Borough Wide from Friday, October 17th, 2025

The Reform councillor in charge of special education needs provision and education in Derbyshire has resigned just months into the job.

Campaigners against the huge A38 upgrades have hit out after the Government suggested “blockers” delayed the project.

Officers from the Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Team have spent the Summer months in partnership to tackle issues with youths causing anti-social behaviour.

Officials from the Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team have issued a statement after a period in which multiple reports have been received detailing the illegal use of E-scooters in the local area.

Officers from the Ilkeston Safer Neighbourhood Team have completed a joint operation with Derbyshire County Council Trading Standards.

Three men have been jailed for their involvement in an organised drugs line that brought heroin and crack cocaine into Long Eaton.

Waiting times for an appointment to see a children's mental health practitioner are set to fall, following a £1.5m investment in services.

Derby-based child exploitation charity Safe and Sound is celebrating national recognition after being presented with the Partnership of the Year Award at the National Charity Today Awards 2025.

Cabinet Members at Derbyshire County Council have agreed to pump £900,000 into a project to improve digital connectivity in communities where broadband speeds are lowest – particularly in rural areas.

Plans have been submitted to extend the car park at a popular Derby wholesaler, which could ease the area’s well-known traffic problems.

A Derbyshire Conservative councillor has resigned to join Reform UK five months after the local elections.

A regional property development company has smashed its fund-raising target to send dozens of sick children and their families to visit Santa Claus in Lapland.

A spokesperson for the East Midlands Chamber has said GDP growth of 0.1% in August will be of ‘little comfort’ to the region’s businesses facing the threat of rumoured tax increases at the Autumn Budget on 26th November.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has insisted the government is taking action on knife crime after he was quizzed about the situation in Derby.

Derbyshire County Council has given the go-ahead for £700,000 of Government funding towards plans for a clean energy facility on ‘farmland’ just days after agreeing to oppose solar farms and battery energy storage schemes on greenfield sites.

Derby Museums has said it is ‘both delighted and relieved’ to receive almost £800,000 from the Government to help with its running costs.