A group of residents in Langwith Bassett have got together to help brighten up their area.

The Bassett is a quintessential English cul-de-sac comprising of a central circular green that has six large trees encompassed within it. And the community have been planting daffodil bulbs on the green to give the children something to do during half-term and to make the area look nice and pleasant.

17 November to 7 January
Hardwick Hall

Discover Hardwick Wintertide from 17 November to 7 January as you’ve never seen it before. Tour by lantern light and tiptoe around the decadent tapestries, friezes and portraits which don the 400-year-old walls and see what stories you’ll illuminate.

All is not as it would appear at the ‘Lantern House’ this winter, what will you reveal as you explore Hardwick in a new light?

Tenants and residents in Bolsover District are being encouraged to give their views on proposed changes to our housing allocations policy.

Council housing within the District is an extremely limited resource and demand continues to rise, significantly outstripping supply. It is important that the Allocations Policy provides a genuine route to access housing for those in need. It is therefore proposed that some sections of the policy need to be amended.

There will be an eight-week period of consultation on the proposed changes, to take place between 16 November 2023 and 13 January 2024.

Work on a project that will see the heart of Shirebrook reimagined is set to get underway. As part of Bolsover District Council ambitions to make Shirebrook Market Place the heartbeat of the town, and the first phase of the scheme will see the creation of new, attractive memorial gardens to complement the recently installed Mining Memorial.

With funding already received from Valencia Communities Fund and the Bolsover Community Woodlands project we asked Council Leader, Steve Fritchley what his hopes for the project are.

Communities up and down the District remembered the fallen with some very creative and imaginative displays. But there might not have been many better than the one in South Normanton as residents and visitors to the town once were again treated to a wonderful display.

The South Normanton Gala Crew erected large poppies with soldiers and crocheted poppies on Shiners Way and we went to take a look at it for ourselves.