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World champion Fiona May joins row to save Moorways sports track

World champion Fiona May joins row to save Moorways sports track

Friday, September 03, 2010

DERBY'S greatest post-war athlete has joined the row over the crumbling Moorways sports track – labelling the crisis "absolutely disgusting''....

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Man who held burglar then had 57-minute wait for police

Friday, September 03, 2010

A HOUSEHOLDER made a citizen's arrest after a burglar broke into his Derby home while his pregnant wife was asleep upstairs. Ozzy Allsopp was spotted...

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Man who held burglar then had 57-minute wait for police

Norton motorbike roars back into land speed record books

Friday, September 03, 2010

A MOTORCYCLE made by Castle Donington manufacturer Norton has set a world land speed record. The firm's Norton's 961 Commando Special Edition clocked...

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Norton motorbike roars back into land speed record books

Rolls-Royce probe as hole rips through failed engine of passenger jet

Friday, September 03, 2010

THIS dramatic picture shows damage caused when a Rolls-Royce engine failed in mid-air. It reveals a hole torn in the Qantas airlines flight from San...

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Rolls-Royce probe as hole rips through failed engine of passenger jet

Man rebuffed by woman raped her sister as she was sleeping

Friday, September 03, 2010

A DRUNKEN man rejected by a woman at whom he made a pass went on to rape her sister as she was sleeping. Simon Harris was staying at the house where...

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Man rebuffed by woman raped her sister as she was sleeping

Farmer rethinks future after fears that sheep killed by roaming dogs

Friday, September 03, 2010

A 17-YEAR-OLD farmer says he has been forced to move his flock of sheep to a different patch of land because he believes three were savaged by dogs....

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'I worked with deadly powder without fans or face mask'

Friday, September 03, 2010

A FIT and active pensioner who was surrounded by asbestos for 50 years nursed his poorly wife until he died as a result of industrial disease. From...

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'Incompetent' claim makes councillor quit cabinet role

Friday, September 03, 2010

A COUNTY council cabinet member has resigned after being branded incompetent by the Audit Commission for her handling of a parish council's accounts....

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JCB chief Sir Anthony sees first day of engineering academy

Friday, September 03, 2010

THE next generation of engineers and business leaders have taken part in their first day of studies at a £22 million academy. Yesterday, the JCB...

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Donations top £100,000 for life-saving water kits

Friday, September 03, 2010

DONATIONS to a Derbyshire charity that has been sending out life-saving water purification kits to flood victims in Pakistan have exceeded the...

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