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A campaign leader who is opposed to the massive Clowne Garden Village residential scheme is aiming to submit an application to county court claiming that Bolsover District Council’s planning meeting arrangements to consider the developer’s application are ‘discriminatory’. Bolsover District Council’s planning committee is due to consider Waystone Ltd’s planning application for its Clowne Garden […]

A Derbyshire PCSO has reconnected with his past serving in the Gulf War for the British Army. PCSO Pete Bradbury, known as Brad, joined Derbyshire Constabulary in July 2023. He’s based in Ashbourne and enjoys his role out and about engaging with people and supporting neighbourhood policing in the Dales and Derwent Valley. He’s one

Concerned campaigners and residents are being given the opportunity by Bolsover District Council to address a crucial planning meeting to help decide upon controversial plans to build 1,800 homes near two Derbyshire villages. Waystone Ltd’s planning application for its Clowne Garden Village scheme, near Clowne and Barlborough, for 1,800 dwellings with 24 hectares of greenfield

Derbyshire Police are hailing a new scheme to tackle the issues that matter to our communities. Officers on dedicated patrols spent more than 700 additional hours targeting areas where we’ve received reports of disruptive and nuisance behaviour. On these patrols, they spoke to local people and businesses to check in, as well as speaking to

Two people have been arrested after a child fell from a second-floor window in Chesterfield. A 20-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect, following reports that a 20-month-old boy fell from a second-floor window in Chesterfield at 11am yesterday. The boy’s injuries are not believed to be life

A substantial cannabis grow was found during a police search at an address in Buxton earlier this week. Officers executed a warrant at a commercial address in Staden Lane, at 12.30pm on Monday 2 September. More than 800 cannabis plants were found in the address and seized by officers. Two men were arrested on suspicion

A 20-month-old boy has been taken to hospital by air ambulance after falling from a second-floor window in Chesterfield this morning. Emergency services were called at 11.00am to reports that a 20-month-old boy had fallen from a second-floor window in Chesterfield. The boy was taken by Air Ambulance from his home in the Harehill Road

Gym users in Chesterfield are set to benefit from new state-of-the-art fitness equipment as local leisure centres are refurbished. The Healthy Living Centre at Staveley and Queen’s Park Sports Centre, which are both owned and operated by Chesterfield Borough Council, will see new equipment installed that will help to enhance the gym experience. The new