The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has announced that there is just one week left in the search to find 2,022 Batonbearers for the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay in England, with nominations closing on Monday 14 February at 23.59. Nominations opened on 11 January and many inspirational stories from across the country have already been submitted. Batonbearers […]
Women and girls in Derby and Derbyshire are to benefit from a raft of safety improvements following Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique Foster’s Budget announcement for 2022-23. This includes the creation of a Stalking Co-ordinator post in response to an increase in reported incidents. Tackling violence against women and girls and the provision of tailored
Derbyshire County Council has set out the budget for the year ahead and agreed a council tax increase of 3% which is 2% lower than permitted by central government. At the Full Council meeting on Wednesday (2 February 2022) we set our net budget for 2022 to 2023 at £618.457 million, reassuring Derbyshire residents it
Derbyshire County Council agree lowest possible Council Tax rise. Read More »
Officers investigating a burglary in Bakewell have released images of two high-value bikes that were stolen. Two burglars broke into the garden shed of a property in Moorhall, Bakewell at 11.50pm on 25 January. The burglars were disturbed by the owners but managed to get away with the two bikes – a Propain Tyee CF
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Derbyshire and Derby have been recognised as national ‘Levelling Up’ leaders with the government announcing today that they had secured a County Deal set to bring substantial investment to the area. Derbyshire County and Derby City Council, working alongside the 8 other district and borough councils in the area, have been awarded ‘pathfinder’ status by
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A man is due to appear in court tomorrow to face a charge of malicious communications over comments he allegedly made on social media. It is after we received a number of complaints about comments made on a Facebook post about policing at the Belper Pride event in August. Jamie Spencer, of Heanor Road in
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A mental health support café has launched in Chesterfield to to help provide local people with wellbeing advice. The weekly event takes place at Derbyshire Voluntary Action’s recently-opened venue, The Hub @ Low Pavement. Sessions take place each Wednesday from 10:30am -12:30pm. It is hosted in partnership between DVA and the Derbyshire Recovery and Peer
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To celebrate National Storytelling Week the library service is launching a creative writing competition for young people. Your Story – My Story is the theme of the week, which runs from Saturday 29 January to Saturday 5 February. Libraries are looking for stories of no more than 50 words based on young people’s experiences of
Storytelling opportunity for young people across Derbyshire. Read More »
In a report to be published tomorrow (Wednesday 2 February) Derbyshire has been identified as one of 55 ‘cold spots’ across the country to benefit as an ‘Education Investment Area’. In these new areas the Department for Education will target investment, support and action to help children from all backgrounds and areas to succeed at
Officers want to speak to this man in connection with a number of thefts from shops in Buxton on Saturday 8 January 2022. The first incident took place at around 6.30am, at the Greggs, in Spring Gardens, where a bag was taken from the counter containing money belonging to the store. The second incident
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