At a Library briefing this morning, Claire Davenport, Director of Leisure and Culture for Derby City Council provided answers to questions from Derby News that undermined the urgency and timing of the publicised […]
In March 2017, UNISON recommended that the School Support Staff/Teaching Assistants should accept the Council’s latest offer. This was on the basis that it was substantially improved on anything that had been […]
Further to Pauline Latham’s comment in the House of Commons yesterday, there is more to Chris Williamson’s election ‘smear’ campaign against Amanda Solloway. On June 6 ( 2 days prior to the […]
On September 4th, the Council released detailed packs of information to help any prospective group, planning to volunteer to run a library, to understand its potential costs. On closer examination, it is […]
A very damning conclusion to the Auditor’s report on the 2015/16 Statement of Accounts. A review of the full report is being undertaken and further issues will be reported on in due […]
The notion that horses can help a person overcome their psychological or mental health problems is intriguing; that they could assist with team building and leadership training even more so. Sarah Stephens […]
The day started with a parade from St Peter’s Church to Curzon Street where there will be a full day of events. The acts include XFactor’s Freddy Parker, Cleo Higgins from the Voice, […]
As previously reported in Derby News, the Council’s Pledges are starting to creak, and a number have already failed against their commitment. Finally, the Council is admitting this in their Cabinet report […]
1st September 2017 was the committed date for the new School Support staff contracts to be in place – the Council has not been speaking to UNISON, nothing has been agreed! The […]
Pierce Starre’s daily 7 hour silent, static performance at the Divine Locale Art festival, might seem like a side-show curiousity, but the underlying ideas are thoughtful and profound. Pierce was born into […]
The original racy programme to push through the conversions of 10 libraries into Community Managed Libraries before the end of 2017 is failing already. Is the public seeing through this proposal? Is […]
For legal reasons, Councillors have to tread very carefully in how they get involved in the proposals to convert 10 Council run libraries into Community managed Libraries. Previous articles and background to […]
Over a 1000 children in Derby have Special Educational Needs (SEN). A document is compiled by Derby City Council which specifies the nature of their needs, and the provisions that will be […]
As part of the Divine Locale Art Festival, funded by a Derby News Community Grant, Jade Blackwood performed her latest piece of Artwork in public, at The Spot. It is currently “Untitled”, […]
Starting this Friday, 18th August, is Derby’s only grassroots, graduate-led Art festival directed by young artists. It is being promoted by Divine Locale, which was co-founded by Jennifer Birch and Jade Foster […]
Open Letter to Cllr Russell – Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, copied to all other 50 Councillors Dear Cllr Russell You will recall that just after the Council Cabinet on 12th […]
The Libraries Proposal to create Community Managed Libraries (CMLs) contains some important small print that all Volunteer groups should be aware of before they sign up. The default position is that each […]
Aspire Wrestling in Derwent/Chaddesden is a “unique place that changes everyone’s life for the better” says Paul Malen, professional wrestler and the club’s full-time trainer. Established in April 2016 by Rob Shade, […]
The business plan assumes that all existing Libraries staff will be made redundant across the 10 locations. These are: Allenton, Allestree, Blagreaves, Chaddesden, Chellaston, Derwent, Sinfin, Mackworth, Oakwood, Spondon The numbers of […]
In May 2017, Derby News reported that Cllr Bolton had failed her Pledge with respect to Children’s Homes. This was referred to as “Fake News” by Cllr Banwait in the June 2017 […]
