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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Heidi Booth |Chris Doidge
Demolition begins at town's historic cinemaHeidi Booth & Chris DoidgeBBCDemolition began on Thursday morning, with the mayor of Erewash being given the honour of starting the workThe demolition of a former cinema in Long Eaton has begun as part of a multimillion-pound project to rejuvenate the town. The Galaxy Row cinema on Derby Road, which opened in 1907, has been derelict for more than a decade.
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2 months ago |
bbc.co.uk | Chris Doidge |Georgia Roberts
Image source, Derby City CouncilImage caption, The sculpture has been designed to serve as a place to sit and remember loved onesPolitical Reporter, BBC Derby A sculpture to remember the victims of the Covid-19 pandemic has been installed at a cemetery in Derby. The bench, at Nottingham Road Cemetery, was designed and made by artist Richard Janes. He said the wing design was a modern take on gothic gravestones and the Victorian angel sculptures found elsewhere at the cemetery.
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2 months ago |
bbc.com | Chris Doidge
Pandemic memorial installed at city cemeteryDerby City CouncilThe sculpture has been designed to serve as a place to sit and remember loved onesChris DoidgeGeorgia RobertsPolitical Reporter, BBC DerbyA sculpture to remember the victims of the Covid-19 pandemic has been installed at a cemetery in Derby. The bench, at Nottingham Road Cemetery, was designed and made by artist Richard Janes.
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Mar 26, 2025 |
bbc.com | Chris Doidge
Electric bus route scrapped over costsChris DoidgeGetty ImagesThe council intended to use electric 'bendy buses', as used in the Titanic Quarter in BelfastPlans for an "electric rapid transit" scheme in Derby, announced in 2020, have been quietly scrapped, the BBC has learned. Consultants were appointed to develop the £11.5m project, but the council said the Covid pandemic had changed its "economic viability".
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Mar 10, 2025 |
msn.com | Chris Doidge
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