Campaigners are fighting plans to sell off a Matlock car park for development, arguing more housing will only add to existing serious traffic and flooding problems. Residents formed the Cavendish Road Action Group after Derbyshire County Council (DCC) revealed plans to sell its staff car park and adjacent playing field at Cavendish. The authority is […]
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The traditional Ashbourne Shrovetide Football match takes place on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd February. It’s the last bastion of mass football and is one of only a handful of games of its kind to be played annually in the streets of the UK. There are records of mass football being played as early as
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A commemorative beacon honouring the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee could be constructed in a Derbyshire park. The 5.6-metre tall beacon could be erected in the Fishpond Meadows Playing Fields off Park Road, next to the Henmore Brook and an existing pathway. This comes around six months after Ashbourne Town Council had its first
An historic bridge in a Derbyshire town centre could be closed off to traffic in a bid to improve walking and cycling conditions – and safeguard the structure. Matlock Bridge, which crosses the River Derwent in the town centre, is currently temporarily open to two-way traffic due to flood wall improvements but is usually one-way
An investigation is ongoing after a man suffered serious injuries in Alfreton. Police were called to reports of a disturbance on Parkin Street just before 3.40pm yesterday, Thursday 16 February. The man was taken to hospital where he remains in a serious condition. A 46-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault and is
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Our officers in Chesterfield have launched an investigation into reports of burglaries in the Walton area of the town. Between 11pm on Tuesday 14 February and 7.30pm on Wednesday 15 February, we received reports of four properties being targeted. Vehicles were taken from two of the houses including a silver Volkswagen E-Golf and a black
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Derbyshire’s Tory leadership prides itself on setting one of the country’s lowest Council Tax rises for the coming year – but opponents accuse them of offering cut price services that will ultimately cost residents more. At just 3.75 per cent, Derbyshire County Council (DCC) boasts the lowest percentage rate rise for 2023/24 out of any
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Worrying figures reveal the number of Derbyshire children in care has increased by a third in the last four years at a rate triple that of the national average. Derbyshire County Council’s Revenue Budget Report 2023/24 revealed there were 1,004 children in care across the county as of November 2022, an increase of 32 per
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A yurt, cabin and a converted loft will be used for glamping accommodation on a historic farm site in the Derbyshire countryside. Plans for the glamping accommodation were approved at a Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting last night (February 14) for a site at Horsley House Farm in Bradbourne. This was against the recommendation of
Two North Derbyshire schools are set to gain new classrooms specifically for children with special educational needs. Both Swanwick School & Sports College and Pilsley Primary School in Chesterfield are set to gain more classroom space in which to provide specialist support. Children with special educational needs often need carefully designed classroom space in which
