A town councillor has criticised the design of a multi-million pound regeneration scheme to revamp a Derbyshire town market place which he claims will block off struggling shops which are already suffering significant disruption during construction work. Staveley Town Cllr Mick Bagshaw says he has raised concerns with Chesterfield Borough Council and developers Stepnell who
Derbyshire County Council has given the go-ahead for £700,000 of Government funding towards plans for a clean energy facility on ‘farmland’ just days after agreeing to oppose solar farms and battery energy storage schemes on greenfield sites. The Reform UK-led council approved the Mayoral Renewables Fund grant money at a Cabinet meeting on October 16
Reform’s Derbyshire County Council leader says a council tax cut would “affect residents badly” after election pledges to decrease annual bills for residents. Cllr Alan Graves, a long-term Derby city councillor and now Reform’s Derbyshire County Council leader, said his administration felt stuck between a rock and a hard place over an impending decision on
Reform’s Derbyshire County Council leader says a council tax cut would “affect residents badly” after election pledges to decrease annual bills for residents. Cllr Alan Graves, a long-term Derby city councillor and now Reform’s Derbyshire County Council leader, said his administration felt stuck between a rock and a hard place over an impending decision on
A quarter of a million pounds is to be spent trying to stop illegal parking near a popular Peak District hiking hotspot. Derbyshire County Council is set to use £250,000 in transport funding from the East Midlands Combined County Authority to target problem parking at Rushup Edge past Mam Tor. The county council, Peak District
Two suspected thieves have been arrested after officers deployed a stinger and boxed in a stolen van on the M1. A number of units including firearms and roads policing based at Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire forces worked together to bring the Ford Transit to a halt safely during a carefully orchestrated operation. We received a call
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,