Plans to raise £5 million to restore a historic theatre in Somercotes could help bring one of the village’s most important buildings back into use. Somercotes Parish Council is hoping to secure funding to restore the former Premier Electric Theatre, which first opened its doors in 1912. Campaigners want to transform the long-derelict building into
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper Derbyshire Reform UK councillors have been celebrating after their successful candidate in North East Derbyshire District Council’s by-election for the vacant Eckington South and Renishaw seat has helped tip the scales of power at the authority. Reform UK’s Jamie Hodgson, who is also a Derbyshire County Councillor
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper The East Midlands Mayor has welcomed moves by the new Labour Government Prime Minister to give more control to mayors across England in the drive for economic growth, housing and job creation. Mayor Claire Ward, of the East Midlands Combined County Authority, was pleased to see
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper Desperate Buxton residents are growing increasingly concerned about a deteriorating footpath that has been closed for nearly 15 years and is in a state of limbo due to a private unrepaired and dangerous wall along the route. The Derbyshire’s Neglected Roads Facebook group highlighted one resident’s concerns
Lee Bonis and Dilan Markanday scored the goals to give Chesterfield a 2-0 victory over York. The home side could have won by a greater margin, hitting the woodwork three times in the second half. After Bonis fired over for the hosts, York’s Jeff King struck the underside of the bar with a shot, the
Buxton earned their place in the next round of the FA Cup despite playing the entire of the second half with ten men. The Bucks began brightly, with Max Woltman driving down the left, beating his man and forcing Tommy Taylor to gather his early cross. Pressure continued to build when Sisa Tuntulwana latched onto
UP NEXT Buxton start their FA Cup journey with a home fixture against Ashton United on Saturday 19th September with a 3pm kickoff. Last Game The Bucks beat Chester 3-1 at The Silverlands to push them up to 7th in the league. https://x.com/buxton_fc/status/2098803165042778198?s=46&t=AnTZggfPOzewpACRe7Y0sw Goals from Tuntulwana x2 and Moses secured the victory. Sisa Tuntulwana earned
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Eddic Bisknell A new Government-mandated MOT of Derbyshire’s roads has been published, showing a declining proportion of well maintained routes around the county. Derbyshire County Council’s newly-published highways maintenance transparency report – which has to be published each year as ordered by central Government – shows the current state
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper Derbyshire High Peak campaigners opposed to the controversial Peak Cluster carbon capture scheme are urging people to join sections of a ‘solidarity’ relay walk along the estimated 200km route of the proposed project’s underground pipeline. Peak Cluster, which is made up of cement and lime producers in
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Eddie Bisknell Opposition to solar and wind farms, net zero and disbelief in man-made climate change have not prevented a Derbyshire council continuing to invest more than £1.9 billion in all those areas. In late August Councillor Alan Graves, Reform UK leader of Derbyshire County Council (DCC) said he