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A South Derbyshire council is looking to spend £20,000 to pay for visits to and from Toyota City in Japan, celebrating 25 years of close work between the two areas. A report to be discussed tomorrow (Thursday, January 26) by South Derbyshire District C…
Plans have resurfaced for homes and warehouses on a contaminated tar pit site in Derbyshire. The Denby tar pits site, known as Cinderhill, close to the A38, between Belper and Ripley, has long been the focus of potential development with scheme after s…
A woman has been jailed for killing her 17-year-old friend in a crash after speeding down country lanes while over the drink-drive limit. Melissa Keilloh, of Brookdale Road, Hartshorne, on the Leicestershire/Derbyshire border, was driving in Derby when…
This drink-driver decided his best option was to get behind the wheel and head home after he lost his friends during a night out and his phone ran out of charge. Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court heard how Murat Tetik was found sitting in the driv…
A ‘charming and spacious’ cottage dating back to the 1760s is up for sale – in one of Derbyshire’s poshest villages. Askew Cottage in Repton comes with a guide price of £1,150,000.
The frontage of the house, which has Georgian origins, was added in the…
A young Derbyshire woman has been jailed for killing her 17-year-old friend after she lost control of her car speeding down country lanes and smashed into a tree. Derby Crown Court heard how prior to getting behind the wheel following a party in Derby,…
Three people had to be rescued by emergency services after they became trapped in their vehicles following a flood in Derbyshire. Two stranded motorists and a passenger got stuck in Ingleby, near Repton, after the River Trent burst its banks.
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Johnny Vegas’ The Field of Dreams campsite will officially open in Derbyshire in April this year.
He’s hand-picked Melbourne Hall as a permanent home for his hugely popular campsite, although the project hasn’t gone entirely to plan….
A grandmother from Derbyshire crashed her car into a parked lorry after drinking with her family on Boxing Day. Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court heard how a neighbour of Julie Fowkes called the police after witnessing her hit the recovery truck.
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The family of a ‘kind and lovely’ grandad, husband, and father who died after being left submerged in a retirement village’s pool for 11 minutes say he is “very much missed”. Stephen Paul Richards, 73, passed away at Royal Derby Hospital a day after su…