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

Planners have given the go-ahead for a firm to build a new quarry site road near a Derbyshire Dales town to be used by lorries despite concerns about possible environmental impacts including noise and dust pollution. Derbyshire County Council’s planning committee approved Ben Bennett Jr Ltd’s application at a recent meeting to build a new

It would take 185 years of funding – in excess of £1.5 billion – to bring Derbyshire’s roads up to standard, a meeting has been told. A Derbyshire County Council scrutiny meeting today (July 23) was told that the authority’s highways department was previously “not fit for purpose” and had “got it wrong” in terms

Derbyshire protesters who are fighting to preserve woodland from a planned holiday park have been honoured with a top award for their ‘inspiring’ group campaign. The Save Farley Moor campaigners have held a series of events and activities among continued efforts to highlight their opposition to Forest Holidays’ planning application to Derbyshire Dales District Council

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

Chesterfield businesses have accessed more than £170,000 in government funding through the Adult Apprenticeship Levy Transfer, helping them invest in their teams with little or no cost to their organisation[1]. The funding, which was part of a wider allocation secured by Derbyshire County Council during the 2024/25 financial year, has enabled 104 adult apprenticeships across

Planners have given the go-ahead for a residential site for Travelling Showpeople near a Derbyshire village despite residents’ fears that it may expand with increased traffic, pose a threat to the environment and create conflict over the use of a privately owned access road. Bolsover District Council’s planning committee approved Messrs Marshall and Allen’s application

Apologetic Chesterfield Reform UK has removed and disassociated itself from a disturbing conspiracy-style social media post made under the group’s banner that attacked gender education in schools, the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and society’s economic system. The recent Facebook post under the Chesterfield Reform UK title and logo accused people of behaving like uninformed,