LOVERS are being warned to take extra care of their animals and property, after a spate of crimes throughout Derbyshire.

Firefighters in Lancashire have been placed on red alert for potential flooding after reports the River Ribble is close to bursting its banks.

POLICE in Sheffield swooped on clubs and anti-social kids last night in a massive operation to rid the city of violent crime.

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A PAEDOPHILE who abused a young girl over a two-year period has been jailed for three years and nine months.

AN ELDERLY Buxton man was beaten and robbed in his own home by teenagers he thought were his friends, a court was told.

A BUXTON man was caught over the limit after his car crashed into the back of another vehicle, a court heard.

Lewiston police responded to 647 calls for service from 7 a.m. Nov. 6 to 7 a.m. Nov.

A woman and her son from Nottinghamshire organised the contract killing of her gamekeeper husband in a "planned, determined and cold-blooded killing", a court has heard.

A report into a train accident that killed a Nottinghamshire woman and her grandson has found the rail crossing posed a risk to pedestrians.

A CITY councillor is calling on the county council to make improvements to a stretch of road where a young father was killed.

Rocker DARREN HAYMAN is recovering at home after his skull was fractured in a vicious attack following a gig on Friday .

AN ILKESTON man has been jailed after threatening his former girlfriend and driving at police to escape from police.

A TAXI driver from Sheffield convicted 14 years ago of a murder he has always denied went on trial again yesterday for the killing.

A total of six men have been arrested following a police operation to tackle car crime in Derbyshire.

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Three men have been found guilty of murdering a Bournemouth University student. Larbi Mohamed, 21, Saeed Alkadir, 22, and Delaine Brown, 22, all from London, were given life sentences at Winchester Crown Court.

THE victim of a head-butt by a Hucknall man was "extremely self-conscious" about a permanent scar on his forehead which the blow caused, Nottingham Crown Court has heard.

A judge condemned Britain's youth gang culture today as he sentenced a 'general' who ordered the shooting of a schoolboy to life in jail.