Day: April 5, 2024

Derbyshire County Council has insisted it remains committed to supporting people with learning difficulties and autism despite plans to consider stopping a number of ‘Day Opportunity’ and ‘Short Break’ support services as the authority faces on-going financial problems. The Conservative-controlled council’s cabinet will decide at a meeting on April 11, at County Hall, in Matlock,

Police and partners have been talking to young people to find out what they know about spiking, and how we can best support them. Whilst Derbyshire remains below the regional average for cases of spiking, we will never become complacent and will always take the opportunity to raise awareness and prevent incidents from happening. Officers,

Derbyshire council’s Deputy Leader has highlighted the positives of the authority’s ‘£173,000’ audio-visual system in its meeting chamber with possible future plans for live-streaming for the public and a voting system to identify how councillors are choosing to vote. The Conservative-controlled county council was asked by opposition Labour Cllr Kevin Gillott at a Full Council