Eddie Bisknell

5 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Eddie Bisknell

Image source, Derbyshire Dales ConservativesImage caption, Councillors Gareth Gee said it was not a decision he "made lightly"Local Democracy Reporting ServiceTwo Conservative councillors in Derbyshire have quit the party to start their own group, claiming some of their former colleagues have "forgotten where they come from". Councillors Gareth Gee and Nigel Edwards-Walker, Conservative members of Derbyshire Dales District Council, left the party to form Derbyshire First.

6 days ago | derbyshiretimes.co.uk | Eddie Bisknell |Jon Cooper

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowThe full results of the 2025 Derbyshire County Council elections are now in and Reform UK have won dominant control of the authority. Before this year’s elections the Conservatives were in control of the council with 40 councillors, followed by Labour with 15, the Liberal Democrats with four, two Amber Valley Independents, two Independents and one Green Party councillor.

6 days ago | derbyshiretimes.co.uk | Eddie Bisknell

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowThe new Reform leader of Derbyshire County Council will be confirmed next week and formally take their post in two weeks’ time. Reform UK took control of the county council in a ‘turquoise tsunami’ on May 2 following the local elections, winning 42 out of the 64 seats – two-thirds of all seats – taking the authority from the Conservatives after eight years of leadership.

6 days ago | nottinghampost.com | Eddie Bisknell

A former Derbyshire pub will finally now be converted into a shop and flats despite congestion and road safety concerns. At an Erewash Borough Council meeting last night (May 7), councillors approved plans to convert the former Bulls Head pub in Little Hallam Hill, Ilkeston, into a “convenience store” and five flats.

6 days ago | nottinghampost.com | Eddie Bisknell

Councillors have unanimously rejected plans to turn a series of historic pub buildings in a Derbyshire town centre into a 19-bed HMO. At an Erewash Borough Council meeting last night (May 7) councillors unanimously rejected plans from Jet Property Lettings to convert buildings at 52 St Mary Street in Ilkeston town centre into a 19-bed/20-person HMO – otherwise known as a bedsit or “house in multiple occupation”.