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Eddie Bisknell

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“Worrying Times For Education” At Belper Secondary School

5th January 20195th January 2019 Eddie Bisknell (LDRS) 0 Comments Belper, Community, cuts, Eddie Bisknell, Education, Funding, Ofsted, Schools, Support Staff, teachers

“These are worrying times for the education of our children,” says the leadership at a Derbyshire secondary school. The governing

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“Incidental” Library “Offer” Is All That May Remain At 20 Sites

5th January 20195th January 2019 Eddie Bisknell (LDRS) 1 Comment Community, Consultation, cuts, Derbyshire County Council, Eddie Bisknell, Funding, libraries, Library, managed

An “incidental” library offer is all that may remain at 20 libraries due to be handed over to volunteers by

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ENVIRONMENT NEWS 

Bessalone Hill: Appeal Lodged To Build 185 Homes

6th November 2018 Eddie Bisknell (LDRS) 0 Comments Bessalone Hill, Crich Lane, Eddie Bisknell, Far Laund, Housing Development, Planning application, world heritage site

An appeal has been lodged to push through plans for 185 houses on a protected hillside near Belper. The applicants,

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NEWS POLITICS 

Borough Council Quiet On Responses To Replacement Swiss Tea Rooms

25th October 2018 Eddie Bisknell (LDRS) 1 Comment Amber Valley Borough Council, Belper River Gardens, Belper Tea Rooms, Eddie Bisknell, Swiss Tearooms, tender

Amber Valley Borough Council will not reveal how many responses it received to its tender for a replacement Swiss Tea

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AVBC Agree To Lease Land For Blue Box

19th September 2018 Edward Sills 0 Comments Amber Valley Borough Council, Belper, Blue Box, Eddie Bisknell, Lease, Manor Recreation Ground, Youth Services

The prospect of a new community centre to replace the beloved Blue Box in Belper is one step closer. Councillors

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Blue Box Community Centre To Return

15th September 201815th October 2018 Admin 1 Comment Amber Valley Borough Council, Belper, Blue Box, Eddie Bisknell, Manor Recreation Ground

A community centre is set to return to the Manor Recreation Ground in Belper, four years after the previous “Blue

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NEWS POLITICS 

East Midlands “Strategic Alliance” Approved by County Council

13th September 201815th October 2018 Admin 0 Comments Amber Valley Borough Council, Council, Derby City Council, Derbyshire County Council, East Midlands, Eddie Bisknell, Merger, Services

Derbyshire county councillors have unanimously agreed to push forward with plans to form a “strategic alliance” between councils in the

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FEATURED NEWS 

NHS Campaigners Gather Outside Council Hall To Challenge Cuts

10th September 201815th October 2018 Admin 1 Comment Campaigners, CCGs, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Concern, Council Hall, cuts, Eddie Bisknell, NHS, voluntary sector cuts

County councillors feel that the proposed NHS cuts in Derbyshire are “quite disturbing” and are being made at a pace

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NEWS POLITICS 

East Midlands “Super Council” Vote This Week

7th September 201815th October 2018 Admin 0 Comments Amber Valley Borough Council, Council, Derby City Council, Derbyshire County Council, East Midlands, Eddie Bisknell, Merger, Services

Next week Derbyshire County Council is set to vote through plans to form a “strategic alliance” with several county and

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FEATURED NEWS 

Concern Mounts Over Derbyshire’s Main NHS Organisations

6th September 201815th October 2018 Admin 0 Comments CCGs, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Concern, Eddie Bisknell, NHS, voluntary sector cuts

Five of Derbyshire’s MPs gathered in Parliament yesterday to thrash out their concerns about the “utter financial chaos” among the

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HEALTH & WELLBEING NEWS 

Drug Deaths Surge In Derbyshire

12th August 201814th November 2019 Admin 0 Comments Deaths, Derbyshire, Drug, Eddie Bisknell, Local Democracy Reporting Service, poisoning, substance misuse

Thousands of people in Derby and Derbyshire have died from drug poisoning and misuse in the past 16 years, new

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NEWS POLITICS 

Adult Social Care In Crisis Amidst “Unsustainable Financial Pressures”

8th August 201814th November 2019 Admin 1 Comment adult social care, cuts, Derby, Derbyshire, Eddie Bisknell, Financial, local government, unsustainable

Millions of pounds more is being spent by councils to prop up adult social care, but with soaring demands, Derby

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King’s Head Set To Open As Application Approved

20th July 201820th July 2018 Edward Sills 0 Comments Amber Valley Borough Council, Duffield, Eddie Bisknell, King's Head, Local Democracy Reporter, Planning, Pub, Ryan North

A Duffield pub will be reopened next month after gaining council approval – and a homegrown landlord will take the

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School Extension At St John’s Primary Set For Approval

2nd July 20182nd July 2018 Claire Meese 1 Comment Derbyshire County Council, Eddie Bisknell, Extension, Local Democracy Reporter, Planning, plans, Primary, Schools, St John’s Primary

A four-classroom school extension at a Belper primary is set to get the go ahead and will create space for

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FEATURED NEWS 

School Meal Prices To Increase Over Derbyshire

28th June 20182nd July 2018 Claire Meese 0 Comments Derbyshire County Council, Eddie Bisknell, increase, Local Democracy Reporter, nursery, Primary, proposal, school meals, Schools

Derbyshire County Council has revealed plans to increase the cost of school meals for the first time in three years.

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Council Spends £6 Million On Bus Contracts

23rd June 20186th October 2019 Eddie Bisknell (LDRS) 1 Comment Belper, Bus, DCC, Derbyshire County Council, Eddie Bisknell, route, Yourbus

The county council has spent £6 million on renewing a flurry of private bus contracts, months after pulling subsidies to

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Fate of Babington Hospital Sealed

21st June 2018 Claire Meese 2 Comments Babington, CCG, Derbyshire Save Our NHS, Derwent Street, Eddie Bisknell, healthcare, historic, Hospital, NHS, Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group

The fate of a historic Derbyshire hospital will be officially sealed this week, with a decision set to be made

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Backlog Of Repairs For County Council’s HQ Is “Extensive”

20th June 201820th June 2018 Claire Meese 0 Comments Council, County Hall, DCC, Derbyshire County Council, Eddie Bisknell, historic, improvements, Politics, repairs

The backlog of repairs required at the county council’s historic headquarters is thought to be “extensive” but the authority cannot

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NEWS 

New Expansion Could See 140 More Pupils At Belper School

6th April 201815th October 2018 Admin 0 Comments 140, Belper School, Eddie Bisknell, Education, Extension, Pupils, St John’s Primary School

A school in Belper could be expanded to cater for another 140 children to address a shortage of pupil places

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FEATURED NEWS 

Local Bus Services Cut In Effort To Save £1M

28th March 2018 Claire Meese 0 Comments Bus, Cut, DCC, Derbyshire, Derbyshire County Council, Eddie Bisknell, Local Democracy Reporter, Services, Transpeak, Transport

More than a dozen Derbyshire bus routes are to have journeys cut back after the county council said it could

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