As the Chancellor announces extra funding to help the hospitality and leisure industries, the Borough Council has launched two new grants to help local businesses. As Covid continues to impact our lives, High Peak Borough Council has opened applications for new: · Vacant shop grants – up to £5,000 to support businesses taking on a vacant retail …
Police are seeking witnesses to an alleged assault in Ilkeston. Officers are investigating a report that a woman entered The Harrow, in Market Place, and pushed a man. The pair are then said to have left and she has allegedly bitten him on the face. The incident is said to have happened shortly before 8pm …
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If you find you feel unsafe in an area this Christmas, don’t forget you can report it to us using the StreetSafe tool on our website. The tool was launched in September across England and Wales as a pilot for three months. It enables members of the public to anonymously pinpoint public places on a …
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Council leaders from across Derbyshire have sent a joint plea to Government for more financial support for the county’s hospitality and leisure industry. The letter sent to the Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities welcomes the grant scheme and other measures announced by Government on Tuesday (21 December 2021) …
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The winner of a poetry competition run by our libraries service has been announced. Prue Potiphar from Loscoe was chosen from the entries that came in from across Derbyshire for her poem ‘The Choice’. The competition was launched by the libraries service to celebrate National Poetry Day in October. The theme of the competition was …
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Police are appealing for information after a burglary in Baslow in which jewellery and a medal were stolen. The incident is reported to have happened sometime between 9am and 4.45pm on Thursday 16 December at a house in Church View Drive. The owners had been out during this time and had returned home to find …
Two people have been charged in connection with the death of a baby in Chesterfield. Paramedics were called to a house in Old Whittington in the early hours of Christmas Day 2020, to reports that a ten-month-old boy was unresponsive. The baby, Finley Boden, was taken to hospital but was sadly pronounced dead. Both Stephen …
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A new £13.4 million road linking Woodville and Swadlincote has opened in time for Christmas, bringing opportunities for new housing, business development and land redevelopment. We led the project which had to be halted when its main contractor North Midland Construction went bust. But following a lot of hard work behind the scenes, we stepped …
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Derbyshire County Council public health team will be handing out free COVID-19 lateral flow test kits in several Derbyshire towns over the next 3 days. The nasal swab kits, designed to be used by people with no symptoms of COVID-19, will help prevent the spread of the virus. People are encouraged to carry out a …
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Derbyshire County Council are appealing for more foster carers to help look after more than 900 children in our care – including many set to experience their first Christmas in care. Children of all ages and abilities are in need of foster care homes and we are urging people who could offer a loving, stable …
