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Derbyshire’s Conservative county council leader has said Boris Johnson’s administration has caused “intolerable” “damage” to the Conservative brand and is pleased he is to resign. Cllr Barry Lewis said that following a “pattern of behaviours that were inconsistent with the high office of Prime Minister,” Mr Johnson had to go. This follows the record-breaking number […]

People from the East Midlands who saved lives through the gift of organ donation have been posthumously honoured at a moving award ceremony. They received the Order of St John Award for Organ Donation, run in conjunction with NHS Blood and Transplant, which was given to their families and loved ones on their behalf. The

A man has been charged with murder after an 11-year-old boy was found injured near to Shipley Country Park. Ambulance crews were called to Thorpes Road, near to the park in Heanor, on the afternoon of Saturday 18 June to reports that a boy had suffered injuries. He sadly died later that day. A subsequent

Officers investigating the sexual assault of a woman near Swanwick are asking for the public’s help as they continue to make enquiries. The incident occurred just after midday on Father’s Day, Sunday 19 June, in the fields between Pentritch Road, Asher Lane, and Back Lane, saw a woman in her 50s grabbed by a man

The 2022 Bakewell Carnival took place on Saturday 2nd July and North Derbyshire Radio were there. Here’s some of the images and videos from an amazing day.

A family of Derbyshire Gypsies have spoken out about the years of racism, violence and abuse they have faced in their search for a permanent place to call home. At the new Doveridge burial ground site, at the end of Derby Road, two members of a well-known Gypsy family, who do not wish to be

The council has scrapped a proposal to make taxi drivers install CCTV in their vehicles at their own expense after an outpouring of concern over the costs involved.A consultation was held by Chesterfield Borough Council over whether to make CCTV in taxis mandatory, however drivers commented that the cost to install it, likely to run

Two projects to reopen existing rail lines to passengers bringing the potential to build up to 5 new train stations in Derbyshire are steaming ahead with project leaders working with Network Rail to get the plans moving. Just a handful of projects nationally have been invited to submit an outline business case for funding as