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Officers have arrested 13 people in a series of warrants in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. The warrants are the culmination of months of work into an alleged county line drugs gang moving heroin and crack cocaine from Sheffield into the North Derbyshire area. Officers carried out eleven warrants in the Deepcar, Heeley, Shire Green and […]

Could you lend a hand to older people… and get that feel-good factor as well? We are on the look-out for volunteers to become ‘pilots’ for our new triobike, which helps older people get out in the fresh air and reconnecting with their community. We have invested in the trio bike (essentially a settee on

The Radius team at Shorts Chartered Accountants has launched a new R&D tax relief microsite to help boost the finances of local businesses. The microsite is designed to help raise greater awareness of R&D tax reliefs, which are generous, government-backed tax breaks for innovative companies. This tax relief is often worth around 25% of qualifying

A project aiming to break down the barriers around ‘social connectedness’ has launched an initiative encouraging people to share what they have done to feel less lonely and isolated. Derbyshire Voluntary Action’s (DVA) Feeling Connected project has launched ‘Feeling Connected Week’, taking place between 25 September and 2 October. The aim of the initiative is to

Charity partners of the 2021 Redbrik Foundation Chesterfield 10k are on the lookout for volunteers to get involved with this year’s event, which takes place on 17th October, beginning at 10am from Queen’s Park, Chesterfield. Volunteer marshals will help to play a key role in the success of the event and will be stationed at various points

Derbyshire Police are appealing for witnesses to a suspicious incident in Ripley where a man has allegedly approached a child. Officers were called to Nottingham Road at about 3.15pm today (Friday 24 September) following reports that a man in a parked car had got out of his vehicle and approached an 11-year-old girl. Passers-by approached

Officers investigating a single car collision in Mickleover are appealing for dash cam footage which may assist with their enquiries. A black BMW 4 series collided with street furniture after leaving the carriageway on the A38 Findern interchange towards Rykneld Road, last Friday (17 September) at around 9.30pm. The driver of the car, a 32-year-old man,

Community Chesterfield has launched its next phase of training and shared learning workshops to support the learning needs of staff and students at the University of Derby, as well as community and voluntary third sector groups across Derbyshire which help people in Chesterfield. The project, which is a Lottery funded partnership between Derbyshire Voluntary Action

The Chesterfield Royal Hospital charity has launched its annual Christmas card competition, with the team hoping this year’s will be the biggest and best yet. Young people across the area are being encouraged to submit their festive designs ahead of the 12th November deadline, with the winning designs to be professionally produced and sold to

Chesterfield residents are set to benefit from new facilities following the opening of a new bowls pavilion in Stand Road Park. It was opened at a ceremony on Friday 17 September by Toby Perkins MP, which was also attended by the Mayor of Chesterfield, Councillor Glenys Falconer, Councillor Jill Mannion-Brunt, Chesterfield Borough Council’s cabinet member