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The Market Hall in Derby city centre. Image by LDRS.

Derby’s £35m Market Hall running at forecast £338k loss

Derby’s renovated Market Hall looks set to make a loss of £338,000, new documents have revealed. The Derby City Council-owned venue, which reopened in 2025 after a major £35 million restoration project, is according to a financial report forecast to be in the red next year due to “a shortfall of trader income”. The £338,000 shortfall was detailed in the Labour-led council’s Quarter One financial report for this municipal year (2026/27) and has sparked concern from some opposition officials on […]

7 August 2026 48

Borough Wide

New vans and timetables herald a bright future for Derbyshire Mobile Library Service

Book lovers in communities across Derbyshire are set to benefit as the county’s mobile library service welcomes two new vans which have hit the road this month. Derbyshire County Council has introduced the two new mobile library vans which will be more reliable, economical and efficient to run, and as they are smaller they are more agile allowing them to access smaller rural roads more easily and reach more readers and communities. The new vans have replaced two old HGVs […]

6 August 2026 47

Left to right: Raj Sharma, Director of Finance and Ian Skipp, Group Director of Finance & Growth.

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Futures Housing secures £140m refinancing deal

Housing association Futures Housing Group has successfully completed a £140 million refinancing deal with a high-street bank in order to support its long-term investment in its homes and services. The East Midlands landlord has also been able to extend its revolving credit facility and take advantage of a Social Housing Loan as part of the package. The funding gives Futures certainty over its borrowing and will be used to support its ongoing goal of providing quality homes and services. Raj […]

6 August 2026 11

Borough Wide

Appeal for information launched following road rage incident in Ilkeston

Police officers in Erewash are appealing for information following a road rage incident in Ilkeston in which a man was assaulted. A black BMW and a white Range Rover were involved in a collision in Chalons Way at about 5:50pm on Saturday 1st August. Witnesses described how a man driving the BMW then got out of the vehicle and assaulted a man driving the Range Rover. The victim, a man aged in his 50s, was taken to hospital to be […]

5 August 2026 45

Community Notices

Midlands residents asked to be ‘One in a Million’ as  organ donation support falls by almost a fifth

NHS Blood and Transplant is calling on people in the Midlands to be ‘One in a Million’ by registering their decision to be an organ donor. The plan, which was announced on 5th August 2026 is to increase the number of people in the UK on the NHS Organ Donor Register - aiming to increase from 29 million to 30 million people to be registered donors by the end of the year. The challenge of gaining over a million first time UK registrations by the start of 2027 is designed to tackle the growing dilemma of declining family consent rates and ensure […]

5 August 2026 16

Derbyshire County Cllr Joss Barnes. Taken By BBC LDR Jon Cooper.

Borough Wide

Derbyshire councillor shares ‘personal elements’ in bid to reshape adult social care

Derbyshire County Council’s adult care chief has told how he is not immune to the ‘personal elements’ involved during the authority’s ongoing efforts and challenges to reshape adult social care for residents in the face of changing demands and financial restraints. The Reform UK-controlled council’s Cabinet Member for Adult Care, Cllr Joss Barnes, has weathered protests during very difficult decisions involving the attempted sale of eight council care homes and ongoing plans to strike a deal with a care provider […]

4 August 2026 41

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Derbyshire County Council officially eradicates climate change, fossil fuels and net zero from environmental policies

Reform-run Derbyshire County Council has officially eradicated climate change, fossil fuels and net zero from all of its environmental policies. The authority has now formally replaced the previous climate change strategy with an environmental sustainability strategy. This new policy, which is legally mandated to meet the county council’s environmental responsibilities, including as a flood authority, no longer contains any reference to climate change, net zero, or fossil fuels. It has been overseen by Councillor Carol Wood (Ref), whose title had […]

4 August 2026 47

Borough Wide

More GP appointments in Derby and Derbyshire after surgery upgrades

Investment in healthcare buildings in Derby and Derbyshire means that about 82,000 extra GP appointments can be offered each year. Money from the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund saw 6 GP practices receive upgrades and reconfigurations to their buildings, following successful bids by Derby and Derbyshire (ICB). The programme has delivered additional consulting and clinical rooms and is expected to support about 82,000 additional GP appointments each year. It also supports the goals of the 10 Year Health Plan […]

4 August 2026 19

Derbyshire

Midlands airports rated in aviation regulator’s annual accessibility report as demand for assistance reaches record levels

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has published its annual Airport Accessibility Report for 2025/26, highlighting continued improvements in airport accessibility alongside record demand for assistance services. The report found that: 19 airports achieved a ‘very good’ rating including East Midlands Airport, whilst regionally, Birmingham was given a 'good ranking', one of nine to receive such a mark. The results show the impact of more than a decade of oversight through the regulator’s Airport Accessibility Performance Framework introduced in 2014 to […]

4 August 2026 11

Derby’s £35m Market Hall running at forecast £338k loss

New vans and timetables herald a bright future for Derbyshire Mobile Library Service

Futures Housing secures £140m refinancing deal

Appeal for information launched following road rage incident in Ilkeston

Midlands residents asked to be ‘One in a Million’ as  organ donation support falls by almost a fifth

Derbyshire councillor shares ‘personal elements’ in bid to reshape adult social care

Derbyshire County Council officially eradicates climate change, fossil fuels and net zero from environmental policies

More GP appointments in Derby and Derbyshire after surgery upgrades

Midlands airports rated in aviation regulator’s annual accessibility report as demand for assistance reaches record levels

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