You don’t have to be an accountant or a journalist for good maths and English skills to matter. They are vital skills for life and for work. Some of the reasons why we all need to make sure our maths and English skills are of a good standard might surprise you.
Derbyshire remains one of the safest areas in the country but our vast natural assets will always attract criminal activity. Preserving our Peak District and its abundant wildlife and heritage is a policing priority but enforcement alone is not the answer and nor can the police manage the threat singlehandedly.
The scenario: ‘I am claiming Universal Credit but I have problems with my health. I am worried about meeting my ‘claimant commitment’. Is there anything I can do?
Talking point: Model and feminist debate whether walk-on glamour girls should be banned in sport
Chesterfield model Daniella Allfree went head to head with feminist Judith Barnes over whether glamoruous walk-on girls should be banned from sports events.
DISCUSS: Are your books left on the shelf, never to be picked up again?
As a child, I was obsessed with reading. I would engulf myself in stories about horses, and lions, and dystopian societies, and I would love every moment of it.
Have you started a new job and been offered auto-enrolment into a pension scheme for the first time but are worried that you’ll struggle to meet your living expenses?
It won’t make the headlines like a recent ban on selling energy drinks to young people did, but we have also made a new ban of our own this month, telling our students that long false fingernails have no place at school.
