Tag: North Derbyshire Radio

Reform UK has reshuffled its cabinet members for education following the resignation of one councillor for “personal reasons”. Councillor Alan Graves, Derbyshire County Council’s Reform leader, has appointed Cllr Simon Mabbott (Ilkeston South & Kirk Hallam) as cabinet member for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and education. Meanwhile, Cllr Paul Maginnis (Sawley) has been

East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward has expressed her delight over the allocation of millions of pounds towards regeneration and improvement projects for Derbyshire including support for the long-awaited Chesterfield-to-Staveley bypass scheme. The East Midlands Combined County Authority has allocated and invested more than £20 million of Government funding from various funding pots for Derbyshire County

Pictured Is Greenfield Land Earmarked For A Housing Scheme For 102 Homes Near Bevan Drive, At Inkersall, Near Staveley And Chesterfield, Planners have given their seal of approval for an innovative, low carbon Derbyshire housing scheme for 102 properties on greenfield land after considering financial contributions from the developer towards infrastructure and a revised sustainability

A town councillor has criticised the design of a multi-million pound regeneration scheme to revamp a Derbyshire town market place which he claims will block off struggling shops which are already suffering significant disruption during construction work. Staveley Town Cllr Mick Bagshaw says he has raised concerns with Chesterfield Borough Council and developers Stepnell who

Derbyshire County Council has given the go-ahead for £700,000 of Government funding towards plans for a clean energy facility on ‘farmland’ just days after agreeing to oppose solar farms and battery energy storage schemes on greenfield sites. The Reform UK-led council approved the Mayoral Renewables Fund grant money at a Cabinet meeting on October 16

Reform’s Derbyshire County Council leader says a council tax cut would “affect residents badly” after election pledges to decrease annual bills for residents. Cllr Alan Graves, a long-term Derby city councillor and now Reform’s Derbyshire County Council leader, said his administration felt stuck between a rock and a hard place over an impending decision on

Two suspected thieves have been arrested after officers deployed a stinger and boxed in a stolen van on the M1. A number of units including firearms and roads policing based at Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire forces worked together to bring the Ford Transit to a halt safely during a carefully orchestrated operation. We received a call

North East Derbyshire District Council has set a date for a public meeting to reconsider reinstating a fishing club’s licence as part of a controversial terminated tenancy arrangement at a popular pond. The Labour controlled-council agreed last month for its withdrawn tenancy at the Wingerworth Lido for tenants Clay Cross Angling Association to be reconsidered

A Derbyshire village library will be closed for six months due to dust and noise disruption from a neighbouring school rebuild. Somercotes Library in Bank Street, Somercotes, shares the same site as Somerlea Junior School which is being almost entirely demolished and rebuilt. The Department for Education redevelopment scheme for Somerlea, which will increase the

Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s David Bell Dronfield Town served up another helping of UCL Cup drama but sadly exited the competition following a penalty shootout against Nuneaton Town. The Derbyshire side took a first minute lead against the runaway Premier South division leaders through Arran Bovill and held firm until Nuneaton’s leading scorer Kyle