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Apprentice places are still available at county council

By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 19/05/12

APPRENTICESHIPS are still available in the first wave of 500 being created at Derbyshire County Council. The authority says most of those still left are based in Matlock. It aims to create 700 apprenticeships in total during this year and during the next three – 500 within the council and 200 in private industry. The first places at the council are in road working, business administration and customer service. News that...
Photographer Ken shares his life through a lens over more than 60 years

By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 19/05/12

KEN Walters was only 16 when he won his first photographic competition. It was two years after the end of Second World War and he had been on holiday to North Wales with his family. "I took a photo of Conway suspension bridge with my mother's 2a Box Brownie and sent it in to a competition run by a magazine called Our Circle," said Ken, who is now 80 and lives in Wirksworth. "I won first prize – £1 –...
Festival Manager vacancy at Wirksworth Festival.

By Lynn_Shepherd at 09:32 on 18/05/12

Wirksworth Festival board are searching for a new Festival Manager following the decision by Alison Foote, the current Festival Manager, to step down. Alison was originally a volunteer board member who helped to develop the initial business plan when the Festival was first offered Arts Council funding in 2007 and has helped to deliver an ambitious programme of increased quality, reach and impact. The programme for the 2012 Festival...
Classic weekend for motorbikes

By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 18/05/12

VINTAGE motorcycles will be roaring into Crich Tramway Village this weekend. The attraction is holding its second Classic Motorbike Show, open to all types of bike built before 1972. There will be parades through the village's period street and club and trade stands. The entertainment will carry on into the evening with the Red Lion open until late with live music. Malcolm Wright, event organiser, said: "The tramway village...
Historic pavilion opening its doors to public again

By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 18/05/12

A HISTORIC pavilion is to reopen for the first time since closing four years ago. There are plans for the Grand Pavilion, in Matlock Bath, to reopen as an arts venue after a major renovation which will cost an estimated £2.6 million. In the meantime, volunteers have spent hundreds of hours tidying the interior ready for an exhibition to be staged there next month. The free event, part of the Derbyshire Open Arts festival from...

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Cyclists gearing up for rally to secure future of city's velodrome plans

By davsl

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By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 19/05/12

SPORTS enthusiasts are being urged to show their support for the city's proposed £22m arena at a rally in Derby's Market Place. The sports centre, complete with velodrome, was set to be built at Pride Park. But doubt has been cast over its future after a change in political control at Derby City Council. The building contract had not been signed by the outgoing Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition administration. And the...
Suggestion workers don't have 'proper job' is insult

By rbob123

This is a tricky one. If we are really to be impartial, to be non-prejudiced and to treat everyone...

By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 19/05/12

I AM writing to you regarding a reported comment on the front page of the Sunday Express by Iain Duncan-Smith headlined 'Tory Sneers at Disabled'. Mr Duncan-Smith is reported to have told Remploy workers to get a proper job. This is not only an insult to workers in the Remploy factories but to disabled people in general. I am an epileptic and when I left school nobody would employ me. My epilepsy stood between me and gainful...
Villagers rally to save popular Derbyshire pub at heart of the community

By BobofBonsal

To bring the story up to date, Dave and Lorainne are leaving the pub in July. they have caused so...

By Derby Telegraph at 07:34 on 30/01/12

LANDLORDS of a popular and "thriving" pub fear their business is in danger of closing because of a massive rent increase by its owner. More than 600 people have signed a petition to save the Rising Sun Inn, in Middleton-by-Wirksworth, which they say has become a community hub. But David and Lorraine Mountford fear the business could be forced to close as Punch Taverns is expected to raise the rent from £14,000 to...
Tortoise brought into the country in hand luggage

By Neo_MadBadger

Yes, Hoosen, I bet that the newsroom staff are tearing their hare out.

By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 15/05/12

A RARE tortoise has been confiscated from a woman who bought it on holiday. The spur-thighed tortoise, which is also known as a Greek tortoise, was seized by officers in Matlock. Police officers were acting on information that the woman had illegally imported a tortoise back from Tunisia in her hand luggage through East Midlands airport. Police, with the assistance of the National Wildlife Crime Unit, executed a warrant at the...
Torch reward for athlete, 16, who lives with pain every day

By sharon_derby

Well done Robert for all you have achieved. Hope you have a fantastic day when you get to carry...

By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 15/05/12

A YOUNG dwarf who has battled the pain barrier to win an array of swimming and athletics medals will get to carry the Olympic flame. Robert Abraham, 16, was chosen by organisers of the 2012 torch relay for being an "inspiration". The teenager takes part in scores of competitions despite suffering from spinal stenosis. The condition causes the base of the spine to narrow, putting pressure on the spinal cord and the spinal...