• VIDEO: Final Nail in coffin for football club's stadium dream as Tesco axes store plan

  By Octavian810

  Can the council tell its taxpayers how much has been wasted on the nonsence plans for a leisure...

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 07:00 on 18/06/13

  

  BELPER Town FC has expressed its disappointment that the club will no longer benefit from a proposed Tesco store. The superstore would have been built on land off Derwent Street but Tesco scrapped its plans after posting a disappointing set of trading figures. The Nailers would have received about £1 million to move its Christchurch Meadow stadium 40 metres west so Tesco could put in a road to the store. New stands, car...

• £27m velodrome taking shape

  By gerryegan

  i am disabled and will not be using the velodrome but say well done to d c c for trying to bring...

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 14:45 on 13/06/13

  

  HUGE cranes lifting the pieces of Derby's new sports arena into place are now dominating the skyline of Pride Park. The £27.5 million building will have a 250-metre cycling track, a 12-court sports hall, a gym, multi-function rooms, a spinning room and a café. It is being constructed by Bowmer and Kirkland, which is set to hand control of the building over to Derby City Council in October 2014. In recent weeks a huge...

• Neil White's film of the week: Behind The Candelabra

  By SJBROWNDERBY

  Okay now the DET has added the title to the headline the article makes much more sense.

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 07:01 on 14/06/13

  

  Behind The Candelabra WHO would have thought it? There was Gordon Gekko puckering up to Jason Bourne. At first, the sight of two of Hollywood's most macho men, Michael Douglas and Matt Damon playing gay lovers caught me off guard. But, in the final analysis, this is certainly one of Douglas's best roles and, possibly, one of Damon's. The former plays Liberace, the ultra-flamboyant piano player who went to great lengths to...

• How can allowances hike be justified amid cuts?

  By barmyburke

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  By Derby Telegraph at 07:00 on 14/06/13

  

  THE controlling party of Derbyshire County Council, Labour, has agreed an increase in members' allowances of £3,000. Was it justified, when every area is being cut back? Mike Hotter Belper Road West Hallam

• Oaths that give couples far greater protection

  By trickybrewer

  We really do see some wierd posts on here..and some drivel. Are we rational and logical persons who...

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 07:00 on 10/06/13

  

  THE children produced or adopted by same-sex couples are at a disadvantage. The couple, deprived of the opportunity of a formal church wedding, are not able to formalise their obligations to each other or their children, by taking solemn sworn oaths. Say what you like about modern attitudes, an oath on the Bible is likely to be longer lasting than "I promise on my honour". The children also will not get the protection and...

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