Police had to evacuate about 50 homes after a major incident was declared due to a fire involving three fields. Dozens of firefighters are battling the large blaze which started in the model village area of Creswell, North Derbyshire. Officers told residents to keep their doors and windows closed while the fire was dealt with. …
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A man and a teenage boy have been arrested in connection with drug supply offences in Chesterfield. They were arrested at a property on Wenlock Close in Loundsley Green yesterday (Wednesday 10 August) by officers from the Newbold and Brockwell Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team. Suspected Class A and Class B drugs were found following a …
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A man has been jailed after he smashed a shot glass in another man’s face in an unprovoked attack in Buxton. Man jailed for permanently scarring another man in glass attack Jake Saxon, of Buxton Road, Blackshaw Moor, in Leek, Staffordshire pleaded guilty to the assault which left a young man with permanent scarring. The …
A 35-year-old stone mason is pleading for a council to allow him to build a house in a Derbyshire village he claims has been taken over by holiday homes. Daniel Smith owns and runs his own stone masonry and dry stone walling business in the Derbyshire village of Brassington, close to Carsington Water. However, he …
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New details of a Derbyshire council’s plans to buy two houses to convert into children’s homes have been published. Derbyshire County Council announced in June that it was looking to spend £1.2 million to buy two private houses off the open market and convert them into new children’s homes facilities. These were to replace ageing …
Police are continuing to investigate a serious collision at Whittington Moor in Chesterfield which happened on Friday evening (August 5). Emergency services were called to the scene just before 8.30pm, after a silver Volkswagen Polo crashed into a group of people outside The Batch House pub on Sheffield Road, and the building itself. Two people …
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A man is in hospital with serious injuries following reports of an assault in Chesterfield town centre in the early hours of Sunday morning (7 August). The incident happened around 12.50am, and officers were alerted to a man who had been found injured on Church Way. A 29-year-old man was arrested very shortly after the …
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North Derbyshire had a golden day at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday as first Chesterfield’s Liam Pitchford won Gold in the doubles table tennis and then Belper’s Hollie Pearne Webb Captained the England Women’s Hockey team to Gold. Pitchford believes his table tennis doubles win with Paul Drinkhall is “better than the Gold Coast” after …
Five people have been injured following a road traffic collision at Whittington Moor in Chesterfield this evening. Emergency services were called to reports that a car had crashed into a building opposite the Technique Stadium on Sheffield Road just before 8.30pm. Five people are reported to have suffered injuries, including the driver of the vehicle. …
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Derbyshire County Council are working with Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service to raise awareness around mental health and wellbeing. We have teamed up to spread help and advice around support for mental health, suicide prevention and emotional wellbeing. This includes producing 8,000 Derbyshire Mental Health and Wellbeing Support guides to be handed out at community …
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