New research which claimed Derby and Derbyshire had some of the “worst roads in England” has been strongly refuted as councils say the data is misleading. Car check company Motorscan analysed and calculated data from the Department for Transport based on the average percentage of roads requiring maintenance between 2018 and 2023. It claimed Derbyshire

A total of 15 babies were left with severe brain damage following “likely” or “possible” “substandard” care from the Derby and Burton hospital trust. The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) can now reveal this information, following a 10-month information battle with the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust which started last July.

A council is set to refuse controversial plans for more than 400 homes on the hillside above a Derbyshire town with mass opposition due to the “threat to life” from potential flood issues. The plans, from William Davis Homes, intend to build 423 homes on land to the north of Matlock, close to Highfields School,

The campaign, coordinated by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC), is a chance to create a better insight into these often complex cases, improve investigations and work with partners to prevent spiking incidents happening. With a total of 16 cases reported in Derbyshire since the beginning of 2024, a figure which is just below the

Derbyshire council’s cabinet has agreed to recommend a range of multi-million pound saving measures to the Full Council for approval after previously setting a balanced budget plan to meet an estimated deficit of over £39m for the 2024-25 financial year. The cabinet voted in favour of its Departmental Service Plans 2024-25, at a meeting on

Derbyshire council is to introduce cost-saving efficiency changes at its nine household waste recycling centres including reduced opening hours, new charges to dispose of tyres and asbestos, and a trial scheme to allow small businesses to pay to use two of the centres. The Conservative-led council – which recently announced plans to set a balanced

A former Derbyshire Constabulary female police constable has been placed on the barred list after she engaged in inappropriate sexual behaviour at the workplace. Former PC Elle Cross’ policing career stands in jeopardy after a series of allegations regarding her conduct which made colleagues feel uncomfortable were found proven and amounted to gross misconduct. The

Derbyshire County Council’s environment chief has welcomed a £100,000 Government funding boost to help with the authority’s backlog of planning applications. Cllr Carolyn Renwick, Cabinet member for Infrastructure and Environment, said she was delighted with the council’s successful bid for the grant funding from the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ Planning Skills Delivery Funding

Derbyshire County Council is recommending plans for a new political map with 64 single-member electoral divisions each represented by one councillor which could see the current divisions and councillors in Chesterfield reduced by one and the number of South Derbyshire divisions and councillors increased by one. The Conservative-led council agreed its related recommendations as part

Derbyshire Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a fatal collision in Buxton last night. The collision occurred in Goyts Lane, near Errwood Reservoir, at around 11pm on Wednesday 6 March. The car, grey VW Polo, left the road and went down an embankment before landing on its roof. A 17-year-old boy, who