Millie Bright has confirmed she has had surgery on an ongoing injury and won’t be going to Euro 2025 with England women. With the rest of the squad announced and preparations now underway for the summer tournament North Derbyshire Radio’s Senior Sports Editor Matthew Rhodes recently caught up with sports journalist Freddie Cardy to discuss […]
Alfreton Town has a brand new owner and chairman in the shape of William Rush. Rush takes over from Wayne Bradley who will remain at the club as a director and advisor. North Derbyshire Radio’s Senior Sports editor Matthew Rhodes caught up with local football journalist/broadcaster Joshua Smith for his reaction to Alfreton Town’s huge
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The stalled development for a new leisure centre in Clay Cross is set to finally open its doors in less than two weeks after the original contractor fell into administration and a new one stepped in to complete the project nearly six months behind schedule. Clay Cross Active which replaced the former Sharley Park Leisure
A North Derbyshire council is due to consider endorsing new security plans with possible new CCTV and tighter perimeter protection at its headquarters to keep the public, staff and councillors safe after a number of concerning incidents. Bolsover District Council’s Customer Services Scrutiny Committee and Local Growth Scrutiny Committees are meeting at an Extraordinary Meeting
A new warning urges the public to continue reporting phishy emails and texts with 41 million already reported. As of April 2025, the total number of phishing scams reported to the Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) reached over 41 million since its launch in April 2020. This has resulted in 217,000 scams being removed from
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Construction of a modern rail innovation and training centre in Barrow Hill – which will create jobs and skills opportunities for local people, and bolster Chesterfield’s ambitions to be a leading destination for the rail sector, has started on site. The Derbyshire Rail Industry Innovation Vehicle (DRIIVe) will sit next to the historic Barrow Hill
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Bolsover District Council’s relationship with its wholly-owned Dragonfly development companies has been heavily criticised following a review after risks have been identified including a lack of good governance, a lack of a business plan and a conflict of interest between the roles of the organisations. The council has two wholly-owned Dragonfly companies – the Dragonfly
Residents have welcomed what is thought to be the first hosepipe ban in the UK. Youlgreave Waterworks, which supplies water to the village of Youlgreave in North Derbyshire, introduced the ban after a two-month spell of dry weather. Residents of the village, which has had its own water supply since 1829, are being asked to
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This spring the Council is formalising the changes we have made to our mowing regime over the past couple of years and extending the changes to additional areas within some of these sites, demonstrating our commitment to enhancing biodiversity and encouraging nature recovery. Designated areas of grass will continue to be cut on a once-a-year
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Reform UK took control of the county council in the local elections held on 1 May and now have 42 seats out of a total of 64 seats on the council. At the AGM on Wednesday 21 May the new Leader of the county council was confirmed as Councillor Alan Graves, who represents the Aston
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