East Midlands passengers to test digital tickets that will automatically charge best fares at end of day
Train passengers in the East Midlands are to test technology that will let them tap in and out for journeys and be charged the best fare for their trip at the end of the day.
Trials of digital rail tickets based on GPS tracking will begin on Monday as part of the government’s plan to improve the rail network’s complex fare system.
Continue reading...Police believe remains are of Izabela Zablocka, from Normanton, and have launched murder investigation
Human remains have been found in a search for a woman missing for more than 15 years as police launch a murder investigation into her disappearance.
Izabela Zablocka, from Normanton in Derby, was 30 when she went missing in 2010. Originally from Poland, she had last made contact with family on 28 August 2010.
Continue reading...Man in his 30s, attacked in St Peter’s Street, Derby, at about 2.35pm on Tuesday, police said
A customer has been stabbed to death in a branch of Lloyds Bank in Derby, police have said.
The man, in his 30s, was attacked inside the bank on St Peter’s Street at about 2.35pm on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Ciolac, 35, died in hospital after officer reportedly fired three shots at man armed with knife
A man who was shot dead by armed officers in the car park of a police station in Derby has been named as Marius Ciolac.
Armed officers were called at 9.55am on Friday after officers reported seeing a man armed with a knife in the secure car park of Ascot Drive police station.
Continue reading...Several officers taken to hospital after ‘deplorable’ attack in city centre
Several police officers have been taken to hospital after being sprayed with an unknown liquid in what is being described as a “deplorable” attack in Derby city centre.
Derbyshire police said a number of officers experienced side-effects from the substance following the incident at about 4.45am on Monday. The force said the officers had since been discharged from hospital and tests were continuing to discover the source of the liquid.
Continue reading...My father, Brian Grace, who has died aged 88, overcame early disadvantages to forge a life revolving around his family, his work as an engineering inspector, and the betting shop – not always in that order.
The son of Fred Grace, a bus driver with London Transport, and Lillian (nee Turpin), an advertising model, Brian was born in Battersea, south-west London, with disabilities that required a series of operations on his leg and foot.
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