The new council for the East Midlands now has a spending budget of £160 million – seven times more than last year. As it looks ahead to its first full financial year with an elected mayor, the East Midlands Combined County Authority is setting a £162.5 million spending budget, up from the £20.5 million it
Peak District officials have slammed a “wild camper” who set up a BBQ and a tent in the protected Derbyshire countryside. The Peak District National Park Authority wrote on its Instagram page today (February 7) about an incident on its Stanage North Lees Estate in the Derbyshire countryside near Hathersage. It shared a photo of
A Derbyshire council’s leader has explained it has been possible to undertake a ‘significant regeneration project’ with its Glossop halls for future generations despite a councillor’s fears that the scheme’s costs have rocketed with on-going delays. High Peak Borough Council started the rejuvenation of Glossop’s Market Hall, Town Hall and Municipal Buildings in October, 2022,
Campaigners have submitted the final signatories of a petition which now boasts over 5,000 names to Derbyshire County Council in their fight to save one of three elderly care homes that have all been earmarked for proposed sales or closures. The Conservative-controlled council’s latest plans include a proposal to cease operating long-term residential and respite
North East Derbyshire District Council’s health and leisure chief has provided assurances there are ‘no intentions or plans’ to close Killamarsh Active leisure and wellbeing centre – despite some concerns about its running costs. Cllr Kathy Rouse, Portfolio Holder for Health and Leisure, told a recent district council meeting there are no plans to close
Derbyshire County Council’s May elections are set to go ahead after the authority has missed out on the first raft of regions to be potentially turned into unitary super councils. The Labour Government’s Local Government Reorganisation plans include potentially setting up single, unitary authorities with elected mayors in county areas and the merging of councils
CCTV has been released of two men officers would like to speak to in relation to a serious assault at a Chesterfield bar. A member of staff was attacked by two men at the Beach Bar in Stephenson Place at about 10.15pm on Saturday 7 December 2024. A man pulled the drinks server across the
An outspoken opposition councillor fears the cost of High Peak Borough Council’s Glossop Market Hall renovation scheme for the authority and the public purse has greatly increased during on-going delays. High Peak Borough Council started the rejuvenation of Glossop’s Market Hall, Town Hall and Municipal Buildings in October, 2022, as part of a £7m scheme
A canal-side watersports business is set for approval on a derelict Derbyshire garden centre in an aim to bring manufacturing back to the home of industrial revolution. Plans from Peak UK Kayaking on the former Cromford Garden Centre site, off the A6, have been recommended for approval by Derbyshire Dales District Council officers. A final
An entrepreneur who grew the firm Slimming World from a single weight loss group to a network of more than 3,500 consultants has died. Margaret Miles-Bramwell started the business in 1969 in Alfreton, Derbyshire, next to Somercotes, where the firm today employs 400 staff at its headquarters. Mrs Miles-Bramwell died on Sunday morning at her