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...I was so horrified - even on short acquaintance - by Derby's impenetrable city centre road system, I swore I'd never come back. Which is why I now live and work in Derby and Derbyshire and all my children have been born there! It's turned into a love affair.

I rapidly realised what a friendly city we'd come to, what great people live here and what a lovely place it's been to bring up kids - especially with the beautiful Peak District on our doorstep.

It wasn't ALL plain sailing. Initially when we moved to Derby, I was working at the BBC's Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham. Then I became the Stoke reporter for Midlands Today, often travelling from Derby to Staffordshire, to Shropshire, to Birmingham and back to Derby in a day!

It was a relief when East Midlands Today started in 1991 and I became first the Leicester reporter and then Derbyshire reporter and now a special features reporter. It's a tough job having to cover such a wonderful region - but I'll just have to go on putting up with it!