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Families living in a Staffordshire Moorlands village say tourists are making their lives a nightmare. They say visitors to Wetton are blocking roads with their cars and engaging in anti-social behaviour and littering.
The nearby beauty spot of Thor’s C…
People living in the peaceful village of Wetton in the Peak District have spoken out about their frustration at cars blocking roads, anti-social behaviour, drug use, and litter due to an influx of tourists. Residents say that Covid lockdowns and social…
Residents are concerned about the cause of a fire that broke out in a derelict building, with one stating she thought it could have been the result of bad behaviour. Crews had been called following a fire on Faraday Road in Lenton and the fire services…
Regional transport body Midlands Connect is launching a strategic plan which sets out the future of transport in the Midlands.
The document – entitled ‘Greener, Fairer, Stronger’ – is being unveiled at Midlands Connect’s annual conference in Birmingham…
A romance conman used dating sites to dupe women out of cash – stinging one victim for a staggering £157,000.
Frank Adozi tricked the “vulnerable” woman by claiming he was working on an oil rig and he had taken the wrong bank card with him.
The swindle…
One driver in Derby crashed their new Ferrari today (1 April) after driving it less than two miles.
Taking to Twitter to report the incident the Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit detailed how the driver crashed the car not long after purchasing it.
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Derby City Council has slammed what it says was an offensive tweet about “dangerous” roadworks – in which the word “pillocks” was used. A Twitter user sent a tweet and tagged in the city council’s Twitter handle.
Their message was a complaint about the…
This unearthed photograph taken in 1936 shows Ashopton postmaster William Hubbard gravely discussing the village’s impending doom with a fellow resident. Within a few years the Derbyshire Peak District village would be lost and gone forever.
Nestled hi…
A huge recreation ground now occupies a site once famous for crime, prisoners and executions.
In the 19th century, the area was home to a large prison called the Kirkdale County Gaol and House of Correction. The gaol, which opened in 1818, was so big t…
It was billed as being a new nationally important motorway that deliver drivers to Leicestershire’s doorstep, but nothing was built. Now, nearly 50 years on people are being reminded of the ‘ghostly’ M64.
Proposed back in the 1970s as an important 40-m…