Hundreds of jobs hope for Heineken depot
A STALLED industrial park development on the outskirts of Derby is set to come back to life with a £45 million distribution centre that could create hundreds of jobs.Goodman International, the...
View ArticleNormanton stab victim still 'critical' as man is charged
A MAN has been charged in connection with the stabbing of a 20-year-old man on a Derby street.Nathan Clarke, 37, of Rawdon Street, has been charged with wounding with intent and will appear at Southern...
View ArticleBridge jumpers' risky leap as tombstoning craze hits city
THE potentially-deadly craze of "tombstoning" came to Derby yesterday as people responded to a heat wave by leaping from a bridge into the River Derwent.Their actions at Exeter Bridge, outside the...
View ArticleBuxton hiker missing in Peru
RESCUE teams are searching for a missing 22-year-old Derbyshire man in the mountains of Peru. Thomas Jagger, of Buxton, is thought to have been exploring near Huaraz in the Ancash region. A spokesman...
View ArticleJohnny Russell spearheads Derby County's promotion push
In the latest in a series of features looking behind the scenes at Pride Park ahead of the new season, Chris Jones chats to chief executive Sam Rush about summer transfers.IN a small room in the back...
View ArticleBYGONES: Air cadets beat summer holiday boredom
Ex-Derbeian John Rigley , who now lives in Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire, looks back on his days with the air cadets in the early 1950s.THE school summer holidays where fast approaching and my pal...
View ArticleArctic Circle to Egypt, soldier George served country far and wide
Former soldier George Dimmock, who has died aged 93, was posted inside the Arctic Circle and to Egypt all within six months during the Second World War. Kelly Tyler looks back at his life.AT the age of...
View ArticleRaider asked for 'a good hiding'
A THIEF caught sneaking into a Derby garden pleaded with his captor: "Just give me a good hiding and let me go."Jobless Aaron Nelson, 20, had been spotted walking past a side window of the house, Derby...
View ArticleHolly loses 12 stone in a year after embarrassing incident on aircraft
HOLLY Hatfield has shed more than half her body weight, 12 stone, in as many months.And her inspiration? An embarrassing incident on an Easy Jet flight.The 23-year-old from Belper weighed 23 stone when...
View ArticleMP condemns 'tombstoning' as readers say no to new law
THE potentially-deadly act of "tombstoning", as seen this week on Derby's Exeter Bridge, should remain legal, according to a Derby Telegraph online poll.Jumpers plunged off the bridge into the muddy...
View ArticleAutistic boy's X-Box stolen during home burglary
A NINE-YEAR-OLD autistic boy has been left heartbroken after his beloved X-Box was stolen in a burglary.Jack Dean's condition means that he needs a routine in his life, which the console helped...
View ArticleDeparture of ambulance service boss
THE head of the region's ambulance service has left after nearly two years in charge.Phil Milligan joined East Midlands Ambulance Service in December 2011 and was behind radical plans to shake up the...
View ArticleMum's horror at bus driver's foot on dashboard antics
A "HORRIFIED" mum took this snap of a bus driver relaxing with his foot up on the dashboard as he drove along a busy Derby road.Michelle Knowles said the driver of Arriva's Number 37 bus left his leg...
View ArticleJohnny Russell gives Derby County an extra option as one of strikers with...
JOHNNY Russell's arrival from Dundee United and the signing of Chris Martin from Norwich City to join Jamie Ward and Conor Sammon means Derby go into the season with four strikers of good pedigree. Add...
View ArticleA Derby County midfield built around Will Hughes can be force in Championship
SITTING talking to Nigel Clough at the end of last season about his thoughts on bolstering his squad, the subject turned to Derby County's midfield. "It is difficult to improve on the midfield – it is...
View ArticleSkipper Richard Keogh believes challenge now is to push on with tighter look...
AS player of the year and somebody who never missed a minute of the 46 Championship matches last season, Richard Keogh proved a key figure as Derby County recorded their highest finish in six years....
View ArticleShaun Barker: Derby County have greater options to push for top six
WE are in the best position to mount a push for promotion since I have been at the club. I said this in the Derby Telegraph last month and nothing that has happened since has changed my mind. If...
View ArticleAway day returns the ticket to Derby County's target of top six
RESULTS on the road will need to improve if Derby County are to move forward again this season. The Rams have been edging in the right direction. Tenth last season was a climb of two places on the...
View ArticleSlow-starting Derby County aim to get the points rolling in earlier this time...
LAST season, Derby County won only once in five League games from the start of the campaign and yet recorded their highest finish in six years, 10th in the Championship. The previous season, 2011-12,...
View ArticleThree abscond from prison
THREE men have absconded from HMP Sudbury. Daniel Taylor, 26, absconded on Friday, August 2 while Sean Kavanagh, 39, and Stephen McElvaney, 41, both failed to return on Saturday, August 3. Taylor was...
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