February 2022

Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique Foster has called together local leaders and MP Lee Rowley to strengthen the way in which illegal encampments are tackled in Derbyshire. The Commissioner, in response to local concerns, has created a rapid reaction taskforce to ensure a swift and joint approach to the issue. Commissioner Angelique Foster was […]

Derbyshire County Council have awarded grants totalling £184,000 to 5 organisations that will provide alcohol and drug recovery support projects. The Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Dependence Grants programme was set up in 2015 to fund projects that provide recovery activities across Derbyshire. Organisations which apply for the funding must demonstrate how the project would

Leader of Derbyshire County Council Councillor Barry Lewis has renewed his pledge to keep all libraries open across the county. Councillor Lewis, who is also Cabinet Member for Strategic Leadership, Culture, Tourism and Climate Change, reiterated his ‘no libraries will close on my watch’ statement after it was claimed that some of our libraries may

A fire can start in any room, but unless you have working smoke alarms to give you early warning of the fire, how would you escape? This is the question Derbyshire Firefighters are asking in conjunction with the Fire Kills Campaign. A fire really can start in any room, day, or night, so it’s essential

There is still time for people to give their views on the future of accommodation for older people in a number of our residential care homes. People have until Friday 4 March to have their say in a 12-week public consultation on the future of seven older homes which need major refurbishment. Our Cabinet agreed

Lea Road, near Cromford, closed since January 2020 following a landslip, is due to reopen in February 2023 but it could be sooner. The road, which is near Cromford, first slipped in January 2020, and work started in 2021 to fix it. This work had to stop in May 2021 as engineers found the landslip

A major route through Derbyshire will remain closed after recent heavy rainfall caused several sections of the road to slip. The A57 Snake Pass was closed on Monday 21 February 2022 following damage caused by torrential rain as Storm Eunice and then Storm Franklin battered the county. Inspectors found movement in 3 locations along a

Derbyshire County Council have made a fund of £20,000 available to help residents and businesses affected by flooding over the past few days. A number of homes and businesses in Derbyshire were affected following heavy rain which fell over the weekend and into Monday, closing some roads and causing local disruption. We have reinstated our

Police are appealing for information after a teenage girl in distress was helped by a passing motorist near to Burton, earlier this week. We are appealing for information after a teenage girl in distress was helped by a passing motorist near to Burton, earlier this week. The girl was attempting to cross the road, on

Detectives are appealing for information after three recent thefts of Suzuki Jimny vehicles in North East Derbyshire. The first theft happened sometime between 14 January and 17 January in Renishaw, when a blue 4×4 was stolen from a field behind the Blacksmiths Arms pub, in Barbers Row. The second, in Killamarsh, happened between 1.30pm on