The Latest Breaking News from Derbyshire

Wife thought husband was sleeping next to her for 20 minutes, but he was actually dead

Kelly Bowley found husband Shaun lifeless in the front room of their house in South Normanton, Derbyshire, and initially believed he was sleeping, but he had actually died

Daily Mirror · Aug 27, 2022

Woman spent £5,000-a-year to be 'Barbie' now hates it and no longer recognises herself

Emily Spence from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, later realised her obsession with cosmetic procedures was down to insecurities with her body and she ended up hating the way she looked with fillers

Daily Mirror · Aug 26, 2022

Derbyshire construction company Enrok working on Brixton luxury apartment scheme

Project involves converting a four-story building in Shakespeare Road and adding a fifth floor

Birmingham Post · Aug 25, 2022

Horror moment yob glassed own friend scarring him for life caught on nightclub CCTV

Jake Saxon, 23, has been jailed after launching an unprovoked attack on his own friend at a bar in Buxton, leaving the victim with permanent facial scarring even after hospital treatment

Daily Mirror · Aug 19, 2022

Lorry driver was twice over alcohol limit when colliding with a car in his 44 tonne HGV

Stefan Iloaea, 35, had drunk alcohol while he was parked up in a lay-by, and collided with a car as he tried to enter the M1 in Derbyshire driving his huge truck

Daily Mirror · Aug 18, 2022

Long-lost ruins of church submerged in reservoir finally unearthed in heatwave

Back in the 1940s, the village of Derwent in Derbyshire was flooded to make way for the Ladybower Reservoir which is now feeling the full effects of the recent dry weather

Daily Mirror · Aug 16, 2022

Country diary: A stony desert in the heart of the Peaks – and it’s thriving

Longstone Edge, Derbyshire: A lot of work has gone into making this a place of infertile land yet abundant wildlife. And pride of place goes to the rare spined mason bee

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2022

Firefighters' busiest week in 13 years as heatwave causes 187 Derbyshire fires in 7 days

It is the highest weekly total since the fire service started logging the incidents in 2009, as firefighters were called to 80 fires over the weekend in Derbyshire

Daily Mirror · Aug 15, 2022

Devolution draft for Notts and Derbyshire 'close' as new Mansfield boss eyes up funding

A brand new authority could be created if the deal eventually goes ahead

Nottingham Post · Aug 14, 2022

Mum and two young children 'savaged in dog attack leaving them covered in blood'

The children and their mum were reportedly seen covered in blood and bite marks in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, following the dog attack on Friday evening

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022