The Chair of the HS2 High Speed Rail Project has today announced that the project should be pushed through Parliament and finished earlier - but will it be good for our area? Will it even come close to our area? Find out what our local Chamber of Commerce thinks...

The weather shows no sign of letting up and the Met Office have just issued not one, but two separate weather warnings for our local area. Find out more here...

Derbyshire County Council has joined forces with Derby City Council to call for the Government's new High Speed 2 (HS2) college to be sited in our county.

Milnhay Road in Langley Mill will be closed for a whole day this week (27th Jan) - find out more here...

Derbyshire Police have just released figures which show that the percentage of people in Derbyshire who were caught drink driving in December has dropped compared to the previous year, proving we were a sober lot this Christmas!!!

Want to know which roads will be closed and when? We keep you right up to date in our community service blog...

Following the success of Heanor's Parking Payback Scheme, Ripley Traders are now launching their own scheme in an attempt to bring back footfall into Ripley Town Centre

When anyone asks local people how to revive our struggling High Streets, the first thing most of them say is that there should be free parking! The Council say they can't afford to fund such a change, so the retailers in Heanor have come up with their own scheme to address the problem.

Ripley Reckoning is an initiative which is working towards the rejuvenation of Ripley, organisers want to give us all a voice in the future of our town.

Derbyshire County Council have announced additional parking restrictions in one of Ripley's busiest streets...