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, …
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Derbyshire County Council, working closely with the Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique Foster, have brought forward an important new initiative to promote the use of Speed Indicator Devices on Derbyshire’s roads, which will make this type of vehicle-activated sign more accessible to parishes and community groups. Speed Indicator Devices (SIDs) are a type of electronically …
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The body of a man has been found at the scene of a flat fire over the weekend. At 11.33 hours on Saturday 12 March, Firefighters from Swadlincote, Melbourne and Staffordshire’s Burton-on-Trent responded to reports of a fire in a flat on Midland Road in Swadlincote. On entering the property Firefighters discovered there had been …
A 38-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of drinking driving after a collision in Tibshelf yesterday afternoon. Officers were called to Mansfield Road just before 2.50pm on Sunday 13 March, following a report that a car had hit the kerb after going over a mini roundabout. On arrival, officers found a silver VW Golf …
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Food waste is expensive both for our household budgets and our environment – so Food Waste Action Week is the perfect time to break the habit and reduce the amount of food we throw away. In the UK, 6.6 million tonnes of household food waste is thrown away each year – of which around 4.5 …
Police are reminding people to keep their dogs on leads while walking near to livestock in Derbyshire. Now that springtime is here, and the weather gets warmer, more people may be ready to get out and about in our more rural spots. While we want people to be able to enjoy the countryside, it is …
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Officers in Amber Valley have recently ramped up their response to tackle vehicle crime as part of a four-day long local policing operation. Between 28 February and 3 March local teams supported Operation Strax which focused on vehicle crime related to hotel car parks close to the M1 in South Normanton and Op Eskimo which …
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Police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a burglary in Clowne. The incident happened sometime around 4pm on Wednesday 2 March. A home on Monnies End was broken into and the keys to a vehicle were stolen. Officers are also investigating reports of two …
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Ashford Lodge Nursing Home in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, inadequate and placed it in special measures. A focused inspection was carried out In January in response to concerns received about the management of people’s care needs, leadership, risk assessment and care planning. Inspectors looked at how safe, effective and well-led …
Derbyshire Police are appealing for information after a man was seriously assaulted in Bolsover. The 26-year-old victim was sitting in the passenger seat of a black Ford Fiesta in Castle Street Car Park, when a man approached the car and reached through the open window slashing his face with a knife. The victim was left …
