Derbyshire

Generation Y Fairytale?

Zaneta Denny | Posted 05.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Zaneta Denny

Perhaps I'm a navel-gazing Londoner, but I didn't expect to encounter the cool I'm-not-a-hipster-not-quite-a rude-boy-swagger I saw in London, when I met, Ashley Allen, the founder of Avenue Magazine, a quarterly magazine.

Father Killed As Family Cars Plunge Into Icy River During School Run

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.01.2013 | UK

A father taking his daughter to school in Derbyshire has been killed after his car skidded into an icy river, only minutes before his wife, on a schoo...

Snow Shark Appears In Derbyshire

Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK

Snow has been falling all over the UK: it's been impossible to avoid it. Not only has it been blocking our drives and pavements, but also blanketi...

Top Five Emerging Icons Live: Dec 17th- Dec 23rd 2012

Kat Jackman | Posted 10.02.2013 | UK Entertainment
Kat Jackman

We may very well be in the middle of preparations for our grand finale show of the Emerging Icons Live Tour this week; but that's not to say that we're not already looking ahead to what other gigs we have to look forward to.

Out Of This World: Panoramic Pictures Look Like Tiny Planets

Caters | Sara C Nelson | Posted 24.10.2012 | UK

These panoramic pictures whirled dizzyingly into spheres give the impression of little planets. The out-of-this world pictures were taken by Dan A...

Tory Councillor Sacked After Joke About Murdered Police Officers

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK Politics

A Conservative councillor has been sacked after cracking a joke about the shooting deaths of two policewomen. David Stephenson was serving on Erewa...

Flat Fire Kills Man, 57, In Derbyshire

PA | Posted 12.08.2012 | UK

A 57-year-old man has died following a flat fire, police said. Firefighters and police were called to a ground-floor flat in Queen Street, Long Eat...

Dennis Skinner MP: Incorruptible and Unapologetic

James Bloodworth | Posted 26.09.2012 | UK Politics
James Bloodworth

Dennis Skinner plans to retire at the next election to make way for a neighbouring Labour MP as the boundaries of his Derbyshire constituency are redrawn. The House of Commons will be a duller place without him.

Fire At Industrial Unit Kills 27-Year-Old Man

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.05.2012 | UK

A 27-year-old man has died after suffering serious burns in a major fire at an industrial unit in Alfreton. Derbyshire Police said the victim, from...

PHOTO: Council Tenant Turns House Into Pig Sty, Literally

PA | Posted 23.03.2012 | UK

A council is attempting to trace a tenant who caused thousands of pounds of damage to a house after keeping a pig inside the property. Housing staf...

Teacher Made Four-Year-Old Cancer Victim Clean Up Own Urine

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 27.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education

A four-year-old girl who battled a brain tumour that left her with bladder control problems was forced by her teacher to clean up her own urine after ...

Protests Mount Against Vast Industrial pig Farm

Peter G Tatchell | Posted 27.11.2011 | UK Politics
Peter G Tatchell

Human rights and animal rights are two aspects of the same struggle against suffering and injustice. Cruelty is barbarism, whether it is inflicted on humans or on other species.