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If your home or business has been affected by flooding this week you may be entitled to financial support.
 A number of homes and businesses in Derbyshire were affected following heavy rain which fell over the weekend and into Monday, closing some roads and causing local disruption.
In response we've set aside £20,000 to reinstate our Derbyshire Floods Hardship Funds for residents and businesses, which were first set up following floods in 2019.
If your home was directly affected by flooding, where water entered your property, you could get £104. If you run a business with 50 employees or less, and your premises were flooded, you could be eligible for £500.
The A57 Snake Pass, in the north of Derbyshire, has closed after very heavy rainfall caused landslips on several sections of the road.
The ground has moved in three places along a mile-long section of the major route – including one area where the verge has dropped two metres.
Our highways officers are monitoring the situation but as the ground is still moving they're unable to come up with any final designs to repair the road until it's stable, which will depend on many things including the weather.
At this stage, a one-month closure between Glossop and Ladybower Reservoir is in place, but unfortunately it's too early to say when we'll be able to reopen the road.
In the meantime, we're maintaining local access for people who live there. Drivers are asked to follow the diversion route through Hathersage, Hope, Doveholes, Whaley Bridge, New Mills, Hayfield and Glossop and vice versa.
Another landslip, at Lea Road, near Cromford, which has closed the road since January 2020, is due to reopen in February 2023 but it could be sooner.
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It's LGBT+ History Month and we're marking it by flying the 'Pride Progress' flag at County Hall in Matlock.
February’s LGBT+ History Month celebrates and recognises LGBT+ people, history and culture.
It also looks at the improvements made in securing equal rights and fighting against discrimination, as well as considering the progress still to be made.
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Are you part of a community group? There's a creative way that you can get involved in the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, but the closing date is soon.
The Let's Create Jubilee Fund is looking to help people deliver creative activity to mark the Platinum Jubilee in their community.
The fund will help community organisations to work collaboratively with artists and cultural organisations in a way they might not have before, to produce creative events that are driven by them and highlight their ideas and creativity.
The initiative aims to encourage community groups to think about what creative activity would mean the most to their local area and why.
Applications close on Monday 28 February.
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