Flood risk plan in final stages for communities
HELP is at hand for South Derbyshire residents in areas at risk of flooding after a council secured more than £700,000 in grants.
View ArticleCelebration after 10 years of crime falling
Celebration after 10 years of crime falling
View ArticlePositive Futures get funding after work on allotments
A COMMUNITY group has been recognised and received funding to improve allotments.
View ArticleLeft: ‘Thatcher destroyed our industry and divided society’
“THE demons of hell will be mourning her loss because of the wickedness she spread in her country.”
View ArticlePolice step up battle to rid town’s pubs of drugs
POLICE have unveiled their latest tool to help them in their attempts to stamp out drug crime in Burton.
View ArticleAccountant reveals he has a way with words
HE’S a man more used to working with numbers than words, but South Derbyshire accountant Derek West has taken to the world of writing like a duck to water.
View ArticlePlea after car theft in village
POLICE are appealing for information after a car was stolen in a village near Burton.
View ArticlePolice issue warning to Land Rover owners
OWNERS of Land Rovers in Burton are being urged to be on their guard following a string of thefts in the area.
View ArticleBowling green homes nod
LAND which acted as the home of a bowling club in Burton for more than 90 years is to be redeveloped after planners gave their approval to a housing plan for the site.
View ArticleMick Philpott pub ‘link’ angers fearful landlady
A LANDLADY fears being physically attacked after three media outlets allegedly mistook her pub for one where Mick Philpott performed karaoke songs just a fortnight after killing six of his children.
View ArticleProminent trees to stay
A HOMEOWNER has been refused permission to reduce the height of four trees on his land because they are of high visual value.
View ArticleInformation plea as new book to detail war heroes
A PAIR of amateur historians have revealed that plans for a second edition of a book which remembers the efforts of an East Staffordshire village’s war heroes are ‘well under way’.
View ArticleBus drivers raise £630 from charity do
CHARITABLE bus drivers have raised more than £600 for a charity founded by a South Derbyshire woman.
View ArticlePolice paying pumps as a result of misfuelling
STAFFORDSHIRE police have blown more than £20,000 of taxpayer money over the last two years by pumping the wrong fuel into their cars.
View ArticleYoung disabled invited to join weekly club
A GROUP for people with learning and physical disabilities is inviting adults aged 16 and above to attend its Friday night club.
View ArticleRise in cannabis farms forces police to ask public for help
POLICE in South Debryshire have launched its campaign to find cannabis farms that could have been set up in homes across the area.
View ArticleWar dog guest of honour at charity craft event
A RESCUE dog born in Afghanistan is set to make a special appearance at an event in Burton organised to raise money for an animal charity.
View ArticleJet stream is to blame for spring’s late arrival
SPRING is finally on its way to Burton and South Derbyshire, after the region suffered the coldest March since 1962.
View ArticleTears as mourners bid farewell to tragic Alison
SECONDS before Alison Hadfield’s funeral began, the organist at All Saints Church, in Burton Road, Branston, played the tune to Frank Sinatra’s classic, ‘My Way’.
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