Plans to demolish a Derbyshire junior school and build a modern replacement have been approved. Amber Valley Borough Council has approved plans from the Department for Education to demolish and rebuild Somerlea Junior School in Bank Street, Somercotes. A library building which forms the last remaining section of the former historic school is to be
TOP FORM BUCKS RETAIN DERBYSHIRE SENIOR CUP Buxton were on top form at Derby’s Pride Park on Wednesday April 17th as they retained the Cawarden Derbyshire Senior Cup with a 5-0 victory over Unisport United Counties League side Heanor Town. The Bucks are county champions for the second year running. It was a free-flowing display
Bolsover District Council has agreed in principle – in an unusual step concerning its Dragonfly Development Ltd company – to potentially make itself available as a main contractor for other local authorities wishing to obtain work from the council-owned company. The district council’s Executive approved in principle only at this stage, at a meeting on
Derbyshire County Council aims to stub out smoking rates across the county – which appear to be higher than the national average – after agreeing to accept over five million pounds of Government funding over the next five years. The council’s Cabinet approved the acceptance of the first additional Government funding award of £1,083,451 from
Protesters have succeeded in a campaign to stop plans to convert a former health centre into a children’s home in their neighbourhood after they complained the development would have been an “eye sore” and posed traffic safety concerns. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee refused Dr Catherine Kemp’s planning application for an assessment centre and children’s
Several significant long-awaited housing developments could be dropped from a Derbyshire council’s future blueprint for the area. Derbyshire Dales District Council is currently drawing together a new Local Plan to outline where housing could be built up until 2040. There is an identified need for between 1,378 and 1,888 more homes to be built in
A Derbyshire road which was closed for two years after significant landslip damage needs to be repaired again. Derbyshire County Council has discovered signs of further movement on Lea Road, between Cromford and Crich. This involves cracks which run for several metres on a route which was fully repaired and relaid 16 months ago. As
A man has been charged and one other man has been arrested in connection with a burglary in Brassington in the Derbyshire Dales. James Chesterton, of East Avenue, Rawmarsh, Rotherham appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates Court on Thursday 11 April and was remanded into prison custody. The 31-year-old is next due to appear at Derby
A former police officer has today been jailed, after the force appealed his suspended sentence for misconduct in a public office. Matthew Longmate, 48, formerly of Derbyshire Constabulary, had been given a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for a year, after he was found guilty of a single count of misconduct in a public office in
Derbyshire County Council has extended a public consultation and welcomed further views on its proposals to remodel two care centre services for disabled children to save over one-and-a-half million pounds over two years. The Conservative-led council which has already agreed to progress with a number of other saving plans to balance a forecast budget shortfall