More shows rescheduled at Derby's Assembly Rooms following massive fire
MORE shows have been rescheduled at the Assembly Rooms after a massive fire in the car park. A major investigation is now taking place into the blaze which wrecked havoc on Friday, March 14. Organisers...
View ArticleHome fans will be in iPro Stadium South Stand if Derby County reach play-offs
DERBY County fans will fill the South Stand at the iPro Stadium again should the club reach the play offs. Away fans, no matter the opposition, will be housed in the South East corner for a home...
View ArticleCouncil tax penalty drives down empty property numbers in Derby
PENALISING owners of homes that have been empty for more than two years has cut the number of long-term vacant homes in Derby, the city council has said. But one homeowner says the house in which his...
View ArticleLive: Ipswich Town v Derby County
JOIN us for live match coverage of Derby County's Championship clash with Ipswich Town on Tuesday night. We'll have all the build-up from Portman Road and minute-by-minute updates from the game in our...
View ArticlePolice urge drivers to hide valuables away from thieves
Police have urged drivers not to leave valuables on display in their cars. Officers in Mickleover checked 439 vehicles last Thursday. Twenty were found to be insecure and had items on display,...
View ArticleDerby City Council brown bin charge originally set to be half the current cost
THE controversial Derby City Council brown bin charge was planned, at one stage, to be just £20 – half of what it is currently set at. This revelation appears to lend weight to claims made already by...
View ArticleFame of unique Derbyshire auto village store has spread round the world
THE inventor of the first-ever truly automated shop says he is keen to stick to rolling his concept out locally, despite it becoming an international media sensation.Electrical engineer Peter Fox and...
View ArticleTeam news: Will Hughes misses Derby County's match at Ipswich Town
WILL Hughes misses out on Derby County's Championship clash with Ipswich Town at Portman Road on Tuesday night (7.45pm). Hughes was on the bench in Saturday's memorable 5-0 victory over Nottingham...
View ArticleDerby weather forecaster warns of snow in city
DERBY weatherman Martin Harris has warned the city could wake up to snow on Thursday morning. Martin, who runs the weather page Weather Update Derby, said this may be caused by an incoming front from...
View ArticleDerby takeaway which hired illegal staff has licence refused
A CITY takeaway owner who was employing people with no right to work in the UK has had an application to have his licence back rejected. Wab Ashouri's USA Fried Chicken, in The Spot, was raided by...
View ArticleHalf-time: Rapid strike from Patrick Bamford puts Derby County 1-0 up at...
A GOAL after only 35 seconds from Patrick Bamford has given Derby County a 1-0 half-time lead against Ipswich Town at Portman Road. Bamford's early strike, his sixth for the Rams, separated the sides...
View ArticleWho's been in the courts?
STEVEN Lodge, of Birches Lane, South Wingfield, was fined £800, with £80 victim surcharge, and told to pay £400 costs, for failing to remove rubbish from his garden between April 30, 2013, and January...
View ArticleDerby County fan and One Direction star Niall Horan meets The Queen
Derby County fan Niall Horan has met The Queen after she hosted a reception for more than 300 Irish people including X-Factor judge Louis Walsh and former boxer Barry McGuigan. The One Direction star...
View Article'My 6am shock in finding little boy in hedge in his pyjamas'
A FITNESS fanatic heading for a 6am workout was stunned to spot a six-year-old boy wearing only pyjamas hiding in bushes. Raj Sandhu discovered the youngster as he arrived at the Virgin Active Gym, in...
View ArticleMother of Kadeem Blackwood fights back tears at murder trial
THE mother of tragic Kadeem Blackwood fought back tears in court today as her statement of evidence was read out to a jury. Nottingham Crown Court is hearing the retrial, for murder, of Michael-Paul...
View ArticleDerby magistrate and city councillor Ajit Atwal pictured in national...
A MAGISTRATE and Derby city councillor has been pictured in a national newspaper holding an assault rifle. Ajit Atwal's photograph, which was taken seven months ago while he was on holiday in India,...
View ArticleSnow in Derbyshire
THE Met Office has said there is a chance the county could see snowand sleet tonight. Heavy rain is also forecast for tomorrow afternoon and Thursday morning, before things change dramatically for a...
View ArticleHS2 Europe link decision disappoints Derbyshire business leaders
BUSINESS leaders in Derbyshire have said they are disappointed that the HS2 rail route will not be linked to the Eurostar train line.This week, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin confirmed that...
View ArticleYouTube sensation Peter Oakley whose tears wooed the stars dies at 86
A DERBYSHIRE grandfather who became an internet sensation after posting YouTube video diaries has died at the age of 86.Peter Oakley first discovered YouTube accidentally after searching on the...
View ArticleMan lay dead in Derbyshire house for two weeks
A MAN in his 80s is believed to have been lying dead in his house for a fortnight. Police forced entry to the house in Queen Elizabeth Way, Ilkeston, at about noon today after being told by a neighbour...
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