January 2023

A popular Derbyshire tourist attraction is looking to renovate and expand its tea room, connecting it to an historic pub moved in from Stoke four decades ago. The Crich Tramway Museum has applied to Amber Valley Borough Council for a modern renovation of its current tea room facility. It hopes to construct a larger building […]

An air quality campaigner has questioned why a Derbyshire town with the county’s worst pollution hotspot was overlooked for a 20mph speed limit zone. Derbyshire County Council says the 20mph zone it is looking to bring in for Buxton and Long Eaton’s town centres are, in part, aimed at tackling environmental concerns. However, in February

A car park with more than 200 spaces will be created on greenfield land for contractors working on Chesterfield’s new mental health unit, despite residents’ concerns it may cause flooding. The temporary parking facility will be located towards the north of Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Calow, and will include 186 spaces for construction workers and 33

A man who died after a collision in Bakewell has been named. The collision occurred at around 12.30am on 7 January when a Fiat 500 travelling along King Street left the carriageway and collided with the front of a shop. Kyle Shimwell, 21, from Bakewell, was a front seat passenger in the Fiat. He suffered

Can you help identify a man who attacked a shop worker in Matlock before taking cash from the till? At around 4.55pm on Sunday, 8 January, a man went into a shop in Matlock Green and assaulted the member of staff, leaving the victim, a man in his 20s, with head injuries. The offender then

The inspector in charge of policing in Buxton has thanked the local community for their support and patience after an incident in the town yesterday. Officers were called to the scene off London Road at around 11.22am on Thursday 5 January. London Road was closed from the junction with Mosley Road to the Tesco petrol

An historic Derbyshire farmstead that was part of a radical scheme to provide work to unemployed miners through a national agricultural revolution is a step closer to being designated a conservation area. Residents will get a say on whether the Oxcroft Settlement, near Bolsover, will be made into a conservation area after Bolsover District Council’s

Plans which would see 180 affordable homes built on contaminated land in a Derbyshire village now peppered with new developments have been submitted. Miller Homes and Futures Housing Group are looking to build 180 homes off Stanley Street in Somercotes. Outline approval was given to the project by a Government planning inspector at appeal in

Amendments to a housing development that changed hands after the original builders went bust have been granted, despite concerns over the impact upon trees and increase in residents. Permission was originally given to Wildgoose Homes for the development of 28 homes off Highstairs Lane, Stretton, however after Wildgoose Construction went into administration Meadowview Homes bought

Derbyshire’s health and social care system is facing a “perfect storm” of problems with professionals under immense pressure and facing burnout and patients being harmed. GPs are said to be concerned about sending patients to hospital due to the known wait times for them to be seen due to overburdened emergency departments and a shortage