East Midlands ambulance crews across the region lost more than 25,000 hours due to handover delays at hospitals in the space of two months. East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) covers Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. Around 12,800 hours were lost in the month of April while crews waited to hand over patients to
The charity Crimestoppers is offering ways to help identify those who are at risk of being exploited and groomed into a life of drug dealing, along with the associated risks in Buxton. Buxton, at the heart of the Peak District, has been highlighted as a key area of concern for exploitation by County Lines drug
Hundreds of houses and acres of warehouses are set to be built near several toxic tar pits in Derbyshire. Plans from Harworth and Pegasus Group for 300 homes and 74 acres of warehouse and industrial space are set for approval on land north of Derby Road, Denby, on a site known as Cinderhill. The site
The scope and scale of failures to support Derbyshire’s most vulnerable children is being drip-fed to the public via incremental costly watchdog complaint decisions. Complaints about Derbyshire County Council’s management of support it is required to provide to children with special educational needs are coming in thick and fast. The authority has been on the
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