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Residents can now book on to more free online and remote learning adult education taster courses. Taster courses include: Languages Yoga Floristry Creative writing skills Plus more. Derbyshire County Council Cabinet Member for Children and Young People Councillor Alex Dale said: “We had a fantastic response from residents who signed up to our online summer […]
A pop-up drive-through coronavirus testing site will be in place in Ilkeston town centre this week from Friday 14 August to Monday 17 August. It follows an appeal by Dean Wallace, Director of Public Health for Derbyshire, for anyone who lives or socialises in Ilkeston and has coronavirus symptoms to get tested after four people who visited some […]
Derbyshire County Council has a new Civic Chairman, Councillor Judith Twigg. Councillor Twigg accepted the honour at the county council’s AGM – which was held virtually because of the current coronavirus situation. Her chain of office was presented to her by her husband, Leonard, at their home in Bakewell, where the couple are isolating. In […]
Thousands of students across the county are preparing to receive their A-level and GCSE results. On Thursday 13 August, students who were due to sit A-levels this summer will receive a calculated grade due to the closure of schools and cancelled exams. Those who were due to sit GCSE exams will receive them a week later […]
Residents will be able to visit Derbyshire County Council’s Household Waste Recycling Centres any day of the week from today. The layout of the county council’s nine centres have been improved to accommodate more vehicles on site at any one time while allowing visitors to maintain two metre social distancing – meaning the odd and […]
More Derbyshire County Council libraries are set to re-open in August and customers will shortly be able to browse the shelves again at certain sites. As well as more libraries re-opening, the new Belper Library on Derwent Street will open its doors on 10 August for the first time. From Monday 3 August four more libraries are set to […]
Trading standards officers at Derbyshire County Council are warning people about online adverts for free samples that can contain hidden fees or subscriptions. Joyce Beeston from Sudbury was caught out by a subscription trap but after contacting the county council’s trading standards she successfully got all her money back. Now she’s urging other people to […]
Extra funding could be given to local voluntary and community sector groups by Derbyshire County Council following the coronavirus pandemic. The proposed £53,000 increase would bring the total for infrastructure groups – umbrella organisations which offer information, support, guidance, training and funding to the local charitable sector – to more than £450,000 The move follows […]
More than 450 businesses and households affected by the November 2019 and February 2020 floods are able to get help to pay for flood mitigation measures. Derbyshire County Council is to administer a scheme that gives eligible properties a £5,000 grant to put in measures to help stop properties being flooded in the future. These […]
A fund of up to £15m is being set aside by Derbyshire County Council to help support Derbyshire’s communities and businesses to recover from the effects of coronavirus. Announcing the fund at the Derbyshire Economic Recovery Board on Monday 20 July, Derbyshire County Council Leader Councillor Barry Lewis said the fund would focus on creating […]
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