Direct trains will run once again between Matlock and Nottingham after the planned resumption of the service was confirmed.

East Midlands Railway (EMR) suspended the direct Matlock to Nottingham trains as part of cutbacks to 43 services in 2021.

But BBC News is reporting that the service is planned to return after the next timetable change, which takes place in December.

In a statement, a spokesperson for EMR said: “We are intending to reintroduce direct services between Matlock and Nottingham as part of the next timetable change.”

A petition was organised calling for the return of the service and attracted thousands of signatures.

Gary Parsons, who organised the petition, thanked the public for backing calls.

He said: “Everyone’s voice really mattered and [we] got it back on line just with sheer determination.”

“They did listen to us, and realised how much of an effect it was having on people.”

The service did run from Carlton Station but was replaced back in 2021 with a service to Crewe.

MPs and local councillors have called on EMR to reinstate the service but the train operator told Gedling Eye there were ‘no plans’ to bring back direct trains from Carlton to Matlock.

We have contacted the operator to see if plans are now in place for a return of the service from Carlton.

Should it come back? Let us know in the comments below.

Aldi has been named the cheapest supermarket for a basket of groceries for the third month in a row.

It cost £76.24 for 49 popular items such as Heinz baked beans, milk and tea bags, according to consumer watchdog Which?

Aldi has borough stores in Daybrook, Mapperley and Netherfield.

Lidl was close behind at £1.66.

Asda’s basket came in as the cheapest of the Big 4 grocer‘s at £85.99 and Waitrose took top spot as the most pricey retailer with the same amount of groceries costing £102.20.

Testing a larger shop of an additional 104 items, of Asda, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Morrisons, Ocado and Waitrose, Asda was named the cheapest supermarket at £337.50.

Of the remaining retailers, Sainsbury’s had the second cheapest trolley costing £360.93, while others ranged between £362.84 and £386.98. Waitrose was again found to be the most expensive of the supermarkets surveyed, however cost just 13p more than Ocado.

Although Aldi was also named the cheapest supermarket In July, its average basket price rose by £2.01 in August.

For the UK’s leading retailer, Tesco its average price for a basket of groceries rose by £1.71 and for Waitrose, this jumped by £2.74.

‘As predicted, we’ve now hit a new peak in grocery price inflation, with products such as butter, milk and poultry, in particular, seeing some of the biggest jumps,” Kanter head of retail and consumer insight, Fraser McKevitt told Which?.

“This rise means that the average annual shop is set to rise by a staggering £533, or £10.25 every week, if consumers buy the same products as they did last year.”

Drivers are continuing to get a “raw deal” at petrol pumps despite a record price drop last month, motoring services company the RAC has said.

They estimate motorists are overpaying by around 9p a litre.

According to new analysis, the RAC said average forecourt prices sank to 169.8p per litre at the end of August but should be around 161p, due to current wholesale costs.

The difference means that there is a “very strong case for the biggest sellers of fuel to cut their forecourt petrol prices further”, according to the motoring association – although it does acknowledge that some supermarkets have dropped their prices significantly.

August saw average petrol prices drop by 12.3p per litre, the largest monthly drop in records dating back 22 years.

However, there is an expectation that prices could fall even further.

“Twelve pence a litre is a lot to come off prices in a single month so there’s no doubt things could be worse, but in reality drivers of petrol vehicles are still invariably getting a raw deal at the pumps,” RAC spokesman Rob Dennis said.

“For whatever reason, major retailers are choosing not to pass on in full the reductions in the wholesale price of unleaded they’ve been benefiting from for some considerable time.”

He added: “Allowing for a generous 10p-a-litre margin, we should be seeing petrol sold for around 161p a litre.

“Some big supermarket sites aren’t too far off charging this – but there’s a real postcode lottery out there, with prices varying wildly depending on where a driver is in the country.

“Drivers must shop around for the best deal they can, and we applaud those independent retailers who are doing their best to charge a fairer price for fuel and support their local communities through this incredibly expensive time.”

A review by the Competition and Markets Authority found that growing oil refining margins were one of the main causes of soaring fuel prices earlier this year.

According to the competition regulator, the increase from the crude oil price when it enters refineries to the wholesale price had more than tripled in 12 months to nearly 35p per litre.