Detectives are appealing for information after an aggravated burglary in Staveley this morning (Sunday) At around 10am two men forced their way in to a flat in Porter Street and assaulted a 39-year-old man, who lives at the address. The men then went into a bedroom and grabbed a 25-year-old woman, forcing her out of […]
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Officers across Derbyshire will be on hand this Christmas to make sure you can have a safer night out if you choose to do so. Extra patrols are planned for all of the county’s key nights out, and together with our partners we will be putting a whole range of measures in place to make
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Officers investigating the armed robbery of a shop in Creswell are appealing for witnesses with dashcam footage to come forward. The incident saw two masked robbers enter the Virk’s Convenience Store in Elmton Road at around 6.10pm on Thursday 9 December. The pair threatened staff with large knives and left with bottles of alcohol. They
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A woman has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a knife, going equipped to steal and possessing drugs. Police followed a car in Buxton last night as they felt it was being driven in a suspicious manner. They stopped it in Nunsfield Road. The Corsa was searched and several items were found inside, including a
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Derbyshire police is standing alongside other forces in England and Wales today as a new framework is unveiled to tackle violence against women and girls. Police will take wide-ranging action to deliver a fundamental shift in priority of violence against women and girls and give victims a consistently high standard of service wherever they are.
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A man has been found guilty of killing Ricky Collins in Killamarsh, and three other people guilty of assisting an offender. Bradley Ward has today (Wednesday 15 December) been found guilty of murder following a three-week trial at Derby Crown Court. Officers were called to Westthorpe Road in the late evening of Monday 29 March
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Officers investigating an incident of fraud in Alfreton are appealing for help identifying the man pictured. The victim, a man in his 80s, was approached by a man with an Irish accent who offered to jet wash and seal his driveway for £600. After attempting to complain about the work the victim was told that
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The Derbyshire Rural Crime Team reported that in recent weeks, they have seized approximately 30 firearms from residents. This is because of concerns regarding their conduct and their suitability to be firearms certificate holders. A Rural Crime Team spokesperson said that strict safety measures surrounding firearm licensing are in place in the county, and that
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Chesterfield’s Plastic Free Festival, which debuted this year, has announced that it will be returning for 2022. The festival will take place on Sunday 12th June, 10am-4pm on New Square marketplace and will feature special guests, Pride of Britain winners Amy and Ella Meek of Kids Against Plastic, who have given numerous TED talks, picked up
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Derbyshire Police are appealing for dashcam footage after an elderly woman’s home was burgled as she slept upstairs. The pair of burglars smashed their way into the woman’s home in Whitecotes Lane, Chesterfield at around 12.45am on Thursday 2 December. The victim, a woman in her 70s, was asleep upstairs as the pair stole a
