Jon Cooper

DERBYSHIRE councillors have united to help establish the county and region as a greater global base and destination for worldwide movies and television to boost jobs, economic growth and the arts.

A Green Party councillor says it is a ‘travesty’ that a Derbyshire County Council care home is being sold and he believes the authority’s adult care chief should provide regular updates amidst the delays for residents, their families and staff.

Derbyshire County Council’s Leader has backed a call from Reform UK’s Home Affairs spokesperson to the new Labour Prime Minister Andy Burnham for councils and communities to be granted the power to decide to stop housing asylum seekers in their own areas.

A Derbyshire council has outlined plans for £100,000 of annual funding support every year for four years for a struggling hospice to expand its end-of-life community care for those wishing to be looked after at home.

A desperate family has told how plans for a new energy substation in countryside near a Derbyshire village as part of National Grid’s pylon roll-out scheme will destroy their home and land.

Derbyshire planners have given the go-ahead for an additional 49 new homes expanding an overall housing scheme to 242 properties despite concerns about the continued impact of the development, a potential increase in traffic and a reduced financial contribution towards the community’s infrastructure.

Derbyshire planners have given the go-ahead for a new village housing scheme for 41 new homes despite concerns that community funding from the developer to support the area’s infrastructure is yet to be agreed.

Companies are spending more on benefits and getting less in return.

Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet has agreed to accept up to £2.4 million of funding to support plans for the county to host part of a key stage of the Tour de France Femmes women’s cycle race in 2027 which comes to Great Britain before heading to France.

Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet has agreed to accept up to £2.4 million of...