• Aldi plan backed by residents

  By church61

  i think it will be great for alvaston, a proper shop with a wide selection. i am sick and tired of...

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 12:00 on 23/05/13

  

  FEARS about traffic was the main concern aired as residents voiced their opinions over plans to build an Aldi supermarket in Alvaston. Scores of people attended a public exhibition at Osmaston Park, in Moor Lane, yesterday where they were able to take a closer look at the proposals. The site is a disused area of land between Coleman Street and Harvey Road which was cleared of industrial buildings in the 1980s and has since remained...

• Brown bin tax nothing but a Labour con trick

  By janine2011

  That depends on whether those who voted for them can see past their rose tinted glasses and sees...

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 07:00 on 20/05/13

  

  WE have taken delivery of our new super-enlarged blue bin. The accompanying leaflet explains the changes coming into effect from March 2014. Having been led to believe that the Labour "brown bin tax" was going to be £40 a year, I now see that the Labour council are misleading the electorate. To quote the leaflet: "We will collect your brown bin once every two weeks from March to October – that's 16...

• Brown bin charges given the green light

  By Reepicheep

  "Councillor Ranjit Banwait, cabinet member responsible for waste, said the council would be...

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 14:27 on 15/05/13

  

  DERBY City Council has agreed to start controversial charging for brown bin collections from March 14, 2014. Petitions against the charges have more than 2,600 signatures. But it is understood that these are still to be handed to the city council. The go-ahead was given at a meeting of the council cabinet on Wednesday evening. p> Residents wanting one brown bin collected wwill pay £40 per year, with any additional bins costing...

• Ambulance's '45-minute delay'

  By Crankey

  Every one is an expert when it suits them to voice an opinion. Perhaps if people got the complete...

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 15:23 on 15/05/13

  

  A MAN said it took an ambulance 45 minutes to get to the scene of an accident despite it being only a mile from the Royal Derby Hospital. Pete Juchnevicius said he dialled 999 after seeing a woman collapse to the floor after her car hit a bookmakers in Mickleover. The 52-year-old said he pleaded with the call operator to get an ambulance to the incident but instead was continually asked questions "as though they were being...

• We must cope with stress not simply give in to it

  By peter6137

  you are absolutely correct about stress being a potential killer, when every aspect of your lie is...

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 07:00 on 13/04/13

  

  OLIVER Astley's statement: "Work-related stress is not a matter for your family doctor" (Derby Telegraph, April 2) is absolutely true. "Stop the world", someone said, "I want to get off!" Alas, that is not an option. One has to cope with the world. Douglas Jaggers Mickleover

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