Best-ever GCSE results for pupils at Murray Park Community School
PUPILS at Murray Park Community School have achieved what is believed to be the best set of GCSE results in the school’s history. Despite the many changes to the way GCSE results have been awarded over the years, the Mickleover school believes the 2020 outcomes are the best overall results they have ever recorded. 81% […]
Pupils exceed teachers’ expectations at The Bemrose School
Results at The Bemrose School have followed the upward trend of recent years with gains in almost every subject, showing the rising trajectory of the school. Prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, staff at the Uttoxeter New Road school were expecting this year’s GCSE results to increase across the board, in line with improvements over the […]
Sales of antiviral face mask exceed expectations as fabric passes technical tests
An historic textile manufacturer that has developed a face mask with an antiviral coating says sales have rocketed by 450% in the last month and staff can ‘only just keep up with demand’. Baltex, a technical textile manufacturer which has been in business since 1831, has been inundated with orders for the mask which is […]
Derbyshire wedding venue Shottle Hall appeals to the Government to relax restrictions
The owners of a Derbyshire wedding venue have appealed to their local MP for guidance and support because they believe their industry is being neglected by the Government. The family running Shottle Hall, near Belper, has contacted the MP for Amber Valley, Nigel Mills, to ask why wedding venues are not able to follow the […]
Derventio Housing Trust project Growing Lives cultivates new measures to allow former homeless to return
An Ilkeston community project that helps former homeless people learn new skills and begin to rebuild their lives has opened its doors again after being forced to close during the coronavirus outbreak. Growing Lives, based in Grenville Drive, Cotmanhay, has put in place a series of measures to ensure good hygiene and social distancing which […]
Derbyshire based Lubrizol supports the next generation at Murray Park Community School in Derby during lockdown
STAFF at a Derbyshire company have not let lockdown stop them from providing a listening ear and words of advice to students who need support at Murray Park Community School. For several years, volunteers from Lubrizol, based in Hazelwood, have been working with Derby City Council’s Enterprise for Education partnership, which links employers with schools. […]
Lubrizol staff make a marathon effort to put mental and physical health first
Workers at a Derbyshire company took part in a month-long challenge to get physically and mentally fit and collectively clocked up more than 1,600 miles – the equivalent of running from Belper to Albania. Around 30 colleagues at Lubrizol, in Hazelwood, took part in the British Heart Foundation’s MyMarathon Challenge, which invited people to run […]
Derby’s Royal School for the Deaf calls for a wider use of transparent face masks
Deaf and hard of hearing people living in Derby are calling for the wider use of face masks with transparent windows to help them communicate with the community. The Government has made the wearing of face masks mandatory in shops, hospitals and on public transport to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. Derby has the […]
FREE buses for visitors to this year’s Derbyshire County Show as organisers aim to ease traffic congestion
Organisers of the Derbyshire County Show and Food Fayre have arranged for FREE buses to take visitors to the event, which will take place at Locko Park in Spondon on Sunday, June 24. There will be four routes heading to the 138th Derbyshire County Show and Food Fayre; one from Derby city centre, a second […]