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
A dad from North Derbyshire has donated stem cells to a stranger so they can have a potentially lifesaving transplant. Jonathan Fox, who’s 30 from Shirebrook, joined the register a few months ago, and received a call recently to say that he had been matched to a seriously ill patient. He travelled to Sheffield to
A woman has died following a collision on the A61 Dronfield Bypass today (9 Oct). Police were called to reports that a woman had been seen walking on the A61 Dronfield Bypass at around 5.10am A short while later, just after 5.20am a car collided with the woman on the northbound carriageway – just before
Derbyshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts was on hand to greet 60 new recruits to Derbyshire Constabulary during their training at Ripley Headquarters. The new officers will initially work within response policing, attending 999 calls and working alongside colleagues, including our Safer Neighbourhood Teams, to ensure our communities continue to be a safe place
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 The Labour controlled-council agreed last month for its withdrawn tenancy at the Wingerworth Lido for tenants Clay Cross Angling Association to be reconsidered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 former Derbyshire massage parlour will become an eight-person bedsit despite concerns over noise, disruption and concerns future occupants will be living in a “prison”-like home. The former Ceasers sauna and massage parlour on the corner of High Street and Hillcrest Drive in Codnor, opposite Tesco Express, will now become an eight-bed house in multiple
A housing scheme for 180 homes in countryside on the edge of a Derbyshire village has been given the go-ahead by council planners despite concerns about the feared pressure on school places, medical services and roads. NE Derbyshire District Council’s planning committee approved Rippon Homes Ltd’s planning application at a meeting on September 30 for
A Derbyshire Labour councillor fears NHS “league tables” could lead to wealthy people driving around to obtain better services and hospitals struggling to recruit staff. Cllr Anne Clarke, Labour group leader, made the comments in a Derbyshire County Council health scrutiny meeting on Monday, September 29, about her own party’s plans for the NHS. Councillors
Derbyshire County Council has confirmed discussions are underway with a care provider to take over eight of nine care homes which it controversially agreed to sell-off despite public outcry and a groundswell of opposition. The newly-elected Reform UK-controlled council is proceeding with the former Conservative-led administration’s plans for the authority to sell nine of its
Community groups and voluntary organisations in Chesterfield are set to benefit from a share of a further £80,000 in funding as grant applications reopen. Chesterfield Borough Council has once again reopened applications for its Community Grants Fund scheme, which has already seen more than £450,000 of funding awarded to organisations across the borough. Since the