Isaac Ashe
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My dad was killed in a random attack - you would not wish that on anyone (opens the original)
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"I'd like it to never happen to another family again, but that's idealistic. I think things need to change, huge changes need to be made." Gerard Ring, 82, died three days after he was stabbed in his own front garden by Julian Donoher, a man with a history of mental health problems including schizoaffective disorder. Sapphire Greatorex, Ring's daughter, has now called for tighter mental health restrictions after Donoher was given an indefinite hospital order on Tuesday, after pleading guilty to
Man who killed 82-year-old in random Derby attack given hospital order (opens the original)
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A killer who stabbed a granddad to death on his front garden in a random attack while under a delusion he was a paedophile has been given a hospital order. Gerard Ring, 82, died in hospital three days after he was stabbed by Julian Donoher outside his home in Whitecross Gardens, off Kedleston Road in Derby, on 6 September 2025. Ring's youngest daughter, Sapphire Greatorex, said her dad was "giant of a man" who was "very reliable, very moral, who worked very hard but was generous with his time, g
No hospital admission 'contributed' to Chesterfield mum's death (opens the original)
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A hospital's decision not to admit a young mother who died less than 24 hours later from pneumonia "contributed to the death", an inquest found. Tanya McCartney, 25, died at her home in Derbyshire on 19 May 2023, after she was sent home from Chesterfield Royal Hospital with a course of antibiotics. Her mother Natasha Johnson said the failures in her care, acknowledged by the coroner, did not lessen "the absolute heartbreak we live with every single day". Kevin Sargen, medical director at Chester
Lara Croft statue to be installed in Derby after £30,000 appeal (opens the original)
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A 9ft (2.7m) statue of Tomb Raider hero Lara Croft is to be installed in her home city of Derby after a £30,000 fundraising appeal hit its target. The sculpture formed part of the Tomb Raider: The LIVE Experience in Camden Market in London, but has been in storage since the attraction closed in 2023. Now the money has been raised to install the fibreglass effigy inside Derby Market Hall 30 years on from the release of the franchise's first video game. Culture and tourism lead councillor Gurkiran
Will battery-powered trains change the future of UK rail travel? (opens the original)
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A near £1bn investment will see the UK's first battery-electric trains for long-distance main line services built in Derby, which Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said will "bring faster, more reliable journeys to the north". The new trains will replace diesel power with electricity, and seek to cut journey times by up to 10 minutes between Manchester and Leeds, and up to 14 minutes between Manchester and York. So are batteries set to drive forward a new electric future of train travel in the UK?
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