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6 days ago | derbyshiretimes.co.uk | Gay Bolton

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowHere are the latest applications submitted to Chesterfield Borough Council:Brierley Wood track from district boundary to Birch Hall Golf Club, Unstone: Removal of four dead trees, three of which have partially fallen creating unsafe conditions. 18 Station Road, Brimington: Oak tree to be reduced in size, lift up four metres and reduce crown. 41 Gregory Close, Brimington: Full pollard of one tree.

6 days ago | derbyshiretimes.co.uk | Wiktoria Wrzyszcz

Every day Derbyshire residents say their final farewells to family members, friends, colleagues and neighbours who have played an important role in local life. Some may be more well known than others, but all had a special place in someone’s heart and in our local communities. Here we make space to recognise those whose deaths have been announced in the pages of the Derbyshire Times this week.

6 days ago | derbyshiretimes.co.uk | Wiktoria Wrzyszcz

We have gathered a list of Derbyshire food venues which have recently failed their hygiene inspections. Food venues across the country are rated by the Food Standards Agency on the standard of food hygiene on the date of the inspection by the local authority. The venues are given a rating from zero to five with five meaning hygiene standards are ‘very good’ and zero that ‘urgent improvement’ is required. A one-star food hygiene rating means that’ major improvement is necessary’.

6 days ago | derbyshiretimes.co.uk | Gay Bolton

A Derbyshire theatre group will present Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing a quarter of a century after its performance of Twelfth Night. High Tor Players have decided to return to the Bard’s work to celebrate its 88th anniversary of entertaining generations of families in Matlock and the surrounding towns and villages. It will be the first time that the company has performed the much-loved romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing.

1 week ago | derbyshiretimes.co.uk | Abbie WoodContributor |Abbie Wood

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowAn opticians in Ripley has donated 115 Easter eggs to The Salvation Army to treat families across the local community. Specsavers at 22 Oxford Street acted as a collection point in the lead up to the Easter weekend to be included within the charity’s emergency parcels. "We’ve been blown away by the support we’ve received from our local community," comments Kuldip Dosanjh, store director at Specsavers Ripley.