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Police issue Christmas Drink Drive Warning

Police have issued their annual drink drive warning to motorists thinking of drinking and driving this christmas. The number of drivers caught drink driving in Derbyshire recently have doubled, thanks largely to members of the public reporting drivers of vehicles whom they believe to be over the drink drive limit.
The start of the 2011 Christmas [...]

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Boiler scrappage scheme could cost you

Considering signing up to the government’s £400 boiler scrappage grant?
Be warned, it could prove “financial madness”, according to Britain’s top plumber, who also says many modern condensing boilers simply aren’t up to the job.

London based Pimlico Plumbers managing director Charlie Mullins says most people would be far better off avoiding the scheme if it [...]

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Forewarned is forearmed: More snow to come as weather impacts on top clothes store

Following the recent disruption across the UK caused by severe weather, latest UK weather reports indicate more snow is on its way.
The impact of the recent heavy snow and weather on the economy is evident, with todays announcement that the ‘Ethel Austin’ clothes chain enters into administration, blaming the New Year severe weather as a [...]

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Outstanding CRB forms costing people work and homes

Outstanding CRB forms are costing people work and their homes, reports About Buxton. Instead of a two week wait for a standard disclosure check and a four week wait for an enhanced disclosure check, replies can take many months to complete.
Because employers and organisations can face fines of £5,000 per un-vetted staff allowed to work without [...]

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Car owneres urged to avoid using car in severe weather conditions

Car owneres have been urged to avoid using the car in severe weather conditions

Drivers are urged to avoid car journeys and use public transport during poor weather conditions.
Keep up to date with Buxton Weather information here.

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Doorman, 34, stabbed in stomach

A doorman is in hospital after being stabbed in the stomach outside a bar in Derby.
Police said the victim was attacked by a man outside the Walkabout bar on Market Place 30 minutes after he refused him entry.
He is now in a stable condition at the Royal Derby Hospital after the incident which happened at [...]

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Warning issued over bogus callers

Police have issued a warning to residents after a spate of distraction burglaries in Derbyshire.
A man, who said he was from the water board, targeted a property in Stanton Road, Sandiacre, on Wednesday.
He kept the 75-year-old victim talking and she later discovered that cash was missing.
Three similar incidents happened in Stanley Common, Ilkeston and South [...]

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Teenage pregnancy rate drops in Derbyshire

Efforts to reduce the number of teenage pregnancies in Derbyshire have seen conception rates fall across the area, county council officials said.
Figures released by the authority show 108 girls under the age of 18 became pregnant in the three months ending in September 2008.
Officials said it was the lowest number of pregnancies in that age [...]

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Jobless total is now at its highest since 1994

UK unemployment increases to 2.5 million
The number of people unemployed in the UK rose by 43,000 to 2.5 million during the three months to February, official figures have shown.
The jobless total is now at its highest since 1994.
East Midlands: Up 13,000 to 180,000
North West: Up 11,000 to 290,000
West Midlands: Down 6,000 to [...]

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