Category: Local News

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

A man has appeared in court after being charged with stalking a woman in Dronfield. Leigh Wragg, of Shoreham Street in Sheffield, was arrested in Sheffield on Thursday 9 May. The 36-year-old has been charged with the offence following a series of incidents between January and April this year. Wragg was remanded and appeared at

An investigation is underway following a fire at a property in Killamarsh in the early hours of this morning (Monday 13 May). Police attended Beech Crescent just after 4.35am this morning, and the fire is believed to have started from a car and spread to the building. Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service dealt with the