Day: March 21, 2024

Councillors called for unity across political divides and representation for rural areas, alongside cities, in the first meeting of a new East Midlands super council. The first meeting of the new East Midlands Combined County Authority, making decisions on behalf of more than two million people, took place in Chesterfield Town Hall today (March 19).

New research which claimed Derby and Derbyshire had some of the “worst roads in England” has been strongly refuted as councils say the data is misleading. Car check company Motorscan analysed and calculated data from the Department for Transport based on the average percentage of roads requiring maintenance between 2018 and 2023. It claimed Derbyshire