George Torr
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Reporter, online 💻 , radio 📻, TV 📺 at the BBC | All views my own | ➡️ [email protected] | SWFC 🦉 🏒 🍊
Sheffield/Derby/M1
Joined May 2011
I went to the five-hour Sheffield Wednesday fan forum and left with a headache.. Some ramblings on Larry David moments, civil war and the longest of long evenings - and the state of things at a proud old football club turned soap opera👇 https://t.co/4u0uCIbosR
#SWFC🦉
thestar.co.uk
Our man Alex Miller was among the media assembled at Hillsborough stadium to observe the mammoth fan forum held by Sheffield Wednesday last night. Here’s his take on a long, bonkers and concerning...
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National Highways said January on their website, but after asking if they were still going to finish by then, they’ve now changed the date.
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National Highways says a stated schedule of "by the end of January" was a website "error".
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A teenager who repeatedly stabbed his father to death told a 999 operator he would “rather watch him die” than help him, a jury has heard
bbc.co.uk
Ainsley Lowton denies the murder of his dad James outside their address in Tibshelf, Derbyshire.
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A number of councils in Derbyshire have told the government their flagship policy to build 1.5 million new homes in England over the next five years is "impossible" to achieve
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A number of councils across Derbyshire have raised their concerns at a consultation earlier this year.
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“As a father, I’m devastated for her little boy.” Police have issued an update after Alana Armstrong, the mum of a six-year-old boy, was killed after being rammed off an e-bike in a hit-and-run crash in Pleasley. Read more: https://t.co/EnzoguVcVw
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At a press conference earlier, Ch Supt Dave Kirby from Derbyshire Police said Alana was the mother of a six-year-old boy. The injured man also had to have his lower leg amputated following the hit-and-run.
bbc.co.uk
Police launch a murder inquiry over the death of 25-year-old Alana Armstrong, mum to a six-year-old boy.
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✅ @steelershockey qualify for the Playoffs! 🚨 The EIHL 🇬🇧 team stepped up and wowed Europe 🌍 across their Regular Season 💪 Now they have even more to celebrate - they’re officially through to the next round of the CHL! 😍 #ChampionsGoBeyond
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Stevenson was sentenced to seven years in prison
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Detectives say the firefighter spoke to children "in a sexual manner across the country".
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Derby’s adult social care must improve, says watchdog
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Derby City Council says it is already making a number of changes to improve the service.
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MPs call for meeting over care home closures plan
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Derbyshire County Council leader Barry Lewis says the authority intends to meet MPs.
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After I travelled to Frankfurt to watch a pretty drab display when England played Denmark, I’d have never have thought we’d end up in the final. Spain were the better team, but I can’t hide the sorrow from tonight. For all the fans that travelled, heads up, we go again in 2026.
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🎥 I travelled down to Westminster with three new Derbyshire MPs following their general election victories. Report on East Midlands Today ⬇️
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It was a busy day for three new Derbyshire MPs. Catherine Atkinson (Derby North) Baggy Shanker (Derby South) and Linsey Farnsworth (Amber Valley) here just before they headed in for their first day. It follows a complete Conservative wipeout in our region.
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🎥 Out in Swadlincote, South Derbyshire for some general election coverage 🗳️
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🗣️ "To call it Derbyshire Dales is ludicrous - the demographics and the geography are quite different."
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People living in the villages of Hilton and Hatton will now elect an MP for Derbyshire Dales.
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Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves making a speech at Rolls-Royce in Derby. More than 120 business leaders endorsing Labour at the election. “This changed Labour party is the natural home for British business...” she says.
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With the PM yesterday. Asked him why one of his candidates didn’t mention him by name or use his picture throughout their election material. He said: “Look, lots of people want to focus on the process but we’ve got a great bunch of local candidates…”
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