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Love of the job means Dave is top bus driver

By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 18/05/12

A DERBYSHIRE coach driver has been named driver of the year at a gala event organised by Trent Barton. Dave Baker scooped the top honour after impressing the judges with his cheerful approach and professionalism. The 55-year-old, from Swanwick, drives one of the firm's flagship Red Arrow coaches between Derby and Nottingham, and Derby and Chesterfield. Over the past 12 months he has consistently scored top marks with "mystery...
Tranquil scene has barely changed through the years

By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 18/05/12

A narrow country lane leads from pleasant Billesdon, uphill and down dale, to the small, tranquil village of Gaulby, which is the proud possessor of one of our loveliest churches. This, for some reason, was rebuilt in 1741, except for its ancient chancel, which dates from around 1500. Historian Arthur Mee tells us to note particularly its eye-catching tall tower, which has Gothic and Chinese pinnacles as a prominent feature. They...
Artist sets up festival to protest at Olympic Torch bypassing Amber Valley

By DarrenHolden at 10:36 on 17/05/12

A Derbyshire artist is looking for funds to create an alternative festival to protest at the Olympic Torch missing the Amber Valley area. Sally Lemsford of Codnor Park, has set up the Flaming Skirt Festival on the Peoplefund.it website. If it hits the target of £1,000 the festival will be the day after the torch comes through Derbyshire on Saturday 30th June when a beacon of light will visit different locations in Amber...
The mile-long human chain that will show a city's love for blaze victims

By Derby Telegraph at 07:40 on 17/05/12

HUNDREDS of people are being invited to join hands in a chain that will stretch a mile long in support of the Philpotts. The fund-raiser, being organised by the Osmaston Community Association of Residents (Oscar), will start in Victory Road, Allenton, and finish in Osmaston Park. It will see 1,600 people pay £1 each to raise money for D-Js Trust, a charity set up this week to raise money to help pay for the funerals of the...
Patients asked to help with charity

By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 17/05/12

MENTAL health patients are being invited to help run a charity. Derbyshire Voice, which is based in Ripley and represents mental health patients, is seeking eight trustees and a chair of trustees. All applicants must be getting mental health help or have done so in the past. Anyone interested should call 01773 744537 or e-mail info@derbyshire-voice.co.uk and submit an application by Tuesday, June 12.

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Suggestion workers don't have 'proper job' is insult

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This is a tricky one. If we are really to be impartial, to be non-prejudiced and to treat everyone...

By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 19/05/12

I AM writing to you regarding a reported comment on the front page of the Sunday Express by Iain Duncan-Smith headlined 'Tory Sneers at Disabled'. Mr Duncan-Smith is reported to have told Remploy workers to get a proper job. This is not only an insult to workers in the Remploy factories but to disabled people in general. I am an epileptic and when I left school nobody would employ me. My epilepsy stood between me and gainful...
'I'll fight tooth and nail unfair decision not to fund care for husband Phil'

By Rizzle

Yes agree with the above. Just keep on giving methadone to the drug addicts instead.

By Derby Telegraph at 07:40 on 18/05/12

HE took her to art galleries around the world, gave her 15 years of wonderful memories and they have eight grandchildren between them. But today, Mona Guckian Fisher said her husband, Philip Fisher does not even recognise her face. At the age of 59, Alzheim-er's disease, a form of dementia, has not only robbed Philip of memories of his wife. Now he can no longer look after himself or even eat without help. What makes Mona happy...
Wetherspoon's linked to move into shopping centre 'eyesore'

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great news weatherspoons cant open soon enough,will increase footfall at the centre which it really...

By Derby Telegraph at 08:30 on 08/03/12

PUB chain Wetherspoon's could take on the Park Farm, in Allestree, which has been empty for nearly 10 years. The former pub, in the Park Farm Shopping Centre, was owned by Enterprise Inns but it put it on the market in 2003. Since then there has been speculation it would be turned into flats, a Marks & Spencer store or other shops. Now, it is understood that industry giant JD Wetherspoon, which already has three outlets in the...
Pub-collapse workmen 'are very lucky to be alive'

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Caxton Street sees everything!

By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 12/05/12

WORKMEN renovating a city pub that collapsed are "very lucky to be alive", it has been claimed. Police yesterday confirmed that no one had been inside the William Caxton pub, in Sunny Hill, when it fell on Thursday evening. But neighbour Sylvia Wild, who lives opposite, said "eight or nine" builders had been inside for most of the day. She said: "Thankfully they went home before it fell down. What a good job...
Mum's delight as disabled son tries out new pool experience

By charlllpop

What a lovely picture :)

By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 14/05/12

DISABLED children are set to benefit from a multi-sensory system installed in a public pool – thought to be the first of its kind in the UK. Two-year-old Edward Collington, from Ripley, suffers from cerebral palsy, leaving him with only partial hearing and sight. He was one of the first children to use the new equipment. His mother, Christine Eley, said she was amazed at how he had responded to the experience at Victoria...