High Peak council has given the go-ahead for Buxton Football Club to have a new replacement Main Stand built which will boast twice the capacity of the existing structure despite residents’ fears for increased traffic, noise and match day disruption. The borough council’s development committee approved club chairman Mr David Hopkins’ planning application at a
Plans to scrap residential beds at three Derbyshire council care homes, built for £33 million in the past six years, have been dubbed “madness”. Derbyshire County Council is now considering the future of three of its most recently built care homes after concluding that eight other care homes should be closed and sold. The controlling
Derbyshire police is getting tougher on e-scooters by launching a new “seize first” approach after it received hundreds of reports involving the “terrifying” vehicles. The force is now seizing e-scooters “immediately” off the streets if they are seen by officers in public places. This new approach from Derbyshire police began from November 1. On Monday,
A disgraced former Derbyshire police officer sent sexually explicit messages to a vulnerable woman he met while on duty, a misconduct hearing has heard. The actions of ex-PC Benjamin Pearson would have led to dismissal had he not resigned from his position at the force just weeks prior to the hearing, an independent panel ruled.