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Jamie Ward impressed with extra firepower at Derby County
JAMIE Ward is confident Derby County have the firepower to trouble defences in the Championship this season.Ward was top scorer last season on 12 goals from 26 appearances in an injury-hit...
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County council employees' morale is 'disturbingly low'
MORALE among Derbyshire County Council's 33,000-strong workforce has hit a disturbing "low", according to the authority's new leader.Labour's Anne Western said employees have been living in fear for...
View ArticleAuction house seeking lots for its next sale
ENTRIES are now being accepted for Graham Penny's next property auction, to be held at Pride Park Stadium, Derby, on September 5.The sale at Pride Park will be the company's fifth so far this year and,...
View ArticleClose friends unveiled statue to their famous husbands
IN August 2010 Mrs Clough and Mrs Taylor were at Pride Park to see a statue unveiled of their husbands.One of the driving forces behind ensuring the dream of the statue became a reality is Kalwinder...
View ArticleCracking up?
HOW do you tell the difference between subsidence and settlement? If you live in a new home and see cracks, it's almost certainly settlement; the process of the building materials settling and the...
View ArticleOff-duty firefighter helps put out blaze
AN off-duty firefighter helped a resident fight a fire in their flat.The blaze started at just before 3pm in a property in Stanhope Street, Derby.Crews from Kingsway, Ascot Drive and Nottingham Road...
View ArticlePolice want to talk to man after attack
DETECTIVES have released the name of a man to whom they want to talk in connection with a serious assault in Alvaston.Officers said Ryan Doolin, 21, is thought to have been at The Cornishman pub on...
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Janice lily a happy mistake for Ray
A GARDENER with 75 years of experience has inadvertently created a new species of lily in his back garden.Ray Mellor has grown a light orange-coloured lily – a completely new species – that he has...
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VIDEO: 20-metre tree topples on to four cars
A MASSIVE tree collapsed and smashed down on to a row of parked cars after its roots were eroded by flood waters.Four cars at Pattonair, in Stoney Gate Road, Spondon, were hit when the tree fell on to...
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£48,000 spent on council review
DERBYSHIRE County Council has confirmed it has spent £48,000 on hiring another authority to review of its own communications strategy.Acting chief executive Ian Stephenson revealed Lambeth Council's...
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How we found Miss Great Britain 1969
A FORMER beauty queen who competed in the 1960s has been tracked down, thanks to the Derby Telegraph.Wendy George is now 63 and won the Miss Great Britain title in 1969.Wendy, who now lives in Wigan...
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'Horrendous' shooting of Milo the cat
A HORRIFIED animal lover found her 12-year-old cat shot dead under a bush.Andrea Stevenson said coming across Milo was "horrendous" and branded whoever had fired the pellet "sick."The 47-year-old...
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City council tight-lipped over sick pay
DERBY City Council has refused to say how much sick pay taken by its staff has cost the taxpayer in each of the past three financial years.The Derby Telegraph submitted a Freedom of Information request...
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'The lady behind the Clough legend'
TRIBUTES have flooded in to Barbara Clough, the wife of legendary Rams manager Brian, who has died.Mrs Clough passed away on Saturday, aged 75, her family have confirmed.A family statement released by...
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Hundreds fined over term-time holidays
PARENTS in Derby who took their children on holiday in term-time have been hit with 600 fixed penalty notices, totalling £30,000.The city fines total was revealed as schools prepare to get even tougher...
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Mickleover junior school out of special measures
A CITY junior school has been told it is "good" by Government inspectors – only 12 months after it was reported to be "inadequate" and placed in special measures.But Paula Martin, head teacher of...
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Derby County eye targets as John Brayford heads for Cardiff City
DERBY County already have targets in mind as they look to bolster their defensive options after accepting a bid from Cardiff City for John Brayford.Brayford underwent a medical yesterday and the...
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Tributes still flood in for 'great lady' Barbara Clough
READERS of the Derby Telegraph have inundated us with tributes to the late Barbara Clough.Thousands of web users visited www.derbytelegraph. co.uk when we broke the news on Wednesday afternoon that the...
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Anglo-Saxon gravestone to go under the hammer
A RARE Anglo-Saxon gravestone originating from Little Eaton and dating back more than 1,000 years has been discovered.The stone, which comes from the time of Alfred the Great, was found in the garage...
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VIDEO: Life's a beach in Derby Market Place
Sand got everywhere in Derby Market Place yesterday and people could not wait to try out the temporary beach. In the main photo, Ashling and Ed Nelson and their two children, Eve, four, and Juliet, 10...
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