May 2021

A property in Matlock where concerns were raised around drugs and anti-social behaviour has been closed for three months. On Monday 10 May Derby Magistrates Court granted a three-month closure order on the address at Hurst Rise. The action follows work by the local Safer Neighbourhood policing team and Derbyshire Dales District Council to target

Adeel Hussain, of Almond Street in Derby, was arrested in April after officers from our roads policing unit spotted a car driving the wrong way round the one-way system at Tibshelf services. The 19-year-old, who was 18 at the time, was a passenger and officers discovered what they believed to be Class A drugs and

People who live or work in Long Eaton are being urged to remain cautious after it was confirmed a rise in cases of COVID-19 in the area is linked, in part, to new variants of the virus. The warning comes after 2 cases in the Long Eaton community were confirmed as ‘variants of concern’ –

After months of closure, Buxton Museum and Art Gallery will reopen to visitors on Tuesday 18 May 2021. Our museum, in Terrace Road, Buxton has been closed since late October last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors can find out about visiting and pre-book admission tickets. Admission is free. During lockdown, the staff have provided

Derbyshire’s Director for Public Health Dean Wallace is urging people who live and work in Long Eaton not to let their guard down and get tested regularly for COVID-19 following a large outbreak in a school. More than 150 people with a direct link to Wilsthorpe Academy have tested positive for the virus and we

A brand-new outdoor garden oasis and forest school area have opened at Kids Planet Sheepbridge, one of five centres operated by the childcare firm in the Chesterfield area. The well thought out garden environment offers children at the nursery on Dunston Trading Estate, Foxwood Road, the opportunity to explore and discover the natural world. Designed

Chesterfield College has been shortlisted for a Tes (Times Education Supplement) Further Education Award for Best Teaching and Learning initiative. The college recently introduced a programme called ‘Aspire’ designed to complement and enhance teaching and learning. All students at college now take part in the programme, designed to develop happy, healthy, confident and capable students

A Derbyshire Institute of Sport project to put health and wellbeing at the heart of its support for the business community has proved a winner, with more than 100 people joining a mental health webinar about the importance of switching off from work and de-stressing. The webinar, by DIS sports psychology lead Dr Phil Clarke, was the

It’s been a tough year for nurses and Sheree Hall, Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse based at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, has been giving us a personal insight into what it’s been like on the front line in cancer treatment and care to mark International Nurses Day (12th May) and European Cancer Nursing Day (18th May). “The past year