The Latest Breaking News from Derbyshire

'Spiteful' council 'barricaded' elderly woman and young family by fencing garden gates

Derbyshire Council took the decision to close a car park off and put up a fence up over the entrance to some of the properties' gardens.

Daily Record · May 11, 2023

'Spiteful' council puts fences over garden gates leaving residents trapped in own homes

People living in Cavendish Road in Matlock, Derbyshire, said the county council did not inform them when it closed a car park and put up some fences around their gardens, blocking their rear entrances

Daily Mirror · May 11, 2023

Local election abandoned due to death of Tory candidate during count

A new election will be held for South Derbyshire’s three-councillor Hilton ward after Tory incumbent Gillian Lemmon died.

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023

Country diary: Wild daffodils are rarer than you’d think

Monsal Dale, Derbyshire: Compared with their cultivated cousins, they’re subtly different in shape, and endlessly restless

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2023

‘Brexit has been an utter disaster’: the royal heritage firm that can’t sell its wares abroad

The Derbyshire business has its playing cards for sale at Buckingham Palace, but getting them over the Channel is now a ‘nightmare’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2023

Untrained cat Zebby gets award nomination for helping deaf owner

A cat that alerts its deaf owner to phone calls and visitors has been shortlisted for a national award. Zebby, an untrained two-year-old from Derbyshire, also taps Genevieve Moss on the face to encourage her to put on her hearing aid, fetches her slippers when he notices they’re not on…

The Week · Apr 27, 2023

Evri delivery driver knocks over vase in porch with parcel and leaves owner fuming

Michael Lock from Derbyshire, was shocked to see that his porch camera had captured the moment a delivery driver knocked over a large vase with a parcel before leaving his property

Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2023

Tributes paid to 'larger than life' father and son businessmen who died in crash

Simon and Harry Hill died in an accident in Derbyshire

Manchester Evening News · Apr 21, 2023

Provisional May 5 council election declaration times

Estimates of when to expect results from around the country.

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

Optical illusion challenge: Is the horse looking at the sunrise or at the camera? The Internet is divided!

Here is a very interesting and recently viral optical illusion that will leave you surprised. It is a stunning picture clicked and posted on Facebook by Villager Jim. The photo is that of a horse against the stunning backdrop of a sunrise, clicked near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

The Times of India · Apr 19, 2023