• Awards for sporty youngsters

  By Tamas

  Thought the headline read 'Awards for spotty youngsters' at first ;-) Well done btw.

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 07:04 on 30/04/13

  

  THESE sporty teenagers picked up awards at a glitzy ceremony at The Pingle School. More than 500 people attended the annual event, which featured prize-winners from all years and all sports. The awards were presented by Olympic and Commonwealth swimmer Ross Davenport. The Pingle Sports Personality of the Year was Lewis White, a year eight student who has won district and county honours in disabled swimming and is currently taking...

• Wedding nightmare ends happily

  By smshogun

  Well done, it just shows good customer service is alive in some places.

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 16:45 on 29/04/13

  

  A COUPLE left distraught after the hotel where they had booked their £5,000 wedding closed were full of happiness on Saturday as they tied the knot elsewhere. Only days before they were due to marry, Geoff Cooksey and Sara Smith learned that the Izaak Walton Hotel in Dovedale had, it seemed, shut up shop. Despite bombarding the place with phone calls and e-mails, the couple were left with a wedding planned but nowhere to hold...

• Changes to ambulance plan set to land trust with big bill

  By golfhandicap

  The EMAS Medical Director has been sacked, it is linked to the investigation into the 13 deaths.....

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 07:03 on 26/03/13

  

  CHANGES to the ambulance service in the region look set to cost more than £30 million. East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust had initially planned to break even on its changes but revised its proposals after consultation. Yesterday, the trust's board agreed a plan to create nine super stations, 19 ambulance stations and 108 community ambulance stations across the East Midlands. In Derbyshire, the county's 16 stations will be...

• Couple counting cost as dream wedding turns into nightmare

  By angryvet

  Jason can I suggest you and anyone else with more to add to the story email the journalist who wrote...

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 07:10 on 23/04/13

  

  A COUPLE were left distraught after the hotel where they had booked their £5,000 wedding apparently closed, failing to return their money or calls. Only days before they were due to marry, Geoff Cooksey and Sara Smith learned that the Izaak Walton Hotel in Dovedale had, it seemed, shut up shop. Despite bombarding the place with phone calls and e-mails, the couple were left with a wedding planned but nowhere to hold it. Mr...

• New routine for 999-callers in Derbyshire 'will get ambulances on their way quicker'

  By golfhandicap

  Check out this report from the last EMAS Board meeting, it shows the number of serious incidents...

            

   

  By Derby Telegraph at 08:15 on 27/03/13

  

  EMERGENCY 999 callers requesting an ambulance will first be asked what the problem is rather than their location in a bid to help paramedics reach patients more quickly. Traditionally, staff answering the phones at East Midlands Ambulance Service would ask for an address from the caller, before asking what the emergency was. The idea for this was to get paramedics on their way to the incident as quickly as possible, in case it was...

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