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Queen's visit will honour Royal Derby Hospital

queen's visit will honour royal derby

Thursday, March 18, 2010

ROYAL Derby Hospital will officially be opened by the Queen when she visits the city next month.

Her Majesty will meet patients, nursing staff and hospital chiefs and unveil a plaque at the site.

It had already been announced that the Queen would visit the city...

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Motorist dies after car leaves road between Derby and Ilkeston

Thursday, March 18, 2010

AN ELDERLY motorist has been declared dead after the car he was driving left the road and ended up in a hedge. Police have identified the man and are...

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Car catches fire after three-car collision

Thursday, March 18, 2010

A CAR burst into flames after it crashed in a Belper street. Firefighters were called out to Spencer Street at 11.45pm on Wednesday. No one was...

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Two men arrested after police find drugs at Ilkeston home

Derbyshire Police (2)

Thursday, March 18, 2010

TWO men were arrested on suspicion of producing controlled drugs after police swooped on an Ilkeston house. Officers raided a property in Stratford...

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Big Issue seller Dave proves a singing sales sensation

BIG SELLER: Magazine sales plummeted when he moved away.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

A SINGING Big Issue seller has wowed Derby's shoppers so much that nearly 5,000 people have joined a website created in his honour. Dave Campion, 29,...

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Ambulance failings are laid bare in staff survey

FAILINGS: Last year, Government inspectors found dirt in a number of ambulances and criticised the ambulance service for failing to properly train its staff in infection control.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

FAILINGS in health and safety standards at East Midlands Ambulance Service have again been highlighted, this time by a survey of staff. Last year,...

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School faces race against time to raise £125,000 before the inspector calls

Caught short: Dame Catherine Harpur School head teacher Margaret Whyte in the outdoor toilet. Pupils queue cross-legged to use it, below left, while Mrs Whyte teaches Barnaby Churchill, aged eight, below right. Bottom: The school building.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

THE outdoor toilets at a Derbyshire school are not just unpopular with the children who use them. Despite Dame Catherine Harpur School, in Ticknall,...

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Blue plaque bid for Belper comic Will Hay

Plaque bid for comic Hay

Thursday, March 18, 2010

A WORLD-FAMOUS comedian who made his name in Belper is one of 12 historic figures vying to feature on six London-style blue plaques around Derbyshire....

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Woman shocked her house is on plans for 753 new homes

potential: The fields in Aston-on-Trent earmarked as a possible site for 753 new houses.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

A WOMAN said she was shocked to find her family home was on land earmarked for a massive housing development in a Derbyshire village. South Derbyshire...

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Regional fire control centre on course to open by 2011

Regional fire control centre

Thursday, March 18, 2010

DERBYSHIRE'S new regional fire control centre is on track to open in May 2011 – more than three years after it was originally due to come into...

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