Derbyshire Council Scraps 'Deeply Flawed' 7,000-Home Masterplan After Government Warning
The council could struggle to reject unsuitable developments without the blueprint
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Harry Styles: Aperture review – a joyous, quietly radical track made for hugging strangers on a dancefloor
(Columbia Records)Styles is wonderfully loose and unhurried on the lead single to his new album, taking a bold path away from the rest of today’s mainstream popNow the proud owner of six Brits, three Grammys and seven UK Top 10 singles, it’s fair to say Harry Styles has elegantly sidestepped the pot...
Custody: The Secret History of Mothers by Lara Feigel – why women still have to fight for their children
Feigel uses her own experience as a starting point to examine the past, present and future of separationThis book about child custody is, unsurprisingly, full of pain. The pain of mothers separated from their children, of children sobbing for their mothers, of adults who have never moved on from the...
Ari Lennox: Vacancy review – the R&B sophisticate’s loosest and most fun outing yet
(Interscope)On her third LP, Lennox balances jazz-soaked tradition with flashes of unruly humour and a surefire viral hitAri Lennox is one of contemporary R&B’s premier sophisticates, preferring a palette of lush jazz, soul and 90s hip-hop over the more genre-fluid sound pushed by contemporaries...
‘Some artists thought it was too political’: can Jarvis, Damon, Olivia Rodrigo and Arctic Monkeys reboot the biggest charity album of the 90s?
Oasis, Macca and Radiohead made Help a smash for War Child in 1995. A new reboot packs comparable star power – and was partially produced from a hospital bedWhen Kae Tempest was asked to contribute to a new track by Damon Albarn, which would also feature Fontaines DC frontman Grian Chatten, Tempest...
May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry review – a dazzling puzzle-box of a debut
The plight of a reluctant medieval king is glimpsed through scattered pieces of the past, in an ingenious novel that asks how much we can really know about historyIn a medieval palace an unnamed king chafes under the new and unsought burden of power. His uncertain fate plays out in the present-day i...
Havergal Brian: The Gothic album review – Ole Schmidt tames a vast, eccentric score
LSO/Schmidt(Heritage)A 1980 live recording reveals the Danish conductor’s assured handling of a colossal symphony – a balance of architectural clarity and gothic extravaganceHavergal Brian has often been looked at askance, his vast gothic symphony approached like climbing Everest – merely because it...
TV tonight: get ready to scream at the screen through The Traitors final
It may not have lived up to its celebrity offspring, but this season has offered brightness in the January gloom. Plus, David Baddiel meets Wilfred the ugly cat. Here’s what to watch this evening8.30pm, BBC OneA secret Traitor. Fiona v Rachel. The family tree theory. And a contestant with a naked ha...
'Conspiracy' claim refuted as drivers fined at busy Derby junction
One councillor said they were not responsible 'for people who do not follow road signage'
Derby's future as tourist destination under threat from asylum hotels, says ex MP
She has called on the city council to take action after city was named 7th best place to visit in 2026
Private landowners owe Derbyshire council £100,000 for emergency tree works
The authority was forced to take emergency action on trees on land owned by private landowners
‘I can understand being brought to your knees’: Amanda Seyfried on obsession, devotion and the joy of socks
The Testament of Ann Lee is a bonkers musical fantasia about an obscure religious sect. Its star and writer-director Mona Fastvold talk fear, bonding – and not needing an OscarNot many actors take an interest in the audience’s aftercare. When it comes to The Testament of Ann Lee, however, Amanda Sey...
Derby court convicts pensioner, 77, with dementia over uninsured car he is unable to drive
The 77-year-old man, who lives in Middleton, Greater Manchester, stopped driving in December 2024 when he was first diagnosed with dementia
Carousel review – Chris Pine and Jenny Slate are lost in static romance drama
Sundance film festival: an often lushly made yet frustratingly undercooked small town indie kicks off this year’s festival with disappointmentAnd so this year’s Sundance has officially begun, with grief over the loss of founder Robert Redford and its move from long-running home Park City likely to d...
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‘An environmental nuclear bomb’: documentary examines fight to save Great Salt Lake
Sundance film festival: A cautionary new film, executive-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, warns of the devastating consequences if the Utah lake continues to disappearThe Sundance film festival kicked off its final edition on Thursday in Park City, the Utah ski enclave that has housed the independent...