Dom’s Food Mission – the award-winning charity supported by celebrities – is providing invaluable service during Coronavirus pandemic
THE founder of an award-winning charity which recently celebrated its fifth anniversary says it has been overwhelmed by the generosity of its supporters as it delivers food parcels to those in need during the Coronavirus pandemic. Dom’s Food Mission was set up in May 2015 by husband and wife Dominic and Alexandria Warren, to help […]
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 […]
Project Whippy sells 100 conuts an hour to Derby dessert lovers as the invention is branded ‘a winning combination’
Some things in life are a match made in heaven and this summer the biggest buzz in baking is set to be the conut – ice cream cones made with doughnuts. Hundreds of people turned up to try the eye-catching indulgence at the launch of Project Whippy on Saturday, with 30 minute queues all day […]
Is it a doughnut? Is it an ice cream? No, it’s a conut! Project D launch new dessert
The company behind the delicious doughnuts that have been delivered to doorsteps across the county are launching their new venture this weekend – ice cream cones made with doughnuts. The eye-catching indulgence – called the conut – means that doughnut lovers and ice cream fans will no longer have to choose between their two favourite […]
Pizza lovers from as far afield as Sheffield flock to grand opening of Honest Pizzas in Derby
PIZZA lovers from as far afield as Sheffield flocked to the grand opening of Derby’s newest pizza takeout. Honest Pizzas, a New York-style pizza outlet which boasts the biggest pizzas – 18-inches of delicious gooeyness – in Derby, served free slices to hundreds of foodies from its Manor Road base today (Saturday, July 11). Set […]
Lubrizol lends helping hand by donating thickening agent to ensure Warwick University students can get back in the lab
A Derbyshire company has ensured that a leading university’s research students can return to their laboratories by donating an ingredient to help them make 4,000 litres of hand sanitiser. Lubrizol, based in Hazelwood, has donated Carbopol® polymer, a thickening agent used to turn hand sanitiser into a gel, to the chemistry department at Warwick University. […]
St Giles School in Derby secures World Class status
A DERBY school is one of the first few special schools in the UK to reach educational excellence after achieving ‘world class’ status. St Giles, the city’s only special primary school, has been designated a World Class School – an accreditation given only to highest performing schools in the country, who demonstrate that they are […]
Why Derventio Housing Trust’s Angel Dieckvoss is a God-send for the homeless people in Derby
It’s been heralded for unique and successful approach to getting Derby’s most persistent homeless people off the streets and now Derventio Housing Trust’s award-winning Home4Me scheme is now being rolled out in Burton. Simon Burch talks to Angel Dieckvoss, who leads the project, about how it changes the lives of people who other organisations simply […]
Nottinghamshire funeral firm Gillotts adjusting to new norm as coronavirus lockdown eases in UK
A Nottinghamshire funeral firm says life is settling down into a “new normal” after the easing of the coronavirus rules allowed it to return to offering a traditional service and loosened the restrictions on mourners. Gillotts Funeral Directors says that it has been able to return its fleet of limousines to active service and can […]
Derby public relations agency Penguin PR celebrates 10th birthday by sponsoring 10 penguins at Twycross Zoo
A Derby PR agency has marked its decade in business and helped a much-loved zoo in its hour of need by adopting nearly half of its population of penguins. Penguin PR has agreed to sponsor 10 of the 28-strong colony of its namesake birds belonging to Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire, which has been hit hard […]