Don't let fake toys, electronics or cosmetics ruin your Christmas.
That's the message from our trading standards officers who are backing a government campaign to help you spot fakes that could be dangerous for you or your family.
Fake toys aren't safety tested and can pose serious choking hazards to children, warn our team, who are urging Derbyshire residents to beware of heavily discounted goods from unfamiliar sellers when shopping online.
Ensure a safe and happy Christmas by purchasing from reputable sources.
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Counterfeit headphones and hair straighteners are amongst some of the counterfeit electricals that can be fire hazards.
Fake cosmetics can contain harmful chemicals. Horse urine and rat droppings are just two of the horrifying ingredients found in fake cosmetics. These can cause scars and burns and may not have the same effect as the genuine product.
Counterfeiters love to exploit deal-seekers. Before you click 'buy', check the government's guide to spotting fake products online and remember – stay safe, shop smart.
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Derbyshire D-Day veteran Albert Keir looks set to be honoured with the Freedom of Derbyshire.
At a meeting earlier this week Derbyshire County Councillors voted unanimously to agree in principle to bestow the honour of Freedom of the County of Derbyshire to Mr Keir in recognition of his achievements during his life and career, including the part he played in the Second World War.
Mr Keir, 99, of Bakewell, was a Royal Navy seaman on the Flower class corvette HMS Potentilla, and was part of the naval crew that ferried US troops onto Utah beach on D-Day on 6 June 1944.
He was awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honour (Légion d'honneur) by the French Government in 2015 for his heroism.
Following the agreement to honour him with the Freedom of Derbyshire in principle, the formality of agreeing to confer the title will be made at a special meeting of Full Council early next year when Mr Keir will be invited to receive the honour.
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Our gritting teams grit thousands of miles of Derbyshire roads to help keep the county moving when bad weather hits. Do you know how to find out which roads we grit?
There’s lots of info on our website, and a map which tells you when a road was last gritted. We grit around half of the roads in the county with our gritting routes split into primary, secondary and tertiary routes.
Primary routes – covering about 1,000 miles – are treated during the day and night and we will ‘pre-treat’ before bad weather hits. Gritting continues 24 hours a day if necessary.
Secondary routes cover around 550 miles of road and are generally only treated in the day with the first run being completed by mid-morning. This helps overcome problems of parked cars getting in the way of gritter vehicles doing their job on residential roads at night.
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A celebration of carers is taking place at the Crooked Spire in Chesterfield on Thursday 12 December and all unpaid carers, their families and friends are invited.
There will be carols, live music and refreshments. The service will start at 11am until 12:30pm – guests need to be seated for 10:45am. A light lunch and refreshments will be provided after the service too.
The event is hosted by Derbyshire Carers Association (DCA) which supports over 12,500 adult carers and 300 young carers and delivers a wide range of services on our behalf.
No booking is required, but let DCA know if you have any accessibility needs. For more information, please email info@derbyshirecarers.co.uk or call 01773 833833.
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Villages and towns all over eastern and southern Derbyshire will benefit from hundreds of thousands of new trees in the years to come.
We will begin planting the first of 300,000 trees in January 2025 that will form part of the Derbyshire Heartwood Community Forest – a band of green stretching from villages like Etwall and Repton in South Derbyshire up to Dronfield and Clowne in the north of the county.
Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest, which is the community forest for Derbyshire, is one of 15 community forest projects across England and is funded by Defra’s Nature for Climate Fund.
If landowners think they’ve got a suitable site – likely to be between 0.5 and 5 hectares or above – grants are available for tree planting and we can advise on design, carry out tree planting, fund infrastructure like gates and fencing and provide support for maintenance that helps tree planting fully establish over a 15-year period.
Landowners can find detailed information and a large-scale map👉 Derbyshire Heartwood Community Forest.
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Are you a keen cyclist looking for new routes?Or perhaps you work at or near the Markham Vale Business Park and would love to do some or all of your commute by bike?
If so, as part of our ongoing commitment to green initiatives and sustainable travel options, we’ve opened a new cycleway at our Markham Vale Business Park.
The 1.37mile (2.2km) cycleway starts just off Markham Lane next to the Environment Centre and ends on the Seymour Link Road. It’s already being used by a group of enthusiastic cyclists as part of one of their regular routes as well as by workers at Markham.
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We’ve had an overwhelming response to our warm and welcoming grants scheme which means we’re close to having allocated all of the available money.
If you'd like to apply we're urging you to do it now to avoid disappointment. Due to demand the closing date for applications will now be 12 December
Grants are for voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations and community-led groups in Derbyshire for the creation or improvement of Warm and Welcoming Spaces for local communities.
If you wish to apply, please submit your application as soon as possible, and no later than Thursday 12 December 2024.
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Work to find a new home for Buxton Museum and Art Gallery is continuing as the building is put on the market.
Our Buxton Museum and Art Gallery in Peak Buildings, Terrace Road, closed to the public in June 2023 as a precautionary measure as parts of the building were potentially identified as being unsafe. Although initially it was a temporary closure, a decision to permanently relocate the museum from Peak Buildings was announced in May.
We'll be selling the property at auction at the end of January 2025.
Working with partners, a number of potential locations in Buxton have been identified and a feasibility study is now underway to assess what it could cost to convert one of the sites into an accessible, modern museum and art gallery space in the town.
Two county councillors who have represented their communities for more than a century between them have been honoured for their Outstanding Dedication to Derbyshire and their communities.
County Councillors Robert Parkinson and Dave Allen received Outstanding Dedication to Derbyshire honours at a meeting of Derbyshire County Council’s Full Council on Wednesday (27 November).
The honours, which recognise unstinting service, dedication and commitment to serving Derbyshire communities, have been created as part of commemorations to mark 50 years of a modern Derbyshire County Council, which evolved following the 1974 reform of local government.
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