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A Right Royal Celebration
Much of Chatsworth Road has been classified as a conservation area and rightly so. From the listed buildings at Walton Works to St Thomas's Church there are many features of historical…
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DERBYSHIRE POLICE STRUGGLING TO TACKLE FURTHER RISES IN KNIFE CRIME”, SAYS PCC CANDIDATE KATE SMITH
The Liberal Democrats are warning that overstretched Police in the Derbyshire Force Area are struggling with a surge in knife crime, and are calling for extra funding for Community Police…
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Help Us Put the Play back into Playground
The popular children's play area in the corner of Badger Recreation Park In Chesterfield is under threat. After a notice placed on the railings was spotted by a resident, Brockwell Cllr,…
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Government must step up and tackle misinformation
Mark Valladares Responding to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Report 'Misinformation in the COVID-19 Infodemic', Liberal Democrat spokesperson Daisy Cooper said: "The…
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Making Chesterfield a "canal town"
Chesterfield Liberal Democrats Three canal activists, who are also Borough Councillors, have launched a petition that calls on Chesterfield Borough Council to embrace the opportunities…
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End Council Pensions investment in fossil fuels now!
Maggie Kellman At Wednesdays Chesterfield Borough Council meeting this week Councillors Paul Niblock and Keith Falconer are calling on Derbyshire Pension Fund to take urgent action regarding…
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Chesterfield Councillor calls on Derbyshire County Council to Rise to the Transport Challenge
Time for a transport revolution So Derbyshire County Council has closed Crow Lane to encourage people to cycle to the hospital. And they have decided to close South Place and Corporation street…
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One Month Since George Floyd
Christine Jardine This moment demands not only greater awareness of racial injustice, but swift action. George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis a month ago today. Seeing his last…
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We must ensure the Windrush Scandal can never happen again
Chesterfield Liberal Democrats Windrush Day - 22nd June 2020 Windrush Day was introduced in 2018, on the 70th anniversary of the landing of the first Caribbean migrants, for the purpose of…
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51 Years Since the Stonewall Riots
Coralie Ayala Pride was spearheaded by black and trans women who put their lives at risk for others. On the morning of June 28 1969, police raided an underground gay bar in New York city called…