Chesterfield booked their place in the second round of the FA Cup after surviving a dramatic Yeovil Town fightback before Joel Randall struck a late winner in a thrilling 4-3 victory at the SMH Group Stadium. The Spireites looked to be cruising into the next round after turning a one-goal deficit into a 3-1 advantage,
Scarborough completed a second-half comeback after trailing by two goals in the first half, securing a 2-2 draw against Buxton. For the second weekend in a row, Buxton scored inside the opening 30 seconds. A ball out to the right was delivered into the area by Tony Weston and found Devlan Moses, whose first-time volley
UP NEXT Buxton make the trip to the Yorkshire coast on 7 November, where they will take on Scarborough Athletic in a 3pm kick-off. Last game On Wednesday, The Bucks progressed through to the next round of the Derbyshire Senior Cup after a 5-4 penalty shootout victory, with youngster Logan Melville saving two spot-kicks. A
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper Derbyshire County Council’s leader highlighted how retired miners are still waiting on more than £1bn to be released from the locked mineworkers’ pension fund as the Labour Government hopes to strike a payout deal within weeks. Government Chancellor John Healey told the House of Commons during the
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Eddie Bisknell The facilities at a 90-year-old Derbyshire outdoor swimming pool are set for a £400,000 upgrade. A Derbyshire Dales District Council report details plans to spend up to £400,000 at Hathersage swimming pool in the Peak District, 10 miles north of Bakewell. The heated outdoor venue in Oddfellows
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper A Derbyshire planning chief has expressed his disappointment at repeatedly having to accept reduced community funding contributions from developers as a scheme for 50 new homes in countryside has been given the go-ahead. NE Derbyshire District Council’s planning committee voted on November 3 to approve Stancliffe Homes’s
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper East Midlands’ transport authority insists it moved quickly to find alternatives and maintain connections after a bus operator cut and withdrew services across north Derbyshire despite criticism that new changes still leave some Chesterfield and Staveley villages struggling. Stagecoach Yorkshire changed 18 services in Chesterfield and north
Plans have been submitted to transform a former Chesterfield pub into an assisted living complex. Richards Consultancy and Projects Ltd has lodged a planning application with Chesterfield Borough Council to convert the Junction Inn, on Pottery Lane East, into accommodation for people with assisted living needs. Planning documents state that the traditional pub is no
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper A commercial explosives company has offered safety assurances over a scheme to extend its operation at a Derbyshire work site that manufactures and stores hazardous substances and is suspected of working with weapons-grade material. Bolsover District Council’s planning committee granted permission at a meeting on October 28
Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper Bolsover District Council planners have agreed to defer a decision on a controversial village housing scheme after the developer’s attempt to be spared from meeting all of its community funding and affordable housing contributions has been met with objections. Forge New Homes applied to vary an agreement