Derby news for November 2009

Derby homes damaged in 'tornado' strike
Date: 24 November 2009
What is believed to be a tornado has damaged dozens of homes in Derbyshire.
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Schools set to merge next year
Date: 21 November 2009
Three Derby infant and junior schools will be merged next year if the proposal is approved
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Schools admission deadline close
Date: 21 November 2009
Derbyshire County Council is urging parents with children who are due to enter primary and infant school next September to apply now. Closing date for applications is Friday the 11th of December.
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Derby-Rolls Royce won $2bn contract
Date: 16 November 2009
Derby-based engineering firm Rolls Royce says it has won orders to make $2bn (£1.2bn) of aircraft engines to power Airbus planes for Air China and Ethiopian Airlines.
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Derby’s well known landmark to be demolished
Date: 11 November 2009
A well known landmark, five cooling towers from a former Derbyshire power station could be demolished if plans to turn the site into a £1bn gas-fired energy plant by the current owner Npower were to go ahead.
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M1 Work in Derbyshire is due to begin
Date: 10 November 2009
Work to help reduce congestion and improve safety on the M1 in Derbyshire is due to begin.
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A Derby firm wins a contract to build a giant clock for a Chinese theme park
Date: 10 November 2009
Smith of Derby has been commissioned to build a clock with a 12.8m (42ft) wide face for the time-themed attraction to sit on top of the Harmony Tower, which will be twice the height of the tower of Big Ben, in the in the city of Ganzhou, in south west China.
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“Swine flu deaths could double this season” said the virus expert
Date: 06 November 2009
A Nottingham virus expert is warning that swine flu could double the number of deaths expected over a normal flu season in Britain this winter.
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Train firm in battle to bring business to Derby
Date: 06 November 2009
Derby train-maker Bombardier is in a head-to-head contest to for a major contract to supply rail carriages for the Thameslink project.
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East midlands Airport may lose 22 jobs
Date: 04 November 2009
Up to 158 staff at low-cost airline bmibaby including 22 at derby’s Castle Donington Airport faces losing their jobs under a restructuring programme.
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£20m makeover of Derby station has completed
Date: 04 November 2009
The £20m makeover of Derby station has been officially unveiled after taking 18 months to complete.
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