Category: Local News

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

Bolsover District Council aims to increase its part of residents’ council tax bills by 2.99per cent and to increase council tenants’ rent by 2.7per cent as part of its budget plans for the 2025-26 financial year. The Labour-controlled council’s Resource portfolio holder, Cllr Clive Moesby, told a council meeting on January 29 the 2024-25 financial

A Derbyshire council is set to spend £7.5m buying and converting five houses into children’s homes as they grapple with a 125-child waiting list and costs of £50 million a year for private facilities. Derbyshire County Council is looking to buy the houses in a bid to curb the pressure that private children’s home placements

Derbyshire council has announced a major road in the county is to be closed at various points for the felling of trees suffering from ash dieback disease which poses a safety risk for motorists and is creating an additional budgetary pressure, according to the authority’s finance chief. The A5012 Via Gellia road between Cromford and

A high-profile councillor has explained how a Derbyshire parish council has ended-up facing possible bankruptcy after it struggled to keep a leisure centre scheme afloat during the Covid-19 crisis which saw a contractor go bust and costs triple. Elmton-with-Creswell Parish Council has recently shared an expert Locum’s damning interim report on its website into the

Chesterfield Borough Council has argued it has followed guidelines to ensure all sectors of Staveley have been represented during preparations for the town’s multi-million pound regeneration scheme despite complaints from businesses and town councillors that they have been overlooked. The Government-funded £25.2m Staveley Town Deal includes plans for the council’s Staveley 21 Project for the

A Derbyshire police officer has been sacked for sending inappropriate images to a member of the public. But the specific details of the misconduct hearing case have not been released to the public, nor has the identity of the officer. A private misconduct hearing was held on Friday (January 17) at Derbyshire Constabulary’s HQ offices

Some entrepreneurs have argued their views have been overlooked and ignored as they have been struggling to maintain and improve their businesses during Chesterfield council’s roll-out of a multi-million pound Staveley regeneration scheme. The Government-funded £25.2m Staveley Town Deal includes plans for the council’s Staveley 21 Project for the town centre with a new pavilion

Around 250 people joined a rally in their bid to save a Derbyshire County Council care home for the elderly which is one of three earmarked for a proposed sale or closure after eight others have already been selected to be sold. The Conservative-controlled council, which has already held a public consultation, says it is