March 2022

Government Environment Minister Rebecca Pow has visited Matlock to discuss flooding issues after the town was affected in February following days of heavy rain. The Minister met with Derbyshire Dales MP Sarah Dines who had arranged the visit, Derbyshire County Council Leader Councillor Barry Lewis, County Councillor for Highways Assets and Transport Councillor Kewal Singh […]

Derbyshire Police have released an image of a man they would like to speak to about an alleged assault at a taxi rank in Chesterfield. At about 3am on Friday 18 March, a fight is said to have broken out between a group of men at A Line taxis, in Stephenson Place. During the struggle,

A man has been charged with driving offences after he was arrested in Creswell earlier this week. Officers stopped a car in King Street at around 11.50pm on Wednesday night (16 March) after noticing it was missing a front wheel. Brendan Weaver, of King Street, Creswell, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving, driving without

Eight county lines drugs operations have been dismantled or seriously disrupted during a series of coordinated raids across Chesterfield and Sheffield. Over the past six weeks officers from the Organised Crime Group team in Chesterfield have been running an operation targeting the supply of drugs into the town by County Lines gangs. The gangs, which

Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a fatal collision in South Normanton. At around 11.20pm on Saturday 19 March we were called to a two vehicle collision on Carnfield Hill in South Normanton. All emergency services were in attendance and a 32-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. A man who was

North East Derbyshire District Council are aware of the travellers who are on a privately owned piece of land in Holmewood. We are actively working with the land owner (whose responsibility it is to request action to remove the travellers), local partners, Police and Crime Commissioner, Councillors and Derbyshire Police to safely secure the land

Officers are continuing to investigate a number of alleged assaults which happened just before Christmas in Chesterfield. Do you recognise the man highlighted in this video? He was wearing a Christmas jumper which said ‘Cushty Christmas’ on it. Not long after the incident, which was reported to have taken place at two different bars in

A man has been arrested in connection with 12 burglaries in the Matlock area. The 29-year-old, who is from the local area, was arrested on Saturday 12 March in connection with the alleged offences which have taken place at homes and businesses between Tuesday 22 February and Saturday 12 March. Some of the items which

New proposals to build a road linking Chesterfield and Staveley have been drawn-up to cut congestion and open up land for employment and housing. Derbyshire County Council are asking residents and commuters for their views on the proposals for the £130 million Chesterfield Staveley Regeneration Route before finalising its approach to government for funding for

Contractor Henry Brothers has handed over the new £13.2 million Alfreton Park School this week. The new school which we have funded will provide a modern, larger, purpose-built facility for pupils with special needs. This is the second project that Henry Brothers has delivered for Alfreton Park School (the company previously delivered a hydrotherapy pool,