Four people have sadly been found dead at a house in Killamarsh on Sunday morning. Police were called at around 7.25am to concerns for safety of those at an address on Chandos Crescent and one man has been arrested in connection with their deaths. A murder investigation has been launched. Police believe the incident to …
Derbyshire Dales District Council is undertaking a Resident Survey this month, asking for views on the services it delivers and how local people feel about the area. The information will help the District Council to improve the policies and services it delivers while finding out what matters most to local people. A randomly selected group …
Derbyshire Dales District Council want to hear from you. Read More »
Plans to transform the site of an Ashbourne service station and associated buildings into 37 environmentally sustainable affordable homes have been approved by the District Council’s Planning Committee. Meeting this week, all members of the Committee apart from two, who abstained, voted in favour of the scheme at the Dove Service Station site in Mayfield …
Derbyshire County Council have been highly commended in a national award for our outstanding response to the Covid-19 pandemic. We were honoured in the MJ Local Government Achievement Awards ‘Public Health Improvement’ category for our county-wide response to the pandemic and influence on national decision making. The judges noted that our response, led by Director …
Derbyshire highly commended in national awards for Covid response. Read More »
Recycle more and recycle better is the message for the 18th annual Recycle Week which starts on Monday 20 September, and we are helping to spread the word. We’ re asking residents to ‘Step It Up’ in the fight against climate change and take action to protect our environment through even better recycling habits. The latest …
‘Stepping it up’ in the fight against climate change across Derbyshire. Read More »
Derbyshire libraries have launched a poetry competition to mark National Poetry Day on Thursday 7 October 2021. The theme of the competition is inspired by the theme of National Poetry Day, which is ‘choice’. To enter the competition poets must create a poem on the theme of choice in 200 words or less. The competition …
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A man has been arrested following an incident where a man was reportedly stabbed in South Normanton. Police were called to Market Street just before 12.30am this morning (Friday 17 September) to a man who was injured in the street. Officers attended the scene along with ambulance crews, and he was taken to hospital. It …
Arrest following reports of a stabbing in South Normanton. Read More »
Derbyshire’s ‘formidable’ crimefighting team, consists of Dog Handler PC Andy Bailey, cash and drugs detection dog PD Tilly and general purpose dog PD Riley. The Thin Blue Paw Foundation, a national dog welfare charity that celebrates and supports working and retired police dogs across the UK, held their inaugural Thin Blue Paw Awards ceremony on Thursday evening. …
Derbyshire’s Crimefighting Duo win national highly commended award. Read More »
Nineteen new council properties are set to be built in Whaley Thorns after they received planning permission. The planning committee approved the application at their meeting on Wednesday 15 September 2021 and it will see a mix of bungalows (x2 units) and two-storey houses (x17 houses) to help meet a local housing need. The development …
19 new council properties for Whaley Thorns receive planning approval Read More »
Plans to build a brand new state of the art full size 3G pitch at the Go! Active leisure facility in Clowne have taken one step closer to becoming reality after being given the go-ahead by our planning committee. Together with the Football Foundation, we are investing £700,000 that will see a full size floodlit 3G Football …
£700k investment in sports pitch receives planning in Clowne. Read More »
