Category: Local News

The proposed permanent or temporary Traveller site in New Road, Middleton-by-Wirksworth, next to the cemetery. Image from Google. A Derbyshire council is pursuing two potential permanent Traveller sites while discussions over a third are being reignited in hopes to end 12 years of failed attempts. Derbyshire Dales District Council remains in pursuit of its years-long

Derbyshire County Council’s new Reform UK administration which has been put under pressure to outline its progress after only six months in power has compiled a portfolio of its latest achievements with Leader Alan Graves claiming these are set to deliver over £53million in savings. Cllr Graves hosted an unprecedented meeting on November 10, at

A vital community charity that has helped poverty-stricken residents including homeless people for 17 years is being forced to shut down after a long struggle to secure funding for its survival. The Freedom Community Project based at St Bernadette’s Centre, on High Street, Bolsover, has been supported by Bolsover District Council and was founded in

A landslip-hit Derbyshire road will have been closed for four years by the time it reopens, council officials have revealed as it launches £7 million in repairs funding. Derbyshire County Council’s Reform UK administration have announced £48 million highways capital improvements for the next year, which includes £7 million for landslip repairs on five landslip-hit

Derbyshire’s ten councils have outlined their varied preferred proposed options to be submitted to the Government under its reorganisation plans to introduce unitary councils in counties and wider areas to replace county, borough and district councils. The Government is aiming to set up single, unitary authorities across England with an elected mayor in two-tier authority

Marie Curie nurses are working closely with GP practices across Derby and Derbyshire as part of a new initiative to improve end of life care across the county. Funded by the UK’s leading end of life charity, the two-year scheme will help equip local teams with the skills and knowledge to more effectively support people

The Chesterfield Investment Summit has spotlighted a bold vision for the borough’s future, unveiling a £2 billion regeneration pipeline poised to deliver over 7,800 new jobs, 3,900 homes, and £473 million in annual GVA to the local economy. Held on 5 November 2025, the Summit brought together investors, developers, and civic leaders to explore the

Plans to convert a 300-year-old Derbyshire mill complex into homes are set to be approved despite concerns over drainage and highways safety. The scheme for Lumsdale Mill, just east of Matlock, from Mark Lee, is set to be approved by Derbyshire Dales District Council at a meeting next week. If approved, some of the former

North East Derbyshire District Council has voted by a majority in favour of a proposed new ‘One Derbyshire, Two Councils’ model for the county with just two north and south councils under Government plans to scrap county, district and borough councils. The Labour-controlled council held an Extraordinary Meeting on November 3 where it debated the

A Derbyshire council has agreed to a request for an Extraordinary Meeting into the on-going dispute and review over the authority’s controversial decision to withdraw an angling club’s tenancy at a popular pond and beauty spot. The Labour controlled North East Derbyshire District Council has already agreed for its withdrawn tenancy at the Wingerworth Lido