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Man dies after being hit by train in Derbyshire

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Follow our live updates after a car crashed into security barriers at The Palace of Westminster

Car crashes into security barriers at Westminster - live updates

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Rich Shenton is undertaking a 2,650 mile for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Rattlesnakes, a bear and desert heat - hiker shares experiences to raise £10,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support

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Win a Love Island makeover for two at Mark Leeson hair salons

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Seven people wanted by Derbyshire police in connection with alleged crimes

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Derbyshire to host largest canal walking festival in the country

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Heavy showers and thunder set for East Midlands today

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This man has a hoverboard.

Boy calls Derbyshire police - because his dad won't buy him a hoverboard

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The figure of a firefighter stands out against a backdrop of burning moorland at the Roaches. Photo - Jason Chadwick

Firefighters tackling moorland fire on The Roaches thank public for 'overwhelming' support

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Burst water main causes severe disruption to traffic in Derby

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Highways England is testing varying the speed around roadworks on motorways

Speed limits around roadworks on motorways set to increase

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Derbyshire Dales council to vote on raising car park charges by 13%

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Emergency services attend serious road accident in Darley Dale

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Rowsley railway heritage groups to mark anniversary with open day

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Magistrates throw a serial thief a lifeline in his battle to beat drugs

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Suspected drink-driver gets a ban after she failed to give a breath specimen

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Drink-driving breathalyser.

Drink-driver was caught by police after they saw him stumbling from his car

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Pictured is deceased Leon Pirdue.

Shop manager told how accused murderer Jade Grant came to him for help

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Education More Education >>

Fears over sharp rise in permanent school exclusions across Derbyshire

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Education

More than £17 million will be spent on repairs and improvements to Derbyshire schools next year

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More than 50 jobs will be lost in schools.

More than 50 teacher and school jobs to go in Derbyshire this year

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Linda Chilton

Woodwork could help stop Derbyshire kids straying into ‘darker realms’

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Budget cuts and lack of mental health support blamed for hike in number of Derbyshire students being expelled from school

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Business More Business >>

Matlock’s oldest charity shop to celebrate 50 years with book event

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Learning disability respite care services at Orchard Cottage in Darley Dale could be under threat after North Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group announced plans to review how they are delivered.

Charity fears Darley Dale care service could be axed in NHS review

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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust leaders fear a widespread badger cull may come to the county, despite the success of their vaccination programme. (Photos: Jason Skeen)

Derbyshire charity fears badger cull despite vaccination success

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Business leaders gather for the breakfast meeting.

Derbyshire Dales firms gather for business forum

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Politics More Politics >>

Matlock’s oldest charity shop to celebrate 50 years with book event

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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust leaders fear a widespread badger cull may come to the county, despite the success of their vaccination programme. (Photos: Jason Skeen)

Derbyshire charity fears badger cull despite vaccination success

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Employees of Yorkshire Television line up outside their studios in 1986.

David Behrens: The 50th anniversary of Yorkshire Television – or ‘proper’ TV

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Savings targets

County council misses its saving targets - as it looks to make £53m in cuts by 2022

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Hall Leys Park in Matlock

No ‘stay of execution’ for public toilets in Matlock's Hall Leys Park

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Environment More Environment >>

Derbyshire charity fears badger cull despite vaccination success

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National Trust spokesman, Jon Stewart, enjoys the new National Trust fields in Stoney Middleton. Photo: Michael Scott/Caters News.

National Trust spends £2.15m to save wildlife-rich hay meadows

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Derbyshire Dales District Council's Matlock Hall Leys Park has been recognised as world class by the international Green Flag Award scheme for the 11th consecutive year. From left, council Clean & Green team members Paul Marsden, Scott Palmer, and area supervisor Ian Buxton.

Matlock Hall Leys park placed among world’s best with Green Flag award

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Longcliffe Quarries welcomed more than 600 wildlife lovers to Hoe Grange Quarry last month for an open day at Derbyshire's only butterfly reserve.

Longcliffe quarry butterfly reserve event shows conservation success

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Health More Health >>

Charity fears Darley Dale care service could be axed in NHS review

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The heatwave is expected to last for most of the week

How to stay safe during hot weather

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Matlock GP alarmed by lack of health investment to support new housing

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Valley Lodge care home staff Sam Cave and Courtney Johnson dressed in Second World War costume to mark Armed Forces Day on Saturday, June 30.

Matlock care home marks Armed Forces Day with show of wartime spirit

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Buxton Hospital is home to the town's minor injuries unit.

Opening hours cut at minor injuries units in Buxton, Darley Dale, Ilkeston and Ripley

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