Delighted East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward believes Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s plans for the Government to announce and confirm a ‘£160m’ Investment Zone scheme for the region will help ‘turbo-charge’ the area’s economy. The East Midlands Combined County Authority recently predicted at its inaugural Investment Committee meeting, at Chesterfield Town Hall, that EMCCA would

Derbyshire council’s transport chief has expressed her disappointment at the expected Government plan to increase the single bus fare cap from £2 to £3 which she says feels like a ‘tax on transport’. The new Labour Government is reportedly said to be considering billions of pounds in tax rises and spending cuts in the Autumn

An uninsured motorcyclist who killed a 92-year-old pedestrian after crashing at almost double the speed limit has been jailed. Alfie Wheatley was captured on CCTV repeatedly speeding on his Aprilia motorbike on the morning of 19 August 2023. His reckless riding continued as he approached Greenhill Lane in Riddings with footage showing he was travelling

Campaigners attended a UNISON union rally in Buxton town centre as they continue to urge Derbyshire council to halt adult social care saving plans and proposed cutbacks including the possible closure of eight day centres and up to 11 care homes for the elderly. The latest rally, on October 23, in Buxton, followed a previous

Two concerned councils are continuing to join forces and work together with other organisations to help address rising worries about the number of ‘attempted suicides’ at three Chesterfield footbridges. Derbyshire County Council and Chesterfield Borough Council have been in talks and the county council’s highways team has visited one of the locations of concern as

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Determined campaigners have drawn battle lines in their fight to stop developers converting part of a treasured Derbyshire woodland into a holiday park after more than 100 concerned people attended a packed meeting. The Save Farley Woods campaign group hosted a meeting, on October 22, at The Whitworth Hotel, in Darley Dale, in opposition to

Our bright pink fraud-fighting mascot is back to duel with scammers in Derbyshire – and this time, he has a giant in his corner. Sock It to the Scammers is an innovative campaign led by us, throwing the spotlight on the sophisticated tactics fraudsters will use to trick you out of your money. It’s fronted

Derbyshire council’s Cabinet is due to consider proposals to possibly end over £1m of funding for 50 community and voluntary groups as part of the authority’s ongoing saving plans. The cash-strapped Conservative-controlled county council has completed two 12-week public consultations to gather views as it considers the future of discretionary grant funding relating to two

Residents have lost their campaign to stop amended plans for a new nursing care home which they believe will lead to increased traffic and pose safety and noise problems in their neighbourhood. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee approved Cairnwell Developments’ amended planning application at a meeting on October 14 for the specialist nursing care home