Universal Credit problems are driving an increase in the number of emergency parcels handed out at food banks in Derbyshire, charity the Trussell Trust has claimed.
An ageing population in Derbyshire is increasing the strain on a stretched adult social care system which receives tens of thousands of requests for help every year.
A Chesterfield woman who stood for election to Chesterfield Borough Council and was due to be a delegate of the local party to Labour Party Conference has been suspended for anti-semitism.
A thief with an “appalling” criminal record has been warned that if he commits another offence or fails to comply with the probation service he will be going to prison.
