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The jobs market in the East Midlands continues to bounce back strongly – with the proportion of people out of work now below the national average for only the second time during the pandemic. The unemployment rate for the period between April and June 2021 was 4.3%, compared to 4.7% for the UK, according to

We’re making it even easier to pick up COVID-19 test kits as we have made them available in libraries and mobile library vans. One in 3 people with COVID-19 have no symptoms which means you could be spreading the virus to other, more vulnerable people, without realising it. Regular testing helps prevent the spread of

Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique Foster has unveiled details of a new £100k grant scheme designed to enable voluntary and community groups to tackle antisocial behaviour. The Commissioner is determined to respond to the neighbourhood issues that cause misery to local people and has committed £100k from her budget to the launch of an

Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique Foster is inviting people to take part in a new survey It’s to form the Police and Crime Plan which governs how the county will be policed in the future And will build on feedback received from residents during local election campaigning deciding which areas and issues need the most

A High Peak pub is set to scoop a top award. The Blind Bull at Little Hucklow notched up the Refurbishment award in the Campaign for Real Ale’s Pub Design Awards Presented with Historic England, they celebrate newly built pubs or those which have undergone conversions Despite history dating it back to the 12th century, the pub

A man has sustained a broken jaw after an assault in Ripley in the early hours of Sunday 1 August. The 45-year-old man was walking in Grosvenor Road at about 4am, when he and his friend struck up a conversation with two other men. One of the men is then said to have punched the

Two people have been arrested after a quad bike was stolen in the High Peak. The thieves made off on motorbikes after they had spotted officers, the incident led to a police pursuit into Cheshire and Greater Manchester after offenders failed to stop. Assisted by a police helicopter, armed response officers eventually tracked them down