Betting shop plan poses interesting moral dilemma
JUST how far should we expect local and national government to protect people from themselves?The question arises in the wake of the protests over Ladbrokes' plans to open a new betting shop in...
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Only 19 but Rams' star fan Niall is worth £5m
THEY may only have been around a couple of years but boy band One Direction's loyal teenybopper fan base has propelled them straight into the Sunday Times Rich List.The band, made up of Derby County...
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Roadworks to improve Pride Park link with A52
MAJOR work to improve roads in and out of Pride Park from the A52 is set to take place next year, the leader of Derby City Council has revealed.Councillor Paul Bayliss said the work would be aimed at...
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Derby Telegraph's Save a Life campaign helps hundreds learn first-aid skills
HUNDREDS of Derby Telegraph readers are now potential lifesavers after signing up for first-aid classes through our Save a Life campaign.More than 400 people have taken up the offer to take part in...
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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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Victim's head injury after Normanton street attack
A WEAPON is believed to have been used in an attack which left a man with a head injury.The victim had been walking along Porter Road, Normanton, when he was assaulted at 7.15pm on Wednesday night.The...
View ArticleAnguish will go on for Philpott's surviving family
MANY lives have been affected by Mick Philpott – few, if any, for the better.But, with all due respects to the emergency services who had to deal with the scene of the tragic Victory Road fire, surely...
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Live travel update: St Alkmund's Way causing delays
UPDATED 9.25am: Roadworks on St Alkmund's Way causing delays. Queues are building along King Street and Agard Street as a result of the temporary traffic lights along the road. Traffic has now cleared...
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Rams' Jake Buxton says goal against Forest 'changed his life'
JAKE Buxton says his dramatic winning goal against rivals Nottingham Forest a year ago changed his life. The 28-year-old defender felt he might be on his way out of Derby County - but the Forest game...
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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 yesterday, where he met Derby's...
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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 yesterday, saying it was an example which the rest of the UK should follow. Derby Telegraph...
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I hate Philpott - he's dead to me now, says killer's son
ONE of the surviving teenage son's 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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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...
View Article'Drunk' ex-builder died from a cardiac arrest after falling into river
A FORMER builder, who died after falling in a river, had been drinking with his brother near to the waterside before he fell in.Police found the body of Michael Gibson, 48, in the River Derwent after a...
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Joseph Wright painting 'lost' for 200 years could sell for £90k at auction
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 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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Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead won't be played in full on show
DING Dong The Witch Is Dead – the song propelled into the charts by opponents of Baroness Thatcher – will not be played in full on Sunday's Radio One chart show, the BBC has said.In a compromise...
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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...
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Firefighters 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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Teenage boy is robbed of his mobile phone in Ilkeston
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy was robbed of his mobile phone as he walked along an Ilkeston street. Shortly before midnight on Saturday, April 6, the victim was walking along Bath Street, at the junction of Chapel...
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