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Airline loss

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Airline BMI has blamed the Icelandic ash cloud for a £78 million loss in the first six months of the year.

The Castle Donington carrier's services were badly disrupted by the volcanic eruption during the spring.

Chief executive Wolfgang Prock-Schauer said...

Trident renewal delay threatens hundreds of jobs in Derby, union claims

Saturday, July 31, 2010

A UNION has claimed hundreds of jobs in Derby could be put at risk if the renewal of the country's Trident nuclear deterrent is delayed. Chancellor...

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Bid to beat 'pockets of idleness'

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Unemployed people have welcomed a Government plan to fix the benefit system so that work always pays better than unemployment. In Leicestershire,...

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News of the day is one idea for care home time capsule

Saturday, July 31, 2010

A COPY of the Derby Telegraph is among objects chosen by pupils at a city school for a time capsule to be buried in the grounds of a new care home....

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Victims' group plea over action to speed up asbestos pay-outs

Sally Ward's husband, Steve, far right, died, aged 49, from the lung condition, mesothelioma, which is caused by asbestos.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

A SUPPORT group in Derbyshire for victims of asbestos has expressed concern over plans by the Government to exclude it in work to speed up compensatio...

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Space centre on design list

Saturday, July 31, 2010

The National Space Centre has been included in a list of 50 East Midlands buildings featured in an exhibition charting architecture over the past five...

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Store boss's award for funding efforts

Saturday, July 31, 2010

A JOINT franchisee of a store which sells pre-owned goods has been recognised for raising thousands of pounds for a cerebral palsy charity. Sue...

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Job losses fear as Brush bosses plan for merger

Friday, July 30, 2010

A merger of two historic engineering firms could lead to job losses, a union leader has warned. Plans have been announced to combine Brush Transformer...

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