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East Staffordshire Borough Council’s customer services office had to apologise after a complaint about the way it dealt with a disabled woman.

Rail staff based in Nottingham and Derby are mulling over an improved pay deal.

Today (Tuesday) sees a fifth day of strike action by drivers, causing trains to be suspended between routes such as Kettering and Corby, plus Spalding and Peterborough.

Detectives investigating a murder want to trace the people who were captured on surveillance camera at Sadler Gate in Derby last month. Police are looking into the death of Ashley Finlay (24) of Spondon on April 9.

Drivers from East Midlands Trains have today (Tuesday) walked out.

This morning (Wednesday) a car crashed into a shop premises at a hospital, injuring a woman in the process.

A TV show visited a Staffordshire music festival to reinforce the message that these large scale entertainment events fall short on toilet provision.

Derby has proved it is an economic hotspot as it enjoys an average salary of £29,802 – the fourth highest in the UK – according to the latest survey by government statisticians.

New hope for nearly 20,000 people who are seeking work in the Coventry area as a new job shop is launching in the city centre this week.

The Daw Mill colliery in Arley could be closed, putting 800 jobs at risk.

“We demand respect at work” was emblazoned on protestors’ placards outside their management’s headquarters in Wolverhampton.

An Ironville man has been charged in connection with a robbery at a Derby jewellers that took place 26 years ago. Derbyshire Police said new evidence had been discovered which meant the case was reopened in 2011.