Derbyshire social club. A jury returned the guilty verdicts on Vincent Aitken, 44, of Chapel Street,...
View ArticleVIDEO: Barry Smith murder trial: Footage shows murderers burning clothes
Dramatic footage that helped convict three murderers can be revealed for the first time. The footage shows Emma Aitken, 19, and Nathan Doherty, 27, burning the clothes her father wore during the murder...
View ArticleStiff task for Derbyshire Falcons as Rapids set a big target
SKIPPER Daryl Mitchell and New Zealander Colin Munro gave Derbyshire plenty to do in their NatWest t20 Blast match at the 3aaa County Ground. Table-topping Worcestershire set a target at 177-5, meaning...
View ArticlePart of Derby city centre cordoned off as man in hospital after assault
POLICE cordoned off part of Derby city centre this morning after a man suffered a "quite serious" head injury during an assault. Scenes-of-crime officers were carrying out a forensic investigation in...
View ArticleWITH VIDEO: Derby County 2013-14 season review part six - January
WIGAN Athletic's improvement under Uwe Rosler, the man who replaced Owen Coyle, was evident when they visited the iPro Stadium on New Year's Day.Derby County expected a tougher examination from Wigan...
View ArticleQueen's Birthday Honours: Cancer teen Stephen Sutton honoured with MBE
TEENAGE cancer victim Stephen Sutton has been honoured with an MBE in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours, just weeks after losing his fight against the disease. The 19-year-old, who accepted the...
View ArticleDerby County: Minute's applause for murdered soldier Lee Rigby to be held at...
A MINUTE'S applause will be held at a Rams pre-season friendly to show solidarity for the family of murdered soldier, Fusilier Drummer Lee Rigby. The clapping will be at the 22nd minute of the game...
View ArticleVIDEO: Britain's Got Talent star Joe Oakley performs bike tricks at cycle hub...
BRITAIN'S Got Talent star Joe Oakley has wowed crowds with bike tricks - including jumping off a balcony - at the opening of Derby's new cycle hub. The semi-finalist from the 2009 edition of the show...
View ArticleVIDEO: Download 2014: Rock fans pump up the volume at Donington Park
THOUSANDS of rock fans have descended on Donington Park for the three-day 2014 Download Festival. More than 100,000 people are expected to attend Donington Park this weekend to see more than 100 bands,...
View ArticleCar flips onto its roof and ends up in Derbyshire field
A CAR went into a field and flipped onto its roof after coming off the A52 at Brailsford. The incident happened at 11.20am today. A police spokeswoman said the car's occupants were out before emergency...
View ArticleScarecrows on the loose in Weston-on-Trent's annual trail
YOUNGSTERS and their parents were on the hunt for scarecrows during Weston-on-Trent's 13th annual scarecrow trail. Figures resembling sports stars, pop singers and cartoon characters were among those...
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