Breadsall

A Derbyshire council has hit back at the Government after it was urged to scrap its entire future plan for thousands of homes or risk it being spiked.

Derbyshire County Council has agreed to oppose National Grid’s current plans to roll-out 60km of 50metre high electricity pylons across the county’s countryside and to urge the energy company to reconsider the route and explore less intrusive alternatives.

A costly three-year wrangle over a future housing blueprint for a part of Derbyshire could see the plan scrapped, with the leadership saying they are now caught in “limbo”.

Officers from the Ilkeston Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team have issued a statement after receiving an increase in the number of reports of fly-tipping in and around their rural beat area.

The captains of Breadsall Priory Golf Club have chosen Derbyshire’s Safe and Sound as their charity of the year with a programme of fundraising events planned from competitions to social events.