Press Release News & Updates
- 14th April 2014
Jobs at local opticians in Ripley are safe after the company was bought by a much larger business.
We love celebrating the successes of local businesses, so it's great to hear about another Heanor and Ripley entrepreneur winning a prestigious national award.
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...
- 13th March 2014
Police are warning motorists to be careful after a spate of dangerous incidents in Heanor which saw three cars have their brake pipes cut! Find out more in this press release from Derbyshire Police.
Our local MP Nigel Mills handed over a petition to Parliament yesterday with over 3000 signatures demanding the re-opening of Heanor Memorial Hospital. Find out more in our latest blog.
- 27th February 2014
Our concerns about increasing number of Derbyshire residents relying on food banks will be highlighted on BBC 1's flagship investigative news programme Panorama on Monday.
- 23rd February 2014
Children who use their parents' bank details to play online games could be running up huge bills.
- 18th February 2014
A forcewide initiative committed to raising awareness of fraud in Derbyshire is being launched today (Tuesday, February 18) with a dedicated webpage to Stamp out Fraud.
- 11th February 2014
We have awarded extra funding for projects that have cleaned up neighbourhoods and made streets safer.
- 6th February 2014
There are free events for all the family in our libraries to mark National Libraries Week in February. The two-day celebration takes place on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 February.