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On Friday 11 June 2021, Council Leader Steve Fritchley joined the first meeting of the Bolsover high street taskforce, along with other stakeholders and representatives from the town. The taskforce is charged with developing ambitious plans to regenerate and improve Bolsover’s town centre to become the pre-eminent market town in North Derbyshire. It is looking

Derbyshire County Council We’re using almost a quarter of a million pounds to help local residents who have to self-isolate because of COVID-19. The funding will be given to Citizens Advice across Derbyshire to provide extra help, advice and information to those struggling financially during the pandemic, including helping people who have to self-isolate to

A family whose home has been burgled have provided officers with pictures of the stolen jewellery in a bid to trace it. Sometime between 2am and 4am on Thursday 10 June, a burglar broke into a house in Pentrich Road, Swanwick. They took a large amount of jewellery, including a women’s Gucci necklace, Clogau Gold

A Rural Hardship Fund has been launched by Rural Action Derbyshire. The fund provides one-off small grants of up £250 to people in rural areas who have suffered hardship because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The grants are provided to improve the health and well-being of the rural community in cases where circumstances have led or

Young people are being sought to take part in a song writing workshop for Derbyshire libraries. The project ‘Derbyshire Sings’ is funded by Arts Council England as part of its Lottery Grants programme. Our library service successfully bid for just over £7,500 so that it could provide an opportunity for existing library customers to be

A man has been airlifted to hospital after getting stuck under a tractor in Buxton on Monday. Firefighters from across Derbyshire attended the scene this afternoon, alongside police and the East Midlands Ambulance Service. A Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “At 2.44pm today, crews from Chesterfield, Hathersage, Staveley, and Alfreton attended an incident

Officers investigating a burglary at a house in Pinxton are releasing pictures of some of the stolen items in a bid to trace them. Some time between 3.30pm on Friday 11 June and 1pm the next day, a burglar broke into a house in St Helen’s Avenue. They took several pieces of jewellery, including a