A specialist residential service has opened supporting young adults with a learning disability and autism to gain greater independence thanks to a partnership between us and Godfrey Care. Waverley House offers bespoke accommodation for young people aged 18 to 25 who have high care and support needs enabling them to live as independently as possible
Preview by North Derbyshire Radio’s Cricket Correspondent James Ede Derbyshire’s third game of the Metro Bank One Day Cup takes place this Sunday as they host local rivals Nottinghamshire at the Central Co-op County Ground. The Falcons are yet to win a game in the competition this year after their opening-match defeat to Gloucestershire and
Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s Football Correspondent David Bell Dronfield Town claimed their second win of the fledgling United Counties League season in a close game against Rainworth MW. The Notts side had suffered a couple of heavy defeats but belied their position at the foot of the table to cause trouble for Chris Millington’s
Derbyshire will be looking for a much-improved performance on Thursday when they travel to face Glamorgan in the Metro Bank One Day Cup. The Falcons suffered a 59-run defeat to Gloucestershire in their opening game of the competition on Tuesday and currently sit eighth in Group A, only ahead of their next opponents. In their
A cash-strapped Derbyshire town council has so far successfully managed to halve a £400,000 debt with a series of money-saving initiatives after it had been criticised by a damning report which had highlighted financial shortfalls. Staveley Town Council had been forced to accept a Chesterfield Borough Council loan in February, 2023, to prevent bankruptcy and
Did you know, there are a few simple steps you can take to protect your stuff from burglars? Making sure windows are locked, keeping valuables out of sight and investing in a decent lock for your shed – these are all quick and easy ways to put an opportunistic criminal off. And according to Michael
A Derbyshire council chairperson has praised a Town Clerk for helping to stabilise a local authority’s financial position to such an extent that they have been able to recently award over £34,000 of funding grants towards worthy community groups and projects including a new village green. Staveley Town Council sought to herald in a new
A potential plan to pull Ashbourne out of the Derbyshire Dales and in with a new “Greater Derby” council has been met with “disgust” and dubbed “totally disastrous”. Reform-run Derbyshire County Council has put forward four options for local government reorganisation, having previously pledged to refuse to take part. It has backed two preferred options
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
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