PLUGGING
COUNCIL PENSION POT COSTS £6.5M A YEAR
More than £6.5 million of taxpayers'
money will have to be spent annually on closing
Derby City Council's pension gap for more than
two decades. The authority has said the cash
already forms part of its budgeting for the
future so there will be no need for cuts to
services or jobs as a result. |
FAKE
ALCOHOL SEIZED IN DERBY USED AS ENERGY SOURCE
Fake alcohol seized in Derby in the
run-up to Christmas is being recycled and turned
into an energy source. More than 700 litres of
whisky, vodka, gin and rum was recovered by
trading standards officers across the city. |
£115,000
ALTERATIONS TO ACCIDENT BLACKSPOT MAKES THINGS
WORSE
Residents living along Derby's Manor Road say the
changes should never have been carried out
because they objected to the proposals before the
work even started. Derby City Council has now
promised to review the alterations, which
finished last month and include new junctions and
slip-roads. |
DERBY
EAGLE MARKET CLOSURE INEVITABLE
The closure of one of Derby's two indoor markets
is inevitable, according to the leader of the
city council. Conservative Philip Hickson said
their rental incomes had fallen and the Eagle
Market should close. |
PIG
IN COUNCIL HOUSE CAUSES £15,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE
A pet pig allowed to live
in a council house caused damage put at £15,000.
Derby Homes is trying to trace the tenant, who
they believe recently removed the pig. A
spokeswoman said the 14-stone animal could have
been kept in the house on Kingsley Street in
Sinfin for up to a year. |
STREET
PARKING CHARGES COULD RISE
Charges for on-street parking in Derby
look set to rise by 10p as the council reviews
its pricing. The authority has put together a
series of proposed changes to charges for parking
and its neighbourhood services. |
VELODROME
COSTS RISE BY £2M
The size and cost of Derby's multi-use
sports centre plans for Pride Park have already
risen by nearly £2 million over its original
budget. The
city council had planned to spend £20 million on
the centre, with a velodrome at its core on the
park and ride site. |
BOMBARDIER'S
HOPES OF WINNING CROSSRAIL CONTRACT
Crossrail carriages will not be
identical to Thameslink's, which would have
created an advantage for Bombadier's rival
Siemens. Bombardier's hopes of winning the £1bn
Crossrail train contract have been raised after
it emerged that the carriages would not be carbon
copies of the Thameslink vehicles due to be built
by Siemens. |
BOMBARDIER
CONFIRMS FUTURE OF PLANT
Derby trainmaker Bombardier has
announced it has secured enough work to guarantee
its short-term future in the city. The firm had
been reviewing its UK operations since losing out
on a £1.4bn government contract in June. |
ELVASTON
CASTLE COULD BE TOP WEDDING VENUE
Developer Richard Blunt has revealed
multi-million-pound plans to turn historic
Elvaston Castle into "the region's premier
wedding venue". He said he was willing to
restore the castle to its former glory, with the
scheme being part-funded by turning barns and
workshops in Elvaston Country Park into upmarket
homes. |
GOLF
COURSE PLANS FOR ELVASTON CASTLE ARE DROPPED
Campaigners are delighted that plans for
an 18-hole golf course that they say would have
"destroyed the ambience" of Elvaston
Country Park have been dropped. The developer behind the
plans is also scaling back its proposal to turn
the site's Grade Two star listed castle into a
hotel. |
FIRM
APPOINTED TO BUILD HOMES AT FORMER HOSPITAL SITE
The developer appointed to transform the
former Kingsway Hospital site into 700 homes and
a business park has been announced. Kier
Partnership Homes has been chosen by the Homes
and Communities Agency (HCA) and Derby City
Council to take on the 10-year project. |
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