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Matt Weigold

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Sep 27, 2026
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Jul 14, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Matt Weigold

    Football to the face revealed Pinxton girl's cancer (opens the original)

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    When Aaron's five-year-old daughter, Harper, developed a lump on her neck hours after being hit in the face by a football at school, he expected doctors to say she had a cyst. "Never in a million years" did he think their visit to an urgent treatment centre would lead to her being diagnosed with cancer. Harper, now seven and from Pinxton in Derbyshire, appeared fit and well at the time, but doctors confirmed she had neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer that develops from immature nerve cells. Notti

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Matt Weigold

    Misspelt Hilton signs feature Bolton village and Swiss firm (opens the original)

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    Residents in a suburb in Derbyshire have been left bemused by misspelt road signs that appear to direct people to a village in Bolton and a Swiss production company based in Zurich. The temporary signs near the A38 were intended to direct traffic to nearby Hilton and Egginton but instead say "Egerton" and Hillton". South Derbyshire district councillor Grahame Andrew said it was the second time National Highways had made the error, as it had also happened in October 2025. National Highways apolog

  3. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Matt Weigold

    Derby couple complete fastest cycle around the world (opens the original)

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    A cycling couple have broken a record, and possibly a collarbone, by pedalling across the globe in 123 days. Amy and Kyle Hudson, both 30, from Mickleover in Derby, biked over 18,000 miles through 20 countries, including Malaysia, New Zealand, Canada, USA and Spain. Kyle injured his shoulder in a crash with a car in Canada with only two weeks of their journey remaining, but was determined to pedal through the rest of their trip. "It's been so amazing and I just can't believe that we're here and

  4. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Matt Weigold

    Stroke survivor's plea for change after £60,000 care bill (opens the original)

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    A double stroke survivor and his wife have spent more than £60,000 of their savings on care and say they have been punished for working and saving all their lives. Former gamekeeper and farmer George Cooke, 85, collapsed last year at his home in Flagg, Derbyshire, and has been left bed bound, with limited speech and no use of one arm. His wife Jean, 85, disclosed their savings to Derbyshire County Council (DCC) who assessed them to be ineligible for financial support and the couple are now askin

  5. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Matt Weigold

    Great grandmother amazed by 'abnormal' sunflower (opens the original)

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    "I could have called it Jack, because it's like Jack and the Beanstalk. It's not a monstrosity, it's just so tall." Gwen Foster, who is just over 5ft (1.5m), struggles to see the top of a sunflower she grew outside her home, which she believes is twice her height. The 95-year-old, from Ashbourne in Derbyshire, was given two seeds by her neighbour, and described the flower as being "really abnormal". When asked what the secret might be, Foster said she had mistakenly given the sunflower a drop of

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