Recently added articles from Derby Evening Telegraph:
MOVE LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON 8.30pm, [...]
Dec 14, 2009; ... MOVE LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON 8.30pm, BBC3 Have you mastered theMoonwalk, or perfected MJ's trademark crotch grab and squeal combo?Then, chances are you'd be the ideal candidate for this brand newnationwide search to find the country's 16 most talented dance acts.The lucky ones involved will ...
SCHOOL OF SAATCHI 9pm, BBC2 [...]
Dec 14, 2009; ... SCHOOL OF SAATCHI 9pm, BBC2 We're now at the moment when CharlesSaatchi must decide which of the contenders he thinks is worthy of aplace in an exhibition at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. Oneis told their work is too dangerous, while ...
Award winner is just the job
Dec 14, 2009; ... A TRAVEL agent is celebrating after being named one of thecountry's best employers. Midlands Co-op was named Best Employer in the travel and tourismcategory at the national Springboard Awards for Excellence. Midlands Co-op, which includes Ilkeston Co-op Travel, was one of150 ...
Catch me if you can: the daring PoW who fled with a train ticket from Derby ; Two Bygones contributors have books out, telling extraordinary Derby stories. Anton Rippon (right) has delved into the remarkable tale of the only German prisoner of war to escape from the UK in either world war. On the facing page, Peter Saunders revisits his youth in the RAF.
Dec 14, 2009; ... BACK in the autumn of 1981, when he was working as a reporter onthe Derby Evening Telegraph, Anton Rippon was given a book toreview. It was about the history of prisoners-of-war and one story inparticular caught his eye. In May 1915, two German flyers escaped from Donington ...
Star employee's fall from grace ends in jail after Pounds 56k theft ; But judge lets him pay a nominal Pounds 1 because of his financial plight
Dec 14, 2009; SARAH NORTH ... A HIGH-FLYING employee who stole more than Pounds 56,000 intakings from his firm has been jailed for 20 months. Derby Crown Court heard that Gary Bryan had spent 13 years withBrobot Petroleum, working his way up to become manager of fourservice stations. His responsibilities ...
'Evil' masked robbers jailed ; 40-month prison terms for armed men who terrified woman in store
Dec 14, 2009; SARAH NORTH ... MASKED robbers armed with an axe and a claw hammer have beenjailed for carrying out a robbery at a busy supermarket. Kyle Wood, 20, and Alfie Brown, 22, burst into the Tesco Expressstore in Cranfleet Way, Long Eaton, terrifying a female shopassistant, who locked herself in a side ...
Giggs gets vote ahead of Button ; SPORT INFO
Dec 14, 2009; ... SPORTS PERSONALITY: Ryan Giggs was named BBC sports personalityof the year for 2009, beating the favourite, Formula One championJenson Button, to the award. The 36-year-old Manchester United winger is the most decoratedplayer in English football history. Jessica Ennis, the ...
BIRTHDAYS
Dec 14, 2009; ... Michael Owen (football) - Manchester United striker, born 1979. Tomasz Radzinski (football) - Former Fulham ...
Mickleover on way up ; UNIBOND LEAGUE
Dec 14, 2009; ... MICKLEOVER SP 4 CARLTON TOWN 0 MICKLEOVER Sports moved into theDivision One South top six and extended their unbeaten home recordwith a resounding victory. Liam Walshe set the tone with a 20-yard shot that hit the postbut they had to wait 35 minutes for the opening goal. Eric ...
SmartWater for water company
Dec 14, 2009; ... SEVERN Trent Water has spent Pounds 27,000 protecting itsproperty with SmartWater after criminals cost the firm almost Pounds1m in damages. Over the past 18 months, burglaries and metal theft from waterand sewage treatment sites across the East Midlands has cost aboutPounds ...
Police pair to wear fancy dress in store for Lewis fund-raiser
Dec 14, 2009; ... POLICE officers have teamed up with a Derby supermarket to helpsend a five-year-old cancer sufferer to America for cutting edgetreatment. Lewis Mighty has a rare form of childhood cancer calledneuroblastoma. The youngster, of Mackworth, was diagnosed in October last yearand ...
Pounds 2,000 for 999 charity
Dec 14, 2009; ... A MOTORCYCLE club has raised Pounds 2,000 for Derbyshire,Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance. The Midland Classic Motorcycle Club, based at the Royal Oak pub,in Ockbrook, raised the money throughout ...
Aircraft nearly ready for flight
Dec 14, 2009; ... A NEW aircraft which is powered by Rolls-Royce engines is almostready for its first flight. Boeing has announced that its long-delayed 787 Dreamlineraircraft has passed final structural tests. Rolls-Royce, which has its civil aerospace division in Derby, isproviding the ...
'Horrible' theft of festive gift
Dec 14, 2009; ... BURGLARS climbed through the upstairs window of a Derby propertybefore leaving with hundreds of pounds of electrical goods. A Nintendo Wii, an Apple ibook and a Sony PSP were among itemsstolen from the house in Larges Street, on Monday, December 7,between 5.40pm and ...
BBC win for Giggs ; WORLD VIEW
Dec 14, 2009; ... VETERAN Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs was last nightvoted BBC Sports Personality of the Year ....
Self-watering planter success
Dec 15, 2009; ... A DERBYSHIRE firm has said it has high hopes for a selfwateringhigh street flower planter it has developed following successfultrials with two local authorities. Birmingham and Nottingham city councils have been piloting theplanters which have been developed by Alfreton firm ...
Signalling the way to saving millions ; Company shows off new devices and techniques to help rail industry
Dec 15, 2009; OLIVER ASTLEY ... A DERBYSHIRE engineering company has unveiled new technologywhich has the potential to save the rail industry millions ofpounds. Alfreton firm Collis Engineering invited 70 rail industry expertsto the Derby Conference Centre to demonstrate new piling, lightingand refurbishment ...
'Key firm' gets to meet Brown
Dec 15, 2009; ... THE Prime Minister has identified a Draycott manufacturing firmas one of the key businesses building Britain's lowcarbon technologyeconomy. Graham Mulholland, managing director of EPM Technology, wasinvited to a reception at Downing Street. Mr Mulholland said: "The Prime Minister ...
IT specialist Axess scoops award to seal growing reputation
Dec 15, 2009; ... A DERBYSHIRE IT business has won a prestigious industry award. Axess Systems, based in Belper, has been named Specialist ITReseller of the Year at this year's Channel Awards held at theBattersea Evolution Arena in London. The award was in recognition of Axess Systems' work ...
Pounds 500k transformation into prestigious industrial park ; Ivygrove says it has high hopes for its Pounds 3m investment in eight-acre city site
Dec 15, 2009; OLIVER ASTLEY ... A DEVELOPER has revealed plans for an eight-acre site in Derby. Last week it was announced that Ivygrove Developments had boughtthe Nottingham Road premises of security print firm BemroseBooth forjust under Pounds 3m. The Derby business has confirmed that it intends to invest ...