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A telehandler near a powerline. (Credit: National Grid)

Farmers in Derbyshire urged to ‘check it, don’t chance it’ during Farm Safety Week

As part of Farm Safety Week (20th–24th July 2026), National Grid Electricity Distribution is encouraging farmers across Derbyshire to take a moment to check their surroundings and stay alert when working near overhead power lines and underground electricity cables. The electricity network operator, which serves the Midlands, South West and South Wales, is sharing a simple but important message: check it, don't chance it. The reminder comes as part of a wider effort to reduce the number of incidents involving […]

21 July 2026 39

The PCC (red coat) meets local farmers (Credit: Better Times)

Derbyshire

New crime prevention project supports farmers’ mental wellbeing

A new safety project is underway to boost resilience in rural communities and help farmers to protect their livelihoods and mental health. As part of her commitment to supporting rural communities, Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts provided funding worth £5k from her Safer and Stronger Communities Fund to The Farming Life Centre in Bakewell to deliver the Safe and Sound project across the High Peak area. The investment will see a series of practical workshops, public awareness campaigns […]

2 July 2026 25

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Big Farmland Bird Count 2026 results revealed

The results of the 2026 Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) show that farms providing supplementary feeding are supporting higher numbers of many farmland bird species whose breeding populations are declining nationally. Run by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) and sponsored by the NFU, the BFBC takes place each year in February and encourages farmers and land managers to record the bird species and numbers on their farms. Since 2014 it has formed a national census of farmland birds. […]

4 June 2026 11

Sawley

Sixth-generation farming family faces the prospect selling cattle over sale of land for new “nature haven”

A sixth-generation Derbyshire farming family faces the prospect of having to sell dozens of cattle amid the fallout over a new “nature haven” in the area. The Grammer family – the last farming family in the area – have farmed 93 acres of agricultural land around Sawley, alongside the River Trent, including their current herd of 280 cattle, for 100 years, through six generations. However, Erewash Borough Council (EBC) recently ended the six-generation tenancy of four acres of land off […]

30 April 2026 94

farming

Farmers in Derbyshire urged to ‘check it, don’t chance it’ during Farm Safety Week

New crime prevention project supports farmers’ mental wellbeing

Big Farmland Bird Count 2026 results revealed

Sixth-generation farming family faces the prospect selling cattle over sale of land for new “nature haven”

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