North East Derbyshire District Council has argued it was necessary to spend £210,000 on audio-video equipment and furniture for its new council chamber after the previous smaller chamber posed health, safety and technological difficulties. The labour-led council recently moved to a larger chamber at its offices on Mill Lane, Chesterfield, that has been fitted with […]
A landslip-hit Derbyshire road which has been closed for 17 months will now remain shut for at least another 15 months, taking it past two-and-a-half years. Heavy rainfall caused a 40-metre landslip on Leashaw, between Crich and Matlock, in November 2022 and now the route will remain closed until at least the summer of 2025.
Two men and a woman have been charged in relation to an alleged kidnap of a teenage boy in Pinxton. The 14-year-old victim is safe and well following the incident on Saturday 17 February. It is believed the three people alleged to be involved were known to the victim. Specialist officers from Derbyshire Police’s criminal
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A North Derbyshire council has begrudgingly brought in a maximum tax increase in a bid to avoid missing out on future Government funding. At an Amber Valley Borough Council meeting last night (March 4) leader Cllr Chris Emmas-Williams said of the proposed 2.99 per cent tax increase: “We don’t like it but we have been
Hundreds of protesters have signed two petitions against a proposed 280 acre Peak Resort development on Green Belt land in Derbyshire after raising concerns the scheme will bring an increase in traffic congestion, pollution and a possible impact upon wildlife. Peak Gateway Properties Ltd has already been granted outline planning permission for the development site
A flood-hit North Derbyshire park is set to gain a new skatepark, a splash pad and water-resilient paths. The combined projects are all set to take place in Hall Leys Park in Matlock town centre with Derbyshire Dales District Council match-funding money from central Government. A report on the projects details that both the skate
Derbyshire’s rural residents now have a ‘one stop shop’ with everything they need to know to protect themselves against crime. Giving advice on issues such as livestock worrying, wildfires and theft, the hub also has all the details of how to get further support from the agencies that are there to help you: Homepage –
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A war of words has broken out between a Derbyshire council leader and the area’s MP with claims of “bullying”, “gross mismanagement, lies and deceit”. In a Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting last night (February 29) the authority’s Liberal Democrat leader, Cllr Steve Flitter, took aim at the area’s Conservative MP, Sarah Dines. The focus
Derbyshire County Council says it has has taken a vital step towards having a greater say at the newly formed East Midlands Combined County Authority after it agreed to join and host a new Derby and Derbyshire Strategic Leadership Board with nine other councils. Council leader Barry Lewis told a cabinet meeting on February 22
Chesterfield council’s leader and opposition chief went head-to-head in a lively debate as the authority agreed a controversial budget plan to balance a forecast £4m deficit while the council was accused of falling off a ‘financial cliff edge’. Cllr Tricia Gilby, of the Labour-controlled borough council, refuted claims by the opposition Liberal Democrat Group Leader
