Borough Wide from Wednesday, May 7th, 2025

Officers from the Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team have assisted Derbyshire Trading Standards in operation at a local shop in Draycott which was reported to be selling illegal tobacco and vaping products.

Banning the Ukrainian flag from being flown at the Derbyshire County Council headquarters will be among the very first priorities for the new Reform leadership, it has been confirmed.

The East Midlands Mayor is determined to overcome fresh challenges and navigate some new political waters after she has been overseeing millions of pounds of Government funding schemes for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire during her first year at the helm of the new authority.

The oldest man in Britain – 110-year-old Erewash war hero Donald Rose – will be looking his best for the 80th anniversary of VE Day, courtesy of the world’s oldest barber.

Derby College Group (DCG) is celebrating after its Carpentry and Joinery apprentices secured top honours at the annual Merlane Trophy competition, hosted this year at West Nottinghamshire College. The event, organised by the Institute of Carpenters, brought together talented apprentices from colleges across the region, including Sheffield, Lincoln, Newark, North Notts, and West Notts.

Debbie Kemp, Operations Manager at DHU Healthcare, has successfully completed the Brighton Marathon in support of Safe and Sound, a Derby-based charity committed to safeguarding children.

Following the incident at Lloyds Bank in St Peters Street, Derby on Tuesday 6th May, a representative from the Derby BID team has issued a statement.

Despite resounding success for Reform UK across Derbyshire, surging to two-thirds control of the county council, the question remains: What are they going to do and how?

Derby College Group welcomed students and employers to the Roundhouse today for its much-anticipated Get Hired event, a vibrant careers and employment showcase designed to connect young people with businesses and organisations offering career advice, job opportunities, and apprenticeships.

Labour has been given a ‘vivid wake-up call’ following near-total defeat in the Derbyshire County Council elections, its MPs say.

Derbyshire County Council’s new controlling political party Reform UK says it is ready to give people the change they want as the former Tory-led administration and Labour opponents have been licking their wounds after suffering a mauling at the local county elections.

Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward is celebrating a successful year of bringing more investment into the region to help deliver better jobs, better skills, build new homes, improve transport, support a greener East Midlands, and champion our visitor economy.

While Reform UK’s turquoise tsunami swept into control of Derbyshire County Council, other elections held in the county on the same day told a different story.

GP practices in Derby and Derbyshire have been awarded £1.9m to provide more clinical rooms and space to see patients.

Young people will be able to take up new careers as train drivers three years earlier, to boost the number of drivers needed for reliable services and put more school and college leavers on track to step straight into work.