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85p Friday, January 14, 2022 NINE PAGES OF SPORT »Preferred bidder to be named today »Transfer critics need to wise up » No go on Diallo but others in line »Fan Zone »Rams Q&A Grandad, 96, ‘sent home to Trusted news since 1879 Call 01332 755551 for your FREE quote Windows Doors Bifold Doors Roofline Conservatories www.tradewindows.com Army drivers not at fault for fatal crash PAGE 2 gladstone back in hospital week after being put in taxi home Gladstone Lattibaudier catch Covid’ By MATTHEW LODGE Derby grandfather Gladstone Lattibaudier, 96, was sent home to his family from hospital despite warnings to staff that they had Covid, it is claimed. page 4 WIN A SHARE OF OUR £25K GIVEAWAY SEE PAGE 36

2 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live News Army drivers deemed not at fault for fatal crash on A38 driver of co-op lorry hit rearmost truck after ‘concertina’ accident By CALLUM PARKE callumn.parke@reachplc.com Three Army truck drivers have been told they were not at fault for a crash that claimed the life of another driver on the A38, in a case the judge described as “an absolute tragedy”. Luke Clarke, Terrie Graham and James March were behind the wheels of three military HGVs travelling on the A38 northbound at around 1.45pm on Wednesday, 29 September last, which crashed into the back each other after the first braked hard to avoid colliding with standing traffic. The third truck was then hit from behind by a Co-op lorry driven by a 53-year-old man, who suffered severe injuries to his legs and pelvis after being trapped in his cab and later died at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. But the prosecution acknowledged that the three military service personnel, who were said to have been left traumatised by what had happened, were not responsible for the Co-op driver’s death. Rosanna McDaid, prosecuting, told Southern Derbyshire Magistrates Court on yesterday: “The first truck braked sharply and only just managed to stop. The second and third Army trucks braked hard and collided into the back of each other. “It is not suggested in any way that the Army drivers are responsible for the death of the Co-op driver. “There were no defects with any of the trucks.” All three drivers, who were joined by Army officials, each pleaded guilty to one count of driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or in a public place without due care and attention. Andy Cash, representing Clarke, 38, said that his client, who was driving the first lorry, had been left suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder following the incident, while a representative for March, driving the third vehicle, required an operation on his leg which has left him with a limp. All three are professional drivers who need their licences to earn a living, the court heard, and all were of previous good character. The defence representative for March, 47, and Graham, 30, said: “They are not being held responsible for the outcome [but] they are very remorseful. It has affected them very deeply, to know that the driver behind sadly lost his life. They are people of previous good character. “They are still employed with the Army, but matters are under review depending on the outcome of the hearing today.” Mr Cash added: “My client has had a difficult decision to make. It is apparent that he was without any difficulty to stop his vehicle. “He pleaded guilty specifically as he has suffered severe mental anguish. He said ‘there has not been a day or night that I had not wished that I had not deployed on that exercise’. “He has received counselling and attention for the consequences of the accident. He has particular concerns about the effect on his Army career by all this. “You are dealing with a man who has been extremely traumatised by what happened and for the first time only today has been able to view the video [of the accident].” Both carriageways on the road were closed at the A516 Uttoxeter New Road and B5020 junction, with the crash taking place between the A516 and the Royal Derby Hospital. The road was closed for several hours, with tailbacks stretching back to Burton. The southbound carriageway was reopened at around 7:30pm but the northbound carriageway was not fully reopened until past 10pm, over eight hours after the crash. Sentencing March and Graham, who were dealt with in a separate hearing to Clarke, District Judge Jonathan Taaffe said it was by the “grace of God” that other road users did not make the same mistake as the Army drivers and described the event as a “momentary l a p s e ”. He said: “Let me start by saying this case is an absolute tragedy. There has been, I’m afraid, an everyday event on the roads and regretfully it has led to a fatality and the driver of the Co-op vehicle who is deceased is perhaps unfortunate, but in no way are you to blame for that. “The situation is that this is down to the grace of God. “Your standard of driving is expected to be perhaps more than the average road user. Yourself and your colleagues came upon stationary traffic, had to brake sharply and unfortunately a concertina effect then took place. “I have considerable sympathy for your position in relation to this case and do not say that your bad driving caused this collision.” Sentencing Clarke, Judge Taaffe added: “I indicated to your two colleagues that I have considerable sympathy for your position in this matter. “It is at the low end of driving without due care I have considerable sympathy for your position... and do not say that your bad driving caused this collision. and attention. The consequences of this incident have been catastrophic for both yourself and your colleagues in terms of the posttraumatic stress that you have suffered as a result of this. “I hope my comments are relayed back [to the military]. I take the view that it was a momentary lapse.” Clarke, of Sycamore Grove, Rugby; Graham, of Blueberry Rise, Northampton; and March, of Marlcroft, Coventry, were all given four penalty points and each ordered to pay a £300 fine, £85 in costs and a £34 victim surcharge. District Judge Jonathan Taaffe The driver of a Co-op lorry died after crashing into the rearmost of three Army trucks which had collided on the A38 in September last year

facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 3 News A Derbyshire road looks set to be closed for some time after being hit by two huge landslips. Hell Bank, above Beeley, near Bakewell in the Derbyshire Dales, has been shut off by Derbyshire County Council. The route is no longer accessible to vehicles or pedestrians, and will remain closed until at least the arrival of a prolonged period of dry weather. Once a dry spell arrives, the local authority will then be able to further assess the damage and work out the best method to fix the significantly damaged road surface. A spokesperson for the county council posted on Facebook yesterday to say: “Due to two further landslips on Hell Bank above Beeley, the road is now closed to all, including cyclists, walkers, and those on horses. “We are waiting for a prolonged period of dry weather so we can make further assessments. “These assessments will help inform a way forward. Our apologies for any inconvenience.” Elsewhere in the county, Lea Road, between Cromford and Lea Bridge, in the Peak District, has been shut since January, 2020, Landslips cause road closure Two landslips have hit Hell Bank, above Beeley, in the Derbyshire Dales. Right, Lera Road in Cromford has been closed since 2020 when a 45-metre section started to crumble away and slide into a nearby riverbank following sustained heavy rainfall. The route then suffered a further landslip following heavy rain. Engineers found the new collapse when they went to make a routine inspection in early November. But the county council’s specialist contractors are now confident they have a new solution and confirmed last month that they would soon be looking for formal permission for the work from the Environment Agency. This new solution includes building into the river bed and making a rock wall, which would be built up and backfilled to the road level. Man who repeatedly raped girl gave victim money ‘to buy silence’ he has been jailed for 16 years following trial By Martin Naylor martin.naylor@reachplc.com A Derby man who subjected a young girl to a campaign of rape and sex abuse has been jailed for 16 years. His victim, now grown up, says the incidents left her so devastated she now will not allow her own daughter to be alone with men. The woman said the horrific effect of having to face attacker Lee Gibson and relive her horrific experiences at a trial left her “without a minute to breathe”. And despite being convicted by a jury of nine child sex abuse charges, 56-year-old Gibson still denies any offending even took place. Jailing Gibson for 16-and-a-half years, Judge Nirmal Shant QC said: “You started by touching her in sexually inappropriate ways and then went on to rape her a number of times. On occasions you gave her money to buy her silence. Unsur- prisingly, it has had a devastating effect on her whole life, it robbed her of her childhood and continues to have an effect in her adult life.” James Bide-Thomas, prosecuting, said the abuse began more than 10 years ago when the victim, of Chaddesden, was under the age of 13. He said it started with Gibson touching her breasts and then progressed to him raping her a number of times. Gibson was arrested after the woman bravely came forward years later and reported what had happened to her as a child. But he denied all of the counts of either rape or sexual assault of a child meaning she had to give evidence against him. It robbed her of her childhood and continues to have an effect in her adult life. Judge Nirmal Shant QC The prosecutor read out part of her victim impact statement. In it, she said: “When it comes to intimacy now I have to be in control as I feel uncomfortable when my partner initiates it. “The biggest challenge I had was having my daughter as I am now petrified of her being around any men except my partner which causes problems with his family. “It is not that I do not trust the men in his family, it is about what happened to me in the past. “Reliving it all over again left me feeling I didn’t have a minute to breathe without this looming over me. “I grew up feeling very alone and I did not know where to turn for help.” Elizabeth Muir, for Gibson, now of Clayport Gardens, Alnwick, Northumberland, said her client has no previous convictions of a similar nature, and has children of his own, including two daughters who sat in the public gallery to support him, and who described him as “a fantastic father”. She said: “It is extremely difficult to mitigate in such a case especially following conviction (by a jury). “As your honour is aware, Mr Gibson does not accept the verdicts and that was quite clear in his interview with the author (of his pre-sentence report). This is a man who has been a productive member of society.” Gibson will have to serve at least two-thirds of his 16-and-a-half year sentence behind bars. He will also be on the sex offender register for life, was handed a sexual harm prevention order – also for life – and he will be barred from ever working with children again. Medics tried to resuscitate man in park Police at Allestree Park on Wednesday night Police discovered the body of a man, who was later pronounced dead at the scene, at a Derby beauty spot. Officers from Derbyshire police were called to a car park at Allestree Park on Wednesday after receiving a report that a man was unconscious in a vehicle. Paramedics attended the scene and attempted CPR after it was found he was not breathing. They were unable to resuscitate him. Police remained at the car park off Woodlands Road for some time, with the force saying it did not believe there were any suspicious circumstances. A spokesperson for Derbyshire police said: “We received a call at 7.35pm on Wednesday, January 12, to a report that a man appeared to be unconscious in a car, in Allestree Park. “Officers and paramedics attended and performed CPR on the man who was not breathing. “Despite their best efforts he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.”

4 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live News Known rough sleeper not seen in days Police are concerned for the safety of a missing Derby man who is known to sleep rough. Alex Portman was last seen on Sunday, January 9, in the Mackworth area wearing a plain, thin black coat, blue jeans and a pair of black and white Nike trainers. The 32-year-old is described as being 5ft 8ins tall, slim and with short, sandycoloured hair. In an appeal Alex Portman released on Wednesday, Derbyshire police said that Mr Portman is known to sleep rough and can often be found in the River Gardens and Darley Park areas of Derby. Anyone who has seen Alex or has information on his whereabouts should contact the police on 101, quoting reference 183-120122. Trailers full of expensive goods stolen Goods worth hundreds of thousands of pounds are missing after three lorry trailers were stolen in one night in Derby. Police are investigating after thieves broke into a storage area in Litchurch Lane, Osmaston. Inside they stole trailers containing fridges, freezers, washing machines, gym equipment, garden furniture and returned items. They also took items from a fourth trailer in the incident, which took place sometime between 6pm on December 13 and 6am on December 14. Police are now appealing for dash cam footage to help with their enquiries. If you have any footage or information you can call police on 101 quoting reference 21*744064. Grandad, 96, sent home from hospital despite carer son having Covid-19 By MATTHEW LODGE matthew.lodge@reachplc.com A Derby grandfather was sent home to his family from hospital despite warnings to staff that they had Covid, it is claimed. The family of Gladstone Lattibaudier say he was discharged from Royal Derby Hospital and put into a taxi to their home, despite his son, who acts as his main carer, having Covid. James Lattibaudier, his grandson, says hospital staff told the family it would be fine and to isolate him in his room. However, now the Littleover man has had to be readmitted to hospital barely a week later, after catching the disease. Gladstone, who is 96, had been admitted to hospital with a water infection before New Year, and had to have a blood transfusion while on the wards. James said: “He had a water infection. It did get pretty bad, he became delirious. They found other issues in the hospital and he had to have a blood transfusion, so he’s had some serious treatment before he came out.” Retired shoemaker Gladstone’s family claim he was subsequently discharged on Wednesday, January 5, despite the misgivings of his family. “They sent him home to where he lives with my father even though he had Covid. My father said ‘you can’t send him here he’s going to contract Covid’. “They sent him home in a taxi knowing my father has got Covid and he’s going to be unable to look after my grandfather.” James, who lives in Burton, said the family asked for time to find alternative arrangements, but claims hospital staff said Gladstone would be fine going home to them. He was readmitted to hospital on January 9 and has tested positive for the virus. James says it’s “not acceptable” and has complained to the hospital about what happened. You wouldn’t treat a dog like that,” he said. “My dad is not happy – he’s got Covid he can’t do anything, he’s in a helpless position. “I had Covid while this was all happening, so I couldn’t take him in either. Now he’s back in hospital. If it’s happened to us it could have happened to other people. “I’m not letting this lie, it’s unacceptable. It’s disgusting.” The University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB), which runs Royal Derby Hospital, says it has apologised to the family. Dr Magnus Harrison, Executive Medical Director, said: “I am sorry to hear that Mr Lattibaudier and his family were unhappy with the manner in which he was discharged from Royal Derby Hospital, and that Mr Lattibaudier has since contracted Covid-19. “Our hospitals care for vulnerable and acutely unwell patients, some of whom have contracted infectious diseases, such as Covid-19, and therefore it is in the interest of patient safety to limit the potential contact of patients with these conditions by discharging them.” The hospital added that discharging patients also aids ongoing recovery of patients by keeping them mobile. “We are grateful that Mr Lattibaudier’s family have shared their experience and raised this with our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) who have conducted a full and thorough investigation into what happened to address the family’s concerns,” Dr Harrison said. “Our hospitals are extremely busy, and one of the best ways we can help to continue carrying for acutely unwell and vulnerable patients is by discharging patients who have come to the end of their treatment plan to their next place of care or to their homes.” Dognapping attempt leaves woman hurt as police search for male suspect A woman was left hurt when a man tried to steal her dog in a Derbyshire street. Officers say the incident happened when the woman was walking her dog and she was approached by a man who demanded she hand it over to him. Police say they believe the man tried to take the lead of the dog, and during the process the woman family say warning was ignored received cuts to her hand and hip which are not thought to be serious. The woman managed to keep hold of the dog and reported the incident, which took place between 7.40pm and 7.50pm on Friday, January 7, at the junction of Conduit Street and West Street in Tintwistle, officers said. The man is described as being around 5ft 5ins tall and of slim to medium build. He was wearing dark clothing with a hood up and a face covering, and is thought to have spoken with a local accent and a deep voice. Inspector Dave Parker, who is in charge of policing in High Peak, said: “The victim was understandably left shaken following this distressing incident, and we would urge anyone who may have noticed a man matching this description in the area around that time to get in touch. “We understand that this report may make people feel alarmed, and so officers from our local Safer Neighbourhood policing team are increasing patrols to the area. Please don’t hesitate to speak to them if you have any concerns. “We would also like to reassure residents that reports of dog thefts My father said ‘you can’t send him here he’s going to contract Covid’. James Lattibaudier Gladstone Lattibaudier, left, with his grandson James within Derbyshire do remain low. However, all reports of this nature will be taken seriously, and I would urge anyone who has been a victim to report it to us as soon as possible.” Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting reference 22000014371. You can also call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 5 News ‘Vaccine vans’ aim to boost uptake in some areas of city There are parts where nearly half of people have had no jab at all By Nigel Slater Local democracy reporter nigel.slater@reachplc.com New “vaccine vans” are likely to be set up at places of worship and sporting events in Derby to help boost the number of people vaccinated in low uptake areas. Statistics show that in some areas, nearly half of people have had no vaccine at all. Derby City Council is planning a new project which will see the authority use Government money to help boost uptake in the city with the launch of an awareness campaign. This comes weeks after it was reported that a number of central areas within the city appeared to be very low on booster (third) vaccinations. Currently data is available showing the percentage of people living within an area of Derby – aged 12 or over – who have been vaccinated so far. Before the New Year, figures showed low booster rates in New Normanton, Rose Hill and Castleward, Cathedral Quarter and California, Normanton North and Peartree and Allenton and Osmaston. Areas such as New Normanton, Normanton North and Peartree and Rose Hill and Castleward only had a booster vaccination percentage of just over 20 per cent. The average percentage for Derby as a whole for booster jabs is 51.3 per cent. Since then, there has been improvement but only in small numbers with the uptake in these areas still relatively low. Figures up to and including January 11 still state these areas (New Normanton, Normanton North and Peartree and Rose Hill and Castleward) remain Funding... will be used to run events in communities to make sure everyone has access to the most up-todate health advice. Report below 25 per cent of the population of people aged 12 or over who have been vaccinated. More alarmingly, figures show that in these areas only more than half of the population have had a first vaccination. New Normanton is 53.6 per cent, Rose Hill and Castleward is 54.1 per cent and Normanton North and Peartree is 56.7 per cent. The average percentage for Derby as a whole for the percentage of the population having a first vaccination is 77.1 per cent. At a meeting on Wednesday, Derby City Council’s cabinet agreed to bid and accept potential funding of nearly £500,000 from the Government for what would go towards a new “Vaccine Confidence Project”. The money would come from the Government’s new Community Vaccines Champion programme, a £22.5 million pot announced in December targeting dozens of local authorities to encourage vaccination uptake. A Derby City Council report says: “This funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) will be used to run events in communities across the city to make sure everyone has access to the most accurate and up-to-date health advice and to fund pop-up vaccination centres as appropriate, such as in places of worship.” Later in the report the use of a “vaccine van” is mentioned as part of the project to be run at “community venues e.g. faith, sporting and celebratory events”. The project will also see “vaccine champions” in Derby encouraging people to get a vaccine. These champions could include community figureheads as well as councillors. For information about McPlant, see McDonalds.co.uk/McPlant Although McPlant is prepared with care, we cannot guarantee it will be allergen free – please see our allergen booklet instore or our website for more details. Served after 11am. Available nationally from January 5th. Subject to availability. © 2022 McDonald’s. Beyond Meat® and the Logo are registered trademarks of Beyond Meat Inc.

6 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live News By MATTHEW LODGE matthew.lodge@reachplc.com While the Prime Minister and colleagues partied in Downing Street in May 2020, the people of Derbyshire were struggling. In recent days Boris Johnson has come under fire and faced calls to resign after going to a party at No 10 while the country was still under strict Covid restrictions. He has since apologised to MPs and the country for allowing it to happen, saying “with hindsight” he should have sent attendees home. The Prime Minister said he knew “millions of people across this country have made extraordinary sacrifices” and the party was the wrong thing to do. Among those who sacrificed the most was Norman Austria, a Royal Derby Hospital worker who died days before the party after weeks battling a Covid infection. The 61-year-old had been described as a “kind and hardworking” healthcare assistant by How county struggled with Covid as No 10 partied many Sacrifices were made at a difficult and tragic time Stuart Harrison and Cara Newton’s wedding had been postponed by the rules Norman Austria died in hospital after fighting Covid for weeks People stayed at home to protect the NHS Prestige Security Solutions Call us now! Roller Garage Doors - Industrial Shutters Awnings - Retractable/Fixed Grills Security Grills We Also Supply Sectional Doors REMOTE CONTROLLED | INSULATED | FULLY INSTALLED ROLLER GARAGE DOORS SINGLE £799.00 * | DOUBLE £1150.00 * FREE QUOTE High Security | High Quality | Wide Range of Colours Fully Insulated | Quiet, Smooth Operation Remote Controlled | Emergency Override heartbroken colleagues. Across the country many people with dying relatives were forced to say their last goodbyes by video link while hospitals curtailed visits to prevent the spread of the virus. Meanwhile, days after the party, Muslims in Derby and across the country were told not to have large gatherings to celebrate Eid. Instead they were told to stay at home and celebrate the end of their fasting period on May 23 with immediate family. At the time, the Government said you could only meet someone who is not part of your household socially if you were outdoors, remained two metres apart and were meeting no more than one person at a time. It is reported that around 30 people attended the party at Downing Street while these rules were in place. Mosques and other religious buildings were forced to close to prevent gatherings, while a Derbyshire beauty spot also stopped letting visitors in for fear of breaking the rules. Lumsdale Valley, near Matlock, stopped people entering due to fears it would be “impossible” to maintain social distancing as people flocked there during balmy weather. The Arkwright Society, which owns the site, urged people not to travel and said it was putting the public safety of visitors and residents first. At the time of the party, weddings were also forbidden from taking place, and would not be allowed to do so until restrictions were loosened further in July that year. Among those affected were bride-to-be Cara Newton and her fiancé Stuart Harrison, who had been due to get married on May 15, in Ireland. Instead they enjoyed their day a different way, as family and friends drove past them in celebration of what should have been their big day. Instead of the church bells associated with weddings, they were greeted with people waving and beeping their horns multiple times in support, with decorations and balloons tied to their vehicles. Renewed appeal to find Junaid, 17 0116 278 5278 www.prestigesecuritysolutions.co.uk BUY DIRECT FROM MANUFACTURERS WE COVER ALL OF THE MIDLANDS Be safe and secure this Christmas *excludes VAT 20% An appeal has been launched by the Metropolitan Police after a Derbyshire teenager was reported missing back in October and last spotted in London. Junaid Hamayun, 17, left his home in Normanton, Derby, on Friday, October 8, 2021, to go to Broomfield college but did not return as expected later that day. On Friday, December 17, police say he was spotted in the Southall area of Ealing in London, but has not been seen since. Officers from Scotland Yard have conducted extensive CCTV enquiries since then but, as yet, there has been no further trace of Junaid. Police say they are currently trying to work out why he may have travelled to Ealing from his home in Derbyshire. Officers say he does not have Junaid Hamayun was last seen on December 17 any family or friends in London and it is unknown whether he may have moved since he was seen in Ealing back in December. Police say they have spoken to Junaid’s family, who are extremely worried for his safety. They have urged him to contact them as soon as possible to let them know he is all right. Anyone who see Junaid, or has information as to where he might be, is asked to call 101, reference 21MIS034041.

facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 7 Shaken couple plea for help finding gold bracelet stolen during knife-point robbery News Chloe Marie and her boyfriend Will Brierley were attacked in Spondon earlier this month pair targeted in late-night ambush By CALLUM PARKE callum.parke@reachplc.com A young Derby couple are appealing for help to find a valuable gold bracelet taken in a knife-point robbery which has left them both shaken. Will Brierley and his girlfriend, Chloe Marie, were walking back to their home in Spondon from the Texaco petrol station in Nottingham Road when they heard people running towards them from behind in Cambridge Street. Will, 27, was then attacked without warning by two white males near to Willowcroft Road Park – one of whom produced a knife – with a third then approaching Chloe, 20, pushing her over a fence and scanning her wrists for jewellery before taking a gold belcher bracelet which had cost over £1,300. The attackers then made off in a grey 57-plate Ford Focus, Will says, which was waiting for them in neighbouring Willowcroft Road and contained a fourth male, who also produced a knife as he tried to stop one of the assailants escaping, and a female passenger. The incident happened at around 11pm on Friday, January 7. Will said: “It was icy so we weren’t walking fast. We were maybe 50 yards into Cambridge Street, and I heard the pitter-patter behind us of running, and I turned around and said ‘what’s going on here?’. “There were no words, just blows coming towards me, so I went straight into fighting these two lads. While I was distracted fighting the two gentlemen that have approached me, there was a third attacker holding himself back and when the two lads were fully engaged with me fighting, that’s when he went and approached Chloe. “He pushed her into the fence, right out of view of myself or anyone, and basically checked her wrists. He put his hand on her watch but didn’t take her watch on her left wrist, he went to her right wrist, felt the bracelet and she was pulling away. He said to her ‘just give me the bracelet’ - he managed to hook his finger into the bracelet and snap the fastener and the clasp, and ran off.” Will then gave chase as his attackers fled to a getaway car, but was threatened with a knife by one of its occupants. The pair are now appealing for information on what happened. They have had names suggested, but no arrests have yet The stolen bracelet been made. There was no CCTV of the incident, which has left both extremely shaken and robbed Chloe, a student, of the bracelet roofer Will bought her for her 19th birthday in 2020 and which had “not been off her wrist since”. The bracelet has a single link followed by a patterned link, and the pattern is unique to that particular item. The couple say nothing like this has ever happened before and they believe they noticed the Ford Focus pull into the petrol station forecourt as they were leaving, and the robbers may have noticed Chloe’s jewellery as it was visible under her coat. Chloe said: “It’s made me feel emotional and it has made my anxiety worse. I don’t feel safe to go out. “The bracelet is sentimental, it meant a lot to me. We’ve never had anything like this happen. It’s confusing, it was so random.” Will added: “I don’t want to go out because I don’t want to be a target again, but I want to go out and look for them and the car. “I don’t know how I feel, whether I’m upset, mad, I don’t know how to feel. It has made the situation worse because of Chloe being there. As any man knows, you want to protect your partner, and I felt powerless. I couldn’t protect my own. It’s horrible. “I just want to know why? Why us? Why were we the target? It may have been chance, but why us? I was in shock at first because I was in a fight when I didn’t know why I was fighting, and then after that came the pain of what could have happened. Even though nothing did happen, it’s what could have happened, that’s what gets me about it. Will says the man who attacked Chloe was white, of athletic, muscular build with broad shoulders, around six feet tall and wore a black top with grey tracksuit bottoms. One of the men who attacked him wore a mask but was white and wore a dark tracksuit with a bright silver zip, while the other was also white with short hair, a rounded face, blue eyes and wore dark clothing, with trainers which had a sandy or tan-coloured sole. Anyone with information should contact Derbyshire police on 101, quoting incident number 988 of January 7 2022 or crime number 22000012845.

facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 9 News Council house rents set to rise 4.1% in city from April councillors had argued for a lower increase By Zena Hawley zena.hawley@reachplc.com Council house rents in Derby are to be increased by 4.1% from April. The rise is to ensure that there are sufficient funds to manage and maintain existing homes and also build and acquire additional properties over the next 30 years. Derby City Council’s cross-party executive scrutiny committee put forward a recommendation that the rent increase should be limited to 2%, as anything higher “could lead to many people struggling to pay their rent, increased arrears, and possible evictions” in “a year of potential cost increases”. But a meeting of the council cabinet, which approved the 4.1% increase, heard from officers that if the full increase was not passed on, then potentially £30 million would be lost from the 30-year housing revenue account business plan, preventing new homes being built. The meeting was also told that council house rents are considerably “lower than those in the private sector” and represent “good value for money”. The rise means that a two-bedroom flat in Chaddesden will see an increase of around £16.40 to £416.36 and a three-bedroom terrace home in Derby, currently £422.63 per calendar month, will increase by just over £17 a month, to about £439.95. The housing revenue account is a ring-fenced account which controls the council’s social housing stock. The housing stock is managed on a day-today basis by Derby Homes Ltd, an arms’ length management organisation. The council owned 12,659 homes as at April 1, 2021, of which roughly a third are flats and two thirds are houses. Almost half the stock is made up of three-bedroom houses, with the balance being mainly one- or two-bedroom homes. There are very few larger properties, with most of these having been lost through right-to-buy sales over the years. These sales have been fairly consistent in recent years, with 169 council Any reduction would not be of benefit...tenants were satisfied with the increase and gave their support to it. houses sold in 2019/20, 173 in 2018/19, and 185 in 2017/18. During 2020/21 there was a fall to 103 as a result of the impact of the pandemic. Each house represents a loss of rental income for the council. The council has been buying homes on the open market but increases in prices have persuaded the authority to build more of the homes of the 100 properties it plans to acquire each year. There are also plans in place to replace kitchens and bathrooms installed when Derby Homes was set up 20 years ago. Councillor Roy Webb, cabinet member for adults, health and housing, said: “This increase and this 30-year plan is needed to ensure that Derby Homes can deliver the things that people require to meet their housing needs. “The board of Derby Homes, which comprises of three council appointees, three independent members and three tenants, agreed the 4.1% increase was necessary back in November. “Any reduction would not be of benefit to Derby Homes and clearly tenants were satisfied with the increase and gave their support to it.” After the meeting, Councillor Baggy Shanker, leader of the opposition Labour group, said: “This Tory cabinet and Tory government are out of touch with ordinary people and have no idea how hard family finances are. “Trying to balance the budget on the back of hard working rent payers is morally wrong. The proposal to limit the rent increase to 2.1% is indeed sensible and fairer.” There are more than 4,600 people in Derby on the social housing waiting list as demand for council homes in the city rockets amid a national housing crisis. Demand for council houses in Derby has risen dramatically and people on the housing register are waiting 18 months or more for a property. At the time of writing, there were just 12 homes up for rent on the housing list ranging from one bedroom bungalows through to a three-bedroomed terraced house with dozens of people registering an interest on each one. Councillor Roy Webb

10 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live News By Richard Castle richard.castle@reachplc.com A MAN was stabbed to death by his partner during a row, a court has heard. Former boxer Oliver O’Toole had suffered a knife wound that pierced his heart when neighbour Carl Donkin found him “limp” outside his home in Rosliston Road, Stapenhill, last year. Prosecuting barrister Caroline Goodwin QC told the court Mr O’Toole’s partner, Kayley Mahood, submitted a statement on Monday admitting she stabbed him in self-defence. She has pleaded not guilty to murder. Partner says she stabbed former boxer in self defence MURDER trial begins of womAn who admits causing fatal injuries Switch for a £50 gift card £10.50 a month † Unlimited data But the prosecution maintains she deliberately killed the 31-year-old in anger over a major row typical of their mutually abusive and violent relationship. They had been together three years and had a two-year-old child together. Mahood, 30, told police major rows would often break out on Sunday mornings after the pair had been drinking and taking drugs on Saturday nights. Mr O’Toole’s stabbing happened on one such Sunday morning – July 25, the court heard. Miss Goodwin said: “On Monday of this week, the Crown was served with a further-amended document. Now the defendant says this – there was a knife on top a cooker that had not been installed and was being kept in the dining room. “The defendant grabbed the knife in her left hand and held it in front of her as Mr O’Toole walked towards her. The defendant lashed out towards him, not aiming for his chest or any particular part of his body. “She accepts that she deliberately stabbed him, but says it was an instinctive, swift reaction in self-defence. “The Crown does not accept this version of events as it is now expressed. “This was a Flowers left at the scene where Oliver O’Toole died in Rosliston Road, Burton, on July 25 She accepts she deliberately stabbed him, but says it was an instinctive, swift reaction in self defence. Caroline Goodwin QC deliberate act with intent to kill or cause really serious bodily harm. “It was a purposeful action to pick up the knife, indicative of her purpose to cause him, at the very least, serious harm – that’s the Crown’s case.” The jury was told Mr O’Toole had complained to friends and family the defendant had previously glassed him several times and stabbed him in the thigh with a knife. Mahood was said to have previously called Mr O’Toole a “bum” and told him to “get a job”. The prosecution said she told police their relationship was highly sexual, but she wanted it to “move forward” and for them to “get a car and things like that”. In text messages between the couple, Mahood referred to Mr O’Toole hitting her. In the months following Mr O’Toole’s death, Mahood gave several different versions of events, the court heard. They included him stabbing himself; her throwing the knife in his direction to get him to leave her alone; and him walking onto the knife. Miss Goodwin said the latter had been disproved in a post-mortem examination. Tests showed Mr O’Toole had alcohol, cocaine, cannabis and steroids in his system when he died, while, at the time, Mahood’s blood contained alcohol, cocaine and cannabis. The prosecution said the couple had been drinking and snorting cocaine on the evening of July 24, going to bed after having sex downstairs between 3am and 4am. Later on the morning of July 25, neighbours heard shouting and a “bang”, before what sounded like Mr O’Toole laughing. Neighbour Rebecca Worth saw Mahood leave the house with a wound dripping blood from her left eyelid, shouting: “Olly has done this. This is what Olly O’Toole does.” This happened before Mr O’Toole had been stabbed, the court heard. Mahood grabbed her two-year-old daughter from Mr O’Toole, who appeared uninjured. He told Mr Donkin that Mahood had sustained her injury in a fall, the court was told. Upset, Mahood went into the house of neighbour Rebecca Worth – Mr Donkin’s partner – to get her wound cleaned up. She went back and forth between the houses several times, before Mr Donkin came into his house and told his partner to “call an ambulance”, having seen Mr O’Toole “limp”, slumped against the wall, before collapsing onto the floor and hitting his head. With his chest covered in blood, he briefly regained consciousness while the ambulance was on its way and crawled back into the house. He got to the lounge and sat in a chair, before crawling into the back yard, where paramedics found him collapsed on his back just before noon. They could not revive him and he was pronounced dead half-anhour later. The jury was played Miss Worth’s 999 call, during which the handler asked to speak to Mahood, who was at Miss Worth’s home. She asked Mahood if she could go to Mr O’Toole, to which she said she could not because she was “busy at the moment”. Mahood was told the handler needed more information, to which she replied: “As soon as the ambulance was called, he got up and walked off. “It was all done for attention, so you don’t need any further information.” Mahood had left to see friend Jodie Barker, in Long Street, but returned when Miss Worth tracked her down and told her about Mr O’Toole’s condition. She was arrested at the scene, where she told members of Mr O’Toole’s family he had hit her and stabbed himself. The trial continues.

facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 11 effectively plan large-group activities to meet all children’s needs. As a result, some less confident children do not join in and do not benefit from the learning experience. “For example, as staff ask children to name the days of the week, only the more-confident children respond. “Some children do not want to join in a busy, loud dancing activity, but there is no alternative activity provided for them.” The pre-school was also criticised for not always having tissues “accessible at a height suitable for the children” and staff were said to “not always encourage children to sanitise their hands after they have wiped their nose or coughed into a tissue. “This compromises children’s good health”. But leaders were praised for developing a strong partnership link with a speech and language therapist, which enables them to quickly identify any News Plans to convert garage into holiday let refused due to fears for landscape Plans to convert a garage in the Derbyshire countryside into a holiday let have been refused due to the feared negative impact on the landscape. The application, from Phillips Moul, would have seen the detached garage building at South Barn off Dam Road between Hognaston and Carsington Water, turned into a self-catered holiday let. Councillors on Derbyshire Dales District Council’s planning committee, and advising officers, felt the conversion plans would have a “detrimental impact” on the area. As a result the plans were unanimously rejected at a meeting on Pre-school is told to expand its curriculum and ‘help all children’ busy bees ‘requires improvement’ but parents happy with provider By Zena Hawley zena.hawley@reachplc.com A Derby pre-school which “requires improvement” has been told it needs to encourage regular reading, expand its curriculum and find alternative activities for less-confident children. Ofsted inspector Marie Townrow made the recommendations in her newly-published report, completed after visiting Busy Bees Pre-School in Allestree on November 11. But she adds that parents say they are happy with the pre-school and they would recommend it to other people. The pre-school, which is held in the Scout Hall, off Woodlands Road, was first registered in 1998 and employs 11 members of staff. It is open Monday to Friday during termtime and currently has 45 children on roll aged two to five. This was the first routine inspection the provider received since the Covid pandemic began. The report says the inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the pre-school and has taken this into account in the evaluation. In her report, the inspector also says that the curriculum is “at times, narrow and unambitious” and that not enough is done to “help all children to develop new skills and make progress”. It notes that “children have access to a large number of books throughout pre-school”, but “staff do not always promote or encourage regular reading opportunities”. And also that “staff do not always Tuesday, in line with the recommendation from council officers. This follows the approval – against officers’ recommendations – of 10 glamping pods in woodland to the north of Carsington Water last April in a bid to kickstart the economy after lockdown. Officers felt the development was unsustainable. In September, plans for a Hobbit-style burrow and a range of glamping accommodation north of Ashbourne were refused due to a lack of public transport and the impact of the site on the landscape. This was followed, in October, by the approval of seven glamping pods and Busy Bees Pre-School in Allestree has been told to improve it’s ‘narrow and unambitious’ curriculum by Ofsted Stock picture four log cabins in a field and woodland off Nottingham Road, Tansley, east of Matlock, in a bid to boost staycations and sustainable tourism. At Tuesday’s meeting, John Imber, agent for the applicant for the Hognaston holiday let, said: “The site is located in a popular area with visitors, in walking distance of the Knockerdown Inn and Carsington Water. “It is conveniently located in terms of the Peak District. “There are several camping and caravan sites in the immediate vicinity, therefore the tourism infrastructure is well-established in this area. “The proposals are therefore sustainably located in terms of their intended function. “Domestic tourism has substantially increased over the last couple of years and is likely to remain popular as the carbon footprint of air travel is under increasing scrutiny. “The proposals would deliver social and economic benefits in a quiet holiday location, off the beaten track for both walkers and those who enjoy outdoor activities.” He said the application would promote tourism, help support local facilities and respects the character of its surroundings. Chris Whitmore, a district council planning officer, said the garage was built in 1996 and was a building which “does not contribute to the landscape” and was “not a building we would consider worthy of reuse”. He said the proposed changes to the outside of the building, including what appears to be timber cladding, The curriculum is “at times, narrow and unambitious” and not enough is done to “help all children to develop new skills.” Report would have a negative impact on the surrounding, from a “modest, modern”, building which had “contributed little to the landscape. Cllr Richard FitzHerbert said: “Usually I am here before you defending people who want to convert dilapidated, old vernacular barns into something more positive in the landscape. “Having reflected over this one and seen and spoken to neighbours and seen the actual building itself, this was built in the 80s or 90s and it’s not in danger of falling over or out of reuse, because it is already used for something at the moment. “I think the officers have made the right decision on this one .” Cllr Clare Gamble said she was surprised by the lack of information and detail to accompany the plans. children with speech difficulties, implement support plans, and make appropriate referrals if necessary. The report says that parents are happy with the pre-school. They told the inspector about the progress their children have made and how they would recommend the pre-school to other families. And the report also noted that “staff encourage children to eat healthy foods. They display children’s photos on a coloured rainbow as a tool to celebrate children eating different fruits and vegetables at snack times”. Arrangements for safeguarding were said to be “effective” and leaders and all staff “have a sound knowledge of child protection matters, and they understand how to keep children safe”. To improve, the pre-school has been told it should further develop the curriculum, improve organisation of the pre-school rooms to support children’s concentration and also improve its hygiene processes “to ensure that children’s health is promoted effectively”. When the setting was last inspected in 2017, the inspector on that occasion decided it should be graded “good”. The Derby Telegraph has approached the preschool to ask for a comment on the report but this was declined.

12 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live News / National Migrants arrive into the Port of Dover after being intercepted mid Channel by the UK Border Force MINUTE BRIEFING Boris Johnson Cabinet defends PM Members of the Government urged critics of the Prime Minister to wait for the findings of an official investigation into alleged lockdown-busting parties before passing judgment after Tory MPs began publicly calling for him to quit. The Prime Minister pulled out of a planned visit to a vaccination centre in Lancashire yesterday, where he would have faced questions from the media about his actions, because a family member tested positive for coronavirus. Pothole call-out high Pothole-related breakdowns have reached a three-year high, new figures show. The RAC said it received a “ridiculous” 10,123 call outs for problems caused by damaged road surfaces last year. That is 19% more than in 2020 (8,524 breakdowns) and a 10% increase on the 2019 total (9,198 breakdowns). Some 1.5% of all call outs attended by RAC patrols in 2021 were for pothole-related issues. Half not Covid patients Just under half of all patients with coronavirus in the care of NHS hospital trusts in England are being treated primarily for something else, new figures show. Of the 15,026 patients reported as having the virus on January 11, 6,647 (44%) were not being treated principally for Covid-19, according to NHS England. This is the highest proportion since these figures were first published in June 2021, and is up from 26% at the start of December. Duke stripped of titles Prince Andrew The Queen has agreed to strip the Duke of York of his honorary military roles and royal patronages. The Palace said: “With the Queen’s approval and agreement, the Duke of York’s military affiliations and royal patronages have been returned to the Queen.” Google’s £730m site Technology giant Google is investing around £730 million in buying a site in London where it is currently a tenant. The purchase of the Central St Giles office is being made alongside a new development being built for the company in King’s Cross. Google said the move means it will have capacity for 10,000 employees in the UK. It currently employs more than 6,400 staff across the country. Flurry of migrant crossing attempts Border Force and the RNLI have been busy in the English Channel yesterday as calm conditions prompted a flurry of crossing attempts. A young child wrapped in a lifejacket and wearing a beanie hat was among those seen being helped up a gangway in the port of Dover. The latest crossings could see the total for 2022 so far surpass the figure for the whole of January 2021. Thursday’s arrivals during near-freezing temperatures in the Dover Strait come after 25 people reached the UK on board one boat on Wednesday. Last week it was announced that Border Force officials could take industrial action over Priti Patel’s plans to turn back dinghies in the Channel. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), whose members include about 80% of the Border Force officials who would be tasked with implementing ‘pushbacks’, and the charity Care4Calais have filed an application for judicial review on the pushback policy. Despite the Home Secretary’s pledge to make crossings an ‘infrequent phenomenon by spring 2020, more than 36,000 people have succeeded in reaching the UK in the last two years. Isolation time is cut to five days The amount of time people with Covid-19 in England have to spend in self-isolation is to be cut to five full days, the Health Secretary has said. Sajid Javid told MPs in the House of Commons that UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data showed “that around twothirds of positive cases are no longer infectious by the end of day five”. He added: “After reviewing all of the evidence, we’ve made the decision to reduce the minimum self-isolation period to five full days in England. “From Monday, people can test twice before they go - leaving isolation at the start of day six. “These two tests are critical to these balanced and proportionate plans, and I’d urge everyone to take advantage of the capacity we have built up in tests so we can restore the freedoms to this country while we’re keeping everyone safe.” Under the move, people will be able to take tests on day five and six but, if positive, must stay in isolation until they have had negative tests on two consecutive days. Mr Javid told MPs Covid is “still with us and there are still likely to be difficult weeks Health Secretary Sajid Javid ahead”, but pointed to encouraging signs that infections are falling in London and the East of England, although they are rising in other parts of the country. The Government has been under pressure to bring the situation in England into line with the United States, where the isolation period has been cut to five days. The previous UK Health Security Agency guidance was for cases to isolate for at least six full days from the point at which they had symptoms or got a positive test, whichever is first, with release from self-isolation after two negative lateral flow test results on days six and seven. People could then leave self-isolation on day seven. The move to cut the isolation period is likely to be welcomed by Tories who called for the change and could help ease pressure on the embattled Prime Minister. It will also help address staff shortages across the economy and public services by allowing people to return to work earlier. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: “This is a pragmatic move which leaders will welcome if it can mean more health and care workers who are well enough can return to the frontline, providing it does not significantly add to the risk of the virus spreading. “The number of people in hospital is still high, with admissions still rising in the North of England and, alongside that, the NHS faces a huge care backlog and significant vacancies.” Meanwhile France will lift its ban on UK holidaymakers from this morning, tourism minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne has announced. Travellers who are fully vaccinated will be allowed to enter France if they have evidence of a negative coronavirus test taken within 24 hours of departure. The requirement to isolate on arrival will be scrapped.

facebook.com/derbyshirelive Italy has honoured the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck on the 10th anniversary of the disaster with a commemoration on the Tuscan island of Giglio, which recalled the horror of the night the cruise ship struck a reef and capsized. Some of the 4,200 survivors attended the events, which began with a Mass and were ending with a candlelit vigil marking the moment, 9.45pm local time, that the Concordia hit the rocks that sliced a 70-metre (230ft) gash in its hull. Bells rang in the same Giglio church that opened its doors and took in hundreds of passengers who abandoned ship and 10 years on, Italy remembers victims of Costa Concordia A mass at San Lorenzo Church, in Giglio Porto, Italy, yesterday to mark ten years since the Concordia disaster (inset) Laura Lezza FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 13 News / World reached shore in lifeboats that night. “I invite you to have the courage to look forward,” Grosseto bishop Giovanni Roncari told survivors, relatives of the dead and coast guard officials who had helped co-ordinate the rescue. “Hope doesn’t cancel the tragedy and pain, but it teaches us to look beyond the present moment without forgetting it.” Under a brilliant sun and blue sky, survivors and relatives of the victims then set out on coast guard cutters to place a wreath in the choppy waters where the 115,000-ton, 300-metre (1,000ft) liner finally came to rest. French teaching staff walk out over Covid rules Family Teachers and students demonstrate in Bayonne, France, yesterday without the faff Teachers in France have walked out in a nationwide strike in protest against coronavirus-linked class disruptions and ever-changing isolation rules. Less than two weeks after the winter term started, teachers said they are already exhausted by the pressures of surging Covid-19 cases. France is at the epicentre of Europe’s current fight against Covid-19, with new infections topping 360,000 a day in recent days, driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant. Teachers are upset and want clarifications on rules and more protections, such as extra masks and tests to help with the strain. “The month of January is a tough one (for schools),” education minister Jean- Michel Blanquer acknowledged. His ministry counted 50,000 new cases among students in “recent days” and 10,553 classes shut down due to the virus. The figures are expected to worsen in the coming weeks. The SNUIPP teachers’ union said discontent is rising among French teachers. Since January 6, authorities have already imposed two changes to the rules on testing schoolchildren. The union expects that some 75% of teachers will go out on strike, with half of schools closed across the country. “The situation since the start of the January school year has created an indescribable mess and a strong feeling of abandonment and anger among school staff,” the union said. Meanwhile, Denmark will offer fourth coronavirus vaccination jabs to risk groups and vulnerable citizens as the pandemic in the country worsens due to Omicron. Danish health minister Magnus Heunicke said health authorities would offer fourth vaccine jabs to the “most vulnerable groups” such as those with weakened immune systems. Mr Heunicke did not say when the rollout of the fourth jab would begin in the country of 5.8 million. He stressed that while the Omicron variant appears to be less dangerous than the previously dominant Delta variant, it is not harmless. Effective from January 16, Denmark will ease some of its coronavirus restrictions as legislators agreed to reopen cinemas, entertainment parks, museums and theatres among other venues. Limited numbers of spectators will also be allowed at indoor and outdoor sports events. Only a handful of countries worldwide have begun fourth vaccinations, or announced plans to do so. Kids stay and eat free* Only available at premierinn.com *T&Cs apply, please head to our site for details.

14 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live Your Views ON THIS DAY 1875: Dr Albert Schweitzer, missionary surgeon, organist and Nobel Prize winner (1952), was born. 1878: Queen Victoria was given a demonstration of Alexander Graham Bell’s new invention, the telephone. 1898: Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, died. 1900: Puccini’s opera Tosca was premiered in Rome, despite a bomb scare by the composer’s envious contemporaries. 1904: Photographer and stage designer Sir Cecil Beaton was born in London. 1953: Marshal Tito was elected president of Humphrey Bogart SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS DerbyshireLive’s top stories sent straight to your email inbox with our newsletters Yugoslavia. 1957: Actor Humphrey Bogart died. His wife Lauren Bacall placed a gold whistle in his coffin with the inscription: “If you need anything, just whistle” – a line from their first film together, To Have And Have Not. 1989: British Muslims held public burnings of Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses. 1997: The trial began of footballers John Fashanu, Bruce Grobbelaar and Hans Segers for allegedly being bribed by a Far Eastern gambling ring to throw matches. All three were later acquitted. ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The Tower of London’s “queen” raven was declared missing and feared dead, but her master said there were still seven ravens in residence preventing the fall of the kingdom. STAR BIRTHDAYS Jack Jones, singer, 84; Trevor Nunn, theatre director, 82; Faye Dunaway, actress, 81; Carl Weathers, actor, 74; Steven Soderbergh, film Faye Dunaway Grohl, rock singer, 53. director, 59; Emily Watson, actress, 55; LL Cool J, actor and rap star, 54; Dave We’ll keep you bang up to date with breaking news Rejoin Europe to halt this Brexit disaster I have done two ill-advised things over the past few years and that’s voting to leave the European Union and supporting Boris Johnson in the ballot box, something I will never do again in either case. Today Britain is hopelessly in debt, society breaking down, crime out of control, desperate people waiting years for urgent cancer treatment and the currency, GBR pounds worthless as taxation increases and energy bills go through the roof, thanks to Mr Johnson. Because, make no mistake, this man is not even in the same league as Labour, let alone the Conservative Party. I have written to my MP and made it very clear what I and many angry people think. Petrol and diesel prices are the most expensive in Europe. I agree totally that Brexit has had a disastrous effect on UK trade and, yes, it is indeed time to call it a day on the worst calamity to befall this country since the Second World War. If they will have us in Europe, we urgently need another referendum and if this country decides to renew membership of the EU, ditch GBR pounds urgently and replace with euros you can spend anywhere in Europe and work out a recovery plan for this country to pay off its debts before we all go bust! John A Ridarta, by email No10 drinks were socially distanced Why is everybody having a go at Boris Johnson at the moment? Yes, there have been some drinks in the garden of No10 – but they were socially distanced. That might not have been the right time to relax and have a drink with colleagues but it happened. In all newspapers it is Boris bashing. Let’s not forget what he has done for the country since taking office on December 12, 2019. On February 28, 2020, UK authorities confirmed the first case of Covid to be passed on inside the country. Just five weeks after taking office he had to start the hardest job any Prime Minister has ever had – to fight the Covid-19 virus. I say the hardest job because Boris can’t see his enemy as Winston Churchill could during the Second World War. Boris was and is the right person to do the job of fighting the virus. Yes, he has made a few mistakes, like not locking down earlier, but where would we be now if Labour had won the General Election and Jeremy Corbyn had become Prime Minister? It doesn’t bear thinking about. Thanks to Boris’s thinking we became the first country in the world to vaccinate against Covid. LETTERS Get in touch – tell us what you think Email: opinion@derbytelegraph.co.uk Boris is still best option unless Farage returns Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer As a life-long supporter of the Conservative Party, I think that at the moment in time they are fast running out of road, they are lurching from one crisis to another regarding this Covid saga. We cannot have one rule for the masses and a another for the elite, the majority of the British public have supported Boris Johnson because he appealed to the masses with what he said and what he has done. The British public like someone who calls a spade a spade, but as the saying goes The first vaccine was granted regulatory approval on December 2. On December 8 the first person was vaccinated in the UK. We are now having the booster vaccination after having two doses – that is remarkable. PA Ball, by email Nominate your cat for national award Cat lovers across the UK are being invited to nominate their furry friends for the National Cat Awards. Run by the charity Cats Protection, the annual event celebrates the nation’s most marvellous moggies, with heartwarming tales of devotion, courage and companionship. This year’s event also features a new Cat Colleagues category to honour the feline heroes who have helped their owners adjust to working from home, or have made going to work a little easier during you can fool some of the people some of the time but not all the people all of the time. So come clean Boris and hold your hands up. As I see it, he is digging a bigger hole for himself every day, but at the moment there is no alternative to the present Government. The Labour Party, if God help us, ever got elected, they would bankrupt the country. So, at the moment Boris is the best option unless Nigel Farage decided to form a new party and give the rest of them a kick up the backside. Alan Warner, Ripley the pandemic. Owners have until noon on Thursday, March 10 to nominate their cat in one of four categories: ■Cat ■ Colleagues – Cats who bring joy to the workplace or make working from home a pleasure; ■Most ■ Caring Cat – Cats that positively impact a person’s health or wellbeing; ■Furr-ever ■ Friends – Tales of friendship between children and cats; ■Outstanding ■ Rescue Cat – Fabulous felines adopted from animal charities. Over the past two years, the UK’s pet cats have played an even more important role in our lives – whether it’s keeping the kids’ company during home schooling, being a companion for people living alone in lockdown or simply being there during times of uncertainty. From chilled-out cats that provide comfort and support to the mischievous moggies that make us smile, cats undoubtedly have a special place in the hearts and homes of millions of people. We hope that by celebrating some of the UK’s most incredible cats we’ll inspire more people to consider adopting a cat in 2022. Winners will be selected by a panel of celebrity cat lovers before being announced at a starstudded ceremony at London’s Savoy Hotel on August 4. The winner of the National Cat of the Year will inherit the title from Minty, a three-legged moggy from Holywell, Wales, who helped six-year-old Connor Raven cope with severe learning difficulties and medical conditions. To nominate your cat, or for further information about the awards, log on to: cats.org.uk/national-cat-awards Kate Bunting, Cats Protection awards organiser YOUR POEMS Yet Another Do Viv Wigley Let’s have a party! let’s have a bash, while the country all grinds to a halt, make a note in the diary in case we are rumbled to say that it’s nobody’s fault. In the garden, let’s scamper and be socially distanced, it’s such a nice warm day today, with booze and some hampers, let’s all have a ball, no-one else can celebrate this way. The policeman outside at Number 10’s door could say that he turned a blind eye, since every day he faces the wrong way and that’s not what he is there for. Half an apology, half an inquiry, half sympathy for the dead, sometimes just honesty is the best course of action and better to resign instead. Free Verse Jade Webster Twin souls, words of wonder - He is my alpha and omega - He is the sea, I am the sand.

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16 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live News Service slips as pressure rises on ambulance team An ambulance in Derby MPS RESPOND TO INCREASE IN ‘SERIOUS INCIDENTS’ UPTO 80% OFF FASHION JANUARYSALE 31 ST DECEMBER-30 TH JANUARY UPTO 70% OFF TOYS& GAMING UPTO 60% OFF HOMEWARE GetanEXTRA10% OFFsaleitems! Usecode:LOCAL10 Shopthehighstreetonlineat: downyourhighstreet.co.uk/local By JOEL MOORE joel.moore@reachplc.com @JoelMoore98 an increase in reports of serious incidents and continuing Covid-related absences is worrying bosses as pressure rises on East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS). There were 12 serious incidents reported at EMAS in December last year, compared to zero in December 2020, according to its chief executive. Serious incident reports are made when a member of staff feels a patient has not received a suitable level of care. In a report released on Tuesday, Richard Henderson, chief executive at EMAS, said the increase was “due to sustained pressure on the service, exacerbated by increasing hours lost to hospital handover delays”. Of the 12 incidents, 11 were related to delayed responses. The number of incidents that required investigation rose from 30 in 2020 to 53 in 2021. EMAS has also faced issues with staff absences and has called in help from the military to help tackle growing pressures. More than 250 of its 3,983 staff – which includes both patient-facing and non-patient-facing personnel – were absent due to Covid on December 28. The trust was managing eight Covid outbreaks on December 30. Nadia Whittome, MP for Nottingham East, said she was “incredibly concerned” about the impact of the pressures on patients. “The NHS is struggling to deal with the additional pressure of a pandemic after a decade of underfunding,” said the Labour MP. Alex Norris, Labour MP for Nottingham North, added: “Prior to the pandemic our health services were under significant pressure due to a lack of resourcing. “The pandemic has exposed this further.” Our health services were under pressure. The pandemic has exposed this further. Alex Norris MP Nichola Bramhall, director of quality improvement and patient safety at EMAS, said: “All of our teams are working exceptionally hard to provide safe, essential services and we will continue to prioritise patients with life-threatening conditions, such as cardiac arrests and strokes. “We’re committed to on-going learning and improvement which is why we actively encourage our staff to report any incidents or concerns that they may have regarding the care we provide to patients. “Due to the ongoing pressures, we have seen an increase in the number of these concerns raised, with a particular focus on delays in attending patients who required an ambulance response last month. “This falls way below the service we aim to provide, and we are deeply sorry to those patients affected.” She assured the public her team “fully investigate” the incidents and “take any steps required” to improve, and urged people to only call 999 for serious accidents and emergencies. Darren Henry, Conservative MP for Broxtowe, said: “It is never nice to hear that there is a rise in serious incidents, and it is right that we do everything possible to avoid those. “I hope that NHS England’s and NHS Improvement’s support to ambulance services reduces the disruption that we have seen, through the monitoring and support conducted by the National Ambulance Coordination Centre. “We also need to increase ambulance staff numbers and I am sure that we will see this following the £55 million investment for ambulance trusts.” He added: “I am positive that the reduction of selfisolation to seven days, subject to returning a negative lateral flow test result on day six and seven, will reduce NHS staff absences.”

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18 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live News By FAITH PRING faith.pring@reachplc.com Life behind closed doors at one of Derbyshire’s largest stately homes is not what you’d expect, a new ITV reality show promises. Alexandra Sitwell and husband Richard live at Grade I listed property Renishaw Hall. The hall, set in 500 acres of land, has been in Alexandra’s family for nearly 400 years, having been built by George Sitwell in 1625. The Sitwell family generated their fortune in the 16th and 17th Centuries through iron-making and landowning. In a new ITV show Keeping Up with the Aristocrats, the programme goes behind closed doors to see how the pair maintains the property. Alexandra, from a long line of baronets, said of the property: “My father inherited it when I was seven, so it’s been very much a part of my life. It’s sort of a living being, full of dogs. Generations of dogs.” The house is currently going through a big refurbishment to replace the old wiring and leaking water pipes, which Alexandra describes as a “large upheaval”. Her husband Richard, also known as Rick, has been married to Alexandra for almost 30 years, and together they have two children, Rosie and Bertie. Rick, a former businessman from the Bahamas, can be seen swimming in the open-air swimming pool daily, which also happens to be a fountain in the middle of the gardens. The 500-acre estate in which the pair have built their lives is also home to an award-winning vineyard and has a hardworking team of staff including four gardeners and two housekeepers. One of those staff members includes the butler David Hintz, who followed his father into the profession. The estate also features a 19thcentury evergreen garden, which attracts 25,000 visitors a year, with their vineyard also selling wine to supermarkets across the country. Friends Emma and Gerald, who visit Alexandra during the first episode of the show, describe the garden as “stunning” and a “mini Versailles”. Alexandra adds that the topiary alone in the garden takes six weeks to complete. She explained how the vast majority of the gardens were laid out by her great grandfather, but she herself has done a lot of tweaking. Another staff member at the hall, Pat, explains that working with Alexandra has been like a “life sentence”. She said: “I’ve worked here for over 30 years. We’ve had royalty here, we cooked lunch for Prince Charles. “We’ve had Mick Jagger knock on the door and have a cup of tea.” The new ITV show promises a look behind the scenes of these aristocratic families across the country, in its three-episode run. The programme also follows Princess Olga Romanoff, a bona fide member of the Russian aristocracy, whose great-uncle was Tsar Nicholas II. Olga is also a cousin of the Queen, is related to Prince Philip and was once considered an eligible match for Prince Charles. The programme will follow both families as they work to protect the stately homes they have inherited, and sometimes struggle to afford the costs associated with them. Keeping Up with the Aristocrats starts on ITV at 9pm on Monday, January 17. Murder accused brothers deny baseball bat attack on 82-year-old man Two brothers accused of killing two elderly homeowners during separate “vicious” burglaries have denied attacking a third victim with a baseball bat in his Derbyshire home. Amos Wilsher is on trial at Coventry Crown Court accused of murdering 87-year-old Arthur Gumbley and Josephine Kaye, 88, in 2017 and 2020. The 28-year-old’s younger brother, Jason, 22, is also on trial at the same court, accused of the murder of widower Mr Gumbley, who died in December 2017, three weeks after A look at life inside one of the county’s biggest stately homes Alexandra being punched and kicked at his home in Endwood Drive, Little Aston, Staffordshire. The brothers, formerly of Tibshelf, deny murder, along with further charges of conspiracy to rob and wounding with intent to a third pensioner attacked at his home in Creswell. The victim in this incident was Dennis Taylor, an 82-year-old who was left injured following an incident at a farmhouse in November 2017. The court was told three robbers driving in an Mazda RX8 drove to the property and forced access by claiming to be police. Once inside, Mr Taylor was knocked to the ground and repeatedly hit and beaten with a baseball bat. The trial was told he suffered cuts to his face and neck, bruising to his face and body and fractures to his nose and two fingers. Amos, is on trial accused of murdering 87-year-old Arthur Gumbley and Josephine Kaye, 88, in 2017 and 2020. The Crown alleges Amos acted alone at the home of Mrs Kaye in Stoke-on-Trent on the night of Thursday February 27 2020, wearing a mask and gloves as he broke her leg and stole cash. She died in hospital around three weeks after being injured. Sibling Jason is charged with the murder of Mr Gumbley, who died in December 2017, weeks after being punched and kicked at his home. Prosecutors allege the DNA of Jason was found at the murder scene. Opening the case against both men yesterday, QC Simon Denison told the court of the attack on Mr Gumbley: “They had travelled south from the Sitwell and husband Richard live at Grade I listed property Renishaw Hall ITV Tibshelf area of Derbyshire. They had driven round the area where Arthur Gumbley lived, looking for easy targets. Two of them broke into his home by smashing the window in the kitchen door at the back of the house and turning the key to unlock it. “When he went to investigate, they subjected him to a vicious assault. “They kicked him in the shoulder and back, they dragged him through his house, they ripped his watch from his wrist, tearing the fragile skin from the back of his hand.” The trial continues.

facebook.com/derbyshirelive By Eddie Bisknell Local democracy reporter eddie.bisknell@reachplc.com A tattoo parlour and a bathroom showroom could be the first businesses to move back on to a derelict former Derbyshire industrial site for more than a decade. The former Butterley Ironworks site, north of Ripley, has been vacant since 2009 and lies in a state of disrepair and has been hit by vandalism and arson. Now after more than 10 years, businesses are set to return to the site as part of plans approved in September 2020 for its entire regeneration. Plans from local entrepreneur Tim Godkin and London firm Aquarius Estates Ltd have been submitted to Amber Valley for the occupation of two of the site’s remaining buildings. Both of the buildings sit on the side of the site closest to the former entrance, off Butterley Hill and Coach Road. The larger of the two buildings, which still bears a sign saying “Butterley”, but is currently boarded up, would become a bathroom showroom along with four office units. The second building set for reoccupation, which is also currently boarded up, sits immediately to the Tattoo business plans for historic ironworks building The buildings on the site, most of which are listed, are to be reused and refurbished another could be bathroom showroom right, alongside the sloped entrance into the site. Papers filed by the applicants say this building would be used by a business specialising in tattoo removal, which is currently operating in Ripley town centre. RG+P, the agent for the applicants, writes: “There are compelling economic, social and environmental benefits associated with the delivery of this development which utilises a long underused vacant site. The delivery of a range of spaces for local and regional business will deliver compelling economic benefits to the area through job creation, construction activity and other multiplier effects. “Environmental benefits will be delivered by securing the optimal viable uses of buildings within a historically-important complex. “Analysis of the sustainability of FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 19 the proposal demonstrates that in the absence of wider economic, social and environmental objections the proposal would represent sustainable development, notwithstanding its location within a historically important complex.” Parking for a total of 26 cars will be provided on the site while the number of jobs set to be created is to be confirmed. In September 2020, the borough News council approved plans from the applicants to build 80 homes and a range of “offices, eateries and facilities” on the site. The plans include conversions of historic buildings to form wine bars, restaurants, a care home, shops, a swimming pool, soft play area, dance studio and gym. At the moment, the land is littered with rubble, graffiti, broken glass and is overgrown with shrubs and weeds. Protected buildings on site have their windows boarded up while some have been shattered, despite tall fencing, CCTV cameras and guard dog patrols. The site had once been one of the UK’s most advanced engineering operations, the Butterley Company, employing 10,000 people at its peak. It ran for 219 years from 1770 to 2009 after being placed in administration due to an “economic downturn”. Workers there were responsible for building vital iron parts for St Pancras Station and Vauxhall Bridge in London, the Falkirk Wheel canal lift, pontoons for D-Day, weapons and military equipment during both world wars, and the Jubilee Bridge in Matlock Bath, along with many other bridges and parts for steam trains and ships. ADVERTISING FEATURE The five must-see films that are showing at QUAD in Derby this new year Mark your calendars, here’s a round-up of all the great shows on at the derby Quad over the next few Months QUAD aims to make art, film and digital media accessible to all QUAD Aims to mAke Art, film AnD DigitAl meDiA Accessible to All This new year, QUAD looks forward to welcoming audiences to enjoy all the films and events it has planned over the next few months and there’s plenty to suit everyone’s tastes. From award-winning directors to star-studded casts, cinema-goers can look forward to a host of new films being released soon and showing at QUAD over January and February. QUAD is a charity and cultural hub in the heart of Derby which aims to help visitors create new experiences, memories and skills. There’s always something to see or do. Watch a film, see the exhibition, try a digital course or enjoy a meal or a drink in the QUAD Café bar, the choice is yours! so whAt’s coming Up? • Belfast - January 21, 2022 The multi-award-winning film, Belfast, is directed by Kenneth Branagh and features music from Van Morrison. It chronicles the life of a working class family and their young sons’ childhood during the tumultuous years dubbed ‘The Troubles’ during the late 1960s in the capital of Northern Ireland. The highly-anticipated film is semi-autobiographical, based on Kenneth Branagh’s own childhood, making the coming-of-age drama hugely personal while also resonating with all. • nightmare alley - January 21, 2022 Nightmare Alley is a neo-noir psychological thriller directed by the Oscar winning Guillermo del Toro. This upcoming film boasts a star-studded cast including Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, William Dafoe and Richard Jenkins. Set in New York in the 1940s, the film follows Stanton Carlisle who when he is down on his luck endears himself to a clairvoyant and her mentalist husband at a traveling carnival. With his newly-acquired knowledge he creates himself a golden ticket to success by swindling the elite. As part of his multiple schemes, he attempts to con a dangerous tycoon with a mysterious psychiatrist who may be his most formidable opponent yet. • t he eyes of tammy faye - feBruary 4, 2022 The new American biographical drama is based on the extraordinary rise and fall of Tammy Faye Bakker and her husband Jim. The duo rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and theme park and became revered for their messages of love, acceptance and prosperity. The film, set in the 1970s, documents how the couple built their business empire through a series of crimes and scandals. 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20 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live News By CALLUM PARKE callum.parke@reachplc.com A Derbyshire dad says he does not think his business will survive as he faces having to remove a shipping container from his property within days because it does not adhere to planning regulations. Steve Cooley, also known as Daddy Cool, installed the mobile shipping container in his back garden in March 2020 to help store bottles and jars for his range of chilli sauce products from his company, Daddy Cool’s Chilli Sauce. He bought the unit as deliveries would previously take place outside his house, which he said posed a risk to him, his family and delivery drivers. But it has fallen foul of Peak District National Park Authority rules, and despite trying to find ways to keep his unit on site, he could be forced to remove it from his land due to an enforcement notice which could be served as early as today. Steve said: “I cook for a living. I’ve cooked all my life. It will be hard to readjust, at my age. My life isn’t going to be dull and boring, because I’ve got the kids, but I’m an active person. I’ve got to be a leader, not a follower, I’ve always got to be doing something. My brain doesn’t switch off. “I’m always trying to think ahead of Dad fears planning dispute could end business He has called for compromise to save his food brand the competition and create stuff that nobody else has. But this will torment me. It will probably depress me, because I need to keep myself busy as I’m used to being busy all the time. “I’m more than happy to compromise in any way or form, as long as we can keep the container. It’s disheartening to say the least. It’s going to be very hard for the business to survive. I can’t see it surviving because it’s going to be too much pressure.” An enforcement notice would legally require Steve to remove the container from his home in Tintwistle on the busy A628 road, although he could appeal. The authority has previously said in emails that planning permission is needed due to the container having a “significant degree of permanence”, but said that “we are not encouraging you to apply for planning permission”. Steve, 52, turned his love of cooking SALE ENDS TUESDAY! SLEEP SOUNDLY ON 70 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE UP TO 50 % OFF SALE PLUS FURTHER DISCOUNTS PLUS FREE 5 YEAR GUARANTEE AND INTEREST FREE CREDIT WAKE UP IN A GOOD PLACE T&C’s apply. Offer available on selected products. Ends Tuesday 18th January. Guarantee - T&Cs and exclusions apply. IFC - T&C’s apply. £300 minimum spend, 20% deposit. 0% APR, credit subject to status. Bensonsforbedsretail Ltd is a credit broker not a lender.

facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 21 News Steve Cooley, left, with TV chef Tom Kerridge. Below left, Steve began selling his products at farmers markets and delis in the local area before going nationwide. Below, the shipping container at the centre of the dispute into a full-time business in 2014, inspired by his wife Annette’s Caribbean heritage and his own love of spices after making sauces for fun for family and friends. The dad of three, who is originally from Houghton-le-Spring in Tyne and Wear, says he sometimes works 14-hour days to produce 600 units a day, four times a week, meaning he can sell over 30,000 units in a year. He painted the container green when he bought it because he felt this was more suitable than its original white, but he was first made aware of a complaint by an unknown member of the public in July 2021. Fearing that they may lose the business, Annette has now taken on a fulltime job in Manchester to ensure the family still has an income. But that also means that even if the business does survive, Steve will lose a vital pair of hands as he juggles childcare. The enforcement notice will come just days after Steve and his family finished battling through a bout of Covid. Steve is also still recuperating from intensive surgery to treat a tumour in his appendix, in an operation called cytoreductive onco-surgery with combined hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). The operation is known as “the mother of all surgeries” by medical professionals, takes between eight and 10 hours to complete and often requires more than three months of recovery and rehabilitation. Steve has also sadly turned partially deaf due to the chemotherapy, which he says only increases the need for the storage container. He said: “It’s just unnecessary stress, having cancer and everything else. I’ve had the **** kicked out of me this last year. My dogs died, both my pets, I got diagnosed with cancer and am still on the recovery stage for that, and then lost my hearing, and then to top it off we get Covid at the end of the year. “We’re on the border of the Peak District park land. I’ve offered to clad it – what’s the difference between a garden shed or a container that’s cladded? It’s ridiculous. It would cost me more but it would save me a lot of headaches in the long run. “We’d rather compromise than kill a family-run business, because they seem dead set on closing our business. They know that I have about two and a half feet on my footpath. Putting bottles and jars on there, half of them are hanging over the A628, we’re getting beeped at, sworn at, it’s a death trap and a danger. “We live in Tintwistle and everything is on a hill. I’m getting older, I can’t run up and down like a teenager any more, and we can’t have bottles at the front of the door. It’s very frustrating, to say the least. “We are going to fight this. We do think we’ve got sufficient evidence to support the cause. They will close a business. I’ve got people saying they will sit on top of the container and things like that.” More than 2,200 people have signed an online petition in support of the business, with Steve having spent £10,000 of his own money throughout the pandemic to keep his company afloat. But Tintwistle falls inside a conservation area, making planning rules more stringent. The Peak District National Park Authority has said that a site visit was carried out in March 2021 and the container is particularly problematic due to its close proximity to a boundary wall and the former Tintwistle Sunday School. Steve disputes this, saying that it is not directly opposite his property, and says that offers to clad the container or turn it into a living feature to make it more in keeping with the surroundings have been turned down. But the park authority has said that other storage facilities are available in the village, which would be suitable for Steve’s business. A spokesperson said: “In the case of Mr Cooley’s use of a shipping container as part of his business operations on the property, the authority must take into consideration the development plan for the area and also the Tintwistle conservation area status. “The values and characteristics – and therefore any sensitivities – that underpin this designation are described within the conservation area appraisal. The appraisal also sets out the relationship between the conservation area and the wider local landscape. “Both development plans and conservation area status can apply across the country and are not specific designations to a national park. “Our key national park purposes determine that we must have regard to ‘conserving and enhancing the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage’ of the area’. “As a planning authority, our jurisdiction extends to within the national park boundary, although we may also be consulted on matters that may have an impact on the above considerations close to our boundary. “Shipping containers are already in use as storage and business facilities at the nearby industrial estate in Tintwistle, which is outside the national park. “This would be considered a more suitable location if Mr Cooley wishes to continue using a shipping container as a structure. “Our concerns, in this case, relate to the appropriateness of the structure in I’m more than happy to compromise in any way or form, as long as we can keep the container. 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facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 23 MAGGIE THROUP CONSERVATIVE MP FOR EREWASH We begin 2022 with a renewed sense of hope and optimum, as the freest country in Europe – leading the world in learning to live with Covid. The defences we have built against Covid-19 over the past year in terms of vaccination, testing and antivirals and treatment, have helped us to weather the storm of the Omicron variant, with encouraging ONS data published early this week suggesting that infections are beginning to fall in London and the East of England. Seventy-nine per cent of all eligible adults and 91 per cent of over-50s have already answered the call to get boosted, helping to protect themselves and their loved ones and I want to again pay a huge tribute to our NHS, armed forces and the thousands of volunteers who have gone all out to deliver the vaccine rollout, collectively delivering over 135.7 million jabs. However, it is never too late for people to get their first or second dose of the vaccine or a booster and I would therefore urge you, if you have not already done so, to come forward and take up the offer as soon as possible. Of course, the virus has not gone As a Government, we have always been clear that we would follow the science and continually review the restrictions that have been put in place... So grateful for JVT’s extraordinary contribution to protection of our country away and still poses a significant threat to public health, meaning that we must proceed with caution. In particular, the high transmissibility of the Omicron variant still has the potential to lead to significant numbers of people in hospital, especially among those who remain unvaccinated. Ministers are therefore working hard to secure the maximum capacity possible across the NHS, including extra beds, establishing new Nightingale surge hubs and making use of the independent sector. These measures will act as our insurance policy and ensure that we Prof Sir Jonathan Van-Tam leaves his role as England’s deputy chief medical officer in March to take up a new role of pro-vice-chancellor for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham remain prepared for the worst, whilst hoping for the best. As a Government, we have always been clear that we would follow the science and continually review the restrictions that have been put in place to protect the public to ensure that they are not in place for a day longer than is absolutely necessary. To this end, from Monday, the decision has been made to reduce the minimum self-isolation period to five full days in England. People who test negative on day five and again on day six can accordingly leaving isolation at the start of day six in order to maximise activity in the economy and education for example, whilst also minimising the risk of infectious people leaving isolation. This decision has been taken based on the latest UKHSA data which shows that around two-thirds of positive cases are no longer infectious by the end of day five and will be backed up by the capacity that has been built in testing, with around 400 million free lateral flow testing kits being made available over the course of this month. Finally, on behalf of local residents across Derbyshire, I would like thank Prof Sir Jonathan Van- Tam who will leave his current role as England’s deputy chief medical officer in March to take up a new role of pro-vice-chancellor for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham. JVT has made an extraordinary contribution to the protection of our country over the course of the pandemic, particularly in relation to his leading role in our incredible vaccination programme, has been invaluable, with his unique ability to communicate the science to the public bringing great reassurance at a time when we most needed it. 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facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 25 Bygones Seven Trent staff at Columbus House in Raynesway helped take phone pledges for Comic Relief in 2005. Picture from left are Joy Spencer, Heidi Marson, Jonathan Bailey and Laura Mellott The quintessential British red telephone box remains a pillar of our communities. The phones may have been disconnected, but the boxes remain in use, like this community library pictured in a snowy Shirley by Gary Small in 2013 Do you have old photos or memories to share? Email bygones@ derbytelegraph.co.uk Good call It was on this date in 1878 when Queen Victoria received a prototype of Alexander Graham Bell’s new invention, the telephone. This was to be the first long-distance call witnessed in the UK and would change the way we communicated. Much has changed since the evolution of the digital age, but as these pictures show, it’s good to talk... It was the end of the line for Jim Rice when he called it a day with British Telecom in the city Access to a telephone proved vital for young Mckenzie Hendley back in 2010, as she used it to dial 999 when she realised her dad, Shaun, was having an epileptic fit at their Derby home Taken in 1946, this picture shows staff working at Derby’s telephone exchange Iris Smith From left, Ann Hunt, Heather Ansell, Janet Todd, Gill Winter and Joan Harrison reconnected when the Mackworth Hotel hosted a special reunion for the city’s very own ‘Hello Girls’ from the exchange in 2001 Explore the past Get free access to our archive of thousands of photos taken as far back as 1878 www.memorylane.co.uk

26 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live BEER HUNTER Peacock gets a new lease of life as the third pub for Hartshorn’s Colston Crawford talks to the folks who run Belper House about a very different sort of project in a classic city pub ONE of Derby’s most traditional pubs is heading into 2022 with a bright future as the third outlet in the county for Hartshorn’s Brewery. It is also the second venture brewer Darren Hartshorn has undertaken in partnership with his friends Edward and Jo Gregory. Their first was the renovation of Belper House in Church Street, Belper, which they then opened as a micropub, which has really taken off. Darren also owns the Little Chester Ale House, not far from his Alfreton Roadbased brewery, so the Peacock is a different proposition altogether but one the trio are relishing. A classic stonebuilt roadside pub, the Peacock is owned by the Liversage Trust, a charity dating back almost 500 years which provides housing and grants to older people who struggle to afford the cost of living. For many years, possibly dating back to 1899, Marston’s had the lease on the pub but it has been independently leased in more recent times and most recently had We’re only the custodians of the Peacock. It will be here a long time after us. But we will do our bit. Edward Gregory Roger and Penny Myring, formerly of the Smithfield pub, as tenants. It was when Roger and Penny decided to move up north in the summer that the latest chapter in the Peacock’s history began. “I’ve been friends with Roger since he was at the Smithfield,” says Darren. “When I started the brewery, he was one of the ones who helped us showcase our beers before they went mainstream. “I knew he was coming out of the Peacock and wanting to move up north and he gave us the opportunity to step in, rather than put it out on the open market. We weren’t really looking, it just dropped on our doorstep.” Edward says: “We had spoken, while we were working on Belper House, about how it would be nice to do another one, something a bit different, but there was no immediate expansion planned. “The Peacock was a local of Darren’s before he’d even set his brewery up and, after he did, he used to sell beer in here. “But I have a connection too. My greatgrandad was the landlord in the 60s so it feels a bit like coming full circle, a bit like it was with Belper House, as Jo’s dad had bought it and had a vision to save the building.” To take on the pub, they had to convince the Liversage Trust they were worthy first. Most of the trustees are local worthies themselves. “They were keen to vet us, to see what we’d done,” says Edward. “They went to the Little Chester, they went to Belper House, unbeknown to us, and did a bit of homework to see what we were about. “I think they are keen to see it as a community pub. There were other people interested, so they picked us as much as us picking the pub.” Obviously, the trustees were impressed and it was all systems go. The approach has had to be different to Belper House, though. There, they were starting a new, small pub from scratch and aiming to attract a new customer base. At the Peacock, an existing customer base had lost their pub for a while and had to be attracted back. The fact that the pubs were open at all was also a factor. “At Belper House, we had a lot of time in lockdown to get it sorted. Here, we had window of opportunity to get it refurbished to a certain level and get it open, quickly,” says Edward. On Old Nottingham Road, the Peacock was once at the heart of things, opposite the main T-junction exiting the city – well, the town, at the time – from Derwent Street. The advent of the inner ring road cut it off a little from the city centre but it remains within easy reach for discerning punters and has its own residential catchment over towards the Little Chester area of the city. And that is an area that has lost a good few pubs in the recent times: the Duke of Clarence, the Garden City and the Bridge Inn, for a start, plus the Liversage Arms, which was but a few doors down from the Peacock. When I visited, early on a Tuesday evening, there was a decent crowd in, with the hum of laughter and conversation. It’s a classic pub layout, with a room at the back suitable for small functions and a Edward and Jo Gregory, along with their friend Darren Hartshorn, have taken on the Peacock, the classic old pub in Old Nottingham Road in Derby covered garden area. There is lots of potential. For years, the pub has been a shrine to Derby County, with many classic pictures adorning the walls, and that will not change. There are two darts teams, a dominoes team, two quiz teams in the local quiz league and a bus is still run to Rams matches. It’s something I’ve said before, but it’s the sort of pub many naysayers would say is dying out, if they admit that they still exist at all. Well, they do – and people still want them. The Gregorys and Darren are fully aware of the legacy they are handling. “We’re only custodians of the Peacock,” adds Edward. “It’s been here a long time before us and it will be here a long time after. But we’ll be the custodians for now and, hopefully, put it back on the map a little. We’ll do our bit.”

Associated with Laver Holidays By 28 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live Films SCREAM (18) HHHII The fifth outing of Ghostface, is described as a ‘requel’ – a polished new generation of horror such as the 2018 Halloween, which unites legacy characters and fresh faces in a storyline that harks back to the original, but with contemporary flourishes. Twenty-five years after the sleepy California town of Woodsboro first cowered at the mention of Ghostface, a maniac in the distinctive mask attacks high school student Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega) in the family home. Older sister Sam (Melissa Barrera) races to her sibling’s hospital bedside with boyfriend Richie (Jack Quaid) in tow. Tara’s circle of shocked friends Amber (Mikey Madison), Liv (Sonia Ammar), Wes (Dylan Minnette) and the twins Chad (Mason Gooding) scarily familiar: Jenna Ortega is terrorised CARRY ON SCREAMING: Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox return and Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown) are potential suspects – and victims – as the town’s mortuary swiftly fills up. Deputy Judy Hicks (Marley Shelton), from Scream 4, investigates and against their better judgment, seasoned survivor Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), reporter Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) and former sheriff Dewey Riley (David Arquette) are drawn into the community’s new nightmare. Scream is derivative but well executed by co-directors Tyler Gillet and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, the diabolical duo responsible for 2019’s lip-smackingly sadistic game of hide and seek, Ready Or Not. In-jokes abound, Cox and Arquette accomplish impressive emotional heavy lifting in limited screen time, while Ortega goes through the wringer in the hope she might survive until the credits roll. “Something about this one just feels different,” cryptically mutters Dewey to Sidney. Not really, I’m afraid. Projecting strength Unashamedly feelgood flick tells the true story of a welsh community’s efforts to enlist a Hollywood great to save their picturehouse BIG SCREEN DUO: Jonathan Pryce co-stars with Morton BARGAIN BREAKS IN 2022! OUT NOW OUR 2022 HOLIDAY COLLECTION DOOR-TO-DOOR HOLIDAYS | FREE LOCAL JOINING POINTS | INTRODUCING ‘SELF DRIVE’ Spring Saver: Bournemouth Spring Saver: Blackpool Cornish Coastal Collection Featuring St Ives & Falmouth Taste of the Lakes A Welsh Easter Mon 21 Mar 2022 5 days FROM £229 Tue 29 Mar 2022 5 days FROM £219 Mon 4 Apr 2022 5 days FROM £310 Fri 8 Apr | Fri 8 Jul | Fri 21 Oct 2022 3 days FROM £159 Fri 15 Apr 2022 4 days FROM £245 Torquay & the English Riviera Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza Ilfracombe & North Devon Delights DAYS OUT FROM JUST £14 THIS JANUARY DATE DESTINATION DAYS PRICE FROM Sat 22 Jan Covent Garden London Sales Shopper 1 £14 Sat 23 Apr 2022 7 days FROM £360 Sat 30 Apr 2022 2 days FROM £109 Mon 9 May 2022 5 days FROM £315 Sat 22 Jan Baytree Garden Centre or Springfields Outlet 1 £14 Sun 23 Jan Historic York 1 £14 Fri 28 Jan Meadowhall Shopper, Sheffield 1 £19 Fri 28 Jan Trafford Centre Shopper OR Imperial War Museum, Manchester 1 £22 Fri 4 Feb Liverpool Explorer 1 £26 TO BOOK CALL 0115 9770 080 | VISIT WWW.SKILLS.CO.UK Prices are subject to availability and are correct at the time of print. Full terms and conditions apply, to view these please visit www.skills.co.uk/terms-and-conditions. The Optimum Experience

facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 29 MOVIE HERO: Samantha Morton’s character leads the fight to save the Lyric MEMORIA (12A) HHHHI In his 20-year career awardwinning film-maker Apichatpong Weerasethakul has repeatedly plunged arthouse audiences into woozy, waking dreams. Tilda Swinton plays botanist and orchid expert Jessica Holland, who travels from Medellin to Bogota, Colombia to visit her sister Karen (Agnes Brekke), who is suffering from a mysterious malady. Karen’s scholarly husband Juan (Daniel Gimenez Cacho) suggests his wife may be the victim of a curse conjured by the Amazonian tribe she studies. In the early hours of the morning, Jessica is woken by an odd sound only she seems to be able to hear. Fearing she’s going crazy, the botanist seeks the source of her sonic disturbances through Tilda Swinton a new acquaintance, French archaeologist Agnes (Jeanne Balibar). Weerasethakul’s film embraces ambiguity, building to a finale involving Swinton and Colombian co-star Elkin Diaz that both soothes and confounds. Swinton is a ghostlike presence throughout, while the movie itself is an entrancing experience. ■■In cinemas Friday SAVE THE CINEMA (12A) HHHII Reviews by Damon Smith On July 15 1993, approximately five minutes before opening credits rolled on the glitzy European premiere of Jurassic Park in London’s Leicester Square attended by Diana, Princess of Wales, excited residents of Carmarthen in south-west Wales became the first paying audience in Britain to tremble at the dino-blockbuster. Director Steven Spielberg had lent his personal copy of the film to Liz Evans, figurehead of a campaign to save The Lyric cinema from demolition, so she could host a “people’s premiere” in the resplendent Art Deco picture palace and keep bulldozers from the front door. Media from around the world covered the event and Evans was subsequently awarded an MBE. A rousing true-life story of community spirit and old-fashioned gumption provides the loose inspiration for director Sara Sugarman’s unabashedly feelgood drama, which arrives on the big screen as independent cinemas around the UK and Ireland proudly keep projectors lit with reduced capacities and social distancing in the face of Covid. Written by Piers Ashworth, Save The Cinema orchestrates a crowd-pleasing battle between passionate residents and a corrupt mayor for the soul of The Lyric. Shortly after Evans (Samantha Morton) hosts a free screening of John Ford’s 1941 film How Green Was My Valley to woo locals back to the cinema, a teenager sums up his feelings about the black and white masterpiece: “A bit cheesy.” The same pithy critique applies to Sugarman’s film – she serves up generous slabs of the stuff – but a heartfelt central performance from Morton, colourful supporting turns and bountiful good will glisten in every sentimental frame. In 1993, hairdresser Liz (Morton), who runs Scissors n Combs with sassy assistant Dolly (Susan Wokoma), learns that mayor Tom Jenkins (Adeel Akhtar) has secured a council meeting majority vote to replace The Lyric with a shopping centre constructed by his property developer pal (Colm Meaney). Supported by her husband David (Owain Yeoman) and three sons, Mark (Harry Luke), Huw (Joe Hurst) and Wynne (Flynn Edwards), Liz takes up temporary residence in The Lyric, knowing a wrecking ball cannot swing at the listed building while she is inside. An increasingly tense stand-off forces residents to choose sides and Liz welcomes the mayor’s executive assistant (Erin Richards), a town postman (Tom Felton) and her old drama teacher (Jonathan Pryce) to her tubthumping cause. Save The Cinema abides sweetly by cinematic convention and Akhtar gamely embraces his role as the sneering pantomime villain guilty of cronyism. Sugarman’s familiar concoction won’t shake the foundations of modern cinema like Jurassic Park but her film goes down as smoothly as one of the potent T-Rextasy cocktails that Dolly serves at the Carmarthen premiere and brings tears to eyes with its fuzzy final reel resolution. ■■Showing in cinemas and on Sky Cinema from Friday ONLY £4.95 WORTH OVER £140! Free P&P 5 FULL-SIZE PRODUCTS! Brought to you by A MUST-HAVE MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION CURATED BY OK! BEAUTY EDITORS. SUBSCRIBE TODAY AND TRY YOUR FIRST BOX FOR JUST £4.95* SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE TODAY AT OKBEAUTYBOX.CO.UK *£4.95 offer is only available to new customers. OK! Beauty Box subscription is £15 per month thereafter.

30 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live Screen Shots An enormous number of people wake in the morning with hearts full of hate On February 14, 2018, a high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, left 17 people dead. While there had been news reports of similar massacres for years, LA-born actor Fran Kranz found the emotional impact of this particular case more affecting as he had become a father for the first time in 2016. The now 40-year-old says that it ultimately led to him making Mass, which marks his writing and directing debut. The new Sky Original film follows two sets of bereaved parents, Jay and Gail (Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton) and Linda and Richard (Reed Birney and Ann Dowd), who meet years after a school shooting tore their lives apart. The hope is that talking about the unspeakable tragedy will help them all move forward. Mostly shot on one set, the entirety of the couples’ discussion unfolds in real-time onscreen, and it is an intimate, nuanced, and devastating exploration of grief, anger, and acceptance. For the cast, “this was a film unlike anything we had ever done, or even read”, notes New York native Martha, who first rose to fame thanks to her role in classic 80s adventure film The Goonies. The 51-year-old explains: “I know each of us had our own concerns. When each of us found out who was going to be in it and what it would be like, it was scary, it was daunting. “We had no time, we had no money, but we jumped right in.” For a horrifying number of people, school shootings are a lived experience. And yet, it’s a subject that’s rarely talked about on-screen. Fran – who has starred in the film The Cabin in the Woods and the TV series Dollhouse – explains he wanted to focus on a “really human story”. For two years, he read nothing but subject material for the project. “But it started as just a concern, as a person, as a parent,” he said. “I didn’t have a movie in mind – I was working on another screenplay”. Mass examines grieving parents’ complex emotions in the wake of a school shooting. Georgia Humphreys speaks to stars Jason Issacs and Martha Plimpton and the movie’s writer/director Fran Kranz One of the reasons Fran wanted to make Mass is because he is “so worried” about his country. “When I was doing research, just because I have my own personal concern and frustration, coming across these stories I thought, ‘If people knew more about the families and the survivors and the children and the teachers, and if this was someone you knew, someone you were close with, you would feel so differently and so passionately about figuring this out immediately’.” Interestingly, the filmmaker had studied the work of South Africa’s post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC) while at college years ago. He recalls watching the documentary Long Night’s Journey into Day, about four amnesty trials for people who’d confessed to heinous crimes and expressed contrition, one of which concerned the murder of an American woman, whose parents met with the family of her killer prior to the trial. TOUGH TALKING: Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton as Jay and Gail Perry, with Reed Birney and Ann Dowd as fellow parents Richard and Linda, in Mass Jason Isaac, left and Martha Plimpton, above, play a married couple in Mass “When I learned about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa and those amnesty hearings, I was amazed. “But truthfully, if I was really honest, I did not think I could participate, or even want to participate, that I’d just want retribution and punishment.” But then, he adds, there would be the “hate that you live with because of that”. “So I felt I had to write about this for my own need to believe in it and understand it, that you can work through the pain and find ways to reconcile with people you feel blame towards.” For British actor Jason, 58, Mass is not really about the tragedy the characters have endured. “It’s a film about people whose marriage has ground to a halt and whose life has ground to a halt because they’re paralysed – crippled – by blame they hold and guilt they hold and ideas that are stopping them living their life,” suggests the Liverpool-born star, whose previous film roles include the Harry Potter series and The Patriot. “And so the situation mirrors restorative justice meetings, all the meetings in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission; anytime anybody is brought face to face with the people they think are responsible for what’s gone wrong in their life. “An enormous number of people wake up in the morning with their hearts full of hate, and they’re really poisoning themselves. And that’s what the film is about to me.” Martha adds: “I also think that the impetus for the film is important. And even though it’s not a political story, or a political film at all, I do think that its origin and where it comes from is important, because it is such a constant lived trauma, and something that, certainly in America, we live with all the time.” ■■Mass will be available in cinemas and on Sky Cinema from Thursday.

facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 31 and facing an ever-increasing list of jobs, as well as mounting stress levels. Fortunately for them, they have a no-nonsense nextdoor neighbour, Gilly, who is prepared to give them some advice. So, before they invest in their own livestock, the couple decide to get some hands-on experience by caring for Gilly’s sheep. They are soon confronted with the harsh Screen Shots Life imitates art as former Emmerdale star buys a farm of his own The lockdowns and the pandemic have got a lot of people thinking about escaping the rat race and moving to the country – including actor and Strictly Come Dancing winner Kelvin Fletcher. However, while some people have been wondering whether working from home now means they don’t have to be within easy commuting distance of the office, Kelvin has decided to combine the move with a career change. Along with his wife Liz, he’s bought a 120-acre farm on the edge of the Peak District National Park, which they plan to bring back to its former working glory. As anyone who watched last year’s streaming hit Clarkson’s Farm, which followed Jeremy Clarkson as he took on a similar endeavour, will know, making a farm pay is far from easy. Yet some viewers might think that Kelvin Actor and Strictly winner Kelvin Fletcher and his family are taking on the challenge of farming. Rachael Popow finds out more has a bit of a head start on the former Top Gear presenter. That’s because the actor first found fame on Emmerdale – he joined the cast as Andy Sugden when he was just 12 and stayed for 20 years. And yes, his character was a farmer. So, you might think that Kelvin has picked up a few With Oti Mabuse and the Strictly glitterball trophy things just by osmosis, but it turns out that’s not the case. When he announced the new series Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure on Instagram, he revealed: “We have literally jumped in at the deep end and bought a farm! A reluctant wife, two crazy kids and a husband with knowledge of farming you could write on the back of a stamp! What could possibly go wrong?!” Luckily, Kelvin has an impressive track record when it comes to trying new things. Alongside acting, he’s also had a career as a racing driver. Then in 2019, when Made in Chelsea regular Jamie Laing injured his foot prior to the start of the series, Kelvin was drafted in as a replacement on Strictly Come Dancing, and emerged as a favourite in the first live show when he wowed the audience and judges alike with a samba. He went on to lift the glitterball trophy with his partner Oti Mabuse. However, it will take more than impressive hip action to turn around the fortunes of his farm, as this first episode makes clear. It finds Kelvin and Liz a month into their adventure FAMILY BUSINESS: Kelvin with wife Liz and their children realities of caring for animals as Kelvin is greeted with the sight of a sheep’s maggotinfested foot. Some viewers won’t be surprised that he finds it a little too much, but is it enough to make him question whether he’s really cut out for this life? ■■Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure starts Monday on BBC1, 8.30pm Every pledge today helps secure life-saving research for tomorrow. Get your free Gifts in Wills Guide, visit cruk.org/pledgeeastmidlands East Midlands, play your part. Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247). Together we will beat cancer

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facebook.com/derbyshirelive You may not have heard of Angele, but in Europe the Belgian singer, 26, is a pop superstar. Her music has sound-tracked the French Me Too movement, she has been an ambassador for Chanel, and she has collaborated with Dua Lipa. Now a Netflix film is bringing her songs and intriguing life story, to British audiences. “I feel like this documentary made me even more free,” she explains. “Because I’m telling everything in this documentary.” Angele Van Laeken is the child of two famous parents: her mother is the actress, Laurence Bibot, and her dad is the singer, Marka. Her brother, Romeo, is also a successful rapper. But while their fame has been mostly confined to Belgium, Angele’s has quickly spread across Europe. Her Netflix film follows her from childhood to household name, while also sharing an insight into the creation of her recent second album, Nonante-Cinq (meaning 95, the year she was born). The 12-track affair, full of introspection and dance beats, was written during lockdown and takes inspiration from Brussels and her adopted home of Paris. “I’m talking a lot about freedom on this album because I felt like turning 25 was a big moment in my life where I found out that, actually, my freedom was something I needed to take and to choose,” she says. “When I chose how to get my freedom I wrote songs about it. I wrote how there are no dos and don’ts for women. “You just have to be the way you want to be. And then you just have to make people accept it.” Angele wrote her warm, poppy debut album, Brol, in her bedroom and its success, boosted by videos she posted of her music on Instagram, took her by surprise. Fame came with both responsibility and scrutiny, as a role model to women and the LGBT community (she is openly bisexual). “Being a role model is kind of a pressure because I feel like I have so many things to learn and I feel Angele performing in France in 2020 With the release of her second album, Belgian-born and Paris-based pop star Angele is on course to crack the UK, as Alex Green discovers The voice of an Angele... I’m a feminist but I am in progress. “I’m always learning about feminism and about my way of seeing this fight. “So I think it’s important. I’m very grateful to be seen as a role model sometimes. But also I want to say that I’m feminist in progress.” Angele’s 2019 feminist anthem, Balance Ton Quoi, was chanted during Me Too protests in France and she became a voice for the movement. “Women should be free to wear whatever they want to wear or not wear,” she states. “Because being sexy or showing your body is just about your consent, and what you want to show or not show. “It’s not even a subject, and I feel when a woman is choosing the way she’s dressed, it’s a way of empowering herself. And that’s really something I think. “If you choose to be sexy, it’s OK, you still have the power. But if somebody sexualises you, and you don’t want to be sexualised, it is very violent. And this nuance is very important to get.” In the UK, Angele is best known for Fever, her 2020 duet with Dua Lipa. The dancefloor-focussed track was accompanied by a music video built around the idea of women avoiding danger on the streets late at night by sticking together. There are just four months between the singers in age, and the pair remain friends, meeting up when Dua is in Paris. Angele will also support her when she plays at London’s O2 Arena in May. “It was a very good experience to work with somebody like her because she is the same age as me and she is so mature – and knows what she wants and what she doesn’t want. “She is very strong and powerful, and that was something I needed to see in the last year because I wasn’t doing shows and promos. I was doing my album, I was working on my own. I wasn’t seeing anybody because we were in quarantine. “Then I met her in London, and we were able to do this video, we had a connection and I felt like it was possible to be very famous and to work a lot and to still be normal. 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34 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live Spotlight How does it feel to be playing Sir Leigh Teabing in the world premiere tour of The Da Vinci Code? It’s a great and daunting part. (Laughs) When I was offered it I thought ‘huh, maybe they’ve got the wrong actor. They probably watched Death In Paradise and thought I was Don Warrington’. No, it’s a privilege to be asked to do it. It actually came about six months ago. It was one of those moments that you sort of go... ‘really?’ And then ‘oh, wow’ and then ‘erm...’. Talk about pressure. A hundred million books sold, movies, lords of the theatre... and Danny John- Jules. They have created this world on stage and a touring version... Everything you heard about it, you think ‘these people are crazy’. But these are my kind of people. I’m sorry but you’ve got to have a bit of craziness in this business otherwise we’ll be doing Pride And Prejudice all our lives – version 1,750. You’re known as Red Dwarf’s cool Cat and Dwayne Myers in Death In Paradise on TV, but do you feel most at home in the theatre? I’ve done so many fantastic roles that have been long-running roles and people know me from TV, even though I’ve done more theatre than TV. Few people know anything I’ve done in theatre. People would ask why did I leave Death In Paradise? Such a fantastic job, going to the Caribbean every year for seven years, but you go seven years and your theatre bones start aching. I’m a song-and-dance man and that never goes away and that’s why I put on my one-man show afterwards about Sammy Davis Jr. I wrote it and put it on because there was nothing I could do in the theatre that I thought ‘I want to be in that’, whereas with the Da Vinci Code you go the opposite and say ‘I’d love to be in that’, but oooh it’s a challenge because we’ve only ever seen one person play it, Sir Ian McKellen, and he’s a lord of the theatre. I do love a good mystery though, well, I spent seven years playing a policeman. (Laughs) I’ve gone from Caribbean nights in Death In Paradise to a Caribbean knight playing Sir Leigh. Playing a billionaire lord is what everyone always wants to do, isn’t it? What was your first acting role? My first job was actually a crime prevention film made by Scotland Yard called Seven Green Bottles. That was 1974, and it was basically about juvenile delinquency and that was my first foray into the business, but I never thought ‘Oh, I want to be in showbusiness’. I’m a song-anddance man and that never goes away Danny loves being on stage You’ve got to have a bit of craziness in this business... Danny John-Jules chats to Marion McMullen about stepping into Sir Ian McKellen’s shoes for The Da Vinci Code stage tour I still see about five of those kids that were in that film although some may have no teeth now. After that I remember there used to be a show called Boy From Space that used to be on schools television and it was the first time I had seen a black actor and I got his autograph. Three years later I was going to a drama school he set up in Notting Hill and that’s how I got into the business. I spent 10 years in the West End doing musical theatre. My first West End show was 1982 at the London Palladium with a 21-year-old Jimmy Tarbuck. I met Bruce Forsyth as well on the opening night of Barnum. What was it like for you growing up? My mum was a single parent, mother to three kids, and we moved into my uncle’s back room the four of us. So there was no stage school. Some days it was corned beef and crackers, but on the street university you learn lessons a lot better than a trust funder. I did a few jobs when I left school. My first job was on a building site, my second was in a warehouse and then I was sterilising equipment in the National Heart Hospital under the famous heart surgeon Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub. I met him 40 years later, at his charity night Chain Of Hope, and I told him I used to work for him. He nearly fell over. I must have watched him do at least 50 heart operations. After that I worked in a hair salon and that was the last job I did before I went into showbusiness. You appeared in the Christmas special of Death In Paradise and The Weakest Link. Any more TV roles coming up? I’ve just done The Chase and a BBC show called Dodger with Christopher Eccleston and I’ve just done an episode of the new series of Shakespeare And Hathaway. All this lockdown has been bizarre. I’d be going to work GREAT ROLE: Danny John-Jules as Sir Leigh Teabing in The Da Vinci Code tour and people would be asking how? The last three months I have been working solidly. I’ve been working more in lockdown than I have out of lockdown. How does that work out? ■■The Da Vinci Code tours until November 12. Go to davincicode onstage. com for theatre details and booking information. Danny as Cat in Red Dwarf with, from left, Chris Barrie as Arnold Rimmer, Craig Charles as Lister, and Robert Llewellyn as Kryten SHOWBUZZ ladies team up Olivier Award winner Sara Crowe, Endeavour’s Abigail Thaw, Judy Flynn from Dinnerladies and Eastern Eye Award winner Rina Fatania, star in the UK tour of Tim Firth’s comedy Sheila’s Island– a new female version of his stage hit Neville’s Island, above. The comedy, about a teambuilding trip, is directed by Yvonne Arnaud Theatre’s director and chief executive Joanna Read and Tim says: “As a male writer I initially thought what happens on the island could only happen between men. It took Joanna Read to remind me that shoddy, childish and viciously destructive behaviour is not the exclusive preserve of the male sex.” ■■The tour runs from February 11. Go to yvonne-arnaud.co.uk for details. classic is back The return of Jez Butterworth’s classic drama Jerusalemto the stage will see Mark Rylance, right, and Mackenzie Crook appearing at the Apollo Theatre in London for a limited 16-week run from April 16. ■■Visit nimaxtheatres.com for booking information. oh, carole... The Worst Witch actress Molly- Grace Cutler, right, is to play legendary American singer songwriter Carole King in the UK tour of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical. The show opens at Leicester’s Curve on February 28 and features songs like You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman, Locomotion and You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling. ■■Go to beautifulmusical.co.uk for show details. nice as pi The West End production of Life Of Pihas now extended public booking to May 29. Producer Simon Friend says: ‘I’m delighted that audiences will be able to come and enjoy this very special show.” The stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s book can be seen at Wyndham’s Theatre. ■■Visit lifeofpionstage.com for further information.

36 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live Smarter For Ten living the 1 Kelvin Fletcher good life on his farm Marion McMullen looks at celebs who have made themselves at home down on the farm Former Strictly Come Dancing champion Kelvin Fletcher’s new life in the country is featured in new BBC series Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure. The 37-year-old former Emmerdale actor and his wife Liz Marsland moved from their Oldham home to a farm in the Peak District with their two young children Marnie and Milo. The 120-acre farm features an 18th-century cottage, outbuildings, 20 sheep, three pigs and three alpacas. 2Jeremy Clarkson turned to the land with his Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds. He brought it in 2008 and it was run by a villager, but the TV presenter decided to see if he could run it himself in 2019, as featured in his Amazon series. The success of the show has seen people flock to the farm shop to buy products such as ‘Cow Juice’, rapeseed oil, chutneys and jams. 3Actress Nicole Kidman and her country singer husband Keith Urban, right, bought their farmhouse in Bunja Hill, Australia in 2008 and the 111 acres are home to alpacas, chickens and Black Angus cows. 4American chat show legend Oprah Winfrey owns a farm on the side of a dormant volcano on the island of Maui in Hawaii that grows more than 100 different crops of fruit and veg. 5Guardians Of The Galaxy and Jurasssic world star Chris Pratt calls a farm on San Juan Island in Washington home. He keeps sheep, chickens and other livestock and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger once gave him two pigs for his birthday. He called them Tim and Faith and said thery were “the best birthday present ever”. 6Blur bassist-turnedcheesemaker Alex James lives with his family on a 200-acre farm in the Cotswolds. He moved to the farm from London in 2003 and now makes cheese and runs a food and music festival called the Big Feastival. 7Countryfile’s Matt Baker grew up on a his family’s 100-acre hill farm 1,000ft above sea level in the Durham Dales. He brought out a book called A Year On Our Farm and the former One Show presenter also appeared last year in Channel 4 series Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales. Matt says: “The countryside has made me who I am.” 8Celebrity chef Martha Stewart owns a 153-acre farm in Bedford, New York, where she keeps chickens, bees and cows. There is also a vegetable garden, fruit trees and stables, and since 2007, it has been a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat. 9JLS singer JB Gill lives on a family farm near Kent with his wife Chloe and their children Ace and Chiara Sapphire. 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facebook.com/derbyshirelive PICK OF THE DAY Ricky Gervais as Tony FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 37 BY Sara Wallis Tonight’s TV Life-affirming death in paradise BBC1, 9pm This paradise-set crime caper always pulls in good guest stars – no doubt actors are queuing up for this sunny gig. Tamzin Outhwaite, right, and Jason Done turn up in this episode when tragedy strikes (again) on Saint Marie. Bradley Faircroft (Simon Lenagan), the brother of an island golf course owner, is found bludgeoned to death at the first tee. When a bloodied club is found in brother Connor’s (Done) locker, it appears that the police have found their killer. However, a web of lies soon unravels when it comes to light that Connor’s wife Holly (Outhwaite) has been keeping secrets from him and their son for years. And when the police discover their prime suspect has an alibi, they realise things are not that simple. one night in legoland Channel 4, 10pm If you’ve ever had the misfortune to stand in a long queue at a crowded theme park, this will spark envy. Mates Alex Brooker, right, and Josh Widdicombe have got an access-allareas night at the Legoland Windsor resort. Along with comics Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont, they get to experience the childlike joy of having free rein to muck about in the empty park, which features 55 rides, a 4D theatre and lots of Lego. It’s a mixed bag of emotions. For Josh, it’s the fulfilment of a dream he’s had since he was seven, but Lucy has got a phobia of “anything that goes fast”. During the night, they have to build something amazing in 15 minutes, enrol in a high-octane race at the Driving School and power Lego fire engines. THIS melodramatic comedy has proved a massive hit for creator and star Ricky Gervais, and now it returns for a third and final season. The six-episode swan song continues to follow Tony (Gervais), a local newspaper journalist whose life is upended after his wife dies from cancer. A trailer teases that “every end is a new beginning” as Tony starts to realise that making other people feel good is what can give him a reason to live. Tony says: “I thought not caring SOAPWatch emmerdale ITV, 7pm After actionpacked scenes that revealed Meena’s murderous past, the villain hitched a ride with a guy driving a truck to Glasgow as the police barrelled in the other direction looking for her. Now there’s shock and horror in the village as everyone realises that Meena was responsible for killing Leanna and others too. Liam, above, in particular is tortured. He’s just lucky Meena didn’t whack him over the head with a boulder. Ashley Jensen plays Emma after life Netflix was a superpower. I was wrong. Caring about stuff, that’s what really matters. Kindness, making other people feel good.” We don’t see a huge amount of this caring and kindness as the series kicks off, mind you. Tony is still struggling immensely with his grief, keeping his relationship with Emma (Ashley Jensen) completely platonic and generally pushing everyone away. Of course he still watches the home videos of his late wife Lisa (Kerry Godliman), coronation street ITV, 7.30pm After a fruitless night searching for Joseph, Chesney’s at his wit’s end. Dev offers to set up a fundraising appeal so he can offer a reward for information. As Summer and Amy head out of the hospital after Summer’s diabetes appointment, Jacob, above, approaches with his arm in a sling and assures them that he no longer has anything to do with the drugs gang. Tim confides in Peter that he’s awaiting a triple bypass operation but can’t bring himself to tell Sally. spending most of his time alone with only his dog Brandy for company. A raft of eccentric characters allows for the much-needed comedy, including Joe Wilkinson as a postie with love-life troubles, Tom Basden as Tony’s boss and brother-in-law and Diane Morgan as his hilarious colleague. Then of course there’s Tony’s charming relationship with widow Anne (Penelope Wilton), who still talks to her late husband Stan, leading to a chat about the after life. Swinging from philosophical thought to farcical comedy in a heartbeat, this is really worth a watch. Ricky says: “This season is the best one yet and I promise the dog does not die.” eastenders BBC1, 8.30pm After the police burst in to handcuff Aaron, Harvey admitted that he called the police on his son, leaving Aaron completely horrified. A concerned Rainie, below, helps Mick to recover from his panic attack, opening up to him about her pain of losing Abi. Phil tells Isaac he wants nothing to do with him. Later, Ben arrives home to find that Kathy, Phil and Callum have staged an intervention. 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40 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live Puzzles & Stars Cryptic crossword 6 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 16 12 21 22 23 Stuck on today’s puzzle? Call 0905 789 4220 to hear individual clues or the full solution. Calls cost 80p per minute plus network extras. Service Provider: Spoke Ltd, helpline 0333 202 3390 YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS 14/01/2022 Across: 6 Godetia; 7 Organ; 9 Ado; 10 Cheap-jack; 12 Ship’s doctor; 15 Drawing-room; 17 Manifesto; 19 Vat; 21 Stock; 22 Derides. Down: 1 Roads; 2 Jet; 3 High; 4 Projector; 5 Halcyon; 8 Landor; 11 Showpiece; 13 Penned; 14 Breadth; 16 Razes; 18 Teem; 20 Bit. ACROSS 1. See 17 Across 7. What has been added in the next race (5) 8. See 17 Across 10. Possesses hose used by those who kneel (8) 11. It contributes to the heaviest enfilades (4) 13. Sees the spectacles (6) 15. See 23 Across 17, 8Ac & 1Ac. The easiest way for electricity to travel! (4,2,5,10) 18. A Romanic variety of food (8) 21. In this place there’s a sack for the green stuff (7) 22 & 3Dn. Where the criminal sat among the sweetscented flowers (2,3,6) 23 & 15Ac. Turf accountant? (5,2,3,6) DOWN 1. They sound like justifiable claims observed in church (5) 2. Harbours left surrounded by the waters (8) 3. See 22 Across 4. By the end of the holiday everybody makes a friend (4) 5. Company rates revised for inshore vessel (7) 6. One of great age – hale he must have been! (10) 9. This fruit isn’t a green variety (10) 12. An expert in all sorts of blooming things! (8) 14. Enlarge widespread change (7) 16. Belvedere to look over the branch office, initially (6) 19. Rearranged tour to the East beyond the pale (5) 20. Two and one in normal score (4) Codeword This puzzle has no clues. Instead, every number printed in the grid represents a letter, with the same number always representing the same letter. For example, if 8 turns out to be a V, you can write in V wherever a square contains 8. Using your knowledge of words, complete the puzzle. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 N I 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Quick crossword Gogen YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS Across: 3 Terse; 9 Icebox; 10 Unique; 11 Weird; 12 Evil; 15 Futile; 17 Receipt; 19 Per; 20 Towel; 22 Aspic; 24 Solid; 25 Nigel; 27 Bog; 29 Returns; 32 Unreal; 34 Sate; 35 Dares; 37 Sunset; 38 Rumour; 39 Lease. Insert letters to form the listed words, moving between adjacent cells horizontally, vertically or diagonally in any direction. Insert all the remaining letters of the alphabet (except Z) in the grid so all the listed words are spelt out in this way. 1 P F X E D V L C U H A Y Q K S J I N O B ACROSS 3. Sharpens (5) 8. Faithful (5) 10. Royal (5) 11. Acquire (3) 12. Arm joint (5) 13. Tuneful (7) 15. Unwelcome plants (5) 18. Domestic fuel (3) 19. Colour (6) 21. Causing distress or injury (7) 22. Fencing sword (4) 23. Dinner, for example (4) 24. Pig’s foot (7) 26. Primary source (6) 29. Help, assist (3) 31. Colliery worker (5) 32. Opposite of maximum (7) 34. Of a navy (5) 35. Policeman, slang (3) 36. Tattered fragment (5) 37. Thin candle (5) 38. Cut off (5) DOWN 1. Dishonest person (5) 2. Exhaustion (7) 4. Vestibule (4) 5. Hand tool (6) 6. Underground drain (5) 7. Touches down (5) 9. Affirmative (3) 12. Oriental (7) 14. Vehicle (3) 16. Sea duck (5) 17. Vends (5) 19. Cut short (7) 20. Snake poison (5) 21. Enclose, confine (3,2) 23. Health-check (7) 24. Declamation (6) 25. Metallic element (3) 27. Correct (5) 28. Hereditary units (5) 30. Indian monetary unit (5) 32. Masculine (4) 33. Floor cleaner (3) Down: 1 Tiger; 2 Relic; 3 Tow; 4 Exempt; 5 Surf; 6 Endures; 7 Equip; 8 Leper; 13 Version; 14 Let in; 16 Lenient; 18 Tower; 21 Lotus; 23 Citadel; 26 Levers; 27 Burst; 28 Grunt; 30 Rayon; 31 Sears; 33 Late; 36 Sue. W R M G T CUED EXCLAIM FLAIR JAY JINK MOBS PLYING SHED SUCK TOQUE VAIN WINKS A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y 2 Q L H V D U G F T E X I N C K Need a little help getting started? Then call 0901 293 6261 to hear four random extra letter clues. Or text CODE and send to 64343 to receive 4 clues. Calls and texts cost £1 plus any network extras. Service Provider: Spoke Ltd, helpline 0333 202 3390 YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 W X B S I C Z V E O A U K 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 D M H R Y N T L Q F J P G Split Decision Cross out one of the two letters in each divided square to reveal a completed crossword grid. C L D E S A R G S N M R O A S A N E I L A Y P B V R E A G I G U N E A P I E D R D T E F S L A W S Y BAKED BASKET COPYRIGHT FIRM FLUX GIFT JAWS MINT QUINCE ROCK SANG VET A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y J W YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS H O T E L Y R A E Q U I P N N S A N K L E YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS S P J B L X W A U H E V N C Q F R D T K G O M I Y Q P D G H W U E S C F R V T M K N O I J A B L Y X

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42 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbytelegraph funeral-notices.co.uk Announce, share and remember forever Find a local Funeral Director in our online directory We have over 2,500 Funeral directory listings nationwide Create a notice from just £36 Visit: funeral-notices.co.uk To place your funeral notice over the phone call: 01482 908084 Create a beautiful notice with our flexible style funeral notice HAYES Jack Peacefully passed away at home on the 9th June 2021. Jack had a wonderful and full life, and will now be laid to rest alongside his daughter Janette. He leaves behind his loving wife Marjorie. He was a proud grandad of Richard, Neil, Michael, Anneka and an even prouder great-grandad of Charley, Lewis, Olivia, Max, James, Toby, Amelia, Oscar and Leo. We will always remember the loving memories he has left us with. Jack will be deeply missed by his family and friends. Due to current restrictions the funeral will be invitation only. Funeral to be held at Chanterlands Crematorium on the 7th July. Any charitable donations will be welcome for Macmillan Cancer Support. Further enquiries to A Shepherd & Son, 48 Beverley Road, Hull East Yorkshire HU3 1YE Tel: 01482 323510 With over 180 new symbols and themes to choose from ABRAHART Janet Quietly passed away on 6th January 2022 aged 82 years at the Florence Nightingale Community Hospital, Derby after a brave battle with ill health. Beloved wife of the late Keith Abrahart and much loved aunt, great aunt and great, great aunt. Auntie Janet will be greatly missed by all of her family and friends. The Funeral service will be held at Markeaton Crematorium, Derby on Tuesday 1st February at 1.30pm No flowers please at Janet's request, black need not be worn. Donations are invited to RNLI Poole, Dorset in her memory and may be made online or at the service. All enquiries to Co-operative Funeral Care Sinfin, Derby on 01332 271088 BAILEY Margaret (Shrigley) Peacefully passed away on Sunday 2nd January 2022 aged 77 years. Beloved Mother of Wendy and Karen, Mother-inlaw to Ian and Richard, and much loved Grandma to Ryan, Emma, Oliver and Ellie. We would like to thank all the staff at Foyle Bank Care Home for caring for Mum for the last 2 years. Funeral service will be held at Markeaton Crematorium (Round Chapel) on Tuesday 25th January at 11.30am. Family flowers only please, however donations in memory of Margaret to benefit Alzheimer's Society may be made online by visiting funeral-notices.co.uk or placed in the donation box provided at the service. All enquiries tel: 01332 281442 BOWLES Derek Passed away suddenly at home in Willington on 6th January 2022 aged 77 years. Beloved husband of Joyce. Brother to the late Alan and father to Martin and Steve, Father in law to Julie and Marie and Grandad to Jasmine, Jade, Sam and Luke. Service and Cremation at Markeaton Crematorium (Main Chapel) on Friday 21st January at 11.00 am. Family flowers only please but donations to Cancer Research may be made in Derek's memory. All enquiries to H Lee and Son Ashbourne (01335) 342530. BROWN Mavis Passed away peacefully at Westside Nursing Home on 9th January 2022, aged 92 years. Loving wife of Stan and devoted mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her. A private funeral service will be held for immediate family only. Donations in lieu of flowers are welcome to the Donkey Sanctuary (www.donkeysanctuary.org.uk) or the Macmillan Continuing Care Unit (www.macmillan.org.uk). GILES Jacqueline Phyllis (Harvey) (Jacqui) Much Loved Mother to Wendy, Gary, Simon & Linda. Ducky Gran to Chloe, Olivia & Jazmine. Jacqui will be sadly missed by all. Service on Thursday 27th January at 2.30pm at Trent Valley Crematorium, Aston on Trent. Family Flowers only. Donations may be given to The Woodland Trust or Support Dogs. Enquiries to Marc Stephens Funeral Services 01332 986412. GLOVER Frederick William Passed away at the Royal Derby Hospital on January 2nd 2022 aged 92 years. Much loved husband of Theodora, father of Michael and Andrew, father in law to Jan and Shirley, brother to Beryl, Janet, Jean and Sandra, Grandfather to Lara, and Abby. A service will be held in the Main Chapel at the Markeaton Crematorium, Markeaton Lane, Derby, DE22 4NH, on Tuesday 18th January at 3.30pm. All donations please to the Royal British Legion-Mickleover Branch, may be left at the service. All enquiries to Wathall's. Tel 01332 345268 HALFORD Margaret It is with great sadness to announce the passing of Margaret, who died peacefully on Tuesday 28th December 2021, aged 89 years. Beloved wife of the late Colin, much loved mother to Kevin, Keith, Ann, Kim and Karl. Cherished mother-in-law, aunty, nan and great-nan. A funeral service will be held at Trent Valley Crematorium, Aston-on-Trent on Wednesday 19th January 2022 at 11:30am. Flowers welcome or donations in lieu will support Cancer Research UK and may be made at the service or via her tribute page at www.wathalls.co.uk All enquiries to Wathall's Tel. 01332 752377. HELLIWELL Christine Gillian (Osmond) (Chris) Announcing the sad but peaceful passing of Christine (Chris) on 26th December 2021. Christine was a much loved mother and grandmother, and was a prominent member of the community from her work at local schools, on the PTA, local foundations and her own craft group. Funeral service to be held at Markeaton Crematorium (Round Chapel) 25th January 2022 at 1.00pm. All enquiries to Wathalls Funeral Directors, 01283 205133. Family flowers only please. Donations, if desired, can be made to Dementia UK: https://www. wathalls.co.uk/obituary-donations/ HILL Dorothy Alice Dorothy passed away peacefully on 16th December 2021 aged 98 years. Wife of the late Maurice Hill, Mother of Stuart, Nana of Abigail and Robert, Great Grandmother of William and Oliver. Dorothy's funeral service will be held at Markeaton Crematorium (Main Chapel) on Monday 24th January at 12.30pm. All friends welcome. No flowers by request however donations to the National Autistic Society and Great Ormond Street Hospital may be given at the service. All enquiries to Cooperative Funeralcare, Allestree Tel: 01332 550033. JAMES Peter Dennis (Pete) 10.10.38 - 29.12.21 In loving memory of Peter Dennis James who sadly passed away on Wednesday 29th December 2021, aged 83 years. Beloved husband to Rita, father to Jeff, Gary, Linda and Kenneth, loving father in law, grandfather and great grandad and a much loved brother to Kathleen and the late Edna. Sleep tight sweetheart, your Angel. Funeral service to be held at Trent Valley Crematorium, Aston on Trent on Monday 17th January 2022 at 11.30am. Family flowers only please. Donations if desired are invited for Treetops Hospice Care and Macmillan Cancer Support. These can be made online at www.georgesimnett.co.uk or given at the service. All enquiries to George Simnett Family Funeral Directors Walker House, 65 High Street, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 6TB Tel: 01332 690211 MARTIN Hilda Catherine Passed away peacefully with family by her side on Monday 20th December 2021, aged 101 years. Much loved wife of the late Bill, loving mum of David & Janice, loved grandma of Christopher & wife Sarah and G Nana to Oliver & Madelaine. Funeral service to be held at Trent Valley Crematorium, Aston on Trent on Monday 17th January 2022 at 2.30pm. Family flowers only. All enquiries to George Simnett Family Funeral Directors Walker House, 65 High Street, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 6TB Tel: 01332 690211. Create a notice from just £36 Visit: funeral-notices.co.uk To place your funeral notice over the phone, call: 01482 908084

facebook.com/derbytelegraph FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 43 PALMER James Kenneth (Ken) Passed away peacefully at Elvaston Lodge Care Home on Sunday 9th January 2022, aged 89 years. Beloved husband of the late Doreen, much loved dad of Wayne, also a dear grandad. Ken will be dearly missed by all who knew him. A service for Ken will be held at St Albans Roman Catholic Church, Chaddesden on Wednesday 2nd February at 9:30am. This will be followed by a burial at Nottingham Road Cemetery. Family flowers only please, donations in lieu may be given at the service for Dementia UK. All enquiries to Co-operative Funeralcare, Allestree. 01332 550033 RADFORD Michael Graham Sadly passed away at Queensferry Court Nursing Home on 23rd December 2021. Former proprietor of Michael Radford Upholstery. Adored husband of Sue, beloved brother of Lionel and Pat. A treasured uncle and great uncle and a friend to many. Michael was a true gentleman, a colourful larger than life character. Always immaculate, kind, generous, with a wonderful sense of humour. He was greatly loved and will be sadly missed by everyone fortunate enough to have known him, including his two little dogs Bonnie and Rusty. Special thanks to all at Queensferry Court for their wonderful care and attention. Funeral service to be held at St. Peter's Church, Chellaston on Friday 28th January 2022 at 11.00am, followed by a private family committal at Trent Valley Crematorium. Due to Covid-19, a celebration of Michael's life will be held at a later date. Family flowers only please (no lilies). Donations if desired are invited for Dementia UK and the RSPB. These can be made online at www.georgesimnett.co.uk or given at the service. All enquiries to George Simnett Family Funeral Directors Walker House, 65 High Street, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 6TB Tel: 01332 690211. THEXTON Pamela Dorothy (Pipes) (Pam) Died unexpectedly at home on Wednesday 22nd December 2021, aged 80. Dearly loved Mum of Yvonne and Andrea, Mamma of Cara and Mother in law of Stephen and Steve, much loved Sister of Chris, Sister in law of Dennis and Aunty. Funeral service to be held on Friday 21st January 2021 at 12.30 pm at Trent Valley Crematorium, Aston on Trent. Family flowers only but donations are invited for the RSPCA. All enquiries to Thomas Ryde & Son funeral directors, 01773 822059 admin@ rydefunerals.co.uk WALKER Maurice Edward Passed away peacefully on the 5th January 2022 at the Royal Derby Hospital after a short illness, aged 93 years. Beloved husband of Lilly, brother of Christine and the late Ken & June, dear step-father to Derek, Lorraine & Julia, dear father-in-law to Tony & Steve and a dear grandfather, great grandfather, uncle & great uncle. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Funeral service will be held on Monday 17th January at Markeaton Crematorium in the Round Chapel at 2.00pm. 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Copies of this information and the environmental statement (and also the application with plans, and other documents submitted) may be inspected by members of the public at all reasonable hours until 13 February 2022 at Derbyshire County Council, County Hall, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3AG, or at South Derbyshire District Council, Civic Offices, Civic Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0AH. Copies of this information may be obtained from Hanson UK, Ashby Road East, Shepshed, Loughborough, LE12 9BJ, so long as stocks last, at a cost of £50 for a printed copy or £10 for a CD. As a result of the Coronavirus outbreak, it may not possible to inspect planning documents in person at this time. Documents are available online at the above address, however should you experience any difficulty in viewing documents please contact Planning Services on 01629 539800 for further assistance. Anyone who wishes to make representations to the County Council about this application should do so by 13 February 2022, - by writing to the Executive Director of Place, at the County Council postal address given above, - by email to: planningrepresentations@derbyshire.gov.uk, or - by using the facility for representations about current planning applications available on the Council's website www.derbyshire.gov. uk If you wish to comment on an application, please be aware that your comments can only be registered if accompanied by your name and full postal address. While your comments may be made publicly available, personal details will be redacted from any published information. To enable us to protect your right to be involved in the planning process, your details and comments will be retained according to our statutory obligations. Your details will only be used as necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest and not for any other purpose. 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facebook.com/derbytelegraph FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 47 SOUTH DERBYSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL The Council has under consideration the following application(s): NOTICE OF RAIL CROSSING DIVERSION ORDER HIGHWAYS ACT 1980, SECTION 119A THE DERBY CITY COUNCIL MEGALOUGHTON LANE RAIL CROSSING DIVERSION ORDER 2021 The above Order was made on 25th November 2021, under section 119A of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended by the Transport and Works Act 1992). The order will divert that part of Megaloughton Lane commencing from Point A (grid reference 439152 335296), south of the railway line, and running for a distance of 24 metres in a north easterly direction across the railway line to Point D (grid reference 439168 335313) adjacent Albert Looms Ltd as shown on the Order plan, to a new line running from: Point A (grid reference 439152 335296) and then running in a north westerly direction, alongside the railway line, for a distance of 20 metres with a width of 1.7 metres to Point B (grid reference 439133 334302). And then running from Point B in a north easterly direction, across the railway line, for a distance of 24 metres with a width of 4.0 metres through two steel gates with a width of 1.6 metres at Point E (grid reference 439138 335308) and Point F (grid reference 439146 335319) respectively, to Point C (grid reference 439148 335320). And then running from Point C in a south easterly direction, alongside the railway line, for a distance of 20 metres with a width of 1.7 metres through a 1.15 metre gate at Point G (grid reference 439166 335314) to Point D (grid reference 439168 335313), all as shown on the Order plan. There shall also be a set of Miniature Stop Lights, adjacent to the section of footpath between Points B and C, at Point H (grid reference 439142 335307) and another set adjacent to the footpath at Point I (grid reference 439146 335317). A copy of the Order and the Order map may be seen free of charge by first contacting rightsofway@derby.gov.uk and then visiting the Council House, Corporation Street, Derby, DE1 2FS, between the hours of 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, subject to Covid-19 guidance. Copies of the Order and map may be bought there at the price of £1.00. Any representations about or objections to the Order may be sent in writing to the Rights of Way Officer, Planning Division, Council House, Corporation Street, Derby, DE1 2FS not later than Friday 11th February 2022. Please state the grounds on which they are made. If no such representations or objections are duly made, or if any so made are withdrawn, the Derby City Council may confirm the Order as an unopposed Order. If the Order is sent to the Secretary of State for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs for confirmation, any representations or objections which have not been withdrawn will be sent with the Order. Dated 14th January 2022 Verna Bayliss Director of Planning, Transport and Engineering, Council House, Corporation Street, Derby DE1 2FS DERBY CITY COUNCIL TEMPORARY ONE WAY ROAD CLOSURE ORDER ON OREGON WAY DERBY WHEN: 16 January 2022 WHERE: Oregon Way, at its exit onto Derby Road only REASON: Telecom works TYPE OF ORDER: Temporary Traffic Regulation Order ALTERNATIVE Oregon Way – Lewiston Road – Lexington ROUTE: Road – Lime Grove – Derby Road DERBY CITY COUNCIL TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE ORDER ON FIELD LANE DERBY WHEN: 25 January 2022 to 04 February 2022 WHERE: Phase 1: Field Lane, from its junction with Holbrook Road to its junction with Wilmington Avenue Phase 2: Field Lane, at its junction with Crayford Road REASON: Carriageway resurfacing TYPE OF ORDER: Temporary Traffic Regulation Order ALTERNATIVE Phase 1: Holbrook Road – Crayford ROUTE: Road – Field Lane and the same in the opposite direction Phase 2 (From Field Lane): Field Lane – Wilmington Avenue – Field Lane and the same in the opposite direction Phase 2 (From Crayford Road): Crayford Road – Farm Drive – Field Lane And Crayford Road – Farm Drive – Field Lane – Wilmington Avenue – Field Lane Derby City Council apologises for any inconvenience caused while work takes place. Anyone needing further information should ring Brendan Horgan on (01332) 641824 or email traffic.management@derby.gov.uk Derby City Council intends to make Orders under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) to prohibit use of the roads by traffic. To view Derby City Council Privacy Notices please visit: https://www.derby.gov.uk/privacy-notice/ Emily Feenan, Director of Legal and Democratic Services, Derby City Council, The Council House, Corporation Street, Derby DE1 2FS DERBY CITY COUNCIL TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE ORDER ON GRAMPIAN WAY DERBY WHEN: 23 January 2022 WHERE: Grampian Way, from its junction with Cairngorm Drive to its junction with Glencroft Drive REASON: Drainage works TYPE OF ORDER: Temporary Traffic Regulation Order ALTERNATIVE Grampian Way – Stenson Road – Wragley ROUTE: Way – Arleston Lane – Grampian Way and the same in the opposite direction DERBY CITY COUNCIL TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE ORDER ON PARK FARM DRIVE DERBY WHEN: 24 January 2022 to 31 January 2022 (Daily: Until 15.30 only) WHERE: Phase 1 : Park Farm Drive, from its junction with Carsington Crescent to Park Farm Shopping Centre carpark exit Phase 2: Park Farm Drive, from its junction with Birchover Way to Park Farm Shopping Centre car park exit REASON: Carriageway Resurfacing TYPE OF ORDER: Temporary Traffic Regulation Order ALTERNATIVE Phase 1 : Park Farm Drive - Birchover ROUTE: Way – Carsington Crescent and the same in the opposite direction Phase 2 : Park Farm Drive – Carsington Crescent – Birchover Way and the same in the opposite direction Derby City Council apologises for any inconvenience caused while work takes place. Anyone needing further information should ring Brendan Horgan on (01332) 641824 or email traffic.management@derby.gov.uk Derby City Council has made Orders under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) to prohibit use of the roads by traffic. To view Derby City Council Privacy Notices please visit: https://www.derby.gov.uk/privacy-notice/ Emily Feenan, Director of Legal and Democratic Services, Derby City Council, The Council House, Corporation Street, Derby DE1 2FS Ref: DMPA/2021/1854 (affects a listed building) Listed Building Consent for the installation of replacement sliding sashes in 12 windows on the south elevation of the house with an improved specification providing greater thermal efficiency at Lowes House, Lowes Lane, Swarkestone Applications may be viewed at planning.southderbyshire.gov.uk or during working hours at the Civic Offices, Civic Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0AH. Any comments must be made in writing, quoting the application reference number, within 21 days of the date of the publication of this notice (not including public holidays). This notice is given in accordance with provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and/or associated subordinate legislation. Under the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, all representations received become documents, which the public has a right to read and copy. We collect information from you when you contact us about a planning or associated application, enforcement complaint, planning enquiry, or local planning policy consultation. This includes contact by email, letter or telephone. When commenting on planning or associated applications, we do need your postal address to enable fair consideration of your comments. We will use your information to allow us to fully consider the relevant application, enforcement complaint or planning enquiry. Comments and objections on applications and enforcement matters do not form part of the statutory register, and as such we will only retain these for up to two years following a decision being made unless an appeal is lodged. You can find more information about how we handle your personal information by visiting www. southderbyshire.gov.uk/privacy. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A NEW PREMISES LICENCE Notice is hereby given that JJ Hampers Derbyshire Ltd has applied for a Premises Licence in respect of premises known as 17 Watchorn Lawns, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7TL. It is proposed as follows: Sale by retail of alcohol for consumption off the premises only - 00:01-00:00 Monday- Sunday for internet sales only - no customer access to site at any time. A copy of the Application can be inspected at the offices of Amber Valley Borough Council, Town Hall, Ripley, Derbyshire DE5 3XE between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday or online at www.ambervalley.gov.uk/ licensing This application was lodged with Amber Valley Borough Council Licensing Authority on 06/01/2022 and any representations must be made in writing to Amber Valley Borough Council at the above address or via licensing@ambervalley.gov.uk no later than 03/02/2022 being 28 days from the date of application. It is an offence under Section 158 of the Licensing Act 2003 to make a false statement in or in connection with this application. Those who make a false statement may be liable on summary conviction to a fine of any amount. Dated: 06/01/2022 DERBY CITY COUNCIL TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE ORDER ON SMALLEY DRIVE DERBY WHEN: 10 February 2022 (8am-5pm) WHERE: Smalley Drive, from outside number 82 to outside number 86 REASON: Drainage Works TYPE OF ORDER: Temporary Traffic Regulation Order ALTERNATIVE Smalley Drive - Springwood Drive – ROUTE: Saundersfoot Way and the same in the opposite direction Derby City Council apologises for any inconvenience caused while work takes place. Anyone needing further information should ring Brendan Horgan on (01332) 641824 or email traffic.management@derby.gov.uk Derby City Council intends to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) to prohibit use of the roads by traffic. To view Derby City Council Privacy Notices please visit: https://www.derby.gov.uk/privacy-notice/ Emily Feenan, Director of Legal and Democratic Services, Derby City Council, The Council House, Corporation Street, Derby DE1 2FS Derby City Council (Sinfin Lane) (Prohibition and Restriction of Waiting) (Amendment to Map Based Schedule) (No.104) Order 2020 Derby City Council made this Traffic Regulation Order on 13th January 2022, which comes into effect on 17th January 2022, under Sections 1, 2, 4, 9, 32, 35, 45, 46, 47, 49, 53 and part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and under the Traffic Management Act 2004 and all other enabling powers in that behalf: The Order brings into effect: No Waiting (At Any Time) • Sinfin Lane roundabout with Grampian Way from 3 Grampian Way to the side of 12 Tiree Close on Sinfin Lane • Sinfin Lane roundabout with Lynwood Road to a point opposite 12 Tiree Close on Sinfin Lane. • Sinfin Lane junction with Stroma Close Copies of the Order and a copy of the Authority’s Statement of Reasons for making the Order, may be inspected on Derby City Councils website at the following link: https://www.derby.gov.uk/tro. Anyone wishing to question the validity of the Order on the grounds that it is outside the powers of the Acts or because it does not comply with any requirement or regulations made under it, may, within six weeks of the date of the Order, apply to the High Court for this purpose. Verna Bayliss Director of Planning, Transport and Engineering DATED this 14th day of January 2022. Planning and Associated Applications The developments listed below are the subject of applications submitted to Derby City Council, the details of which can be viewed at www.derby.gov.uk/eplanning Free internet access is available at our libraries (Tel: 641701). You may also submit your comments through this website, or by writing to Development Control, Derby City Council, Corporation Street, Derby DE1 2FS, by 07/02/2022 Please note that any comments received will be made available for public inspection and that for householder or minor commercial applications, that in the event of an appeal, any representations made about this application will be sent to the Secretary of State, and there will be no further opportunity to comment at appeal stage 22/00027/FUL - 86 Otter Street, Derby, DE1 3FB - Installation of replacement windows to the front elevation Discharge of condition applications for works affecting a listed building 22/00026/DISCLB - 36 and 37 Friar Gate, Derby, DE1 1DA - Alterations to include removal of doors and installation of replacement fire doors, new bathroom and kitchen units, roof repairs, sub-division works, removal of partition and enlargement of partition, re-location of radiators and boarding out of boiler and water pipes - Discharge of conditions 3 and 4 of Listed Building Consent application 20/00448/LBA Publication Date: 14/01/2022 Paul Clarke Authorised officer of the Council VICKY’S Independent Lady 10 Mins From City Centre In / Out Calls 11AM Till Late Monday to Sunday 07849 718077 01332 605530

48 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live Sport Kane is looking to future at Rovers KANE Hemmings’ expected departure from Burton Albion was confirmed yesterday – but he has moved to Tranmere Rovers, not Salford City, as had been widely thought. The 29-year-old striker had reached the last six months of a two-year contract and, clearly, the Brewers thought it was a good time to accept a fee for him while they still could. A club statement said: “Burton Albion have accepted an undisclosed fee for the Burton-born striker after receiving several offers from other clubs – with the striker opting to join the Merseyside club.” Hemmings was left out of the Brewers squad for last Saturday’s game away to Cheltenham Town and manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink confirmed afterwards that the club had accepted a bid for him. Whether, at the time, that was Tranmere we do not know, but it seems likely they came late to the party once knowledge of Hemmings’ availability became clear. Rovers are pushing for promotion from League Two, sitting second, although nine points behind leaders Forest Green Rovers. Firepower is an issue for them. They have the best defence in the division, with 15 goals conceded from 24 games, but have scored only 25 goals, comfortably the lowest total in the top half. Hasselbaink hinted on Saturday that Hemmings was likely to say yes to the chance to move. “We have had an offer the club couldn’t refuse for Kane and we have accepted it,” said Hasselbaink. “It is business the club should do. He’s 29, he has six months left, he’s been in and out of the team but he’s a very important character in the squad. “Do I want to lose him? No, but he wants to secure his future.” With the announcement of the departure, Hasselbaink added: “We want to thank him for his efforts during his time with us. “He’s done very well for us and we wish him well for the future.” Ahadme takes the shirt as he moves to Albion By Colston Crawford colston.crawford@reachplc.com WITHIN hours of Kane Hemmings’ departure, the Burton Albion number nine shirt is in the hands of a new player, Gassan Ahadme, from Norwich City. As with the signing of William Kokolo earlier in the week, the Brewers have declined to state the length of the deal which brings the tall Spanish/Moroccan striker in on a permanent deal. It would seem likely to be two years beyond the end of this season in both cases. It also seems likely that a fee is not involved, since there is no mention of “an undisclosed fee” in the club’s press release. With summer signing Louis Moult now returned to fitness after missing the first half of the season and, hopefully, due the good fortune of staying fit for the rest of the campaign, Ahadme should not be seen as a direct replacement for the experienced Hemmings. At 21, his experience in this country, after joining Norwich in 2019, is limited to 10 appearances on loan with Portsmouth in the first half of the season. He is another young player that manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink backs himself and his coaches to develop. “He fits the profile of what we’re looking for in a forward – he’s mobile and has potential,” said Hasselbaink. “We think we can develop him and make him a better player – we have high hopes for him. “We like that he plays with energy and can get around the pitch for a big forward. “I was impressed when we first saw him when he played against us in pre-season. We are happy that he’s now one of our players.” Ahadme admitted that he has been frustrated with how things had been going with Portsmouth, for whom he scored one goal in competitive matches, in the Papa John’s Trophy against Crystal Palace Under-21s. “I’ve had a tough time lately and I really see this as a great opportunity for me to show what I’m capable of and I’m really looking forward to it,” he said in an interview for Burton’s website. “The manager told me it is a good platform for me to show what I can do and, obviously, to work for him is really exciting as well. “For a tall striker, I believe in my footwork. I also like to link up play and combine with other team-mates so, hopefully, I can get off to a great start and feel ready to go.” Born and raised in Vic, just outside Barcelona, Ahadme also has Moroccan citizenship. He joined Norwich from Spanish club Gimnastic de Manresa, where he was top scorer in the Spanish youth division. The Canaries reportedly saw off competition from a host of other European clubs for his services. He featured regularly for the Canaries’ Under-23 side and had a loan spell in Spain with Real Oviedo. During a trial spell with Portsmouth last summer, he raised eyebrows by scoring eight goals in four appearances – they included a double against the Brewers in a behindclosed-doors game at St George’s Park and a hat-trick against Havant & Waterlooville. It was the game against Burton in which Ryan Leak was also on trial for Pompey, the Burton-born centrehalf then being snapped up by Hasselbaink when Portsmouth did not follow up their interest in him. Phillips sits it out Managerless Gillingham will be without midfielder Dan Phillips for tomorrow’s League One clash with Burton Albion. Phillips is suspended following his red card in last weekend’s 4-0 home defeat by Ipswich Town, having picked up two yellow cards inside four second-half minutes. Skipper Kyle Dempsey, who has not played since November because of a knee injury, will be assessed after having to withdraw from the match-day squad for the Ipswich game with a tight hamstring following the warm-up. Norwich City loanee Tom Dickson-Peters made his debut as a half-time substitute last Saturday and is pushing for a first start as the Gills, under caretaker boss Steve Lovell following the departure of Steve Evans, look for a first win in 14 attempts in all competitions. Lovell will be assisted by former Brewers winger Alex MacDonald, who has made a big impression on the Gills caretaker manager. They met for the first time at

facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 49 Sport RUGBY UNION Fast start crucial as Derby aim to keep high tempo for Gills after red training on Monday and hit it off. “I didn’t know him but he’s a great lad. He’s brilliant and he’s been great for me,” said Lovell. “He’s helped me with the knowledge of the players, he’s known them for a couple of years now since he’s been there and he’s given me a lot of information. “Obviously, I could see on the training ground what’s going on and how people play in the games I’ve watched. But it’s great to have a pair of eyes that understand the background of these players and Norwich City striker Gassan Ahadme in action while on loan with Portsmouth this season. Above: The forward holds a Burton Albion shirt after joining yesterday. what they’ve done and what they can achieve. That is the main thing, what they can achieve, because they haven’t achieved it yet. “There’s a lot more to come out of all of them. “They’re a good bunch of players, it’s a good squad, it’s just the way you use them and utilise them and play them in systems or in positions where you’re going to get the best out of them. “That’s something for me and Alex to work out and our staff to work on, so we’re all in it together.” HEAD coach Mark Bradley wants Derby to come out firing from the first whistle against Belgrave in Midlands One East tomorrow (2.15pm). A poor first-half performance led to Derby’s first away defeat of the campaign last weekend when they were beaten by leaders Bedford Athletic, but a try bonus point kept them in the mix near the top. Tomorrow’s visitors Belgrave are fifth from bottom and back on the road again after a 30-7 defeat at West Bridgford last Saturday. They will be aiming to recover against Derby and it was a bruising encounter in the reverse fixture in September, Bradley’s men coming out on top 26-12. “They are a very strong scrummaging team, a very abrasive side,” said Bradley. “I don’t think they will have changed much since we last played them. “It’s a very narrow pitch at their place, which suits them, while we have the artificial surface and will be looking to maintain a high tempo throughout. “We want the game to flow fast so we can move them around the field and work that to our advantage. “West Bridgford put 30 points up against them and there’s no reason why we can’t do the same. “They are where they are in the table but it’s not going to be an easy game. “We have got to work hard and make sure we don’t repeat the same mistakes we made last Saturday, when we didn’t turn up for the first 40 minutes. Do that again and we will be in for a hard day. “Belgrave will want to play a slow game so we will have to be at it right from the beginning and make sure we play to our tempo.” Derby’s pack will be boosted by the return of Sam Tebbs and Callum Jones tomorrow. But it looks like the season is over for winger Harry Bigland after he dislocated his shoulder last weekend, so Judah Simpson starts. It will be Derby’s first home game of 2022 tomorrow and they will be aiming for more consistency at Haslams Lane in the remainder of the campaign. They lost their first three home games this season and were also beaten in their final fixture at Sam Tebbs returns for Derby tomorrow in the home game against Belgrave, while Judah Simpson (below right) starts on the wing. FIXTURES MIDLANDS PREMIER Burton v Bridgnorth MIDLANDS ONE EAST Derby v Belgrave MIDLANDS TWO EAST (NORTH) Ashbourne v Coalville Matlock v Long Eaton Melbourne v Lincoln Newark v Ilkeston MIDLANDS THREE EAST (NORTH) Ashfield v Belper Haslams in 2021, going down 25-12 against Peterborough last month. “Our home form hasn’t been the best at times and we have to work on that,” Bradley added. “This is the first one at our place in the second half of the season and we want to start building some momentum there.” OFFICIALHORSERACING COMMENTARY AND RESULTS Cal09016094248 Calscost65pperminplusyourtelephonecompany’snetworkaccesscharge.18+only. SP:Spoke.Helpline:03332023390

50 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 facebook.com/derbyshirelive @derbyshire_live Sport opinion FAN Derby County fans have been reacting to the news that striker Sam Baldock will leave the Rams next week. Baldock arrived at Pride Park in August as a free agent, penning a short-term contract until January 17. In recent weeks, there had been uncertainty whether he would remain at Rams manager Wayne Rooney’s disposal or move on after his 14 appearances in all competitions this campaign. And yesterday, Rooney confirmed Baldock will leave. Here is what Rams fans said on our Facebook and Twitter pages, with some calling for a move for veteran striker Jermain Defoe after he left Rangers. ■Eamonn ■ Brown: “Best wishes to him (Baldock). Probably not had much around him to play to his best, but thank you for the service.” ■Mark ■ Lee: “Might have been good for us in League One next season.” ■Kash ■ Wolfe: “Never worked out for us, or him, sadly, good luck to him.” ■Roy ■ Oldershaw: “Good luck to him but not a massive loss...” ■SpeakyBlinder: ■ “I know that £4,500 per week is a good wage by most people’s standards but any player who comes in to DCFC in these circumstances and gives 100% deserves the gratitude of the fans. Thanks Sam.” ■Ryan: ■ “ Disagree. Yes he scored at Hull City to win the game, that is his job. Joined us because nobody else wanted him, it was 4.5k at Derby or 0. Looked lost most weeks and had very little ability in front of goal. All the best but glad he’s gone.” ■JimBoy: ■ “I think that’s a good decision. Baldock proved to be very disappointing when he did play.” zone Email: opinion@derbytelegraph.co.uk Post: Derby Telegraph, 2 Siddals Road, Derby DE1 2PB Sam Baldock celebrates scoring for Derby County against Barnsley. Below: Striker Jermain Defoe has left Rangers. ■Tim ■ Bates: “Get Defoe in for a classic ‘big man, small man upfront combo’, the big man being CKR.” ■Sp ■ Castle: “Never got going at the club for various reasons and the emergence of Luke Plange has strengthened the attacking options. Hopefully, we can use the release to bring in someone else.” FOOTBALL FORUM ■Neil ■ Hallam: “I support this, assuming there’s someone to take his place. Just didn’t seem to have the right kind of spirit the squad needs at the moment. Wish him well.” ■Dave: ■ “Wish him well, did his best for us. That’s all we could ask, full respect to him.” ■Tom ■ Morris: “Always put a shift in but Plange is better, and fitter. David Marshall and Baldock leaving surely opens the door now though.” ■Dcfc53: ■ “Rooney continues to make the right calls. Could have easily have tried to keeep him on board during desperate times but he is simply not good enough.” ■MarktheRam: ■ “He put a shift in when asked but not what we need now Plange has stepped up. Good luck to him.” ■Twedds: ■ “Always put a shift, which is what we needed short term. Wish him well, hope he can avoid injury and get a run of games somewhere.” ■Stephen: ■ “Came in to do a job and he did it. Fair play to him. Correct call by Rooney though, especially if we have players waiting to come in.” ■Adam ■ Boddington: “Get Defoe signed up!” ■Jamie ■ Sketchley: “Sensible. Did score a very important goal against Hull which could prove to be an important three points.” ■Chris ■ Barnaby: “Didn’t offer enough unfortunately but wasn’t the worst. Hopefully, get a replacement in soon.” ■ToneBlues: ■ “Defoe please.” Visit DerbyTelegraph.co.uk for all the latest Rams news and views

facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 51 GARY EVERY FRIDAY... NEWBON MIDLAND TV LEGEND LIFTS THE LID ON 6 DECADES OF SPORTING ENCOUNTERS A RECENT encounter with former Olympic athlete David Bedford set me thinking about some of the more bizarre moments of my career. It was at the 1972 Munich Olympics that I attempted to collar the distance runner with the telltale flowing hair and handlebar moustache when he touched down in Germany. He’d arrived deliberately late to the Games for the 10,000 metres event, hoping no doubt to avoid the media spotlight. Tipped off to his imminent arrival, I managed to talk my way onto the airport bus with an ITN cameraman heading out on the Tarmac to ferry the disembarking passengers. Bedford agreed to sit down with me and I went in with my carefullyprepared questions – 34 of them in all – to which he responded by refusing to speak a word! He was hot news at the time so ITV ran the whole interview for its effect! Having had a rather more positive encounter with Bedford, now 71, recently, I got to thinking of some of the other bizarre moments in my long career. Here are just a few examples of the interviews that didn’t go alright on the night... ITV always wanted to get in and out of live football matches as soon as possible during their Sunday afternoon coverage in the old First Division days, which meant I found myself too late speaking to managers or players when they emerged from the dressing rooms. Therefore I decided to initiate the instant interview before they could disappear. It began badly... First of all, the Chelsea manager Bobby Campbell clearly did not want to stop at Old Trafford after beating Manchester United. In fact, he was so keen to get away that I ended up manhandling him in a desperate bid to grab a few words. It did not look good on screen! At the next match at Leeds, my attempt to collar Gordon Strachan as he came off the pitch ended in another dismal failure – as he just kept walking, saying nothing and ignoring me! Manchester United’s successful second leg in a League Cup semifinal brought a request from my producer to get into the United dressing room for a live chat. I was only just getting to know Alex Ferguson at the time and spent the commercial break pleading with him. At first he agreed, then he changed his mind. Eventually I was allowed in as ITV came back off the commercial break. After all the kerfuffle, I lost my concentration and began by getting the aggregate score wrong on my first question! “What match were you at?” yelled the United players and then the dressing room fruit came hurling at me – bananas and oranges! Not good, Newbon! Even more bizarre was my appearance in the Arsenal dressing room the night they won the Football League title under manager George Graham. I got on well with Graham and players like David Seaman and Ian Wright but I was still pleasantly surprised when they invited me in for a “live” interview. As I was asking the first question in my suit, tie and expensive coat, the players stood on boxes around me and poured champagne all over me. The cameras had a field day. Then there were the studio interviews. The late Kenny Carter was a good mate. He was captain of the England speedway team and on the eve of a big meeting in the Midlands, he joined me. At the end of our chat, I congratulated him on the birth of his new son. “We have named him after you,” he said. “What, Gary?” I enquired. Kenny’s response: “No, Wally!” The late Freddie Starr proved to be a nightmare when we got him on live Central News. If you recall, they had a moon-type symbol with several colours behind the newscasters. I lost Freddie just before the 6pm show started. It was a heavy newsday: murders, motorway deaths and strikes. Suddenly behind the newscasters Freddie appeared cleaning the “moon” with a handkerchief before being hauled off in shot by a floor manager! Starr was part of the sports section to talk about his 1994 Grand National winner Miinniehoma. At this point I thought it safer for my Gary Newbon is drenched with champagne in the Arsenal changing room after the Gunners won the League title under manager George Graham. Some interviews that didn’t go quite to plan fellow sports presenter Bob Hall to talk to him. We pointed out that Bob liked to be called Bob or Robert, not Bobby. Starr promptly called him Paul all the way through! Bob asked Starr about his sporting family connections. Then it went downhill. Starr said: “My uncle Fred was a boxer, but my uncle John was an alsatian!” Panic. Hall was instructed in his earpiece to go to football but while doing so Starr rammed his finger up Bob’s nostril, with the latter trying to pull it out! As soon as the show finished, I was ordered to the boss’s office and given a right telling-off.

52 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live Sport Waiting game for preferred bidder could be close to the finish... FOOTBALL FORUM STEVE NICHOLSON answers Derby County fans’ questions in our Q&A ■Q) ■ What is the latest on a preferred bidder for the club being named? Wayne Rooney said after the Coventry City game at the weekend he was hoping/expecting a preferred bidder to be in place the next time we spoke to him. Rooney said at yesterday’s prematch press conference we should all know who that preferred bidder is by Friday. We will wait and see. It has been a waiting game and has been for some time now. The club has been in administration since the middle of September. These things are never quick, never easy, they can be very complex. So we have had to be patient. The fans have been remarkably patient all things considered. I know there has been a craving to know who the preferred bidder will be and when the takeover will be completed but the fans have been patient in the main. I think the football on the pitch has helped that. I think Wayne Rooney and the players have done an absolutely unbelievable job in very, very difficult circumstances and the fans have played their part in that. but still a long journey ahead for the Rams I have often said the combination of team and fans can be quite a force, and I think that is what we have seen. The sooner a preferred bidder is in place, the better. That isn’t the end of it, of course, there is quite a long journey to go after that but it would be a key first step. ■Q) ■ Where are we at with the players being linked with Derby County in this January transfer window? Derby County and manager Wayne Rooney are keen on Amad Diallo, the 19-year-old Manchester United winger. He is talented young player and Derby need to add options to their attacking department. However, Rooney has now said he feels it is “very unlikely” that Diallo will be joining Derby on loan this month. There is a lot of interest from other clubs in this country and abroad in the player, interest from Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, it is being reported. There is always going to be plenty of interest in taking talented young Manchester United players on loan. We have seen from Derby’s recent history how much of an impact talented young players from top Premier League clubs can have on a team, we saw it with Harry Wilson, Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori. ■Q) ■ Are Derby looking to bring in another goalkeeper now that David Marshall has joined Queens Park Rangers? They have been linked with former Rams keeper Frank Fielding, who is with Stoke City. With Marshall going out it leaves Ryan Allsop as number one and Kelle Roos as number two, but Wayne Rooney is looking at options to bring in another keeper to provide competition for those two. He says there are options out there. Derby have also been linked with Aston Villa striker Cameron Archer and Wigan Athletic’s Northern Ireland international Jordan Jones. There is always transfer speculation when transfer windows are open but there is no doubt Rooney has plans and targets in place, and he is waiting for the nod from the EFL to be able to bring players in. Hopefully, we will see some new faces because, although the squad is doing remarkably well in the circumstances, it does need help with 21 League games to go. There is going to be a lot of pressure on the players in their bid to avoid relegation. They are making a great fist of what would be the greatest of escapes but new faces would be a bonus. I think the fact Rooney is looking at attacking options is no surprise. The team is looking quite solid defensively, I think only three teams in the Championship have conceded fewer goals, it is at the other end of the pitch where they need more goals. They are getting into some really good positons, as we saw in the FA Cup defeat at Coventry, but cannot find that end product on enough occasions. If they can improve on that, as

facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 53 Sport Transfer critics need to wise up, listen to Rooney FOOTBALL FORUM Keeper David Marshall joined Derby County from Wigan Athletic in 2020. He joined QPR this week. RICHARD CUSACK shares his views on Derby County Nathan Byrne (right) is back in contention for Derby County’s game against Sheffield United tomorrow after recovering from a hip problem. Rooney has said, then they are a decent side. ■Q) ■ What is the team news for Saturday’s game against Sheffield United? Wayne Rooney has described it as probably Derby’s biggest game of the season so far, then added quickly that all of the games are big. That is where Derby are at the minute, every game has that importance tagged to it. For the Sheffield United game, Nathan Byrne is available after missing out in the FA Cup against Coventry due to a hip problem. Lee Buchanan could return to the squad after an injury lay-off. Buchanan has again been linked with Nottingham Forest but Rooney sees the player as part of his plans just as he does Louis Sibley. He said rumours that Sibley is on his way out at Derby are simply not true. ■Q) ■ What is the latest on Krystian Bielik? He is back in full training, manager Wayne Rooney said. The midfielder is about two or three weeks away and the plan, Rooney said, was to arrange one or two behind-closed-doors’ games for him so he can get some minutes on the pitch to help build his match fitness. He has been out a year with a serious knee injury and so he will need time to get back up to speed. We have all seen what an impact a fully-fit Bielik can have on the team. If anyone deserves some luck with injuries it is the Poland international. Derby County are still in grave danger of going out of business. The Rams have been in administration for what feels like an eternity but in reality it is coming up for four months. Supporters, players and staff have been put through the wringer through no fault of their own, desperate for any morsel of information about the future of their club. It was never supposed to be like this. In came administrators Quantuma, who are working on behalf of the club’s creditors, to oversee a rescue job. Derby’s players have put up a well-documented fight in the face of a mammoth 21-point deduction to try and stay in the Championship and the support has been top notch both home and away. Crucially, the club’s administrators confirmed that claims against the club from Middlesbrough and Wycombe Wanderers will not prevent a preferred bidder from being named soon. Quantuma will have been desperate not to have arrived in January still trying to sell the club, with a fire sale seemingly on the horizon. Derby’s inability to bring players in over the summer has led to the club’s academy propping up the first team and the sterling work done at Moor Farm is starting to bear fruit. Predictably the vultures, as Rams boss Wayne Rooney called them, are circling and want to pick at the carcass for any juicy scraps. And that is where the administrators are in a tough spot. Sales have not been ruled out but Quantuma are so hopeful of a preferred bidder being named they will cross that bridge when they can come to it. Just because a club is in administration it does not automatically mean the family silver has to be sold off. How attractive is the club going to be if the best players are flogged as soon as a bid comes in? It would work to the detriment of the administrators. If they feel they can get a better deal for their creditors by keeping hold of the players and selling to an owner who would be less likely to buy the club if the top talent was allowed to let go, then it is no wonder bids have been rejected. And for full disclosure, yes Nathan Byrne and David Marshall were bought at a snip from Wigan Athletic – who were in administration – last summer but let’s save the whataboutery for another day. Critics of the Rams need to wise up and understand there is a reason administrators are not selling the players at the first sight of a bid. If they had to, they would have done it. “There have been bids for players, I know that,” Rooney said. “Those bids have been turned away because they are absolutely ridiculous bids. “If I am being honest it is the equivalent of me walking into say a Ferrari garage with £10,000 in my pocket - you get turned away. “We are in administration, we know that, and we know there are vultures out there trying to take our players for peanuts, and that will certainly not happen.” It was a mic drop moment for the manager at last week’s press conference who, to be fair to him, has been true to his word on player sales. For now, at least, as have the administrators and let’s hope that stays that way.

54 DERBY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 @derbyshire_live Sport New deal for Jags but Sam will leave Phil Jagielka is close to extending his stay with Derby County but striker Sam Baldock will leave the club next week when his short-term deal expires. Both players joined the Rams in August and their contracts are up on January 17. “With Jags, everything is agreed in terms of the numbers and again we are waiting on the EFL,” said manager Wayne Rooney. “I am sure by tomorrow (Friday) I’ll know exactly what I can and can’t do.” Jagielka has started 20 of the 25 League games and has formed a first-choice centreback pairing with Curtis Davies. Rooney wants to hand the 39-year-old an 18-month deal to cover the remainder of this season and next season. On Baldock, Rooney said: “I have made the decision not to re-sign Sam. That is my decision purely from a football point of view. “He’s a good character but it hasn’t quite worked out on the pitch and I’ve made the decision not to keep him with us. “Sam was a player I felt we needed here with his energy, his pace in behind, and he’s been brilliant. “He has been a big part of what I’ve been trying to build in terms of having a good dressing room and he has been brilliant around the dressing room with all the lads.” Baldock, who is 32, has scored one goal in 14 appearances since arriving on a free transfer, having been released by Reading. ■New ■ dates have been confirmed for the Rams’ Championship fixtures away to Huddersfield Town and Cardiff City. Derby’s trip to Huddersfield on the first weekend of February was postponed because the Terriers will be playing in the FA Cup fourth round. The clash away to Cardiff in December was called off owing to Covid-19 cases in both squads. Derby will now head to Huddersfield on Wednesday, February 2, and go to Cardiff on Tuesday, March 1. Both matches kick off at 7.45pm. No go on Diallo but others in wait to be signed By Steve Nicholson stephen.nicholson@reachplc.com • Sponsored by: Manchester United’s Amad Diallo is “very unlikely” to join Derby County on loan this month, according to Rams manager Wayne Rooney. The 19-year-old winger is a player the Rams are keen on but there is competition for the the Ivory Coast international, with plenty of clubs said to be interested in him. Borussia Dortmund have reportedly entered the race for Diallo. Italian club Sassuolo have been credited with an interest, as have Dutch club Feyenoord, although transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reckons the player’s priority is to “stay in the UK”. Asked about Diallo, Rooney said: “He is a Manchester United player and obviously he is a player of interest from a few clubs, I know that. “Obviously, I keep close tabs on some of the young emerging talent, not just from Manchester United but from other clubs. “There are various players we are looking at in terms of what players can we bring in to improve the squad, what players can we bring in to play and give us the best chance of staying up. “He is a player who, of course, I like. If you are asking me is he going to be with us at some point in January, then that is very unlikely.” Rooney has plans to strengthen his squad in this January transfer window and Derby have been linked with a number of players. Diallo joined United from Serie A Atalanta a year ago for around £21m and he has made nine appearances – three in the Premier League, five in Europe and one in the FA Cup. His one first-team appearance this season saw him start in a Champions’ League game against Young Boys. Sky Sports in Germany report that Dortmund, who have made a name for themselves in developing young talent from English clubs, are keen on a move for Amad. Dortmund are battling with Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga table and are only six points behind Julian Nagelsmann’s side with half a season left. However, there was more positive news, as the Rams manager said he has players waiting to come in. The club remains under a transfer embargo and so is restricted in the type of signings that can be made and need EFL clearance. “My job is to see what players I can bring in and what we can possibly do,” said Rooney. “They are the questions I have asked and I am sure I will have a final answer of what I can and can’t do tomorrow (Friday) once the EFL have reviewed everything. “We have got a budget to stay within. Everything I am trying to do is within that budget so I don’t see why there should be any issues.” Asked how optimistic he is of landing new faces, Rooney said: “I have got players ready to come in. Now I am just waiting on the green light to do that. “The administrators have approved what I want to do but I understand it has to go through the EFL before we make any financial changes to the budget.” Derby have been linked with Aston Villa’s 20-year-old striker Frank Fielding has been linked with a return to Derby County following the departure of David Marshall. I have got players ready to come in. Now I am just waiting on the green light to do that. Rams manager Wayne Rooney Cameron Archer and Wigan Athletic winger Jordan Jones. A number of clubs are reportedly looking at Archer, who burst on to the scene with a hat-trick against Barrow in the second round of the Carabao Cup in August and a fine header against Chelsea in the same competition the following month. He has also scored six goals in four EFL Trophy games. Northern Ireland international Jones is also being eyed by Barnsley, Luton Town, Reading and Blackpool, according to reports. The 27-year-old joined Wigan from Rangers in the summer on a three-year deal but has made only six starts in 14 appearances this season. Another player being linked is goalkeeper Frank Fielding. The Rams’ third-choice keeper David Marshall joined Queens Park Rangers this week. Ryan Allsop is currently the Rams number one with Kelle Roos on the bench. Fielding has not made an appearance for Stoke City since joining on a free transfer last month. The 33-yearold spent almost three years at Derby, first joining on loan from Blackburn Rovers in October 2010. Is Rooney looking to bring in another keeper following Marshall’s departure? “We have been doing our work and seeing what keepers are available,” Rooney confirmed. “There is a few options out there for us, so that is clearly a place where we have to get someone in. “I am not just saying as back-up, but someone to challenge Kelle and Ryan as well. “That is something which, hopefully, depending on what happens, from my point of view I have got things in place that we should be able to move on pretty quickly.”

facebook.com/derbyshirelive FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 DERBY TELEGRAPH 55 Sport Impact off bench may be the option The impact made by substitutes in recent weeks could play a key part in Wayne Rooney’s team selection when Derby County take on Sheffield United at Pride Park Stadium tomorrow. Colin Kazim-Richards, Ravel Morrison and Festy Ebosele all had a big say in the victories over West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City, as well as in the dramatic recovery at Reading. Kazim-Richards came off the bench and scored in all three games. Two of his goals proved to be winners. Morrison also came off the bench in the three matches and not only offered Derby greater control but also touches of quality, while Ebosele injected some power and pace as a substitute against Stoke and Reading. The three of them started in the FA Cup defeat by Coventry City at the CBS Arena last Saturday but Kazim- Richards and Morrison did not have the same impact on the game as in previous recent matches. Kazim-Richards has shown he has the physical presence, experience and know-how to help shape Derby’s performance in the final halfhour of games and that has been invaluable. “There are reasons behind why I feel he (Kazim-Richards) can have a real impact coming off the bench and I have spoken to Colin about that, but he is also more than capable of starting games,” Rooney said last week. “Colin is a very experienced player, he can score goals, he can be a handful to play against. We feel at Colin Kazim-Richards and Ravel Morrison have both been used effectively as substitutes. the minute what he has done really well is coming in and winning us games or scoring goals for us. He can be useful both off the bench or from the start.” Morrison’s quality can be more telling when the game has opened up rather than when things are tight early on and that makes him a valuable option from the bench. Ebosele has also proved a telling option from the bench, although his positive display from the start at Coventry puts him in the frame to face United. He gave Coventry’s Fankaty Dabo a torrid time and had he been able to add an end product to his many surges the outcome of the tie might have been different. Graeme Shinnie played the final 10 minutes or so at Coventry after missing three games due to Covid. The Scot has been a key figure this season and he had started 21 of the 22 League fixtures before his bout of illness, but the central midfield pairing of Max Bird and Liam Thompson deserve to keep their places in the team. Derby’s style places plenty of emphasis on build-up play. That takes bravery and composure on the ball and both Bird and Thompson are displaying those characteristics. If Ebosele starts on the right of a 4-2-3-1 then either Jason Knight or Kamil Jozwiak could operate from the left. Another option would be to keep Ebosele at right-back as Nathan Byrne missed the Coventry game due to a knock on the hip, although Rooney says Byrne is fit for this weekend. Predicted team: Allsop; Byrne, Jagielka, Davies, Forsyth; Bird, Thompson; Ebosele, Lawrence, Knight; Plange. LADBROKES LADBROKES LADBROKES LADBROKE DBROKES GET OUR LADBROKES LADBROKES LADBROKES L LADBROKES BEST EVER LADBROKES ACCALADBROKES LADBROKE DBROKES LADBROKES LADBROKES LADBROKES L Boost Edit Track Insure LADBROKES LADBROKES LADBROKES LADBROKE DBROKES LADBROKES LADBROKES LADBROKES L 18+. UK&IRE only. Online, Mobile. ACCA Insurance: Min selection odds 1/10. ACCA Odds 3/1. Pre-match straight line accas only. 1 free bet up to £/€10 per customer/day, valid for 7 days, stake not returned. Odds Boost: Up to £/€50 at boosted odds. Min 1 boost per day. T&Cs Apply. PLEASE BET RESPONSIBLY begambleaware.org – Need Help? Call the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 802 0133

FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 SPORT AT LAST! Preferred bidder to be named by today, says boss no new deal for baldock: p54 By Steve Nicholson stephen.nicholson@reachplc.com THE long wait is about to end. Manager Wayne Rooney said yesterday he expected the preferred bidder in Derby County’s search for new owners to be named today – and that the news could even be known last night. The Rams have been in administration for almost four months. Administrators Quantuma have said there are two interested parties and that an announcement of a preferred bidder for the club is imminent. A consortium headed by former Rams chairman Andy Appleby is one of the interested parties and the other is believed to be former Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley. Rooney was asked at his prematch press conference ahead of tomorrow’s Sheffield United game how close the club is to having a preferred bidder in place. “I think we all should know by tomorrow (Friday),” he said. “I am saying that with some confidence. This is where we are at. I know there has been meetings and the EFL are making decisions today, hopefully positive ones, and my understanding is that at some point tonight or tomorrow we should know who the preferred bidder is. “My main concern, my job, is obviously to manage the group of players. My job is not to manage what is happening off the pitch, it is to manage the group of players which I feel we are doing well with that. “Hopefully, I will have some more answers tonight.” Published by Derby Telegraph Media Group, East West Building, 2 Tollhouse Hill, Nottingham, NG1 5FS. Printed by Reach plc, Oldham. Registered Office: One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP. Registered office in England No. 08290481 Get the latest transfer talk & football rumours straight to your inbox