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From courtrooms to chocolate: Project Week brings students’ futures to life

Derby College Group has wrapped up an extraordinary final week of term for its A-level students, with a packed programme of employer visits, cultural experiences, higher education tasters and community activities that brought classroom learning to life. Project Week ran across a week in July and involved all 434 year one A-level students. Rather than winding down for summer, students headed out across the region, and further afield, for a series of hands-on experiences spanning arts, science, humanities, social science, […]

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Catering giant announces new Derby food production facility

A catering giant has announced plans to open a food production facility in Derby, which will create new jobs. Compass Group UK & Ireland will open the 107,639 sq ft Cuisine Centre at SmartParc SEGRO Derby later this year. It will produce more than 70 million meals a year for schools, hospitals and workplaces across the UK. SmartParc SEGRO Derby is a £300 million development, situated on a 155-acre regenerated brownfield site, focused on food manufacturing and distribution. Jackie Wild, […]

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New 90-home site in Derby closer to reality

A hugely controversial plan to build 90 homes in Derby is closer to reality after it passed a further milestone. Derby City Council chiefs have approved a key document for the homes to be built off land at Royal Hill Road in Spondon – which effectively allows building work to start in due course. It comes after a four-day public inquiry which saw Miller Homes successfully appeal a decision by the council to refuse outline plans. Homeowners on Royal Hill […]

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City centre camera rakes in £130k

A controversial Derby city centre camera – dubbed a “cash cow” by opponents – has raised more than £130,000 for the council, new data has revealed. Derby City Council officials started enforcement on drivers stopping within the yellow box markings on St Alkmund’s Way near to the junction with Cathedral Road last year. Enforcement measures began in February 2025 with an ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) camera monitoring incidents and fining those entering and remaining in the yellow box. Since […]

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New weapon surrender bin installed to support the fight against knife crime

Pictured above from left to right: David Robinson, Serious Violence Programme Manager, Sgt. Callum Bates, Sinfin, Chellaston, Shelton Lock & Osmaston Safer Neighbourhood Team Sergeant, Catherine Atkinson, MP for Derby North and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls, Cllr. Nadine Peatfield, Leader of Derby City Council, Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts, Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire, Baggy Shanker, MP for Derby South, Alexander McBean, Community Safety Officer, Insp. Ben Wildman, Derby East Local Policing Unit […]

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Patient death and “lasting, real harm” caused to over 100 people due to poor reading of heart scans

A patient died and “lasting, real harm” was caused to more than 100 people due to poor reading of heart scans by a former Derby doctor over seven years. On top of this, more than 361 patients encountered potential low harm and a further 379 patients faced failures over their cardiac scans. The University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust has issued an “unreserved apology” for the issues, detailing “deep regret” and saying it is “very sorry this […]

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Chesterfield Royal Hospital. Image from Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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“Wanted” Derbyshire doctor now unable to practise after drinking whilst on duty

A “wanted” Derbyshire doctor can no longer practise medicine in the UK after drinking most of a bottle of wine while on shift in a hospital A&E, slapping a woman and driving while drunk. Dr Deepu Alkere Nanjundaswamy, who worked at Chesterfield Royal Hospital at the time of all three incidents, has been “erased” from the medical register following a Medical Practitioner’s Tribunal Service hearing. A document detailing the decision, which was heard in private, says Alkere Nanjundaswamy was stopped […]

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Derby City Centre has ‘exciting future’

The new leader tasked to improve Derby city centre says more empty buildings are set to be filled and it has an “exciting future”. But shoppers say they are not convinced and there’s lots of work to do. Derby’s youngest councillor Gurkiran Kaur has taken up her first cabinet role at Labour-led Derby City Council. The 26-year-old Normanton councillor was appointed the new cabinet member for city centre, culture and tourism in May. She has lived in Derby since early […]

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Groundwork Five Counties staff Marion Farrell in middle in black with Friends of Red River Loscoe

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Green charity improves green spaces equal to 58 football fields

Regional charity Groundwork Five Counties has announced it has improved 415,964 m² of land in 2025/26, equal to 58 football fields. The organisation manages dozens of green spaces around the East Midlands, supported by community volunteers. Rish Mills, Environment Delivery Manager at Groundwork Five Counties, said: “We manage parks, walking trails, nature reserves, woods, and other public spaces. We create open, easily accessible areas that offer increased biodiversity for the wildlife to thrive in and for visitors to enjoy. “We […]

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From courtrooms to chocolate: Project Week brings students’ futures to life

Catering giant announces new Derby food production facility

New 90-home site in Derby closer to reality

City centre camera rakes in £130k

New weapon surrender bin installed to support the fight against knife crime

Patient death and “lasting, real harm” caused to over 100 people due to poor reading of heart scans

“Wanted” Derbyshire doctor now unable to practise after drinking whilst on duty

Derby City Centre has ‘exciting future’

Green charity improves green spaces equal to 58 football fields

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