Derbyshire

Derbyshire finalise Hinds deal

ECB (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Derbyshire have been boosted by the signing of former West Indies all-rounder Wavell Hinds for the remainder of the season.

Derbyshire seal Hinds deal

Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Derbyshire have confirmed that West Indies batsman Wavell Hinds will finally join them as a Kolpak player next month.

Hinds extends his Derbyshire stay

BBC News (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

West Indian batsman Wavell Hinds has been cleared to stay at Derbyshire for the rest of the season after being granted Kolpak status by the ECB.

Mobile staff to offer home advice

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Older and more vulnerable people in Derbyshire could benefit from a fleet of vehicles carrying trained staff.

Dambusters Remembered After 65 Years

The Dougout (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008

Last week a Avro Lancaster did a flyby in Derbyshire in honor of the Royal Air Force's 617 squadron. As the BBC reports : A Lancaster bomber flew three times over Derwent Reservoir in Derbyshire, which was used by the original pilots to train ahead of their famous raid. In 1943, the RAF's 617 Squadron set out to destroy three dams in Germany's Ruhr valley. They managed to breach two,...

• Return of RAF heroes - Manchester Evening News
• Lancaster fly-past marks Dambuster anniversary - The Independent
• See the 5 articles on the same subject

Police success in bike campaign

BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008

Police in Derbyshire say a campaign to crack down on mini motos and off-road bikes is a success.

Cricket: Glam miss top spot as rain stops play

icWales (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008

HAD Glamorgan had all four days at their disposal they would now almost certainly have beaten Derbyshire and be sitting up towards the top of the LV County Championship Division Two table.

• GLAM MISSTOPSPOT AS RAIN STOPS PLAY - icWales
• Birch effort secures draw - ECB

Join the Sunday Express Bomber Boys crusade

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008

THOUSANDS of people lined the banks of the Derwentwater reservoir in Derbyshire to pay tribute to the Dambusters, with a flypast by the RAF's last remaining Lancaster bomber.

Derbyshire hang on for draw in Cardiff

icWales (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008

Derbyshire escaped with a draw on the final day of their rain-affected LV County Championship clash with Glamorgan at Cardiff.

Cricket: Derbyshire hang on for draw in Cardiff

icWales (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008

Derbyshire escaped with a draw on the final day of their rain-affected LV County Championship clash with Glamorgan at Cardiff.

Birch leaves Glamorgan frustrated

BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008

Derbyshire escape with a draw as the 109 overs lost to rain and bad light put paid to Glamorgan's hopes of a second four-day win of the season.

Bolsover Food Festival

The Haunted House (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008

Today Me and Amanda, along with Neil and Caroline went to the Derbyshire food festival at Bolsover Castle near Chesterfield. We have been planning to go there for months now. Neil and Caroline picked us up at 9.30. We decided to take our walking boots as the festival was outside and the weather was forecast for rain. At the festival there was all the usual local food producers with their

Obama Caught In Another Blatant Lie

Hyscience (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008

There was of course the lie that he didn't hear Jeremiah Wright's racist diatribes over the 20 years he attended the church. But he's been cranking them out since at least 1995 . Here's yet another: In March of this year, John Derbyshire wrote at NRO that (at least some) of Obama's lies were not so much lies as a sort of slippery sleight-of-mouth, and that he was starting to really dislike...

Charl Langeveldt shines for Derbyshire

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008

Derbyshire (289 and 4-0) trail Glamorgan (384) by 91 runsJust 29.5 overs were possible at the Swalec Stadium, but there was enough time for Charl Langeveldt to induce a collapse in which Glamorgan lost their last six wickets for 39 runs.

Langeveldt proves irresistable

ECB (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008

Charl Langeveldt produced a devastating spell of 5-22 in 6.5 overs to help Derbyshire, led by stand-in Chris Rogers, fight back before a washout after lunch against Glamorgan at Cardiff.