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Construction on new £150 million facilities for Derbyshire patients needing significant mental health support has now officially begun, with people currently being sent all over England for care. Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is overseeing the building of new mental health facilities at Kingsway Hospital in Derby and at Chesterfield Royal Hospital along with additional new units at Royal Derby Hospital and Walton Hospital. Construction works started on the major […]

A father who bought a bungalow next to Eckington Leisure Centre to accommodate his disabled daughter said its new environmentally-friendly heating system had significantly increased noise pollution at his home. North East Derbyshire District Council (NEDDC) installed air source heat pumps at the community facility in a bid to improve energy efficiency, however Paul Vardy, who lives in a house in Gosber Road next to the centre, said since then a […]

More than 2,000 Derbyshire patients are in need of vital autism assessments and are now waiting an average of over a year and a half for help. Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, the county and city’s mental health specialists, has been open about the struggles it has faced and continues to face in carrying out autistic spectrum disorder assessments. In November, when the backlog was 1,300 patients and an average […]

News announced in the budget that the government intends to provide highways authorities with an extra £200 million to repair and maintain local roads has been warmly welcomed by Derbyshire County Council. Council officials expect to receive around £4.2 million in 2023/24 as part of the area's share of the new funding. Just last week, Derbyshire County Council revealed they had fixed 22,000 potholes since the start of the year. […]

A major road between Buxton and Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire has fully reopened to traffic following major repairs. A 40m stretch of the A5004 at Shallcross was reduced to a single carriageway in November 2019 following damage to the road surface, pavement and stone wall caused by the ground slipping by up to 1.5m. We designed a complex repair scheme, which included digging down around 6m to find stable bedrock […]

Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique Foster has announced plans to develop a new policing base to serve the communities of Clay Cross. The Commissioner has agreed to acquire a site in Bridge Street, Clay Cross, for the Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT). The site previously accommodated a council depot and has been cleared for redevelopment. The land is owned by North East Derbyshire District Council and negotiations have been underway […]

The leader of Staveley Town Council (STC) says he has ‘nothing to hide’ as steps are taken to investigate the causes of its financial failings. Chesterfield Borough Council (CBC) swooped in last month with a £400k loan agreement to save STC from bankruptcy and now the two authorities are working with the Local Government Association and National Association of Local Councils to appoint a team to identify what went wrong. […]

A Chesterfield woman's shaved her head in a show of support for her mum, ahead of Mother's Day.While most daughters send chocolates or flowers on Mother’s Day, Sophie Coates, 25, went one step further to show her mum how much she cares. Maria Coates from Holymoorside was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer just after Christmas and told she would need to undergo chemotherapy. When Maria started to […]

You're twice as likely to die in a fire if you don't have a smoke alarm that works. This is why Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service is asking people to test their smoke alarms weekly and make testing them part of their regular household routine in conjunction with the Fire Kills campaign. Throughout March, the Service will also be highlighting the importance of making sure smoke alarms are up to […]