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Rising Chellaston stars hit the big time with The Village roles
TWO rising stars from Chellaston have hit fame by playing a couple in the BBC's new flagship drama, The Village.
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Head teacher 'vindicated' as Ofsted inspectors are urged to...
A HEAD teacher has said he feels "vindicated" after a Government inspector agreed his school, which narrowly missed...
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Derby North MP backs campaign on Grand National
DERBY North MP Chris Williamson has backed a League Against Cruel Sports campaign for changes to improve the welfare of horses in...
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'We held ourselves together to deal with the grief pupils were...
Grieving youngsters at the school where five Philpott children were pupils made their own touching tributes to help them come to terms with their loss. Head teacher Patricia Hurd tells Zena Hawley how...
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A woman told me 'this is horrible, we can't believe this has...
A team of 25 firefighters battled the blaze that killed the six Philpott children on May 11 last year. Martin Naylor spoke to chief fire officer Sean Frayne about how it affected them. As Sean Frayne...
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Philpott told police he would 'take matters into his own hands'
WHEN Mick Philpott was told by a police officer that they were not going to arrest his former mistress – over a complaint he made that she threatened him – he flew into a rage.In court, PC Sharon Atwal...
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Philpott's taste for young girls he could control
Domineering Mick Philpott seemed to like his women young and vulnerable so he could control them. If he did not get his own way he would become violent.MAIREAD PHILPOTTHis wife, Mairead, first met...
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'It's so sad thinking of those children ... I think people knew...
The community in Allenton was reeling last night with news of the convictions. Ella Rhodes and Kelly Tyler spoke to some of the residents. This time last year the six Philpott children would have been...
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'It was the most evil act I have ever known'
Assistant Chief Constable Steve Cotterill was in overall charge of the case. He shared with crime reporter Martin Naylor his thoughts on the tragedy."There's an easy and tragic way to describe how I...
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Anton Rippon: Numbed, transfixed, ultimately repulsed by this...
THAT was a truly ghastly morning of May 11 last year. It isn't unusual to read of children perishing in house fires. It happens far too frequently. But this was our city. And six children … it was...
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Thorntons reports 'satisfactory' Easter trading
DERBYSHIRE chocolate-maker Thorntons has said that its pre-tax profits should be ahead of expectations following "satisfactory" trading over the crucial Easter period. In a trading statement issued to...
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Mairead's family: 'We cannot describe the pain that we feel'
A SECOND statement was read on the court steps on behalf of Mairead's family – Jimmy, Vera, Kieran, Jennifer and Bernadette Duffy.It said: "On May 11, 2012, Duwayne, Jade, John, Jack, Jesse and Jayden...
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Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott and Paul Mosley guilty in Derby...
MICK Philpott, his wife Mairead and family friend Paul Mosley have been convicted of killing the couple's six children by starting a fire at their Derby home. The news came after a 31-day trial, with...
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AMBER Valley Borough Council has closed all of its 41 recycling sites in the borough.
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Updated: Derbyshire Police confirms it has received rape...
DERBYSHIRE police has confirmed it has received an allegation of rape relating to Mick Philpott. The father-of-17 was convicted of six counts of manslaughter yesterday at Nottingham Crown Court along...
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More than six million viewers watch BBC drama The Village
THE Village - the BBC's new flagship period drama that was filmed in Derbyshire - opened with large ratings on Easter Sunday, overnight data has revealed. The series, which tells the story of the 20th...
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Killer dad who tried to cash in on the tributes left for his six...
Mick Philpott tried to cash in on his children's deaths just days after the fatal fire. He wanted to auction off tributes left outside his Victory Road home by grieving members of the community as...
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A spectacular snowy scene shoots student snapper Ben into...
More than 200 entries were received for our Photography Week competition. Today we reveal the winners of the student category.WHEN it came to picking the best photograph in the student section of our...
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Store owner to appeal against super-strength beer ban at Derby's...
A SHOPKEEPER said he would appeal against a decision to stop him from selling super-strength beer and cider after police said some...
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Sentencing of Philpotts and Paul Mosley to be delayed until...
MICK and Mairead Philpott will now be sentenced for the manslaughter of their six children tomorrow, the judge has said. The couple were convicted yesterday at Nottingham Crown Court of six counts of...
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