Toyota said it would be investing more than £100m at Burnaston to make it the sole European centre for making its next hatchback. Prime Minister David Cameron, who visited the factory on Thursday, said it was...
13 December 2011 Retail expert Mary Portas report for government on the decline of town centres says years of neglect and the growth of online shopping have left many areas "dying". Mary warns that many of...
What a sad – but true – story. It must have been incredibly traumatic for those 90 survivors to watch their loved ones fall to sickness, then death all around!!..Though very sad story, great story of sacrifice for the benefit of greater good. Lot of lessons can be...
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In a truly shocking reflection of the modern society we have created, a teenager in the UK jumped to his death after being taunted and urged to jump by the crowd gathered below."A suicidal teenager plunged 60ft to his death from a multi-storey car-park after a baying crowd of...
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LONDON, 1963 - Nearly 30 years before Techno filled its first dancefloor, the recording studios at BBC Maida Vale were swirling with its infections beat - if only for a brief and long-forgotten moment."In the...
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The Bakewell Pudding is that rare thing a food that can trace its history to a place over many years and becomes synonymous with the place and the place with the food. It is not the same as its imitator the...
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Ashbourne is high in the Peak District of Derbyshire - hundreds of miles from Scotland but this was the 24th year of the Highland Gathering. At the beginning of the video the Pipe Band from the City of Newcastle...
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" The Times July 18, 2008 Delia Derbyshire: The music of mathematics Analysis: Pete Paphides div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } One...
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Close to the delightful market town of Buxton is Poole's Cavern. What I particularly liked was that the pathways were wide and paved and whilst there are steps they were easy to negotiate. Friendly,...
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There is no doubt that English roads are heavily congested at peak time hours, journeys are reduced to a crawl in and around London but many other areas of the country are also experiencing gridlock. A solution...
Middleton-by-Wirksworth Area is a most interesting place, situated in the Peek District near Matlock which is known as the 'backbone of England', and lies in the county of Derbyshire.The Peak District National...
The expert at converting redundant properties back into beneficial and exciting use, Architect Derek Latham has set his sites on a world class station in Derby which is located in the centre of...
"Derbyshire police is performing well, according to an independent report.
An audit on police forces in England and Wales looked at how constabularies operated, as well as how they compiled crime data during 2006-7.
Forces were given one of four ratings in different...
The ultimate in prison status, your own Aston Martin car. An 8X10 cell, three square meals a day, a TV, games and all expenses paid by the taxpayers."A Derbyshire politician has spoken out in Parliament against a...
"Elderly residents are being urged not to let people in to their homes unless they are completely sure who they are.
The warning follows a number of recent incidents in Derby, UK, and surrounding towns where conmen have tricked their way into houses by pretending to be either...