Derbyshire County Council is considering making changes to reinforce its continued support for a countywide emergency fund to keep helping the most vulnerable with a possible increase in payouts for those desperately in need. The council’s cabinet will be asked at a cabinet meeting on January 11 to agree to seek the public’s views on

A man has been arrested after a Christmas Day assault. The incident happened in Chesterfield Road, Alfreton, at 6.50pm on 25 December. A woman was found nearby with injuries to her head and face and today (5 January) a man was arrested in connection with the incident. The 34-year-old, who is from the Alfreton area,

That’s according to figures from the ONS The UK’s retail sector did better than expected in June, new official data shows. Department stores and furniture sellers recorded a good month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Retail sales rose 0.7% last month, the official statistics body said. Experts had forecast a rise of 0.2%,

Britain’s blue light services are facing “significant costs” because of Home Office failures with a scandal-hit project for a new communications system, MPs have warned. The proposed new Emergency Services Network (ESN), first announced in 2015, was supposed to have replaced the ageing Airwave system for police, fire and ambulance services in England, Scotland and Wales, by 2020. But the Government still

The funeral is taking place of one of the victims of the Nottingham attacks. The funeral is taking place of one of the victims of the Nottingham attacks. Family and friends will gather in Taunton, Somerset to pay their respects to Barnaby Webber, 19, who died after being attacked in Nottingham on June 13. Hundreds

A surgeon treating the “shocking” injuries of people crushed following the earthquake in Turkey has described the last week as the “hardest days” in his career. Noyan Dirlik, a 33-year-old from Alanya, Turkey, works as an orthopaedic surgeon at Alanya Training and Research Hospital, a city a few hundred miles west of the disaster zone

New Government Funded scheme to help your business grow Help to Grow: Management is a practical training programme delivered by world-class business schools, accredited by the Small Business Charter. The programme will support managers and leaders of small and medium sized businesses to boost business performance, resilience, and long-term growth. The 12-week programme is 90% funded and the fee payable

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