A new government programme putting more officers back into neighbourhood policing and boosting their visibility is well underway across Derbyshire. Police and Crime Commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts said Derbyshire Constabulary is already meeting the expectations of the Government’s new Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee. From actively recruiting extra officers to bolster neighbourhood policing teams through to mapping out
Ninja swords will be illegal to own from 1 August – and throughout July there will be a national amnesty. Run by the government, the scheme is an opportunity for anyone who owns a Ninja sword to hand them in to designated police stations before the law changes. Here in Derbyshire, you can hand these
Derbyshire Dales District Council has acted on its promise to provide new loos in Ashbourne Park and at Artists’ Corner in Matlock Dale. Last year the District Council took back into its control the operation of the public toilets at Monsal Head, one of 10 facilities announced for closure in 2017 by the Council’s previous
Workers were evacuated after a fire at a brake factory in Chapel-en-le-Frith. Dozens of firefighters were called to the Federal Mogul Friction Products site in Hayfield Road at 06:42 BST on Sunday. The fire service said all site staff at the manufacturer were safely evacuated and there were no reported injuries. Six fire engines, a
An 18-year-old man has been seriously hurt in an attack at a nightclub in Derbyshire in the early hours of the morning. Emergency services were called to the Regal nightclub in Nottingham Road, Ripley, at about 03:50 BST on Sunday. Derbyshire Police said the victim was getting treatment in hospital but his injuries were not
Recently, Derbyshire Police announced that trailblazer schemes tackling anti-social behaviour in Derbyshire will continue, thanks to Home Office and force funds. The Hotspot Policing and Immediate Justice schemes were introduced in July 2023 and have made an impact across the county. In the 22 months the schemes have been in place, the most recent figures
Homes in a Derbyshire village that had been granted permission by councillors are now set to be rejected because the developer will not agree to build any affordable houses or pay for improvements. Woodall Homes will not agree to build 17 affordable homes and pay £63,000 in improvements to nearby health facilities, parks and allotments
The risk posed to the future of the East Midlands’ only World Heritage Site is now firmly in the headlights of national Government – a year after its threatened status became reality. For years, residents, campaigners and councillors alike have been preaching the hazards of inappropriate housing and overdevelopment in one of the world’s most
An unlicensed driver who killed a cyclist in a hit-and-run had been inhaling nitrous oxide at the wheel and ignored a red light before the crash, a court heard. Graham Slinn, 81, was walking his bike across the A57 near Todwick, South Yorkshire, when he was hit by Cain Byrne’s car and thrown at least
Councillors have rejected their own authority’s planned Traveller site in a Peak District town following scores of objections, discrimination claims and a legal threat. At a three-hour Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting last night (June 24), councillors opted to reject the authority’s own application for a temporary two-year plot for a specific homeless Traveller family