Police crackdown on 'significant problem' with bad behaviour in Derbyshire town
They have issued a dispersal order and also dealt with three boys caught causing criminal damage
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Traffic delays on A38 in Derbyshire after lorry with digger on board struck bridge
The road was closed for more than seven hours
Derby homes boost as changes to 'inexplicable' Right to Buy rules welcomed
Councils can now retain 100 per cent of the receipts from Right to Buy sales indefinitely and use the full money to pay for replacement homes
Focus / Culture - 15 hours ago
His & Hers review – this glossy thriller is ideal new year TV
This six-part adaptation of the bestselling 2020 novel about a murder investigation is twisty, absurd and bingeable. It’s great January viewingA woman lies bloodied and twitching her last on the bonnet of a car parked deep in a wood. Another woman arrives home bloodied, gasping with fear and for win...
Focus / Culture - 15 hours ago
Sébastien Tellier: ‘I thought I’d be famous after Eurovision - but nobody noticed’
The musician’s elegant electropop marked him out as one of the ‘cool French dudes’, before an attempt to literally crash the Song Contest fell badly flat. Now back with an adventurous new album, he talks about the man who stole his identity and why he doesn’t care for ‘good taste’A few years ago, a...
Breathtaking winter walk with views of the whole of Derbyshire covered in snow
The 517 m hill offers a scenic walk through the Peak District and some of the most beautiful views, especially in winter when snow covers the ground
Focus / Culture - 16 hours ago
A Long Game by Elizabeth McCracken review – here’s how to really write your novel
The novelist and writing tutor delivers bracing advice that demolishes familiar ‘stick to what you know’ nostrumsTrope, POV, backstory, character arc. In the 30 years since I was& a& student of that benign, pipe-smoking, elbow-patched man of& letters Malcolm Bradbury, the private& language of creati...
Storm Goretti amber warning for Derby and Derbyshire as drivers urged to avoid travel
National Highways and Met Office issue amber warnings with routes around Birmingham to Leicester and Nottingham facing particularly difficult conditions
Focus / Culture - 17 hours ago
TV tonight: the return of hugely fun sitcom Black Ops
Dom and Kay finally get stuck into M15 life ... sort of. Plus: Michael Portillo snaps up some ‘sexy’ espadrilles in Spain. Here’s what to watch this evening9.30pm, BBC OneGbemisola Ikumelo and Hammed Animashaun are back as wannabe intelligence agents Dom and Kay in this likably silly sitcom. The for...
Focus / Culture - 18 hours ago
Girl Taken review – Alfie Allen is incredible in this twisty tale of teen abduction
This tale of a family dealing with a kidnapped daughter is a deeply engaging, psychologically complex thriller that is a cut above the restA summary of Girl Taken is disheartening; a teenage girl is abducted by a man she trusted and kept for his own grim purposes in a remote secret location, and mus...
Homes plan near historic contaminated Derbyshire brickworks set for approval
Residents have raised concerns about potential impacts on the hazardous waste already deposited on site
Decision on fate of Darley Abbey footbridge still weeks away as underwater surveys needed
The footbridge, which was installed as a temporary replacement to the main bridge in 2022, has been closed since December
A38 emergency repairs recap as bridge defect shuts busy route overnight
Below is our live coverage of the event
Derelict former Derbyshire children's centre set to become four-storey block of flats
Derbyshire County Council disposed of the family centre, previously a children’s home, in 2019
Albanian gang brought to justice after £1m web of burglaries uncovered
After a complex and lengthy investigation involving several different police forces, officers found the gang were involved in at least 44 burglaries across the UK