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Last year the Government published a new National Bus Strategy which set out a vision for future improvements across England and how bus services can recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The strategy placed a requirement on Derbyshire County Council and bus companies in the area to work together to create a Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP). Working with bus operators, district and borough councils, bus passenger groups, disability groups, and […]

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a reported stabbing in Matlock. Police were called to Dale Road, Matlock, at around 8pm on Friday (12 August) where a teenager boy was found with serious injuries after allegedly being stabbed in the neck. Officers then attended a property in nearby Matlock Bath where a man was arrested after initially refusing to leave the property. Today (14 August), James Hill, […]

A man has been arrested after a teenager was stabbed in Matlock. The incident occurred in Dale Road, Matlock, outside the Rubigo bar at around 8pm yesterday evening (12 August) and saw a teenaged boy suffer serious injuries after being stabbed. Following the initial incident officers then attended a house in Dale Road, Matlock Bath, at around 9.30pm. A man, believed to have been involved in the earlier incident, refused […]

Police had to evacuate about 50 homes after a major incident was declared due to a fire involving three fields. Dozens of firefighters are battling the large blaze which started in the model village area of Creswell, North Derbyshire. Officers told residents to keep their doors and windows closed while the fire was dealt with. Bolsover and Clowne Police asked the public not to access the area while fire crews […]

A man and a teenage boy have been arrested in connection with drug supply offences in Chesterfield. They were arrested at a property on Wenlock Close in Loundsley Green yesterday (Wednesday 10 August) by officers from the Newbold and Brockwell Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team. Suspected Class A and Class B drugs were found following a search, along with other items believed to be associated with illegal drug activity. A 41-year-old […]

A man has been jailed after he smashed a shot glass in another man’s face in an unprovoked attack in Buxton. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NcBYOR3Ln1E Man jailed for permanently scarring another man in glass attack Jake Saxon, of Buxton Road, Blackshaw Moor, in Leek, Staffordshire pleaded guilty to the assault which left a young man with permanent scarring. The 23-year-old was drinking in The Vault, on High Street in Buxton at around 1.10am […]

A 35-year-old stone mason is pleading for a council to allow him to build a house in a Derbyshire village he claims has been taken over by holiday homes. Daniel Smith owns and runs his own stone masonry and dry stone walling business in the Derbyshire village of Brassington, close to Carsington Water. However, he says the village is now home to too many holiday rentals along with second homes […]

New details of a Derbyshire council’s plans to buy two houses to convert into children’s homes have been published. Derbyshire County Council announced in June that it was looking to spend £1.2 million to buy two private houses off the open market and convert them into new children’s homes facilities. These were to replace ageing facilities nearby which are in need of widespread upgrades and repairs – some of which […]

Police are continuing to investigate a serious collision at Whittington Moor in Chesterfield which happened on Friday evening (August 5). Emergency services were called to the scene just before 8.30pm, after a silver Volkswagen Polo crashed into a group of people outside The Batch House pub on Sheffield Road, and the building itself. Two people remain in hospital, and one has now been discharged, having suffered serious injuries. Three other […]