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Protesting farmers are having to fight off the radical right, conspiracy theorists and climate sceptics

Thousands of farmers travelled to London on November 19 to protest the new government’s first budget and its imposition of new inheritance tax rules. Nearly a month later, on December 12, there was another protest, this time with more tractors, fewer celebrities, and only a tiny fraction of the media…

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Man charged with murdering woman in e-bike hit-and-run crash

Keaton Muldoon has been charged with the murder of Alana Armstrong in Pleasley, Derbyshire.

Evening Standard

Welsh carols, Derbyshire ballads and Cajun drinking songs: the best folk music for Christmas and winter

As the Unthanks release a new collection of wintry folk, we pick out other seasonal albums full of variously warm, sparkling and sharp songcraft

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Police release CCTV as they hunt young mother’s killer after e-bike hit-and-run

Alana Armstrong died at the scene after being hit by a suspected Land Rover in Derbyshire

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Mother, 25, who died after being knocked off e-bike in hit-and-run named

Derbyshire Constabulary said it was called to reports of a collision in Batley Lane, Pleasley, at around 8pm on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Murder manhunt for Land Rover driver who rammed young mother off e-bike

Alana Armstrong died after she was knocked off an e-bike by a Land Rover Discovery in the village of Pleasley, on the border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Evening Standard

In Pictures: UK shivers as snowy weather sweeps in

An Arctic blast ushered in the ‘first taste of winter’ on Tuesday.

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Derbyshire teenager who shook girlfriend’s baby to death jailed for life

Carl Alesbrook, now 19, unanimously convicted of murder over death of four-month-old Elijah Shemwell

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Two men arrested on suspicion of theft of rare Peak District mineral

Around 60kg of Blue John was recovered after Derbyshire Police’s Rural Crime Team searched an address in the Greater Manchester area.

Evening Standard

Brave shopkeeper armed with mop confronts knife-wielding robber

A brave shopkeeper confronted a knife-wielding robber thought to be behind a string of similar incidents in Derbyshire.

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Edwina Currie on selling her antiques to raise money for Ukraine

The former MP tells Lisa Salmon about taking part in TV show Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House, and the Ukrainian family that lives with her.

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English council may ask parents of children taken into care to pay half of costs

Derbyshire authority proposes asking for up to £113 a week for children in care under voluntary arrangements

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Lancashire frustrate Somerset, Surrey forge ahead of Durham: county cricket – as it happened

Lancashire ground out a lead of 292 on a gripping day at Old Trafford, while Essex won inside two days at Edgbaston

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Somerset stalled by Lancashire as wickets fly: county cricket – as it happened

The title-chasers bowled the hosts out for 140 at Old Trafford, only to fall for 146 all out on a tricky hybrid pitch

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How a small town in Derbyshire became the toe-wrestling capital of the world

For 50 years, Ashbourne has played host to an annual event in which ordinary people compete for ‘best in toe’ at one of the strangest competitive sports in the world. Elizabeth McCafferty went to watch from the sidelines

The Guardian - UK

The meadow mutiny: why a rewilding scheme sparked a residents’ revolt

A council in Derbyshire decided to let grass grow wild - and a group of vigilante mowers fought back. What can be done to make sure essential environmental schemes get the local support they need?

Evening Standard

Investigation launched after woman, 35, and two dogs die in tragic Derbyshire house fire

Fire service says there are no suspicious circumstances around the tragedy

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Light aircraft pilot dies in crash on industrial estate in Derbyshire

Aircraft said to have circled a village twice on Sunday morning before coming down near Chesterfield

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Electric vehicle public charging ‘deserts’ revealed across Great Britain

Three-quarters of households that park cars on street do not have charger within five-minute walk, data shows

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Love locks on Derbyshire bridge may get new home after outcry over removal

Owner of nearby stately home offers to relocate tens of thousands of locks attached to footbridge in Bakewell

Evening Standard

Buxton: Five motorcyclists die in two crashes near same Derbyshire town

Five motorcyclists killed in two separate collisions on A53 and A6 in Derbyshire

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My father’s hidden talent with power lines

Brief letters: Derbyshire skylines | Roadside pylons | Unbreakable glasses | Penis proximity | Apostrophe’s useful

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“Hold onto your socks, it’s gonna be brutal!” Trivium, Machine Head and Gojira to headline stacked Bloodstock 2025 lineup

Emperor, Lacuna Coil, Creeper and more have also been announced for the Derbyshire weekender in August 2025

Evening Standard

Inside the reveal of Riber Castle, a Derbyshire ruin now stuffed with swish heritage apartments

The Wright family have spent two decades transforming the local landmark from tumbledown ruin to covetable country address

The Guardian - UK

The great pylon pile-on: can councils’ opposition scupper Labour’s ‘clean power’ revolution?

The energy secretary’s plans to install thousands of pylons in unspoiled rural areas is facing a huge backlash

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