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Chair of Trustees of Sight Support, Derbyshire receives award from the High Sheriff of Derbyshire

Martin Wilson, chair of Trustees of Sight Support, Derbyshire receives an award from High Sheriff of Derbyshire by Martin Sykes, Chair of Trustees of Long Eaton & District Talking Newspaper Martin Wilson is the Chair of Trustees for Sight Support Derbyshire and has been honoured with a very special award by Sir Richard FitzHerbert, the High Sheriff of Derbyshire at Tissington hall on 18th March 2026. The award was in recognition Martin’s charity work over the last nearly 23 years. […]

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Paul Rowan, chair of the Light Rail Transit Association, believes Derby should have a tram network. Image by LDRS.

Borough Wide

Trams for Derby campaign

A campaign has been launched to bring “transformational” trams back to Derby for the first time in almost a century. The Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA) started the engine running on its major plan to deliver a tram system across the city – but it would likely cost hundreds of millions of pounds to achieve. The body held two public events on Thursday 16th April 16, urging people to get behind the plans. Campaigners believe having a tram network would […]

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Community Notices

Community quilt to be a heartwarming tribute to 250,000 lives changed by Framework

Hundreds of social groups, schools and care homes are helping to create a community quilt for Framework to represent 25 years of working together to end homelessness. More than 80 groups - from care homes to schools - have already signed up to be part of the collaborative art project with the charity calling out for more to get involved. The 250 individual panels will be professionally stitched together to create a powerful tribute to the 250,000 lives changed by […]

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Blood disorder failure update

Strict new deadlines are in place after a 12-year failure of Derbyshire NHS services saw hundreds of families not notified about potential blood disorders. Last spring, the Local Democracy Reporting Service revealed the Derbyshire NHS failed to tell more than 800 Derbyshire families about the sickle cell carrier status of their babies for 12 years – January 2012 to June 2024. Sickle cell carrier status means babies with this condition do not have the blood disorder themselves but have the ability […]

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Derby College Group achieves national Matrix Accreditation for Excellence in student support

Derby College Group (DCG) officials have expressed their pride after the organisation successfully achieved the nationally recognised Matrix Standard accreditation, following a comprehensive external assessment conducted in March 2026. The Matrix Standard is the international quality benchmark for organisations delivering information, advice and guidance (IAG) services. This achievement recognises DCG’s continued commitment to providing high-quality, student-centred support that empowers individuals to make informed decisions about their education, careers and future. The assessment, carried out by The Growth Company on behalf […]

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Borough Wide

Union says plan to save Derbyshire care home is ‘cold comfort’ for eight facing closure

A union chief has welcomed news that Derbyshire County Council has confirmed negotiations are underway with an interested party to take over and secure the future of one of its endangered care homes but he feels this is ‘cold comfort’ for those affected by the feared closure of eight other facilities. The Reform UK council’s planned sale of eight of its care homes to a single provider collapsed and left them facing closure but the authority has now confirmed that […]

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Community Notices

Primary parents find out child’s school place for September 2026

Derbyshire County Council have made offers of infant, primary and junior school places to 10,067 children. The correspondence was sent on Thursday 16th April. Of those parents who applied for a reception place by the closing date, 93.57 per cent were offered their first preference school. Overall, of those who applied by the closing date, 98.23 per cent were offered a place at one of their three preferred schools, and of those who applied for a junior place by the deadline, […]

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Greater support needed to boost export says Chamber as national research shows falling orders among smaller businesses

East Midlands Chamber has renewed its call for increased support for exporters after new data showed a significant split in overseas orders based on business size. Micro-exporters and SMEs reported more falling than rising orders, while for larger firms the results were the other way round. The British Chambers of Commerce surveyed over 2000 exporters between February and March 2026, before the Middle East conflict. Findings were that 26% of micro-exporters saw a fall in orders with only 18% reporting […]

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Derby

Derbyshire school places shortfall

More than 1,800 Derbyshire children over the next five years will have to attend schools outside their catchment after central Government pulled the plug on a long-planned new secondary. A falling birth rate was the reason put forward for the Labour Government’s reason to scrap the planned £27 million 1,230-space secondary school on the Infinity Garden Village, bordering Chellaston. Its decision, issued at the end of March, came despite fervent lobbying from politicians of all political persuasions, including South Derbyshire’s […]

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Derbyshire

Chair of Trustees of Sight Support, Derbyshire receives award from the High Sheriff of Derbyshire

Trams for Derby campaign

Community quilt to be a heartwarming tribute to 250,000 lives changed by Framework

Blood disorder failure update

Derby College Group achieves national Matrix Accreditation for Excellence in student support

Union says plan to save Derbyshire care home is ‘cold comfort’ for eight facing closure

Primary parents find out child’s school place for September 2026

Greater support needed to boost export says Chamber as national research shows falling orders among smaller businesses

Derbyshire school places shortfall

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