Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s David Bell The B. Braun Sheffield Sharks brought an emphatic 22 point win back to Yorkshire after a superb takedown of Lancastrian rivals Manchester Basketball. A closely poised game at half time was blown away as the Sharks took the second half by 38-57 to record a huge 84-106 success.

Derbyshire County Council’s highways authority has taken the precaution of closing several roads ahead of a forecast snowfall this evening, Thursday, January 8. The Met Office has issued warnings for significant snowfall across the county from 5pm tonight, Thursday, January 8. A council spokesperson stated: “We’ve decided to close several roads in advance of the

A gang of burglars have admitted carrying out a series of high-value burglaries across Derbyshire and several other counties in which about £1 million worth of belongings were stolen. Five Albanian men – Endrit Nikolli (27), Kristian Gropcaj (30), George Lleshaj (31), Krisjian Dedndreaj (28) and Sidorjan Lleshi (26), all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to

Derbyshire County Council’s business services chief has blamed the authority’s former Conservative administration and the Labour Government for the collapse of plans to sell eight of its care homes which has left them in danger of being closed down. The former Conservative-controlled council originally agreed to sell nine care homes while managing a multi-million pound

A Derbyshire police officer has been sacked after her serious failures put an alleged domestic abuse victim “at risk of harm”. PC Gemma Cumberlidge was dismissed without notice after “failing to adequately carry out her duties” while investigating a domestic abuse case and carrying out a stop and search on a teenager. A misconduct hearing found

Derbyshire planners have given the go-ahead for a battery energy storage system facility on greenfield land despite concerns about the impact on the countryside, highways and a feared fire risk. North East Derbyshire District Council’s planning committee voted unanimously in favour of conditionally approving Enray SPV 23855 Ltd’s application for a BESS at  Hallgate Farm,

Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s David Bell The B. Braun Sheffield Sharks failed to take second place in the SLB Championship with defeat in their first game of 2026 at the hands of Surrey 89ers. The Niners took all four quarters, albeit by slender margins to eventually claim an 88-94 victory. The Sharks looked a

MK Dons 2–2 Chesterfield Chesterfield showed tremendous resilience to earn a dramatic late point as they drew 2–2 away at MK Dons, with a stoppage-time equaliser capping an eventful afternoon. The hosts opened the scoring on 29 minutes when Callum Paterson fired a left-footed shot from the centre of the box past the Chesterfield goalkeeper

Buxton and South Shields shared the points to begin the year at a bitterly cold Silverlands Stadium. The visitors made a bright start as Dan Ward delivered a dangerous cross into the area, with George Ward on hand to block it away. Moments later, Johnny Johnston almost found himself through on goal at the other

UP NEXT: Buxton start 2026 with a game against South Shields on 3rd January with a 3pm. The Bucks It was a 3-1 win for Buxton on Tuesday night in their final game of 2025. Goals from Luke Brennan, George Ward and Adriel Walker secured the three points over Worksop on Tuesday. Reflecting on the