Thirteen blank firearms have been handed in as part of our amnesty in Derbyshire so far. Across England and Wales, more than 1,000 of these Turkish manufactured guns, which will soon be outlawed due to tests showing them as readily convertible, have been handed in. The top-venting blank firing (TVBF) guns can be handed in
A Nottingham man has been remanded to prison after cannabis grow and hundreds of wraps of Class A drugs found following a car being stopped in Pinxton. A Ford Mondeo was stopped in Town Street just after 11.30am on Wednesday 6 February. Inside the car suspected class A drugs were found. A further search of
A road past one of Derbyshire’s most popular hiking routes is where the highest number of parking fines have been handed out across the whole county. Rushup Edge, which runs past Mam Tor, above Castleton and Edale, was the location of 1,918 “higher level” £70 parking fines for “parking on yellow lines or clearways”. A
Cash-strapped Derbyshire council has agreed to sell-off a care home and convert two others into rehabilitation centres – despite a large protest with campaigners gathered outside the authority’s headquarters. The Conservative-controlled council’s Cabinet approved plans at a meeting on February 20 to put the Ada Belfield care home, on Derwent Street, in Belper, on the
A further 59 e-scooters were seized in Derbyshire in January, as we continue to target their illegal use. Over the past three months, 264 e-scooters have been seized in total since the Constabulary started a new approach of seizing on first offence from November. E-scooters can only be used on private land, those riding them
An area of Derbyshire is set to be given extra protection to try and fend off a planned 60-kilometre powerline and other “significant” development pressure. Derbyshire County Council is to support an application to have northern Amber Valley made an area of outstanding national beauty (AONB) to counter National Grid’s plans to build power lines
Opposition councillors have criticised the Conservative-controlled Derbyshire County Council after plans for its 2025-26 budget were given the go ahead with more multi-million pound saving plans in the pipeline. The council presented its Revenue Budget Report 2025-26 and its Reserves Position at a Full Council meeting, on February 12, which were both voted through and
Campaigners say they have successfully raised the necessary funds to submit a bid to buy and run a former youth centre as a community facility after Derbyshire County Council announced plans to sell the property at an auction. The council has agreed to sell its Polygon Centre building, on Church Street, Alfreton, as it continues
Campaigners have submitted an on-going petition with over 2,800 names to a Derbyshire council in opposition to plans for a woodland holiday park that they fear will result in a loss of trees and wildlife and an increase in traffic problems. Save Farley Moor campaign members Kitty Kenyon and Sarah Benson presented the petition with
Derbyshire’s district council leaders, along with Derby, have committed to retaining “local” accountability in any super authority merger talks. The Government has asked Derbyshire councils to come up with ideas for merger ideas to reorganise local government within the county, with a deadline of March 21 for initial ideas and November 28 for final submissions.