Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Copper A worried councillor is urging North East Derbyshire District Council to oppose a Derbyshire County Council-backed scheme to introduce a new set of traffic lights near a staggered crossroads along a busy main carriageway between Chesterfield and New Tupton. Labour-controlled North East Derbyshire District Council has been
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet is due to consider the latest steps towards potentially closing an authority-maintained nursery school in Glossop and endorsing the transfer of the school and its pupils to a nearby primary academy building. The Gamesley Early Excellence Centre Nursery has already relocated to the
Ashgate Hospice has confirmed that 19 roles have been made redundant across clinical and support teams including 5 inpatient unit nurses. The end-of-life care service, which employs 378 people, cited inflation, rising energy bills, and staff salaries as contributors to rising running costs. The hospice said no services would stop completely, but some would continue
Derbyshire Police asking businesses and private sellers to be vigilant to counterfeit money as they’ve seen a number of reports across the county in recent weeks. In some cases, businesses were targeted, but they have also seen reports from private sellers who have arranged to sell items via social media or a selling website. PC
Chesterfield planners have voted in favour of approving the conversion of a building near the town centre into a shared property potentially for nine ‘young professionals’. Chesterfield Borough Council approved applicant Luke Edwards’s scheme at a meeting on December 22 to change a two-storey building on Saltergate, Chesterfield, previously used as an office and a
Report by Jon Cooper – Local Democracy Reporter Derbyshire planners have provisionally given the go-ahead for a new 40-bed care home scheme in Chesterfield despite objections about increased traffic, insufficient parking and fears from some residents that the two-storey development will be overbearing and overshadowing. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee provisionally gave the green
Report by Jon Cooper – Local Democracy Reporter Shirebrook Town Council is expected to return to business after it successfully co-opted eight new councillors following a suspension of operations due to the resignation of 11 councillors. The new councillors were co-opted and appointed during a town council meeting at Shirebrook Town Hall, on December 22,
Stores across Derbyshire have been overwhelmed by the generosity of customers who donated at the Tesco Winter Food Collection. An incredible 17,187 meals’ worth of long-life food items were donated to the collection between 24 November and 29 November across the retailer’s large and Express stores in Derbyshire. More than 2,000 volunteers across the UK
Report by Jon Cooper – Local Democracy Reporter Reform UK’s Derbyshire County Council Leader Alan Graves has hit back at a Labour MP who has claimed that if Reform cannot deliver on a number of key areas after a £160.6m Government funding boost ‘they can only blame themselves’. Derbyshire Dales Labour MP John Whitby has
10 years ago, Queen’s Park Sports Centre opened its doors to Chesterfield residents for the first time and has since grown to be a community hub for many different groups, organisations and individuals to use and enjoy. On Sunday 11 January, Queen’s Park Sports Centre will be hosting an open day and is encouraging local