To celebrate the 70th anniversary of its iconic Refreshers, British sweet maker Swizzels is launching The Great Community Refresh – a nationwide initiative dedicated to giving back to the communities that have supported the brand for decades. Swizzels is offering seven prizes of £1,000, one for each decade of Refreshers, to refresh and revive community
Discover what life was like during the Viking era as an interactive exhibition and Cestrefeld Vikings visit Duckmanton Primary School’s Summer Fayre. On Saturday 7 June Chesterfield Museum will be partnering with Duckmanton Primary School to bring an interactive Viking exhibition to the Summer Fayre as part of the Museum on the Move project. At
Chesterfield Royal Hospital has been awarded £6.5m of government money to invest in green energy schemes. The NHS trust that runs the hospital said the money would be used to install solar panels and associated battery storage. Hospital bosses said the project would reduce energy costs and cut carbon emissions. Steve Heppinstall, director of finance
A Derbyshire schoolboy saved the life of his 2-year-old brother, using first-aid skills gained at army cadets. Fifteen-year-old Cdt LCpl Lewis Butler and his family had begun enjoying their evening meal together when his 2-year-old brother, Lyndon, went silent, red-faced and began to shake. He was beginning to choke on a piece of food lodged
Grant funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund will help create a new heritage arts trail across Chesterfield town centre – to allow residents and visitors connect with the town’s history. ‘A Sense of Chesterfield’ has been awarded almost £80,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible thanks to National Lottery players. With additional
A once overgrown patch of land in Derbyshire has been transformed into a thriving community garden, thanks to a £10,000 grant from Platform Housing Group. Platform Housing Group – one of the largest housing associations in the region – donated the funds to Hurst Farm Community Garden in Matlock. The project has seen dramatic improvements
Reform UK has appointed Alan Graves, the former Mayor of Derby, as its Derbyshire County Council leader. After winning control of Derbyshire County Council in this month’s local elections with 42 seats out of 64, Reform has now voted for who will lead its group on the authority. Cllr Alan Graves, who now represents the
Planners are due to consider a major developer’s updated, financial contribution plans worth millions of pounds to support neighbourhood infrastructure to finally endorse the go-ahead for the controversial Clowne Garden Village housing scheme for 1,800 homes. Bolsover District Council’s planning committee approved Waystone Ltd’s outline planning application at a meeting in September, last year, subject
A union has revealed that Derbyshire County Council began negotiations with a care provider just before the recent local county elections as part of the previous administration’s plans to sell-off eight care homes. The council’s former Conservative administration agreed in November, last year, to sell eight care homes before Reform UK took control of the
A new Reform UK Derbyshire county councillor has claimed the authority is “six months from bankruptcy” and that the party has “inherited an empire of dirt”. Cllr Dan Price, newly appointed Reform councillor for Ilkeston North on Derbyshire County Council, made the comments on Facebook on Friday, May 2, following the outcome of the election