One of the team behind a Peak District pub that was reborn as a community space has been telling North Derbyshire Radio the government could be doing more to make village pubs viable. Jonathan Lindley, chair of the board at The Angler’s Rest in Bamford says things are tough in the pub trade right now, […]
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Thousands of worried parents have lost their fight to stop Derbyshire council’s decision to increase the cost of a school meal by about 41 per cent from £2.30 to £3.25 per day. Conservative-led Derbyshire County Council announced the 95p price increase in July as a cost-saving measure to be introduced in September aimed at supporting
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Derbyshire council’s leader has called for the condemnation of antisemitism after concerns about hate crime in the county and a rise in antisemitic behaviour following the eruption of horrific violence during the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. The Derbyshire County Council Leader, Cllr Barry Lewis, of the Conservative-controlled authority, raised his concerns during a Full Council meeting, on
A North Derbyshire mum is asking for our help to pay for medicine to treat a rare form of breast cancer. Rachael Holmes, who’s 51 from Clowne, has already had a double mastectomy for an aggressive form of ‘triple-negative breast cancer’, but the cancer has returned and she’s been told it will cost her her
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Chesterfield’s council housing chief has welcomed plans for 22 new affordable properties to be built across the borough in Staveley and Middlecroft to help meet waiting lists and the rising need for homes. The announcement comes not long after Chesterfield Borough Council confirmed it was continuing with efforts to address a significant number of empty
Plans for 75 hillside homes above a flood-hit North Derbyshire town are set for final approval despite “deep concerns” about flooding issues. The scheme, from Homes by Honey, would see 75 homes built off Chesterfield Road and Quarry Lane on the hillside above Matlock. Derbyshire Dales District Council officers have recommended that the plans are
Concerned Derbyshire residents’ mixed and negative reactions to a proposed 20mph speed-limit traffic zone in areas around Buxton and Long Eaton means the county council is likely to reject the plans. Conservative-controlled Derbyshire County Council’s cabinet is due to decide upon the recommendations of a Green Towns initiative report to refuse the proposed plans at
Liberal Democrat councillors who have been calling for a more ‘collegiate approach’ with shared decision-making at cash-strapped Staveley Town Council have welcomed a critical report into the authority’s finances after it stated the authority should adopt a more consensual approach with collective decision-taking. Following the Local Elections, Labour secured six seats at Staveley Town Council,
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A Derbyshire council wants the Government to ban candy floss, bubble gum, salted caramel, ice cream, and lemonade vape flavours. Central Government is asking councils for their views on new plans for a so-called “smoke-free generation” including significant restrictions on vape products and bans on selling tobacco products to anyone aged 14 and above. Derbyshire
A Derbyshire council is set to spend £10,000 on live air quality monitoring equipment in a bid to quash an acknowledged health hazard in a pollution-hit town. The equipment, to be leased from Earthsense by Derbyshire Dales District Council, would track key pollutants on Buxton Road hill, in Ashbourne. Pollution on the Buxton Road hill
