An increase in violence and sexual offences coupled with a number of high profile crimes in recent years has led to a £200k investment in Bolsover’s CCTV coverage in a bid to make the streets safer. Between July 2021 and June 2022, Derbyshire Constabulary recorded 628 crimes of a violent or sexual nature in Bolsover […]
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Plans for a block of retirement apartments in a Derbyshire town have been unanimously rejected after very little discussion. At a Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting last night (August 16) plans for a block of 15 retirement apartments off Chesterfield Road in Matlock – next to the Lilybank Care Home – were unanimously rejected. The
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Last year the Government published a new National Bus Strategy which set out a vision for future improvements across England and how bus services can recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The strategy placed a requirement on Derbyshire County Council and bus companies in the area to work together to create a Bus Service Improvement Plan
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A man has been charged with attempted murder after a reported stabbing in Matlock. Police were called to Dale Road, Matlock, at around 8pm on Friday (12 August) where a teenager boy was found with serious injuries after allegedly being stabbed in the neck. Officers then attended a property in nearby Matlock Bath where a
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A man has been arrested after a teenager was stabbed in Matlock. The incident occurred in Dale Road, Matlock, outside the Rubigo bar at around 8pm yesterday evening (12 August) and saw a teenaged boy suffer serious injuries after being stabbed. Following the initial incident officers then attended a house in Dale Road, Matlock Bath,
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Police had to evacuate about 50 homes after a major incident was declared due to a fire involving three fields. Dozens of firefighters are battling the large blaze which started in the model village area of Creswell, North Derbyshire. Officers told residents to keep their doors and windows closed while the fire was dealt with.
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A man and a teenage boy have been arrested in connection with drug supply offences in Chesterfield. They were arrested at a property on Wenlock Close in Loundsley Green yesterday (Wednesday 10 August) by officers from the Newbold and Brockwell Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team. Suspected Class A and Class B drugs were found following a
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A man has been jailed after he smashed a shot glass in another man’s face in an unprovoked attack in Buxton. Man jailed for permanently scarring another man in glass attack Jake Saxon, of Buxton Road, Blackshaw Moor, in Leek, Staffordshire pleaded guilty to the assault which left a young man with permanent scarring. The
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A 35-year-old stone mason is pleading for a council to allow him to build a house in a Derbyshire village he claims has been taken over by holiday homes. Daniel Smith owns and runs his own stone masonry and dry stone walling business in the Derbyshire village of Brassington, close to Carsington Water. However, he
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New details of a Derbyshire council’s plans to buy two houses to convert into children’s homes have been published. Derbyshire County Council announced in June that it was looking to spend £1.2 million to buy two private houses off the open market and convert them into new children’s homes facilities. These were to replace ageing
