A dad from North Derbyshire has donated stem cells to a stranger so they can have a potentially lifesaving transplant. Jonathan Fox, who’s 30 from Shirebrook, joined the register a few months ago, and received a call recently to say that he had been matched to a seriously ill patient. He travelled to Sheffield to
PCC Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts ‘privileged’ at Derbyshire’s inclusion in trailblazing national pilot to prevent youth crime and violence Derbyshire has been chosen as one of only three national non-Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) pathfinder areas in the country to lead the Young Futures pilot from October 2025 to March 2026. The new government pilot aims to prevent
A woman has died following a collision on the A61 Dronfield Bypass today (9 Oct). Police were called to reports that a woman had been seen walking on the A61 Dronfield Bypass at around 5.10am A short while later, just after 5.20am a car collided with the woman on the northbound carriageway – just before
Hundreds of people from across the East Midlands came together in Nottingham today (Monday 6 October) to back a powerful regional drive to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG). Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and Deputy PCCs from across the region joined survivors, charities, health leaders, educators, and frontline officers at Goosedale in Papplewick,
Save Farley Moor Wood Campaigners Turn Out In Force In Opposition To A Holiday Park Scheme, Near Matlock, Courtesy Of Sfm Campaigners who are fighting to preserve a Derbyshire woodland from a planned holiday park fear the scheme could pose wildfire risks if planners give it the go-ahead. The Save Farley Moor campaigners have already
Derbyshire County Council has voted by a majority to oppose the development of large-scale solar-panel farms and battery energy storage systems on greenfield sites in the county in what it claims is a bid to protect the area’s countryside and food security. Council Leader Alan Graves’ motion was approved during the Reform UK-led authority’s Full
Derbyshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts was on hand to greet 60 new recruits to Derbyshire Constabulary during their training at Ripley Headquarters. The new officers will initially work within response policing, attending 999 calls and working alongside colleagues, including our Safer Neighbourhood Teams, to ensure our communities continue to be a safe place
North East Derbyshire District Council has set a date for a public meeting to reconsider reinstating a fishing club’s licence as part of a controversial terminated tenancy arrangement at a popular pond. The Labour controlled-council agreed last month for its withdrawn tenancy at the Wingerworth Lido for tenants Clay Cross Angling Association to be reconsidered
A Derbyshire village library will be closed for six months due to dust and noise disruption from a neighbouring school rebuild. Somercotes Library in Bank Street, Somercotes, shares the same site as Somerlea Junior School which is being almost entirely demolished and rebuilt. The Department for Education redevelopment scheme for Somerlea, which will increase the
A former Derbyshire massage parlour will become an eight-person bedsit despite concerns over noise, disruption and concerns future occupants will be living in a “prison”-like home. The former Ceasers sauna and massage parlour on the corner of High Street and Hillcrest Drive in Codnor, opposite Tesco Express, will now become an eight-bed house in multiple