Transport and Logistics Network
A Derbyshire HGV driver was found dead at a Derbyshire tourist spot just days before he was due to celebrate his 70th birthday. Christopher Freckingham Smith was found in the Cromford Canal, near Matlock, with his Zimmer frame also found in the water.
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Four Lincolnshire branches of the Nottingham Building Society are set to close. Branches in Bourne, Skegness, Spalding and Stamford in Lincolnshire and Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire will all shut following a review, it has been announced.
A total of…
Gypsy and traveller families have parked a number of caravans on a consecrated Derbyshire site set to become a burial ground. The site, in Derby Road, Doveridge, bordering the A50, had a fence with a padlock and a number of large concrete blocks in pla…
Bulk tipping and hazardous load specialist BJ Waters is running two new Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units with resilient steel bumpers and raised ride heights designed to restrict damage when working on rough sites.
The operator is based in Matlock, D…
World leading provider of on-road load handling equipment, Hiab and leading truck rental and lorry mounted crane specialists, MV Commercial, are celebrating supplying their 50th Volvo FH 540 tractor unit fitted with a Hiab 858 crane.
The 858 EP-6…
Published: 11:01 AM March 7, 2022
As we celebrate International Women’s Day, Derbyshire Life takes a look at the lives of some of our county’s most successful and inspirational women.
Frances Bush
Frances Bush may not have become an internationally…
Storm Franklin continued to lash the UK with gale-force winds and rain on Monday, with energy crews working to restore power to some 32,000 homes that were still without.The storm is the third to batter the nation in the past week, and comes days after…
Storm Franklin: UK hit with floods, power cuts and travel chaos Flood and wind warnings in place as third named storm in a week hits00:37Storm Franklin and its high winds and heavy rain have brought widespread flooding, power cuts and travel chaos acro…