News

Walk Derbyshire provides a variety of walk events across the county, including this one pictured at Tissington.

Funding boost to promote the benefits of walking within Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Council has approved a significant amount of funding to improve opportunities for everyday walking within the county. The county council has announced £80,000 for the Walk Derbyshire programme, which focuses on supporting new walking opportunities within the local community, with a focus on people who are inactive or living in areas with higher health inequalities. This money will ensure increased opportunities for Derbyshire residents to walk more, leading to a reduction of inactivity levels and improved health, wellbeing […]

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Derbyshire

County Council scraps its climate change strategy, references to the global issue and net zero no longer part of aims

By Eddie Bisknell - Local Democracy Reporting Service The Reform-run Derbyshire County Council will no longer have a climate change strategy, with all references to the global issue and net zero scrapped from its aims. A report discussed at a county council meeting held on Wednesday 26th February details that the authority has mandatory environmental duties and must have a policy to showcase that. The council had a climate change strategy, with the last one running from 2021-2025, with the […]

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Borough Wide

Google Maps to stop telling people to drive over Ilkeston Market Place

Currently, online mapping providers like Google Maps and Apple Maps will sometimes direct people to cut across the market place from Pimlico to South Street – driving directly in front of Ilkeston town hall and the John Warren pub. That entrance to the Market Place has a ‘no motor vehicles’ sign, with the clarification below ‘except for access’. The relevant traffic regulation order (TRO) provided by Derbyshire County Council also makes clear that this route, from Pimlico to South Street, […]

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Derby

Rolls-Royce transformation programme powers soaring profits and revenues

Rolls-Royce has said its transformation is continuing with ‘pace and intensity’ after reporting soaring full-year profits and revenues. This morning, the engineering giant, which has its Civil Aerospace and Defence divisions in Derby, reported revenues of more than £20 billion for the year to 31 December, up on £18.9 billion achieved in 2024. Pre-tax profits jumped from £2.23 billion to £6.93 billion, while underlying operating profit hit £3.46 billion, up from £2.46 billion. The firm, which is Derby’s largest private […]

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News

Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Authority meeting topics include a Council Tax Precept increase

A busy Fire & Rescue Authority meeting sees members vote to approve a one-year extension to the current CRMP, an increase in Council Tax precept and formally approve the appointment of a new Chief Fire Officer/Chief Executive for Derbyshire. Members of the Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Authority (FRA) yesterday voted to approve a one-year extension to the Service’s current Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP), the 2026-27 Annual Delivery Plan, and the Medium-Term Financial Plan 2026/27 to 2029/30. In December 2025 […]

25 February 2026 29

Long Eaton

Long Eaton Town Deal delays

By Eddie Bisknell - Local Democracy Reporting Service A Derbyshire council is being urged to ask the Government for a further extension to spend £25 million to avoid the risk of having it taken back. Erewash Borough Council was awarded £24.8 million by the former Conservative government in 2021. The council has now told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that just £9.3 million of this has been spent after nearly five years. It had an initial deadline to spend all […]

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Borrowash

CCTV images of man released following theft of car in Borrowash

CCTV stills have been released showing a man wanted for questioning n relation to the theft of a car in Borrowash. The incident happened between 2:00pm on Sunday 25th January and 6:45am on Monday 26th January when two men stole a grey Range Rover from outside the Methodist Church in Church Row. The vehicle was later recovered and a 24-year-old man was arrested and charged with theft of a motor vehicle in relation to the incident. A second man was […]

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Community Notices

Romance fraud: a word of warning to those looking for love

Ahead of the latest release of Bridgerton to TV screens, the fraud team within Derbyshire Constabulary are highlighting the risks of romance fraud. The TV community is truly abuzz for the next release of Bridgerton, and whilst fans can’t wait for more episodes of lords and ladies being swept off their feet, concealed identities and dramatic declarations of love, a word of warning from officers states that, whilst these acts are swoon-worthy on screen, they should be considered with caution […]

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Derby

Business and education leaders join forces to tackle UK graduate skills demand

Business leaders from across the region came together to explore how universities can better align graduate skills with the evolving needs of the workforce now and in the future. The Future Jobs roundtable, hosted by the University of Derby at The Cavendish Building – home of Derby International Business School – formed part of a series of events taking place across the UK, where university and business leaders are leading a broader national conversation about how universities can better match […]

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