Derby Evening Telegraph

It's Time to Follow Your Nose Again

It's that time again - Britain's finest comedians are uniting on the BBC for Comic Relief. There are Comic Relief-themed programmes all week but the main event is on Friday, when you can expect entertainment from a top- notch line-up from 7pm to 3am.

Radiohead 'Snub' Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus claims to have been snubbed by Radiohead. The Hannah Montana star told a Portland radio station during an interview that the British band weren't interested in meeting her at the Grammys.

Well Worth Going the Extra Mile

Durham has been voted one of the top five places in the country to experience tranquility and Robert Maddox chilled out in more ways than one when he stayed at one of the best inns in the area. AS we ploughed through the snow along the A66 it was inevitable that we began to question the wisdom of travelling north in winter. Should we turn back?

Peaceful Village Walk

Walking with Denis Eardley Length: 4.5 miles.

Professor's Crime Novel

After spending 11 years teaching students how to write creatively it is hardly surprising that author and University of Derby lecturer Carl Tighe has a clever plot or two of his own up his sleeve. And, Carl's latest novel, Druid's Hill, a political thriller set in Manchester, promises to be a real page-turner, designed to keep readers guessing right up to the final chapter.

Harry's Wild About History

Although Darley Abbey author Harry Butterton originates from Wales, he probably knows more about Derby's past than many of the people who have lived their whole life in the city. In 1972 Harry, now 77, moved into the Derby area to work in education - initially as a teacher and later as an advisor. However, since his retirement several years ago, he has been able to indulge his great passion for history, painstakingly researching and writing books about Derby's past.

Truck Rolled Into Troc Trouble

Getting home at the end of a night out could be a big problem if you lived in a village in the 1950s. Three young lads keen to spend their leisure time at Derby's Trocadero dance hall came up with their own unique transport - but it was one of which Troc owner Sammy Ramsden did not approve.

1969

National: American astronauts began their final rehearsals for the Apollo 9 moon landings which were due to take place in the summer. SPORT: Rams star Willie Carlin was due to have more treatment on an injured knee before manager Brian Clough would name his squad for a match against Blackpool. Meanwhile, Derby County chairman Sydney Bradley said a decision about whether to build a new stand on the popular side of the Baseball Ground had been postponed.

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Sixpence for 100% Attendance

I Remember Miss Mather, a teacher at Pear Tree Infants School (Bygones, February 23). I remember her just as your reader described her. She had a mop of black hair that she combed when she arrived in the classroom every morning. She also powdered her face when she arrived each day.

Local History Group Meetings

Heanor: Mine's a Pint - Robert Lee takes an historical look at the pubs in the area. Tuesday, at 7.30pm, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Street. Members free. Visitors donation. SPONDON: From Animal Tracks to Motorways with Bruce Townsend. Monday, at 7.30pm, Village Hall, Sitwell Street. Members pounds1, visitors pounds2.

Collectiblesby Charles Hanson

Valuation days often throw up unusual items and an object that turned up recently certainly falls into this category. A visitor brought in the rudder from the Cambridge University boat which lost the 1913 Boat Race by half a length.

30 Years of Searching for Family Ends with a Flight Down Under

Thirty years of searching and a 26-hour flight down under is finally uniting Scott Birkhead with the brothers and sisters he only knew existed on paper. The 62-year-old always knew he had seven half-brothers and sisters from whom his mother, Beryl, was separated when they were evacuated during the Second World War.

Faith Expert's Book Looks at Society's Ills

University of Derby faith expert Paul Weller has published a book on multiculturalism. A Mirror For Our Times: The Rushdie Affair and the Future of Multiculturalism charts the challenges posed by living in a society with religious differences, freedom of expression and mutual respect.

Nursery Rejected

Snowdon Climb

Pet Food Tin Challenge Is Tall Order for John

A World record holder from Derbyshire is hoping to enter the Guinness book again by balancing 200 tins of pet food on his head. John Evans, of Ilkeston, already holds 32 Guinness World Records, including balancing a Mini on his head.

Eight Years On and We Still Await a Decision On Airport Runway Bid

Judgement day was supposed to come this month for East Midlands Airport, when it expected to find out - after an eight-and-a-half- year wait - if it could carry out its much-vaunted runway extension. But the planning application disappeared from the latest North West Leicestershire District Council's planning committee agenda.

Drugs May Have Made Man's Fatal Bleeding Worse

An elderly man who died from bleeding in his brain may have been made worse by the medication he was given at hospital. Frank Corke was taking drugs to thin his blood when he suffered the brain haemorrhage in September last year. Although the medication did not cause the blood vessel in his brain to burst, it may have made the bleeding which followed worse, an inquest heard. The reason the blood vessel burst is unknown.