A gang who flooded the streets of Chesterfield with drugs have been handed prison sentences for a combined total of more than 26 years. The six men dealt Class A drugs, including heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine in the town between May and November last year. The gang ran their drug dealing operation by sending

Plans for 200 new homes have been submitted for a Derbyshire village in the protected Green Belt – but developers claim their chosen plot is ‘grey belt’. The project, from Wheeldon Brothers, would see 200 homes – including 70 classed as affordable housing – built off Horsley Road, Kilburn. If approved by Amber Valley Borough

Derbyshire campaigners have vow to continue to push for a judicial review into the controversial Clowne Garden Village housing development for 1,800 homes – even though councillors have granted conditional outline planning permission for the scheme. Bolsover District Council previously approved Waystone Ltd’s outline planning permission for the scheme, near Clowne and Barlborough, subject to

Ten-man Curzon Ashton claimed a 3-2 victory over Buxton on Bank Holiday Monday at The Silverlands. The visitors struck inside just two minutes. A cross from former Buxton man Jack Stobbs wasn’t dealt with by The Bucks’ defence, and the loose ball dropped kindly for Bradley Holmes, who volleyed home to make it 1-0. Buxton

UP NEXT: It’s Bank Holiday Monday as Buxton take on Curzon Ashton at The Silverlands with a 3pm kickoff. The Bucks On Saturday Buxton won 1-0 late on against Telford thanks to Luke Brennan’s goal. Reflecting on the performance, manager John McGrath said: “We were really good and really brave in the first half. I

Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s David Bell Dronfield Town bounced back from midweek disappointment to record a solid 2-0 win at home to West Bridgford. An entertaining first half saw Dronfield go in at the break ahead by 1-0 thanks to a debut goal from striker Luke Walker. The Nottingham-based visitors had a useful spell

Skipper Chey Dunkley ended Chesterfield’s long wait for a win over Harrogate by securing a 2-1 away victory. The Spireites had not won any of their previous six meetings against the North Yorkshire side, but Dunkley’s header earned the three points after Ronan Darcy’s opener had been cancelled out by Stephen Duke-McKenna’s third goal of

Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s Will Sendel South Normanton Athletic booked their place in the next round of the FA Vase with a 3-0 win over Blackstones. The Shiners dominated from the first minute, coming close to an immediate goal. George Morris picked out Billy Whitehead down the right, but his cross was gathered by

The Metro Bank One Day Cup continues on Wednesday as Derbyshire make the short trip to fellow East Midlands county Leicestershire for a game between two sides struggling in Group A. The Falcons have won just one of their first four games in the competition, whilst the Foxes have picked up two wins from five.

Despite not having much of the ball at Priestfield – Gillingham inflicted Chesterfield first league loss of the League 2 campaign with a 4-1 thrashing down in Kent. Lenni Cirino scored on his Gills debut and their skipper Armani Little scored two penalties with Marcus Wyllie completing the home scoring late in the game. Paul