£1000 on offer to those who shop Derbyshire drink and...

November 29, 2013, 11:30 pm

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POLICE have put a £1,000 Christmas "bounty" on the heads of drink-drivers and those who take drugs before getting behind the wheel in Derbyshire. Officers are asking people to report motorists they know have got behind the wheel after a festive tipple as part of their annual Christmas drink-drive campaign. Derbyshire Constabulary is again working with Crimestoppers for the campaign, which runs from tomorrow to January 1. Crimestoppers has offered a reward of up to £1,000 for...

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Fire in toilet block near The Grand Pavilion, in Matlock Bath

December 1, 2013, 12:45 am

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FIREFIGHTERS were called to a fire in an external toilet block near The Grand Pavilion, in Matlock Bath. Two crews from Matlock and one from Wirksworth attended the incident in South Parade shortly after 8.30am on Sunday. The incident involved a small fire in an external block near the Pavilion. Fire crews extinguished the fire before leaving at 9.10am. Police were also called to the scene.

Three Derby projects awarded thousands of pounds from Big Lottery...

December 1, 2013, 1:20 am

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THREE Derby projects have been awarded thousands of pounds in grants from the Big Lottery Fund. Grampian Primary Academy has been awarded £9,954. The school, in Sinfin, will use the funding to construct an outdoor classroom area with a pathway. This will enable the school to provide education in an outdoor setting regardless of the weather conditions. The Green Thyme in Derby has been awarded £9,975 to deliver a range of programmes and activities aiming to teach the basics of...

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December 1, 2013, 1:30 am

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DERBYSHIRE's police and crime commissioner Alan Charles and his team have shaved off their Movember moustaches. Members of the police and crime commissioner's team helped to raise nearly £200 to support this year's Movember campaign - which aims to raise funds and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer and mental health in men. And now, after a month of growing their moustaches, the commissioner, his deputy Hardyal Dhindsa and community engagement officer Andrew Davies among...

Derby's first church with lifts is set to celebrate 50 years

December 1, 2013, 1:35 am

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FIFTY years of weddings, baptisms and funerals will be celebrated at an anniversary service for the Central United Reformed Church in Derby.The building was first opened and dedicated in 1963 as the Victoria Street Congregational Church, built as part of a £400,000 renovation of Duckworth Square.It replaced a large gothic church which had stood on the site for more than 100 years – the new church was hailed at the time for its modern design.Jill Barling, a convenor at the church,...

Mairead Philpott accuses sister of 'desecrating graves' of her...

December 1, 2013, 1:45 am

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MAIREAD Philpott has accused her sister of "desecrating the graves" of the six children she and husband Mick killed. According to an interview in the Sun, Philpott had been sending out laminated cards to put on the graves of her children on their birthdays. But in an interview in the paper with sister Bernadette Duffy, she said it angered her so much that she cut them all up. Philpott, 32 - jailed for 17 years for the deaths of her six children - is reported to have complained to...

Pub workers urged to call time on Derby drunks

November 29, 2013, 12:04 am

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A DRIVE to teach bar staff not to serve drinkers who have had too much alcohol has been launched in Derby. Thirty bar owners, licence holders and workers have this week been trained and examined on a responsible alcohol retailing course in a campaign called Intoxicated. Jointly run by the police and the police and crime commissioner's office, those who pass will be given bar runners, beer mats and literature to show drunk people they will not be served. Intoxicated will be spread out to...

Don't be lined up by cruel scammers in double Derbyshire phone...

December 1, 2013, 1:45 am

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POLICE have sent out a warning about fraudsters using two different types of telephone con in the county.In one scam, cold callers offer people discounted utility bills and ask them to transfer money for these bills to the caller's accounts.In the second, scammers pose as solicitors and tell people they are eligible for a cash refund or prize but that they will need to pay an advance fee to release it.Detective Inspector Rob King, head of Derbyshire police's Economic Crime Unit, has been...

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Derbyshire County Council chief: Cuts to fire service will 'fuel...

December 1, 2013, 1:40 am

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LABOUR councillors are being advised to object to fire service cuts proposed by their own party. The county's fire service is facing a 40% cut to its budget over the next four years. As a result, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Authority – led by Labour – has proposed axing 16 fire engines and lowering the number of stations from 30 to 21. Dozens of firefighters would also lose their jobs. A public consultation on the plans runs until December 23 and, among those taking part in...

Bylaw on street fouling in Erewash possible

November 29, 2013, 10:58 pm

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RESIDENTS in Erewash are being asked for their views on whether it should be made an offence to urinate, defecate or spit in any street or public place.Erewash Borough Council is considering applying to the Government to introduce a new bylaw, which could lead to a conviction, with a maximum fine of £500.The first step is to canvas the opinion of Erewash residents as any new bylaw would have to directly address a "genuine and specific local problem".An online survey takes...

Niall Horan 'secretly dating' Made In Chelsea's Louise Thompson

December 1, 2013, 1:30 am

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ONE Direction star Niall Horan has reportedly been 'secretly dating' Made In Chelsea's Louise Thompson. It is claimed the pair met in May while she was dating Made In Chelsea co-star Andy Jordan. Mail Online says that the pair have 'seen each other lots and talk all the time'.

No comment over Derby head teacher's suspension

November 29, 2013, 11:00 pm

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COUNCIL officials are remaining tight-lipped about the reasons behind the suspension of the head teacher at a Chaddesden primary school.Long-serving Kate Williams has been head of Roe Farm Primary School for several years.A Derby City Council spokesman said: "We are aware of the current position within the school but are unable to comment further."A call to the school also proved fruitless with no-one available for comment until Monday.

Christmas events in Derbyshire

December 1, 2013, 10:00 pm

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Here we bring you a list of magical Christmas events to get you into the festive mood. If you are organising a public event and want to add it to our list just pop the details at the bottom of this article in the comments field. Alternatively you can email julie.bayley@localworld.co.uk * Three days of festive fun will be taking place in Swadlincote, starting with a Farmers' and Producers' market on Thursday, November 28 with a free park and ride bus service with a bus from Swadlincote...

Derby road closed during rush hour after three-car collision

December 2, 2013, 9:50 am

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FIREFIGHTERS were called to free two people trapped in a car following a three-car collision in Derby on Monday evening. The incident at the junction of Mount Street and Mill Hill Lane led to road closures and initial tailbacks in the Normanton and city centre areas. It happened just before 5pm and a Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said three fire engines had attended to "add manpower" to the situation. The two people, who were extricated from two of the cars using...

Swan found with wing chopped off at Long Eaton gravel pits

December 2, 2013, 4:30 am

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POLICE are investigating two incidents in which swans appear to have been mutilated and killed. A walker called police when he discovered two dead birds, one with its wings apparently chopped off, in Long Eaton. The force is linking the incident to a similar one a week before where a dog walker found another mutilated swan. A police spokesman said: "We were called to the latest find last Wednesday, at the gravel pits in Pasture Lane, Long Eaton, by a walker who called us to say he had found...

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Mystery of bin left on Council House's steps

December 1, 2013, 11:03 pm

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MYSTERY surrounds the dumping of this small blue recycling bin at Derby's Council House.It was left on the steps at the junction of Derwent Street and Corporation Street at 6.30pm yesterday.In June, the city council scrapped its controversial blue, red and orange recycling containers used for paper, textiles and cardboard.Paper and cardboard now go in new large blue bins, along with glass, tins, plastic, drinks cartons and aerosols.These used to be collected in smaller blue bins, like the one...

Funeral firm offers limo to chauffeur Derby Mayor

December 2, 2013, 1:04 am

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THE Mayor of Derby – whose chauffeur is being axed to save costs – could soon be driven around in a flash limousine. GE Simnett and Family Funeral Directors, based in Chellaston, says it is interested in taking on the role. The company's owner George Simnett – who at the age of 20 is thought to be Britain's youngest undertaker – said it would help promote his business while enabling the mayor to continue attending functions. Plans to axe the Mayor of Derby's office...

Mum's op horror as Derby medics leave glove in her body

December 2, 2013, 4:00 am

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A PATIENT who had just undergone an operation to remove her womb was astonished when she later found medics had left a surgical glove inside her. Sharon Birks said she had been feeling unwell after the operation and was horrified when it emerged the glove had been left in her body. Mrs Birks said it was three days after the hysterectomy was carried out at the Royal Derby Hospital before she herself discovered the error. The 42-year-old said she had just had her catheter removed and had gone...

More to work at Derby Council House as job losses bite

December 1, 2013, 11:03 pm

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DERBY'S Council House will become the only base for city council administrative staff to work from as the authority tries to save as much cash as possible from redundancies.The authority had already shed 1,211 full-time equivalent posts since March 2010, when it announced last month that another 350 must go.The redundancies are needed, the council says, to help save an extra £9 million in 2014-15 on top of £20 million already found.It says this is because of cuts to its grants from...

This week's mobile speed camera locations in Derbyshire

December 2, 2013, 1:15 am

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Mobile speed cameras will be in the following locations this week, until December 8. A516 Uttoxeter Road, Derby A515 Buxton Road, North of Ashbourne A6 Rowsley to Bakewell A6007 Codnor to Heanor B6179 Denby A617 Bramley Vale B600 Nottingham Road, Alfreton A57 Snake Road, Ladybower A617 Bramley Vale A623 Stoney Middleton to Peak Forest A514 Swadlincote A6 Allestree A6 London Road, Derby A6 Ashford in the Water A623 Peak Forest to Barmoor Clough ...