A Christian bookshop in a Derbyshire town that said it didn’t want a Pride flag outside it may soon have an LGBTQ+ parade passing it every year and be surrounded by rainbows. Matlock Town Council installed a series of flags along its main thoroughfares earlier this month, including several rainbow Pride flags. One such Pride
Cuckooing is when criminals exploit a vulnerable person and take over their home – we need you to report this if you see it happening in your community. Victims can be targeted for a number of reasons: Being in recovery from alcohol or drug dependency Neurodiversity or brain disorder (e.g. dementia) Financial insecurity (poverty) Housing
A man has been taken to hospital following a fight outside a bar in Chesterfield. Officers were called to reports of a group of men fighting outside the Bambu Tiki Bar in Corporation Street at about 01:00 BST on Saturday. A man, aged in his 20s, sustained a head injury and was taken to hospital
A project that helps older residents embrace digital technology has received a welcome boost thanks to Platform Housing Group’s Community Chest fund. Connex Community Support – a local charity with offices in Ashbourne and Buxton – applied to Platform’s Community Chest, a funding pot for Platform customers and local charities, clubs and other not-for-profit organisations
New Derbyshire County Council leader Alan Graves says he thinks the new East Midlands combined authority is still “unnecessary” – despite becoming a board member. The Reform councillor is now part of the decision-making process at the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) after Reform’s win in the county at last month’s local elections. A
A Derbyshire climate activist is no longer going to be pursued to remove solar panels they unlawfully installed after a six-year dispute that has included the threat of prison time. After six years of increasingly serious disputes, Derbyshire Dales District Council has dropped its enforcement action against Mary Smail, who unlawfully installed solar panels on
A new exhibition and series of events aims to help visitors understand what life was like during the medieval period. Part of Chesterfield Borough Council’s Museum on the Move project, the free Medieval Times exhibition will include lots of hands-on family friendly activities and there will be a series of special events to help make
A planned two-year Traveller site is set to be approved in Peak District village car park, despite nearly 100 objections from residents, a charity and the county council. The plans, from Derbyshire Dales District Council, would see the Old Station Close car park in Rowsley turned into a temporary plot for a specific homeless Traveller
A top board director has claimed a Derbyshire council’s decision to publicly release a critical review concerning the authority’s arrangements with its wholly-owned development company without ‘full context’ and an ‘action plan’ could have ‘serious catastrophic, reputational and financial consequences’. Bolsover District Council’s relationship with its wholly-owned Dragonfly development companies has been criticised following a
Barbecues and campfires have been banned in part of the Peak District in a bid to stop wildfires breaking out. Fire crews in the High Peak, Derbyshire, have been called to a number of fires in the national park so far this year, including a major incident in Goyt Valley which shut roads and took