• Home-town jogging ban for pervert

  By LadAboutTown

  Jogging? so he can walk around or stand still and flash instead?

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 08:38 on 22/05/13

  

  A JOBLESS man has been banned from jogging around his home town after being caught flashing five times. The court order was imposed on Ashley Shaw, 41, who was convicted of indecent exposure in Ripley after a trial. The incidents took place in May last year when the victims included children as well as women, Nottingham Crown Court heard. Shaw had denied the offence. Judge Andrew Hamilton told him: ''I have had statements from a...

• Quick-thinking cadet Shannon, 15, saved her dad

  By vintage1959

  Well done Shannon! Everyone should learn at least the basic first aid skills, when my daughter...

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 07:05 on 22/05/13

  

  WHETHER her father collapsed because he was bitten by a dog or because of the intense pain in his ribs, Shannon Rowland will never know. But all that matters to the teenager was that she had first-aid training when she needed it most. Shannon's dad, Chris, had returned home from walking the dogs when he felt as if he had been bitten – but it was when he bent to look down he suddenly collapsed and started screaming in pain. The...

• Widower calls for drivers who kill to get life bans from road

  By ecopixi

  In answer to some points raised also, It took such a long time to go to court for several reasons,...

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 07:06 on 28/12/12

  

  A GRANDFATHER whose wife was killed after a van pulled into the path of their motorcycle is calling for motorists who cause death through poor driving to be banned from the roads for life. Bob Stovell is still undergoing operations more than three years after the smash that robbed him of his wife. Now the former firefighter wants to see harsher sentences for people like David Clarke, who was convicted of causing the mother of two's...

• Ambulance's '45-minute delay'

  By Crankey

  Every one is an expert when it suits them to voice an opinion. Perhaps if people got the complete...

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 15:23 on 15/05/13

  

  A MAN said it took an ambulance 45 minutes to get to the scene of an accident despite it being only a mile from the Royal Derby Hospital. Pete Juchnevicius said he dialled 999 after seeing a woman collapse to the floor after her car hit a bookmakers in Mickleover. The 52-year-old said he pleaded with the call operator to get an ambulance to the incident but instead was continually asked questions "as though they were being...

• Aviation artist Atack on the attack

  By TandymanI

  So, erm, where's the image of the painting by SimonAtack.com ?

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 16:14 on 15/05/13

  

  This amazing painting shows the moment one of the "bouncing bombs" was released to destroy the Mohne Dam. The piece was created by aviation artist Simon Atack for the 70th anniversary of the bombing raids conceived by Ripley-born war hero Barnes Wallace. On Thursday there will be a fly-past by a Lancaster Bomber as well as a pair of Spitfires. The RAF Spitfires Sevens Rugby Team, pictured above, are all serving pilots in...

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