​Where can you treat your mum with eats this Mother's Day?

March 23, 2017, 8:00 am

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Dining out with mum is a favourite way to mark Mother's Day. The whole family can enjoy delicious food in good surroundings and, joy of joys, no-one has to do the washing up. Most restaurants in the area are already booked for Mother's Day meals but the Burton Mail has found some with free tables. Helen Wheat from Helen's Bakehouse Helen's Bakehouse, Market Place, 01283 532766 The café is offering afternoon tea with sandwiches, fruit scone, clotted cream and jam, home-made cake...

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March 23, 2017, 8:15 am

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X Factor stars and winners will be gathering in Burton for what is expected to be one of the most hotly anticipated events in the town's calendar. Burton Fest, the brainchild of ViewMyGig music label founder Adam Cornes, will be welcoming last year's X Factor winner Matt Terry as well as boyband Union J who finished fourth in the ITV talent show in 2012. Union J has been breaking hearts across the UK with their good looks and even better vocals and are expected to bring a large following with...

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March 23, 2017, 8:30 am

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Since the end of last year, the future of Burton's accident and emergency department has been under threat of a potential downgrade into an urgent care centre. But now, after months of campaigning, tens of thousands of signatures on the town MP's petition, and dozens of articles by the Burton Mail, Burton's Queen's Hospital has been given its clearest signal yet that its A&E department will stay open. The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which decides how funding is spent in the area,...

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March 23, 2017, 9:00 am

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A Burton club has helped the war on dementia after donating more than £23,000 to a charity supporting research and those with the condition. Steve Warner and Jenney Hollis, Branston Golf and Country Club golf captains in 2016, together with their supporters and club members, raised £23,515 with events throughout that year for their chosen charity, the Alzheimer's Society. Traditionally each year's elected golf captains decide on a charity to support with fund-raising events as...

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March 23, 2017, 9:30 am

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Mother's Day is fast approaching but are children in Burton ready to spoil their mums on the special day? The Burton Mail deputy picture editor Simon Deacon filmed Year 1 pupils from Tower View Primary School in Burton and asked them about their mums. Big thanks to Reece Bradshaw, Bobby Hicklin, Callia Dutton, Millie Edwards, Isaac Croft and Reefe Nel who put their thinking caps on. What do you thing Mother's Day is all about? Callia thought it was "to be nice to your mum" while...

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March 23, 2017, 10:00 am

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A former Stapenhill car lot is set to be transformed into 25 affordable homes after a planning application was approved by East Staffordshire Borough Council. Orbit Homes, which owns and manages 39,000 properties across the country, plans to demolish Midas Motors, in Rosliston Road, as well as a number of "tired" vehicle workshops, to make way for five semi-detached homes, 11 terraced houses and a building comprising of four flats. The application was granted by the borough council...

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March 23, 2017, 10:17 am

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Major High Street banking group NatWest has announced the closure of a number of branches in Derbyshire, leaving the fate of 20 members of staff unknown. The group has stated that it plans to close branches in Mickleover, Matlock, Ashbourne, Belper and Ripley. The branches employ 20 members of staff in total, and the move comes as just a small part of plans to shut 158 buildings nationwide which will affect around 470 staff. The closures in Derbyshire will take place towards the end of...

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March 23, 2017, 11:00 am

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Fans of floppy-eared rabbits, cute cats and mischievous dogs will be spoiled for choice as a Burton animal rescue centre boasts a selection of lonely pets waiting to find their forever home. Visitors to the RSPCA's Hillfield Animal Home in Stretton can be greeted by an unusual array of animals, including rats ferrets and other wildlife. Among the residents who call the shelter home is Bella, a nine-year-old pooch who "knows her own mind." Bella is buddies with fellow canines...

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March 23, 2017, 11:30 am

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Animal experts are seeking to reassure pet owners in Burton and South Derbyshire after it was revealed a fresh outbreak of Alabama rot, the deadly flesh eating canine disease that has killed seven dogs this year, is doing the rounds. The recent spate of dog deaths in Britain has caused concern among dog-lovers, but Paul Revell, one of the vets at Springfield Veterinary Practice, which has branches in Stretton and Stapenhill, said cases of the disease are very rare and are normally linked to...

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March 23, 2017, 12:00 pm

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A unique barbers shop business is expanding from its current base in Woodville to take up a second premises in Burton, creating up to 11 jobs. Dean Gourlay, who only opened up Beau Barberista, in High Street, Woodville, last year, is already building upon his success to open up at a former estate agents premises in Lichfield Street, Burton. East Staffordshire Borough Council has given the green light for Mr Gourlay to open his second barbers shop, which will also include a café –...

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March 23, 2017, 12:30 pm

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A new way to raise cash to spend on its frontline services has been dreamed up by Derbyshire County Council - building and selling homes on land it owns. The authority has set up a company called Derbyshire Developments Ltd, which will develop land the authority no longer needs with any profits being returned to the council. Architects are currently preparing a planning application for housing for a former council highways depot in Duffield, while plans have already been submitted to build 28...

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March 24, 2017, 4:30 am

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The days are getting longer, the central heating has been turned down a notch and the winter coat has been swapped for a lighter mac. Surely this can only mean one thing - the clocks are about to change. Just around the corner is British Summer Time and we are about to see the clocks springing forward - although we will be treated to an hour less in bed on Sunday morning. However, this is just a small price to pay and with the Easter holidays on our doorstep, it's the perfect time to enjoy...

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March 24, 2017, 5:00 am

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A housing expert has claimed that homeowners get "value for money" in Burton after it was revealed that the asking prices of properties was nearing an all-time high.According to property website Rightmove, the average asking price in March across England and Wales was £310,108 a 1.3 per cent month-on-month rise. The figure stands only £363 below a record high of £310,471, which was recorded in June last year.Keith Crew, from Crew Partnership, in New Street, Burton, ...

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March 24, 2017, 5:15 am

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It's been 13 years since Love Actually was released. Yes, it's hard to believe that it was back in 2003 when cinema audiences were first introduced to Hugh Grant wiggling his bottom to The Pointer Sisters' version of Jump! When the film ended, there were many questions left unanswered however, this is set to change this evening when the Love Actually sequel is broadcast on BBC One. Love Actually 2 will air on Friday, March 24 as part of the live Comic Relief Red Nose Day 2017 show. Actors...

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March 24, 2017, 6:00 am

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A famous face has been passing on her passion for all things scientific with youngsters at a Hatton school. Dr Emily Grossman, who is a verifier on Duck Quacks Don't Echo and the resident science expert on The Alan Titchmarsh Show, met with excited pupils at Heathfield Primary School as part of National Science Week. The scientist spoke with pupils from across the school to share with them some more unusual facts and encourage them to take part in some more exciting experiments like creating...

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March 24, 2017, 6:17 am

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A Derbyshire woman has been banned from the roads for more than a year after she was found in her crashed car almost three times the drink drive limit. Carolyn Cork was found in her car, which was sideways on on the road with its engine still running, by a bus driver who was passing by.Now the 64-year-old woman has admitted drink-driving when she appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court. The court heard how she had drunk "a considerable amount of alcohol" at a party the...

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March 24, 2017, 7:00 am

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Major changes could be made to a petrol station near Burton's Queen's Hospital while plans to turn a furniture shop into a gym have taken a step forward as the latest applications have been submitted to East Staffordshire Borough Council: Shell (UK) Ltd, 126 Belvedere Road, Burton - Removal of ramp, installation of a new shopfront, relocation of ATM and tank vents, installation of a replacement canopy, partial cladding of existing building, acoustic screen fence, internal alterations to...

Delays in Staffordshire after man dies as he is struck by a train

March 24, 2017, 7:18 am

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Commuters may face delays to their journeys following an incident in Stafford this afternoon, Friday, March 24. A man has died after he was struck by a train at Stafford station this afternoon. Officers from British Transport Police were called to the station alongside paramedics at 12.25pm. Work is now under way to identify the man and inform his family. This incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner, said police. There are still delays on...

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March 24, 2017, 7:30 am

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Not managed to book anywhere for Mother's Day because you left it a little late? Never mind we have the answer to all your problems. You can cook for her yourself. It's the perfect way to impress her because it's so personal – and you still have time to pop to the supermarket and pick up your ingredients. Your mum will just love you to bits because you'll be spoiling her rotten with your cooking skills. Don't worry either if you are not the greatest chef in the world, because we have a...

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March 24, 2017, 8:05 am

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The prominence of a pub is often shown by its ability to rename road junctions, take the Derby Turn Island and Swan Junction for example, both pubs have vanished but their names will forever help motorists to navigate their way around Burton. There's many theories as to how the Swan Junction, or more importantly, the Swan Inn came to acquire its name. There's two which are equally creditable. The first is that the Swan Inn was named after Burton's long affiliation with the bird. For this you...