Month: May 2021

If you’re looking for ideas to get out and about this half-term and through summer, take a look at our range of COVID-secure events at our countryside sites across the county. The events and workshops are held at country parks, industrial heritage sites and canal side venues, designed to appeal to all the family with some offering the chance to learn new skills. The country parks at Elvaston Castle and […]

Homeowners who are heading away on holiday are being reminded about the importance of keeping their homes secure after a series of break-ins. Over the past week officers in the Amber Valley area have seen an increase in the number of properties being targeted where the homeowners are away. With restrictions lifted – and a warm Bank Holiday and half-term week ahead – Derbyshire Police are urging people to take […]

A man from Chesterfield has been jailed for breaching a restraining order imposed due to domestic abuse. Michael Pick, of Holland Road, Old Whittington, had been banned from contacting a former partner by a restraining order but continued to do so on two occasions. On one of those times, the 19-year-old was spotted by an officer who was carrying out patrols in the area but was aware of the order. […]

A man and a woman from Chesterfield have been banned from keeping animals for 10 years after they were found guilty of charges under the Animal Welfare Act. It’s after an investigation carried out by the RSPCA, with support of officers from our rural crime team, found the pair had kept horses and cats in poor conditions at paddocks in Unstone. During a search of the land where the animals […]

Work starts this week on our £10 million programme to resurface and surface dress roads across the county. Over the next year parts of more than 325 roads will be resurfaced or surface dressed. During March and April this year our highways workers and an external contractor have been busy getting these roads ready to be resurfaced or surface dressed by filling in any potholes and fixing any defects. Contractors […]