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Derby County players will wear T-shirts supporting train maker Bombardier at their opening game of the season. 
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THE chairman of Derbyshire's Police Federation says budget cuts will impact on the force's service to the public.
Inspector Mark Pickard's comments follow a report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) which said Derbyshire was well prepared for the cuts.
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MORE than 90% of Sandiacre residents who took part in a survey said they were against plans for a new Tesco, amid fears it could lead to other shops closing.
The questionnaire was put together by a group which is opposing the plans to build the supermarket in the town. In total, 171 residents took part.
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PLANS to build a Tesco store on the site of Allenton Market were last night given the go-ahead – three months after being deferred.
The retail giant applied to create a 24-hour supermarket and petrol station and, as part of the deal, it would build a new market on land where the Mitre pub stands.
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A decision to re-examine the Thameslink contract is given a cautious welcome by a Derbyshire MP.
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Yorkshire Building Society agrees to buy the mortgage and savings businesses of Egg Banking from Citigroup, as well as the Egg brand.
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RAIL industry experts have cast more doubt over whether German firm Siemens will be able to fulfil a vital part of the Thameslink train building contract.
The company has been named preferred bidder for the £1.4bn UK deal ahead of Derby's Bombardier. But a question mark hangs over whether it can build and test the right type of train carriage chassis required.
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AFTER giving a lifetime of service to city train-maker Bombardier and having proudly watched his son follow in his footsteps, Alan Jenkins is not about to watch it all get snatched away without putting up a fight.
For the 57-year-old, joining the 8,000-strong rally was not just taking a stand to keep a historic industry in Derby, but a fight for a lifetime of memories and a future livelihood.
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BUSINESS Secretary Vince Cable is in Derby today to find out firsthand about the impact of the 1,400 job losses at Bombardier.
The Derby Telegraph previously reported that the Government was considering sending Dr Cable to the city to highlight support for private enterprise, after Bombardier lost the £1.4 billion Thameslink contract to German company Siemens.
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SCHOOLS which convert to academies are likely to be thousands of pounds worse off than they originally thought, it has been claimed.
Ministerial promises of a golden pay-out for those schools which opt out of local authority control are not materialising, according to a teaching union official who has been campaigning against the conversions.
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ROLLS-ROYCE says its latest results will herald a decade of growth for the Derby-based aero engine-maker.
Yesterday the company announced a 28% boost in profits, a record order book of £61.4bn – and a conviction that it will double its revenues over the next 10 years.
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A DERBY Telegraph investigation has revealed the Government DOES have grounds to scrap its decision to hand Siemens a £1.4bn rail contract because the German firm was involved in worldwide corruption.
A European Union rule, uncovered by the Telegraph, states that ministers could have barred Siemens from the Thameslink competition during the tendering process because of the scandal.
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At the same time, the National Audit Office has agreed to look at whether an examination of the procurement process should be carried out.
Lord Jones has added his name to the thousands calling for the Government's decision to be changed.
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SUPERMARKET giant Morrisons is to build a store on the former Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site, creating more than 300 jobs.
The retailer says the shop could open by the end of 2012 if the planning process "goes smoothly".
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A Derbyshire school which missed out on a rebuilding programme when the government cut its funding is to undergo £2m of urgent repairs.
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THE future of hundreds of workers at Derby internet bank Egg has been plunged into further doubt as a buyer has been found for most of its remaining business.
Parent company Citigroup has agreed to sell the mortgage and savings division of Egg to the Yorkshire Building Society.
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