North East Derbyshire District Council has argued it was necessary to spend £210,000 on audio-video equipment and furniture for its new council chamber after the previous smaller chamber posed health, safety and technological difficulties. The labour-led council recently moved to a larger chamber at its offices on Mill Lane, Chesterfield, that has been fitted with
A landslip-hit Derbyshire road which has been closed for 17 months will now remain shut for at least another 15 months, taking it past two-and-a-half years. Heavy rainfall caused a 40-metre landslip on Leashaw, between Crich and Matlock, in November 2022 and now the route will remain closed until at least the summer of 2025.
Two men and a woman have been charged in relation to an alleged kidnap of a teenage boy in Pinxton. The 14-year-old victim is safe and well following the incident on Saturday 17 February. It is believed the three people alleged to be involved were known to the victim. Specialist officers from Derbyshire Police’s criminal