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
A Derbyshire council is set to scrap a decision allowing a former cinema to be converted into homes and a shop after years of inaction from a developer. Derbyshire Dales District Council officers are asking councillors to spike their approval of plans to turn the former 1930s cinema in St John’s Street, Wirksworth, into a
Plans for more than a dozen homes in the countryside on the outskirts of a Derbyshire village are set for refusal. The application, from Mrs C Potter, seeks planning permission to build 16 houses and two apartments on land off Clifton Road, Clifton, south-west of Ashbourne. Derbyshire Dales District Council planning officers have recommended that
Planners have given the go-ahead for a new care home in Chesterfield despite flood concerns and quesrions over the level of contribution from developers towards the restoration of a famous derelict landmark. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee approved the development of a 72-bedroom care home for elderly and poorly people with car parking and landscaping
Derbyshire selected to take part in multi-million-pound workplace health pilot. These lifesaving checks help improve the health and wellbeing of employees, prevent serious health conditions from developing as well as help people stay in employment for longer. We have been successful in bidding for £36,000 of funding which will be used to run free NHS
A Derbyshire-based chemist chain has apologised for delays with patients receiving prescriptions at one of its branches and it says it is working to improve the situation after it has been struggling during a difficult time for pharmacies. Staveley Town Councillor Paul Mann informed Peak Pharmacy that customers at its branch on Attlee Rd, at
The pilot of a light aircraft that crashed in an industrial estate near Chesterfield has died. Emergency services were called to land off Sheepbridge Lane, in Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, early on Sunday morning. An investigation into the circumstances is ongoing. The pilot was the only person on board and died in the collision. His family has
Public health officials from across the East Midlands want a regional crackdown on the “concerning” and “inappropriate” illegal sale and marketing of vapes to under 18s. An official joint statement on vaping, endorsed by the Association of Directors of Public Health for the East Midlands (including Derby and Derbyshire), along with each council’s tobacco control
A man who sent sexually explicit messages to children online has been jailed. Stephen Blackwell began messaging one girl on Tiktok when she was just 10. He initially told her he was a 17-year-old boy who lived in London before admitting he had lied about his age. He repeatedly sent her photos and videos and
Derbyshire children with special educational needs are travelling too far for school because facilities are not in the right places, a council official has said. Jenny Webster, head of development for children’s services at Derbyshire County Council, made the statement at a South Derbyshire District Council meeting last night (August 28). She said: “SEND (special