Air Ambulance Service launches handbag appeal
CHARITABLE people with handbags to spare have been urged to donate their unwanted accessories to help keep air ambulances flying.
View ArticlePaid in advance and still stung with parking fee
A PENSIONER received a £70 demand for a parking penalty for visiting his sick wife – after buying a ticket for the whole week just one day before.
View ArticleParking plan may cause more problems at school, councillors claim
A PLAN to ease parking issues outside a Burton school may actually have completely the opposite effect, it has been claimed.
View ArticleStretton and Claymills WI
APRIL is the month when WI groups have their annual general meetings, but begin as usual by singing Jerusalem.
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Picture released of missing girl
FEARS are growing for the safety of a heavily pregnant teenager who has been missing for more than two weeks.
View ArticleSarah on a wind and a prayer for sailing adventure
IT was a perfect day for my first ever sailing lesson with Burton Sailing Club at Foremark Reservoir in Milton.
View ArticlePolice on the hunt for 12 new investigators
AN awareness evening about the role of an investigative officer will be held by Staffordshire Police ahead of the recruitment of 12 new investigators.
View ArticleNew book set to help boost hospice coffers
AN author is hoping to continue his efforts to raise thousands of pounds for a children’s hospice with the release of his new book which he describes as the ‘best yet’.
View ArticleCare home comes back with clean bill of health
A CARE home which had to beef up security after members of the public were found freely walking around the site has been given a top rating by a care and health watchdog.
View ArticleCCTV image released after town centre assault
POLICE are investigating an assault in a town centre nightclub have released a CCTV image of a woman they would like to trace in connection with the incident.
View ArticleNaked man told to pay compensation by court
A DRUNK man has been ordered by the courts to pay compensation after knocking three women over as he ran naked up and down a street in South Derbyshire.
View ArticleBikers bring Easter joy to patients in annual egg ride
PATIENTS at Queen’s Hospital were given an Easter treat this weekend, when a Burton motorcycle club took them chocolate eggs in their annual egg run.
View ArticleCampaign bid to try and end workplace stalking
A NEW campaign is being launched in a bid to eliminate stalking in the workplace and help employers support victims in Burton and South Derbyshire.
View ArticleGarden centres’ Easter closure law is ‘outdated’
BOSSES at some of the largest garden centres in Burton and South Derbyshire are leading calls to scrap a law which forces them to close on Easter Sunday - losing them thousands of pounds.
View ArticleMemorial issue prompts talk of new monument
PROPOSALS to relocate and update the war memorial in Stapenhill have been turned down by councillors, who said the monument should remain in its ‘historic timeframe’.
View Article‘He would be proud’ - Mark’s safety petition gathers pace
THE girlfriend of a 21-year-old who was killed after he was hit by a car said he would be proud after petitions asking for a second pedestrian crossing have been signed by more than 1,000 people.
View ArticleCash boost for children’s hospice
A HOSPICE which cares for poorly Burton children will benefit from £500 raised from kind-hearted shoppers.
View Article‘Counterproductive’ JSA sanctions pushing people into hardship
THE amount of people seeking help because of sanctions in Jobseekers’ Allowance (JSA) has risen by two thirds in Burton in the last year, according to the town’s Citizen’s Advice Bureau
View ArticleWanted: Lion-hearted volunteers to get involved with group
TO some people in Burton the words ‘The Lions Club’ might not mean much, but to the many charities and non-profit organisations in the town, they are an unsung group who are always on hand
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