Public Health England has today issued a heat-health alert as the Met Office forecasts high temperatures for the coming weekend. Check on others Check on older people or sick neighbours, family or friends every day during hot weather. You may need to do things differently this year, remember that while COVID-19 restrictions are in place, any additional […]
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Work has started to build a new £4 million extension at Glossopdale School with funding from Derbyshire County Council. The new block will provide an additional 9 teaching spaces comprising 8 standard classrooms and a demonstration science lab. It will also provide flexible options for dining and social spaces and extra staff workrooms. Once finished
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Cruising on the Chesterfield Canal is back, thanks to the latest easing of lockdown restrictions this month. With the scrapping of social distancing rules, the Chesterfield Canal Trust will be getting its fleet of four tripboats back into action. First in line will be Madeline running trips from Hollingwood Hub in Staveley on Saturday 24th
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Youngsters across Derbyshire who love reading are being encouraged to sign up to this year’s Summer Reading Challenge which is themed Wild World Heroes. All Derbyshire libraries are taking part in the Summer Reading Challenge, which encourages children aged 4 to 11 to carry on reading and maintain their literacy skills throughout the school summer
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Police are investigating an assault in Holmewood, near Chesterfield, which left a woman with a broken leg. The victim, a woman in her 20s, was assaulted by a group of people in Hunloke Road, Holmewood, after being assaulted in the rear car park of the Miner’s Welfare in Heath Road. The victim was left with
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New festival aims to build on town’s recent plastic-free accolade Chesterfield campaign group, Plastic Free Chesterfield, is aiming to build on their recent Plastic Free Community award by organising a Plastic Free Festival, taking place on Sunday 8th August, 10am-5pm on New Square at Chesterfield market. Organisers say the Plastic Free Festival aims to be
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Local people are being invited to have their say on plans to improve bus services in Derbyshire Earlier this year the government published a new National Bus Strategy which sets out a framework for how bus services can recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and a vision for future improvements across England. The strategy places a
Have your say on future of local bus services in Derbyshire. Read More »
Derbyshire’s first community-managed library is set to open its doors in August. Woodville Library is to be the first of our libraries to transfer over to community management as part of our innovative Libraries for Derbyshire strategy. The handover and opening was originally planned for spring last year but was postponed due to the coronavirus
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Supporters from across North Derbyshire have rallied behind Ashgate Hospicecare’s Forget-Me-Not Appeal to raise £117,300 in just eight weeks. Since the appeal launched in May, 3,194 flowers have been dedicated in memory of someone special, with supporters receiving a custom-made flower for a suggested donation of £25. The charity, which provides specialist end of life
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Derbyshire Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision in Ambergate where a driver allegedly failed to stop at the scene. Officers were called to Ripley Road, near the Hurt Arms, at around 7pm on Wednesday 7 July, following reports that a cyclist had been involved in a collision with a white Ford Ranger. It
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