Planning chiefs have given the go-ahead for a Travellers’ site in Bolsover, Derbyshire, despite objections from members of the public concerning traffic and road safety. Bolsover District Council’s planning committee has conditionally approved the planning application for the Travellers’ site for three pitches, at The Stables, on Featherbed Lane, Bolsover. The application was referred to the […]
Derbyshire County Council’s multi-million pound landmark headquarters is to be the subject of a marketing exercise to consider various, new alternative uses for the grand building as modern work practices mean the council is no longer using the site to its ‘full potential’. The majestic, council-owned County Hall, on Smedley Street, near the top of Bank
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The owners of three food and drink venues in a Derbyshire town centre say they will lose thousands of pounds due to roadworks blocking their front doors. Kerrie and Michael Thompson own Buddy’s Smokehouse & BBQ Joint, jacket potato shop Spuddy’s and pub the Remarkable Hare – all next to each other in Dale Road,
Derbyshire Voluntary Action’s Project – Feeling Connected is set to tackle the growing issues and cost of loneliness during Loneliness Awareness Week in June. The Loneliness Awareness Week campaign, which aims to raise understanding of the ubiquitous problem of loneliness and inspire individuals and communities to take action, has the Feeling Connected team’s full backing
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Controversial plans for a new housing scheme have moved a step closer despite village residents’ fears that the development may lead to increased traffic and flooding problems. Green 4 Developments have submitted a planning application to North East Derbyshire District Council for 30 dwellings on a 1.29 hectare site on a paddock to the rear
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Stephen Poxon has just published his new book on the late, great Chesterfield legend Ernie Moss. The publication is called Heartfelt Recollections of the Footballing Legend Ernie Moss with a Foreward from former Spireites manager Roy McFarland. North Derbyshire Radio Senior Sports Reporter Matthew Rhodes spoke to Stephen at length about the book and you
3,500 people are now said to have signed a petition to Bolsover District Council against a big housing scheme. The 1,800 home development plus neighbourhood centre, hotel and restaurant would adjoin the north of the village of Clowne. The developers say the plans would bring up to 2,000 new jobs, improvements to Clowne centre, a
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Generous council chiefs have awarded nearly £60,000 to community and voluntary groups as part of a new scheme to help deliver grassroot projects aimed at improving lives. A total of £59,965 has been awarded to 16 local groups via Chesterfield Borough Council’s new Community Grants Funding scheme. The funding will help groups deliver projects that will
Ten members of two county lines drug gangs have been jailed for a combined total of more than 66 years. County lines is the name given to drug dealing where organised criminal groups (OCGs) use phone lines to move and supply drugs, usually from cities into smaller towns and rural areas. The Ace/Haych line operated
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A North Derbyshire mum’s trying to raise money to get her house adapted for her severely disabled son. Claire Rodgers says eight year old George is “the most amazing little boy”, but he has struggled with quadriplegic cerebral palsy, epilepsy, global development delay and several other conditions. And she says the boy has had dozens
