January 2022

An additional £1m in funding has been secured to expand a project aimed at helping businesses and employees access skills and training across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. The D2N2 Skills Access Hub was set up in April 2020 to provide tailored solutions and flexible delivery to meet the skills and apprenticeship priorities of employers and employees […]

Community projects and groups that support people across Derbyshire are set to benefit from a new £1.5million grant scheme. On Thursday 13 January our Cabinet will consider a report on the new scheme designed to give funding to groups which help support some of our main priorities. And if Cabinet agrees to it, groups and

A £58million investment in the county’s roads and pavements is due to be discussed at a meeting of our Derbyshire County Council cabinet this week (Thursday 13 January). The work, to be carried out from April 2022 to March 2023, will include resurfacing and surface dressing roads and pavements, traffic safety schemes, draining improvements and

Can you help identify these people Caught on Camera?  Shop Theft Wilko’s, Ripley The identities of those shown below are sought in connection with enquiries into the described alleged offences.  Images may be of both potential suspects or witnesses.  Members of the public should not approach anyone who they believe to be displayed in the images but

A gang who imported more than £165m of cocaine into the country have been jailed for a total of 167 years. An investigation by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU) revealed the 21 strong group was led by Paldip Mahngar who organised in the region of 100kg of high-purity cocaine from his unassuming terraced

An elderly man who went missing from hospital in Chesterfield on a freezing December night was rescued by officers, after a last-minute decision to widen their search area using a police drone. The man, in his eighties, was being treated for an infection in Chesterfield Royal Hospital, in Calow when he left the hospital in

Derbyshire Constabulary’s youngest recruits have made a great start in the Mini Police. Pupils from three schools are taking part in the scheme, which is designed to give young children the opportunity to learn about their safety, their role within their community and how the police work to keep them safe. Pupils from Pear Tree

One of the region’s leading political figures, Councillor Lewis Rose OBE, has died aged 74. The longest serving councillor on Derbyshire Dales District Council, Councillor Rose was the last founder Member of the authority still serving, dating back to Local Government Reorganisation in the early 1970s. He was Leader of the Conservative group for 45

High Peak Borough Council leader Anthony Mckeown, Derbyshire County Council leader Barry Lewis and Robert Largan MP have urged Northern Rail to maintain the established twice-hourly service to Manchester, after plans were revealed to strip back the route from December 2022. While services have already been reduced due to Covid, there is the possibility that

A former Royal Ballet dancer has joined Ashgate Hospice to help champion a more supportive and inclusive culture for its 340 members of staff and 600 volunteers. Ruth Bailey, aged 32, travelled the world with the Royal Ballet Company and danced alongside some of the most acclaimed dancers, including Darcey Bussell. The professional dancer retired