The owners of a well-known Derbyshire pub have put forward further new development plans after hitting several setbacks in the past two years. Andrea and Chris Harvey, through Henfox Ltd, have now applied to reconfigure the caravan park of the Knockerdown Inn near Carsington Water, build a toilet and shower block and extend its car
A Derbyshire action group feels residents have been having an ‘extremely frustrating’ time during a long wait for financial information from a parish council concerning the running of a costly leisure centre. The Creswell Heritage and Wellbeing Centre scheme, on Colliery Road, was originally funded through a number of organisations including Bolsover District Council and
A “tidal wave” “quad-demic” from the vomiting bug norovirus, flu, Covid-19 and respiratory viruses are putting Derbyshire’s healthcare system under extreme pressure. As of the latest NHS England data there are 34 patients in Derbyshire hospitals with flu and 40 beds are closed due to norovirus, while 14 patients have Covid-19 and six staff are
As the end of the year nears, so does the major regeneration project to rejuvenate Glossop Hall’s – building work is now almost complete and the Council is in the final stages of appointing a partner to manage the buildings and the services that will operate from them. The Council is leading the multi-million pound
North East Derbyshire District Council are delighted to announce they have successfully secured funding from the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation to install a new 3G pitch at the Clay Cross Active facility. The 3G pitch project has been made possible thanks to a £786,000 grant from the Football Foundation, with the
Derbyshire County Council has launched a public consultation as it prepares to refocus its adult care services by supporting more dementia patients and helping more people to stay at home after it controversially opted to sell eight care homes and close five day centres for the elderly. The eight care homes the county council’s Cabinet
NE Derbyshire District Council’s political landscape has shifted after its only three Liberal Democrats have joined forces with a Conservative councillor and an Independent councillor to form a new five-strong group called the Derbyshire Independents. The new Derbyshire Independent councillors have now left the parties under which they were elected and say their aim is
Five people have been charged and 17 arrested as part of a national week-long operation targeting county lines drug dealers. WATCH: Week of strikes leads to five charges for drugs supply in Derbyshire Five people have been charged and 17 arrested as part of a week-long operation targeting county lines drug dealers. Police forces from
A single mum said she is ‘depressed’ after council refused to move her to a different flat. Andrea Barnes, a mum of two, who lives in a council flat in Chesterfield, asked the authority to relocate her to a different accommodation after one of her neighbours was bothering her due to her toddler ‘being loud’.
The first 300 of more than 1,000 homes earmarked for a former Derbyshire airfield are set for approval at the second time of asking. Ashbourne Airfield is the lynchpin of Derbyshire Dales District Council’s housing plans for the next couple of decades with the former industrial site earmarked for more than 1,000 homes and acres