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The former leaders of a cash-strapped Derbyshire council tried to buy a planned solar farm for £35 million – a scheme the authority is now fighting a costly inquiry to stop. Emails and a council-procured investment report, seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, show the attempts made by the councillors to buy the then-undetermined […]

The works to rebuild the road have been complex due to the challenges involved with working on an active landslip. After the initial landslip in 2020, work started to fix it the following year but had to stop in May 2021 as the ground started moving again. Work was due to start again in November

Local residents are invited to share their opinions about proposals to improve road safety along the 7½ mile stretch of the A5004 between Buxton and Whaley Bridge as part of a public consultation exercise. Funding for the proposals, worth around £2.5 million, has come from the Department for Transport’s Safer Roads Fund to improve safety

A man has been jailed after being found guilty of killing his friend with a single punch. Richard Mee and Stephen Paylor were arguing in Market Street, Heanor on the afternoon of 27 October 2021. Paylor punched 48-year-old Mr Mee and he fell to the ground. He was taken to hospital, where he died two

A new crime form has been launched to encourage communities to report rural and wildlife crimes online. Sergeant Chris Wilkinson, from the force’s Rural, Wildlife and Heritage Crime Team, said “We want to reassure our rural communities that we are here to support you if you need us. “By offering an online way of reporting

Two men have been charged with attempted burglary at a business in Fairfield, Buxton. It follows reports of a building at Buxton & High Peak Golf Club, on Town End, being broken into during the evening of Sunday 30 October. David King, of Alma Square, Fairfield, in Buxton and Carl Wilson (44) of Fairfield Road,

*** Amendment – Word ‘lease’ altered to ‘licence’ *** “It’s taking everything away from me” says the retired miner who is waiting to see  if he’s evicted from land he’s looked after for 42 years so the council can build houses on it. 76-year-old Melvyn Cooling has kept horses on the fields off Rood Lane,

Derbyshire Fire Service are warning people about the dangers of tumble dryers after a house fire in Wirksworth. At 03:42 hours, on Saturday 19 November, Firefighters were called to reports of a fire at a house on North End. Crews from Wirksworth and Crich Fire Stations attended the incident. All occupants of the property were

Police investigating an assault of a lorry driver are appealing for the public’s help. The incident happened on Friday 18 November between 3am and 4am on High View Road, South Normanton. The victim, a man in his 30s, was parked up when two men attempted to break into the trailer. When he approached the men