The owner of a Ripley shop has been fined a total of £3,600 and ordered to pay £2,500 costs and a £1,440 victim surcharge after pleading guilty to selling a vape to an underaged person and for possession for supply of vapes that do not comply with UK legislation.
There’s still time to book your tickets to see breathtaking after-dark spectacular Shine A Light at Elvaston Castle on 8, 9 and 10 December 2023.
Proposed changes to our community care charging policy to make it sustainable and protect those who need the most support will be considered at a meeting next week.
Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest has officially set down roots with the first tree being planted as part of the Government-funded initiative to improve access to nature by providing more green space in areas of the county with fewer woodlands.
Our councillors are set to turn down 20mph speed limits for Buxton and Long Eaton at a meeting on 7 December 2023, following a consultation on the schemes earlier in the year.
An annual survey giving residents the opportunity to help shape our budget for 2024 to 2025 and have their say about the services they use is already half-way through.
New figures show that recently improved Derbyshire bus services, under our £47 million bus service improvement plan, are proving popular with passengers. One service, the X17, has a 44% increase in people using it.
One of our libraries has been named Library of the Year by the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
We have approved funding of nearly £400,000 to Rural Action Derbyshire to enable them to carry on supporting affordable food projects across the county.
Three more bus routes are gaining extra services, thanks to government funding through our bus service improvement plan
Derbyshire’s second community-managed library is set to open its doors before Christmas.
We have made progress to tackle our forecast in-year overspend of £46.4 million but serious challenges still lie ahead.
Spot checks at petrol station pumps across Derbyshire have been carried out by trading standards officers to make sure motorists are getting what they paid for – and the good news is they are.
Unpaid carers in Derbyshire are being invited to attend an event hosted by Derbyshire Carers Association to mark this year’s Carers’ Rights Day on Thursday 23 November.
A Service of Remembrance has been held today at our headquarters at County Hall in Matlock.
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