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Grenade evacuation
A LIVE hand grenade has been discovered on a Burton building site forcing police to evacuate neighbours and tell others to stay indoors. Officers sealed off Byrkley Street between Needwood Street
Pupils get hands dirty to transform their school
A VILLAGE school has been given a spring facelift after members of the community, teachers and students joined forces. After a raft of potential improvements were highlighted at John of Rolleston
Long overdue sun helps to banish rainy day blues
BURTON and South Derbyshire has been gripped by a heatwave but it is only expected to be a brief respite from the recent wet weather. Temperatures were set to reach a balmy 26C (78F) today before
Police identify body of woman found in flat
DETECTIVES have named a 37-yearold woman who was found dead at her flat in Burton. Staffordshire Police revealed that a body discovered in Masefield Crescent, Horninglow, was that of Helen Pickering.
OAP's river plunge 'was an accident'
A PENSIONER who had to be rescued from the River Trent fell in the water accidentally, police have confirmed. As reported in yesterday's Mail, the 67- year-old woman, from Swadlincote, was pulled from
Rape trial soldier claims schoolgirl instigated sex
A SOLDIER accused of raping a 15- year-old Burton girl told police: "She was the one who did it to me. I didn't force her." Trooper Conor Mahoney, 20, of the Royal Dragoon Guards, said he woke up on a
A simple matter of child's play for dance troupe . . .
A dance troupe will be using playground equipment across East Staffordshire to showcase their talents and get youngsters interested in performance art. Professional dancers, part of a group called
Supermarkets step up price war at the pumps
MOTORISTS in Burton and South Derbyshire are set to continue reaping the benefits of a tit-for-tat petrol price war between the UK's biggest supermarkets. Sainsbury's, in Civic Way, Swadlincote,
Elms' owner has a change of heart about alterations
CONTROVERSIAL plans to extend a traditional Burton pub, which attracted a petition signed by people opposing the idea, have been axed. Directors of The Dorbiere Pub Company, which owns The Elms Inn,
Lottie, 10, gets a letter of thanks from the palace
A 10-YEAR-OLD girl has received a very special letter from Buckingham Palace after congratulating the Queen on a job well done. Charlotte 'Lottie' Hyde secretly wrote a letter to the Queen and was
Rugby-mad Dan sheds a ruck of weight
A RUGBY player shot from third team fringe player to first team regular after shedding six stone in weight in as many months. Dan Grimsley, from Swadlincote, said even getting out of bed in the
Sheep rustlers flee with animals worth £18,000
FARMERS have been put on high alert after livestock worth £18,000 was stolen from rural South Derbyshire. Thieves targeted two locations and stole 90 sheep, taking 50 from a field in Catton Park and
Angler lands a driving ban after sinking bottle of gin
A FISHERMAN who drove home after downing a bottle of gin on the banks of the River Trent has been banned from the roads for two years. Philip Brindley, of Brizlincote Street, Stapenhill, was more
National News
Pub pushes boat out for Jubilee
It's all aboard at a pub which has been turned into a ship to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee.
National Sport
Care taken over England return
Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care is aiming to use Saturday's Aviva Premiership final against Leicester to prove he is ready to reclaim the England number nine jersey.
Newcastle add more new faces
Newcastle have added three further new signings to their squad for next season.
Kaymer not panicking despite fall
Dropping out of the world's top 10 is not quite what Martin Kaymer had planned for this year - but he is not about to press any panic buttons.
