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£400k Government cash will help county council deal with...
A NEW strategy for dealing with flooding in Derbyshire is being drawn up with the help of nearly £400,000 from the Government.The strategy will spell out what Derbyshire County Council will do to...
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PM: 'PHILPOTT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS CRIME'
DURING his visit to Derby, Mr Cameron said he was sticking by his benefits policy after an outburst by his Chancellor last week suggesting a link between the trial of the Philpotts for the manslaughter...
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PM: Our country needs more like YOU
PRIME Minister David Cameron has hailed Rolls-Royce's Apprentice Academy as a "model" for the rest of the country to follow.Mr Cameron visited the Wilmore Road site on Thursday, where he met Derby's...
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Is Derby's mayor more fun than Boris Johnson?
There seems to be nothing the Mayor of Derby isn't up for - including walking on fire. Councillor Lisa Higginbottom has posted a video on YouTube asking for daredevils to join her in the feat, which...
View ArticleAuctioneer Charles Hanson to take part part in Great North Run...
CELEBRITY auctioneer Charles Hanson has revealed he is putting his running shoes on to help raise funds for a Derbyshire charity – after his son was stillborn. The antique expert will be taking part in...
View ArticleThatcher 'not good for Britain' say our readers
BARONESS Thatcher was not good for Great Britain, a Derby Telegraph online readers' poll says.The poll was launched on Monday after the former Prime Minister died, aged 87, following a stroke.To the...
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Building work at former Sherwood Foresters pub to create temple
WORK is being carried out on the former Sherwood Foresters pub to convert it into a temple.The building in St Thomas Road in Normanton was saved from demolition in 2010 and bought by the Sikh...
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Immigrant: I fled racism to seek work in Derby
A GYPSY immigrant who came to Derby from Slovakia has spoken about the discrimination that forces his people to leave their home countries.Koloman Slepcik, 25, is one of hundreds of Eastern European...
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Derby city councillor apologises for 'inappropriate' comment
A CITY councillor has apologised publicly over a statement he made at a council meeting which was found to be "inappropriate".An anonymous complaint was made against Liberal Democrat councillor and...
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I hate Philpott - he's dead to me now, says killer's son
ONE of the surviving teenage sons of Mick Philpott is desperate to change his name to distance himself from his killer dad. Fourteen-year-old Aidan, who was fathered by Philpott during a previous...
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Roll-out of 'bedroom tax' will be 'proper and fair'
ON the issue of the so-called "bedroom tax", Mr Cameron pledged that people would be consulted "properly and fairly."He was responding to an issue highlighted in the Derby Telegraph that nearly half of...
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Impressed PM says R-R Academy is 'model for rest of country'
Prime Minister David Cameron was full of praise for Rolls-Royce's Apprentice Academy when he visited Derby on Thursday, saying it was an example which the rest of the UK should follow. Derby Telegraph...
View ArticleEx-Rams investor exaggerated firm's stake in club, trial is told
A US court has heard how an American businessman allegedly over-estimated the value of his company's stake in Derby County in order to keep a hedge fund afloat.The prosecution in the fraud trial of...
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Latvian sex trafficker who duped women into UK is jailed
A LATVIAN man who trafficked young women into Derbyshire to be sexually exploited has been jailed for 20 months.Ignas Judins was extradited to Britain from the Latvian capital Riga after Derbyshire...
View ArticleFirefighters tackle van blaze in Chaddesden
FIRE crews were called to a van fire in the early hours of this morning. The van was well alight when the firefighters from Nottingham Road attended the scene at 3.50am. Police were also in attendance...
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TV's Charles Hanson will run to support stillborn-baby charity
CELEBRITY auctioneer Charles Hanson has revealed he is donning his running shoes to help raise funds for a Derbyshire charity – after his son was stillborn.The antiques expert will be taking part in...
View ArticleLorry fire in Long Eaton
FIREFIGHTERS from Long Eaton were called to a lorry fire this morning. The fire, in the engine compartment of the lorry, was called into the emergency services at 11.15am. The crew arrived at the scene...
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Early morning wheelie bin blaze in Derby
FIREFIGHTERS from Kingsway were called to reports of a bin fire in the early hours of this morning. Crews were called out to the fire on Burton Road at 4.25am where they found a wheelie bin full of...
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Joseph Wright painting 'lost' for 200 years could sell for...
A RARE painting by renowned Derby artist Joseph Wright that had been "lost" for 200 years could sell for between £70,000 and £90,000 at auction.The painting, named Landscape with Rainbow, was inherited...
View ArticleLabour accused of 'class war' amid move to give out cash 'where...
A "CLASS war" has been declared by Labour on areas of Derby that it does not control, the city council's Tory opposition has claimed.Councillors spoke out as the authority's leadership is set to make...
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