Pride Park News

There will never be closure, says sad ex of hanged suspect

Saturday, July 04, 2009

IT HAS been five years since a Derby man was found hanged in a custody cell at St Mary's Wharf police station.

A lengthy investigation that followed saw criminal charges brought against an officer and led to changes in the way Derbyshire police looks after suspects.

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Hanging in cell led to police changes

Saturday, July 04, 2009

DERBYSHIRE'S police force has expressed its sympathies to the family of a man found hanged in a police cell after a jury recorded a verdict of...

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Officer tried to revive hanged suspect

Friday, July 03, 2009

A POLICE officer has told an inquest how she tried to revive a suspect she found hanged in a custody cell. PC Sheila Ensor attempted to...

Young citizens of Derby are rewarded for their citizenship.

Honoured: Courtney Grant-Davidson used his experiences of racism to write a winning poem.

Friday, July 03, 2009

A DERBY schoolboy who used his own experiences to write a poem about racism was one of dozens honoured in this year's citywide Young Citizen's...

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'Yes' to offices

Friday, July 03, 2009

PLANS to build a two-storey office block at Pride Park have been approved by Derby City Council. Melbourne Developments Ltd wants to build the...

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Suspect was 'joking' before hanging

Thursday, July 02, 2009

THE last person to see a suspect alive before he was found hanged in a police cell has described how he was joking and acting "like he was on the...

Out-of-work Steve switched to current role as electrician

rewired: After being made redundant from his role in IT with Egg, Steve Hinds has now retrained as an electrician.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

A FORMER IT worker who was made redundant has retrained as an electrician in a bid to beat the credit crunch. Steve Hinds had worked for Egg at...

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£48m plant will create energy out of waste

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

DEVELOPERS have submitted plans for a major waste-to-energy power station in Derby. Cyclamax, the firm behind the £48m scheme, said it would...

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Ancient woodland protected

WOODCRAFT: Children from Allenton Community Primary School construct spider webs made from nettles found on the woodland floor and, top left, Elise Patel, aged nine, makes a triangle from sticks. Left, Nick Law, local wildlife sites officer for the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, in Elm Wood in Moor Lane, Allenton.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

AN ANCIENT woodland in Derby has been designated as a nature reserve. Elms Wood, off Moor Lane, in Allenton, is more than 400 years old and one...

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Officer lied over checks on prisoner

ARRESTED: But Craig Boyd 'was a model prisoner'.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

A POLICE officer lied to his colleagues – telling them he had checked on prisoners in custody – the night a man was found hanged in...

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