Derbyshire County Council has said it is ‘working really hard to find a solution’ for desperate villagers who feel they have been left stranded after a bus company ceased trading and left them without a vital service. Residents used to depend on the number 55 bus running through their village of Morton – three miles

Refurbished trains have started to be rolled out in the East Midlands as part of a £23m investment. Some of the Class 170 trains, which run on East Midlands Railway (EMR) local routes, have not been refurbished since 1999. Upgrades include re-upholstered seating, wi-fi, USB charging and new carpets, as well as signage and CCTV

Police are appealing for help identifying the man pictured after a man was left with a serious injury in a fight outside a Chesterfield bar. The incident took place on Saturday 10 August 2024 and since then officers have been working to try and identify those involved – including a previous media appeal. The image

A Derbyshire business has been fined £9,000 and ordered to pay nearly £7,000 costs after admitting selling vapes to an underage person and possession for supply of non-compliant illicit vapes. The successful prosecution was brought by our trading standards team following an investigation. Andrew Molloy, 56, company director of Mates Mobiles Ashbourne Ltd, Horse and

Derbyshire Police are appealing for dashcam and witnesses to a collision that left a motorcyclist with serious injuries. The incident occurred close to the junction of Locko Lane and the B6039 at Hardstoft at around 5.30pm on Friday 11 April. The collision involved a 125 Mutt motorcycle and a Nissan Nivara 4×4. The rider of

Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a motorcyclist was left with life threatening injuries in a collision near Ladybower Reservoir. The collision took place just after 5.30pm yesterday (12 April) on the A57 just after the junction for the Ladybower car park and saw an orange KTM Superduke, which was travelling from

A discount supermarket in a derelict Derbyshire quarry is set for approval, with the sole opposition coming from a rival chain already set up in the town. Plans for an Aldi supermarket, creating 50 new jobs, in the former Harveydale Quarry in Dale Road, Matlock, have been recommended for approval by Derbyshire Dales District Council.

Repeated flooding made a Derbyshire pub “commercially unfeasible” and “uninsurable” – but it could reopen in the future if new plans are approved. Plans filed to Amber Valley Borough Council by David Ashley Developments detail that the Hurt Arms pub, restaurant and hotel in Ambergate has major issues with its structural integrity. The popular venue,

A man who killed his partner by repeatedly slamming her head on the floor after an argument on their first anniversary has been convicted of her murder. Kain Tailby assaulted Christine Everett-Hickson, known as Chrissie, in the kitchen of the couple’s flat in Greenhill Lane, Riddings, when they returned home from a night out on

Derbyshire Police were called to reports of a concern for the welfare of an elderly woman in Pennine Road, Simmondley, Glossop, at just after 5.45am on Friday 28 March. Emergency services attended the scene and the lady was pronounced dead. There are no suspicious circumstances. Family members have been notified and are being support by