Category : Local

Derbyshire Council Eyes Up Potential Permanent Traveller Sites After Years Of Failure

Work on temporary plots is being paused as permanent locations are pursued

Council 'disappointed' after repeated criminal damage cancels football matches

The pitches are unlikely to be playable for the foreseeable future according to officials

Derby man denies murder of Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins at HMP Wakefield

Watkins, 48, was serving a 29-year sentence at the prison.

Two people taken to hospital following A52 crash near Markeaton Island

The closure of Ashbourne Road near the junction with Prince Charles Avenue led to traffic problems

Ashbourne Road live updates as busy Derby route closed due to serious crash

The A52 Ashbourne Road is closed between Markeaton Island and the junction with Prince Charles Avenue

Final Derbyshire town centre street reopens to traffic after months of closure

A major regeneration project led to the closure earlier this year

Derby leader addresses 'uncertain' future of Council House

Derby City Council could cease to exist in the coming years

Homes plans would 'destroy character of historic Derbyshire villages', inquiry hears

The plans for 135 homes in Kings Newton Lane, Melbourne, were rejected earlier this year

Derbyshire firm to pay almost £90,000 after spreading ash onto neighbouring land

Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling Ltd later accepted that it had made mistakes in dealing with waste and that it had breached its permit by placing the waste on the land

Disappointment as Derby city centre stone paving replaced with ugly tarmac

The Yorkstone paving has been ripped up and replaced with ugly patches of black tarmac

She wanted to be queen of her own country. But her Bitcoin scam was foiled

The multibillion-pound scam, which involved an accomplice in Matlock, led police to make the world's largest ever cryptocurrency seizure

Major solar farm capable of powering 18,000 homes planned near Derbyshire village

If approved, the planned 373-acre solar farm would be around five times the size of neighbouring Brailsford

Derby motorists warned of 'years of traffic chaos' in Five Lamps protest

Campaigners say the Five Lamps traffic jams are 'just a taste of what Derby motorists may face' in coming years

Holiday Inn in Derby getting revamp, apartment rooms and new name

The new owners are 'hugely positive about Derby’s destination potential'

Rare Dambusters map up for auction in Derbyshire from WWII and aviation enthusiast

The 617 Squadron practised for the German raid with bouncing bombs at Derwent Dams in the north of the county