Two people have been arrested after a child fell from a second-floor window in Chesterfield. A 20-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect, following reports that a 20-month-old boy fell from a second-floor window in Chesterfield at 11am yesterday. The boy’s injuries are not believed to be life
A substantial cannabis grow was found during a police search at an address in Buxton earlier this week. Officers executed a warrant at a commercial address in Staden Lane, at 12.30pm on Monday 2 September. More than 800 cannabis plants were found in the address and seized by officers. Two men were arrested on suspicion
A 20-month-old boy has been taken to hospital by air ambulance after falling from a second-floor window in Chesterfield this morning. Emergency services were called at 11.00am to reports that a 20-month-old boy had fallen from a second-floor window in Chesterfield. The boy was taken by Air Ambulance from his home in the Harehill Road
Gym users in Chesterfield are set to benefit from new state-of-the-art fitness equipment as local leisure centres are refurbished. The Healthy Living Centre at Staveley and Queen’s Park Sports Centre, which are both owned and operated by Chesterfield Borough Council, will see new equipment installed that will help to enhance the gym experience. The new
A Derbyshire council is set to scrap a decision allowing a former cinema to be converted into homes and a shop after years of inaction from a developer. Derbyshire Dales District Council officers are asking councillors to spike their approval of plans to turn the former 1930s cinema in St John’s Street, Wirksworth, into a
Plans for more than a dozen homes in the countryside on the outskirts of a Derbyshire village are set for refusal. The application, from Mrs C Potter, seeks planning permission to build 16 houses and two apartments on land off Clifton Road, Clifton, south-west of Ashbourne. Derbyshire Dales District Council planning officers have recommended that
Planners have given the go-ahead for a new care home in Chesterfield despite flood concerns and quesrions over the level of contribution from developers towards the restoration of a famous derelict landmark. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee approved the development of a 72-bedroom care home for elderly and poorly people with car parking and landscaping
Derbyshire selected to take part in multi-million-pound workplace health pilot. These lifesaving checks help improve the health and wellbeing of employees, prevent serious health conditions from developing as well as help people stay in employment for longer. We have been successful in bidding for £36,000 of funding which will be used to run free NHS
A Derbyshire-based chemist chain has apologised for delays with patients receiving prescriptions at one of its branches and it says it is working to improve the situation after it has been struggling during a difficult time for pharmacies. Staveley Town Councillor Paul Mann informed Peak Pharmacy that customers at its branch on Attlee Rd, at
The pilot of a light aircraft that crashed in an industrial estate near Chesterfield has died. Emergency services were called to land off Sheepbridge Lane, in Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, early on Sunday morning. An investigation into the circumstances is ongoing. The pilot was the only person on board and died in the collision. His family has