Volunteer crime-fighters across Derbyshire are celebrating new funding grants from Police and Crime Commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts in support of their efforts to make their communities safer. As part of her commitment to strengthening community spirt and keeping the public at the heart of her safety work, the PCC has allocated grants to 10 Neighbourhood Watch
A North Derbyshire Council has been advised that its most favourable option is to dissolve its wholly-owned controversial development companies and to take the services back in-house despite claims from the current company board that there has not yet been a fair and full assessment of their success. Bolsover District Council’s Executive formally noted during
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
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
A Derbyshire council which has been accused of unfairly bringing criticism on its own development company and placing its future in doubt has called upon its services to complete a town market place scheme. Bolsover District Council’s Executive agreed at a meeting on June 23 to allocate a further £789,357 of funding towards its delayed
Derbyshire council planners have given the go-ahead to convert most of a village pub into a convenience store despite protesters’ objections that it may lead to the loss of a vital part of their community. North East Derbyshire District Council’s planning committee decided on June 24 to approve a planning application for The Corner Pin
Derbyshire County Council’s programme of general housekeeping on the dual carriageways they are responsible for in Derbyshire starts in early July. The work includes cutting the grass on the central reservations and at the sides of the roads, trimming back trees and shrubs to improve visibility, emptying the gullies and drains, carrying out pothole and
Derbyshire County Council are extending our popular b_line card, which offers single bus fares for £1.50, to those aged from 19 up until their 22nd birthday. The current b_line scheme is our cut-price travel discount and library card for young people aged 11 up to 19. Since 1 November 2023, b_line card holders have been
A Christian bookshop in a Derbyshire town that said it didn’t want a Pride flag outside it may soon have an LGBTQ+ parade passing it every year and be surrounded by rainbows. Matlock Town Council installed a series of flags along its main thoroughfares earlier this month, including several rainbow Pride flags. One such Pride
Cuckooing is when criminals exploit a vulnerable person and take over their home – we need you to report this if you see it happening in your community. Victims can be targeted for a number of reasons: Being in recovery from alcohol or drug dependency Neurodiversity or brain disorder (e.g. dementia) Financial insecurity (poverty) Housing