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Duffield & Allestree Messenger (defunct)

The Duffield & Allestree Messenger was a weekly freesheet tabloid newspaper delivered to homes in Allestree, Darley Abbey and Quarndon in the northern suburbs of the City of Derby, as well as the nearby town of Duffield in the Derbyshire Borough of Amber Valley.

It was published by the Derby Telegraph Media Group (part of what was then the Daily Mail & General Trust‘s regional newspaper publishing division, Northcliffe Media) and was a companion to their paid-for title the Derby Evening Telegraph. The editorial offices were in Derby.

It came out on Thursdays. It was still in print up to 2009, but had ceased publication by 2012.