International science award for Test Your Intolerance
A LEADING allergy and intolerance home testing company has won a prestigious international health award and been shortlisted for two regional business awards. Test Your Intolerance, based in Castle Donington, has won an International Life Science Award, from Global Health and Pharma Magazine, in recognition of its world-beating innovation and cutting-edge technology. It was presented […]
Blog: What’s the angle? How something as simple as writing letters can still make story gold.
Does anyone in Britain still write letters? Asks Lucy Stephens … I can tell you one person who still does. Me. Actually, I know lots of people who do. My whole family still write letters to each other. It’s a welcome side effect of being dotted all around the country. Perhaps a legacy of growing up […]
Founder of Sunshine Support says families in Derbyshire are being failed by delay in Education and Health Care Plans
THE founder of a Derby-based special needs organisation that provides support to families across the UK says it is “appalling” that so many are being failed – and that parents are too scared to share their stories in case it impacts on them negatively. Chrissa Wadlow set up Sunshine Support in 2017 after winning a […]
The Bemrose School pupils settle with a good book as new library officially opens
A library nine years in the making has officially opened at a Derby school as pupils are encouraged to get stuck into a good book. Primary school pupils at The Bemrose School welcomed local children’s authors Sue Wilkins and Matt Beighton to cut the ribbon on the new library, which is jam-packed with brand-new books […]
‘Incredible’ school gets the thumbs up from pupils and Ofsted
Image shows Year 1 pupils Noah (wearing yellow shirt), Harriet and Oliver with head teacher David Blackwell. Springfield Primary School in Spondon was described by pupils as ‘incredible’ during a recent Ofsted inspection which rated it as ‘good’. The inspector highlighted the high expectations leaders at the school have for pupils and noted the children feel […]
Fantastic, marvellous books shared by pupils at Derby Grammar School on Roald Dahl Day
Ms Cooper with a group of children from Year 3-6 reading The Twits Pupils at Derby Grammar Primary School in Littleover have spent national ‘Roald Dahl Day’ celebrating one of the world’s most celebrated writers of children’s books. Children from Reception to Year 6 came together for a special reading lesson in their school Houses, […]
Blog: Camera! Action! Don’t make crisis PR about you. Cut!
In recent years it has seemed difficult to start a term with all our schools open – Covid, teacher strikes and this year the unsafe concrete issue, or RAAC, has meant some schools haven’t opened as planned, writes Penguin Kirsty Green. For those headteachers, the last-minute notification that they couldn’t welcome back students, just as term […]
Man re-running half marathon in which he sustained concussion gets funding boost from Lubrizol
A running trio supporting their friend and sibling in the Robin Hood Half Marathon after he suffered a serious head injury while competing in the same event have been boosted in their charity fundraising by science company Lubrizol. Andy Southey, 31, of Nottingham, is taking part in the famous race in September, along with his […]
Derbyshire organisations helping give people a well-deserved sit-down with new eco benches
Members of the public and company employees are having a wellbeing boost with new eco benches and picnic tables made by a pioneering Derbyshire furniture company. Darley Dale Town Council and Garnalex aluminium company of Heage are two of the latest organisations to invest in public and employee wellbeing by buying outdoor seating from TDP […]
Derbyshire housing trust bike project helps turn the wheels of fortune for former engineer
The wheels of fortune in the life of a former engineer from Derbyshire have been turned around thanks to a bike repair project run by award-winning Derventio Housing Trust. Paul Hudson, 39, of Alfreton, is now working as a paid co-ordinator of volunteers for Bike Back Derby, where he uses his engineering skills in helping […]