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A Liberal Democrat Councillor has challenged cash-strapped Labour-led Chesterfield Borough Council’s claims that the local authority has been left to feel like the poor Charles Dickens’ character Oliver Twist after the announcement of a ‘tiny’ Government funding handout. The Conservative Government has agreed to £600m of additional funding for struggling local authorities in England but […]

Concerned cash-strapped Chesterfield councillors are working with four key public advice agencies to reduce the possible impact of the authority’s proposed phasing-out of over £200,000 of annual funding. Labour-led Chesterfield Borough Council’s Scrutiny Select Committee on Economic Growth and Communities met on January 18 to discuss the proposed withdrawal of funding as a saving proposal

A housing developer has given further assurances after it has been linked to a second Derbyshire scheme site to have attracted concerns about sewage and drainage capacity as plans are underway to build a £20.35m residential development above a flood-prone town. Homes by Honey’s planning application for 75 houses off Chesterfield Road and Quarry Lane,

Work to turn a Derbyshire council’s sprawling historic headquarters into a hotel and build a new base could cost more than £100 million. Derbyshire County Council aims to move out of its historic Matlock headquarters in a former spa and move into a new eco, smaller building within the Bank Road grounds. Reports published by

A leisure chief has told how Chesterfield Borough Council is having to review the deliverability of its parks and open spaces to make tens of thousands of pounds of savings as part of an overall drive to overcome the local authority’s estimated £4m budget shortfall. The council’s Leisure, Culture and Community Wellbeing Director, Ian Waller,

Our Rural Crime Team have been recognised as the most proactive team in the country in preventing farm machinery and plant theft. Accepting the Rob Oliver Award, Sergeant Chris Wilkinson said: “I’m immensely proud of the achievements of this team, and their commitment to supporting our rural communities. “It’s an honour to win this for

Police are appealing for information after a man was assaulted following reports of an aggravated burglary in Buxton. Three men are believed to have entered the property on Queen’s Road, Fairfield, at around 8pm on Thursday 11 January. The victim discovered the men in his home, and they assaulted him before leaving the property. He

A housing developer has offered assurances to worried residents that it has considered the wider community’s concerns from the beginning of its controversial plans to build 275 new homes near two Derbyshire villages. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee approved a planning application for the Pearl housing scheme, near Tom Lane, between Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton,