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Derbyshire teenager who shook girlfriend’s baby to death jailed for life

Carl Alesbrook, now 19, unanimously convicted of murder over death of four-month-old Elijah Shemwell

The Guardian - UK

Brave shopkeeper armed with mop confronts knife-wielding robber

A brave shopkeeper confronted a knife-wielding robber thought to be behind a string of similar incidents in Derbyshire.

The Independent UK

Asda store found displaying food on shelves six months past use-by date

Council trading standards officers made the discovery during an inspection at the Asda store in Sinfin, in Derby

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Lancashire frustrate Somerset, Surrey forge ahead of Durham: county cricket – as it happened

Lancashire ground out a lead of 292 on a gripping day at Old Trafford, while Essex won inside two days at Edgbaston

The Guardian - UK

'End Of An Era': UK To Shut Last Coal-fired Power Plant

Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station has dominated the landscape of the English East Midlands for nearly 60 years, looming over the small town of the same name and a landmark on the M1 motorway bisecting Derby and Nottingham.

International Business Times

Somerset stalled by Lancashire as wickets fly: county cricket – as it happened

The title-chasers bowled the hosts out for 140 at Old Trafford, only to fall for 146 all out on a tricky hybrid pitch

The Guardian - UK

The meadow mutiny: why a rewilding scheme sparked a residents’ revolt

A council in Derbyshire decided to let grass grow wild - and a group of vigilante mowers fought back. What can be done to make sure essential environmental schemes get the local support they need?

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Investigation launched after woman, 35, and two dogs die in tragic Derbyshire house fire

Fire service says there are no suspicious circumstances around the tragedy

Evening Standard

‘Jim Smith let me pick the bus music en route to my Derby debut against Manchester United – we arrived at Old Trafford to the sound of salsa!’: Premier League cult hero recalls arriving in England

Arriving at Manchester United playing salsa music is unconventional - but a debut Premier League goal suggests things worked pretty well...

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Is Derby the UK’s worst short break destination? How I ‘bussed’ that myth

With good public transport services to surrounding attractions, and riverside walks for ornithologists, the East Midlands hub defies pollsters’ findings

The Guardian - UK

Winner of Sunday's Celtic vs Rangers showdown set to steal all-time bragging rights

Derby fever is in the air as Celtic prepare to host Rangers on Sunday - and there's extra impetus on this one statistically.

The National (Scotland)

Saving coral reefs: how a university is making waves worldwide

Two experts in marine science talk about their exciting research that positions the University of Derby as a global leader in efforts to save threatened reefs. This is the second in a series of Guardian Labs seminars

The Guardian - UK

'Nations weren't happy that a bunch of randomers from Derby were beating them' - Dan Bigham's journey from treason to Olympic track

The former World Hour Record holder has gone from committing national team 'treason' to being an Olympic medal hopeful in Paris

Cycling News

British Cycling announces final Tour of Britain host towns for 2024

East Midlands to welcome men's race on stage four

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Evening Standard

'You can feel the presence of Nightingale here': Florence Nightingale's Derbyshire home for sale for £3.75m

Peter Kay bought Lea Hurst in 2011 and embarked on a three-year, “no-expenses-spared” restoration. He has since become something of a Nightingale expert — even naming his daughter after her

The Guardian - UK

Fangs for the memories: how Dracula was made in Derby

The iconography of modern vampires can be traced back to a 1924 English stage version of Bram Stoker’s novel. On its centenary, the suave bloodsucker is returning to where it all began

The Guardian - UK

England beat Pakistan by 37 runs in first women’s cricket ODI – as it happened

Sophie Ecclestone took three wickets and Alice Capsey hit 44 as England began their three-match series with a win in Derby

Evening Standard

Test of time: Derby estate on sale for £1 million for the first time in almost half a century

Kings Newton Hall has been in the hands of the same family for the past 45 years

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‘We’re by no means out of the woods yet’: workers face uncertainty over Alstom train plant

Talk of Elizabeth line order raised hopes over safeguarding future of Derby factory but staff are taking nothing for granted

The Guardian - UK

County cricket: Harry Brook stars for Yorkshire with century

Essex top Division One after beating Nottinghamshire by 254 runs in the only match that produced a result

The Guardian - UK

County Championship: Northeast fires 186 but rain keeps four grounds waiting

Glamorgan’s new captain Sam Northeast raced to the season’s first century but there was no play at Old Trafford, Chester-le-Street, Derby and Canterbury

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Revealed! Derby County forward named FourFourTwo's best League One player in 2023/24

Derby County are looking to make a return to the Championship, and one star player has been named the FourFourTwo best League One player

The Guardian - UK

Finley Boden ‘should have been one of the most protected children’, finds review

Baby murdered by his parents after ‘inadequate safeguarding’ by authorities in Derbyshire, says report

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s $4.6bn Aukus funding to help create more than 1,000 jobs in UK, Rolls-Royce says

Company says work is already under way ‘to double the size of the Rolls-Royce Submarines site in the UK

The Guardian - UK

Jean Shirley obituary

Other lives: Housewife who trained to be a teacher in her 30s, working for many years as a primary school teacher in Derbyshire

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