March 2022

A new £270,000 project to improve traffic flow, road safety and access for cyclists, pedestrians and buses starts on Monday 28 March at the A619/Park Road junction in Chesterfield. New low-energy, intelligent traffic lights will be installed to automatically monitor and adjust timings to minimise delays at the busy junction which provides access to the …

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Derbyshire County Council have published their refreshed Council Plan which sets out our priorities for the next 3 years. Last year we revealed a new Council Plan for 2021-25 setting out our key priorities, ambitions, challenges, opportunities, achievements and headline initiatives. We update the plan each year, and the 2022-23 refreshed plan has now been published …

Refreshed Derbyshire County Council Plan reveals priorities for next 3 years. Read More »

A 65-year-old man has suffered injures following an unprovoked attack in Buxton. At about 10.45am on Thursday 17 March, the victim was in Ashwood Park, Bakewell Road, near the bowling green, when he was approached by a man who pushed him to the ground and kicked him several times. The man who attacked him is …

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A man has been remanded into custody after being charged with alleged stalking offences. The 37-year-old was arrested in North Wingfield on Friday 11 March on suspicion of stalking a woman in her 20s. He was questioned and subsequently charged and remanded into police custody. The man appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday …

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Officers were called to the Co-op store in Inkersall just after 2.30am today (25 March). At the scene officers found a Ford transit tipper van had been used to ram the doors of the shop in Inkersall Green Road. It is believed a number of items were stolen from the store before the four men …

Appeal for CCTV and dashcam after Inkersall Co-op ram raided Read More »

A sum of £20,000 is to be donated from the county council’s Chairman’s Fund to support people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. The donation has been agreed by council Civic Chairman Councillor Jean Wharmby and will be made to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Ukraine Appeal, which is funding a range of support with its …

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A man has been charged in connection with a number of burglaries in the Matlock area. Philip Chapman, of Dale Road, is alleged to have stolen items from businesses during March this year. The 29-year-old is also accused of breaching his bail conditions. He is due to appear at Chesterfield Justice Centre on Monday 4 …

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Since 2003, it’s been an offence to use a hand-held mobile phone or similar hand-held device while driving in Great Britain. On Friday, 25 March 2022, this will become stricter. We have a look at what is happening and why. Why is the law changing? The law is being updated to keep up with technology. …

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Two cousins have been sentenced for a string of thefts from shops across the county. Christopher and James Mongan targeted shops in Derby and towns including Chesterfield, Buxton, Matlock, Whaley Bridge, Tibshelf and Baslow. In one day alone – December 12 2020 – they took more than £300 worth of clothing from Matalan in Chesterfield, …

Cousins sentenced for string of thefts across Derbyshire. Read More »