Derbyshire council has launched a public consultation on its plans to end over £1m of discretionary funding for 50 community and voluntary groups as part of saving plans to balance an estimated overall budget deficit of over £39m for the 2024-25 financial year. The Conservative-controlled council approved the 12-week consultation into the future of its
Missed opportunities to provide wider support or intervention led to an elderly Derbyshire man dying due to “severe self-neglect”. The Derbyshire Safeguarding Adults Board details the case of a man referred to as William, in his 80s, who had depression, schizophrenia and extensive mobility issues and was visually impaired. A safeguarding adults review carried out
Baffled campaigners wishing to make further comments about developments with the controversial Clowne Garden Village planning application for 1,800 homes claim they have been left struggling to find newly-announced details, after Bolsover District Council stated it has received fresh information relating an ‘environmental statement’. The council is still considering Waystone Ltd’s planning application for the
Derbyshire residents fear their idyllic pocket of the Peak District is at risk of becoming a “ghost village” – and it’s not alone. The diminutive village of Over Haddon sits just south of Bakewell and has a population of around 250 people, living in 110 households, with lofty views over Lathkill Dale. However, one in
Derbyshire council’s education chief has responded to criticism concerning a half-a-million pound payout for two consultancy firms as the authority continues to battle an estimated budget shortfall of over £39m with cuts and saving plans. Resident David Ingham questioned the logic behind the authority’s agreement to pay out £565,000 to two consultants – Populate Consulting
As part of the council’s more than £1 million investment in its parks, four new play areas have opened across the borough of Chesterfield. The Mayor of Chesterfield and the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire officially opened a new play area on Cottage Close in Poolsbrook on Wednesday 15 May. New play areas have also been
An investigation is being carried out following a chemical spill on a road in Chesterfield yesterday evening, Monday 20 May. Police were called just before 4.30pm to Chatsworth Road, near to Brampton Home Furnishers and Wheatbridge Surgery, to concerns over a spillage on the road and pavement. Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service attended to help
Campaigners and opposition councillors are calling for Derbyshire council to reconsider its plans to close up to 11 elderly care homes as part of ongoing saving strategies to overcome an estimated budget deficit of nearly £40m for the current financial year. Conservative-controlled Derbyshire County Council has launched a 12-week public consultation to consider the future
A Derbyshire council leader has been accused of “chucking his teddies out of the pram” while seeking to withdraw thousands of pounds of authority funding. The accusation was made during a meeting on Thursday (May 16) of what was supposed to be all the leaders and chief executives of Derbyshire’s councils, along with the new
Derbyshire needs more dentists and other dental professionals to plug NHS service gaps and patients with good hygiene will be advised to visit less regularly, a meeting has heard. A meeting hosted by Derbyshire County Council today (Monday, May 13) heard how there have been seven NHS dental services contracts terminated within Derbyshire since November