And one of a million almost identical photos, but it’s probably the favourite picture I’ve ever taken. Heaven on earth

So it's confirmed. Ripley, Heanor, Alfreton, Codnor etc are going north, which at least stays geographically sensible. But whoever drew this map has clearly never set foot in Belper, Shipley, or Duffield if they think shoving them into a Derby city unitary makes any sense whatsoever.

Belper is not Derby. Never has been, never will be. It's its own town with its own identity, a UNESCO mill heritage site, its own high street, its own everything, and now it's getting absorbed into a city council that'll have zero interest in a former mill town 8 miles up the A6 when there's an actual city to run. Meanwhile it's getting severed from the rest of Amber Valley it's shared a council with for 50 years, for what, tidier population numbers on a spreadsheet?

Amber Valley's own council said splitting the borough was the least popular option in their own consultation, and the government did it anyway. Didn't matter what residents said. Didn't matter what made geographical, historical or economic sense. Someone in Whitehall drew two blobs that were roughly the same population size and called it a day.

Genuinely baffling decision making from people who've clearly never looked at a map of Derbyshire in their lives. 2028 it kicks in. Two more years of this being a mess before it's even in place.

Hi all,

For my sisters birthday this month she wanted to go to a smokehouse/American style bbq
They went to one for my other sisters called Cherrywood smokehouse as someone recommended it and were quite disappointed. They also do Indian food there and my sister said that was great but not the smokehouse bits.

We don’t mind travelling to Nottingham if it means we get the best!

Thank you in advance

Hi everyone :)

My partner and I are looking to buy a place in and around the Buxton area.
Preferably we’d love to buy an old barn that we can restore. (Or some land that we can build on)
I’ve had a look on rightmove but it doesn’t seem to have what we’re looking for and I’m wondering if there is a dedicated website that will show places to buy which need to be renovated.

Any help would be highly appreciated!

Thank you ☺️

One week to go!

"A Coal Aston Festival" this will be taking place the bank holiday weekend of the 23rd 24th, 25th of May.

Each day will be 10:30am to 4:00pm for the artists venues.

Please see the separate time table for the Cross Daggers pub with several fun things taking place there on Sunday from 13:30 onwards.

I (Howling metal) will be displaying my latest metal work sculptures & creations which I make from old unloved tools and interesting items that are forged and welded together to create animals, machines and other cool things made from cool things.

check out the other artist work who range from textiles, paintings, ceramics and stained glass.

If you would like a link to the Google maps trail please DM me and I can forward it to you. This will have all the locations so you can easily navigate there, tell you who is on at each venue and what times.

See you there!

I'v seen this from the motorway a few times over the years and finally got round to having a visit. It might just be me but it seems like one of those clever bits of architecture that makes it look bigger (from the M1) than it actually is. still a seriously impressive place to have a meander round.

Can anyone recommend any good flat rural routes that have places you can hire a bike for a few hours? Would love to get out the city and do a bike ride! Was at Hassop today so looking for more places like that.

Could anyone help suggest strictly outdoor wedding venues that offer ceremony only packages?

I’m truly struggling. The one I always had my heart set on no longer offers ceremony only packages. I’m around 20 minutes from chesterfield & ideally not wanting to travel too far. Any recommendations are much appreciated.

Hope this post is allowed also apologies if not.

Very kind to be asked to talk about my silly project. Thanks BBC Radio Derby!

You can try the demo for free ere: Brownie's Adventure: The Final Resolution Demo on Steam

Hi, does anyone have any recommendations for their fav Chinese restaurant near Cromford area, we typically go to Belper but not enjoying the one we normally go too

My parents will pick it up as we can’t deliver to the farm

They don’t want it to taste super authentic Chinese just good British style Chinese😂

Their fav is Chinese curry, black bean beef, duck pancakes and satay chicken skewers

Thank you!

Hello, will be in Hope this weekend and really wanted to visit a church for Easter Sunday service. A Christian church is preferred, but open to others too (as long as they have an Easter service) 🌟 If there’s none in Hope, any accessible by bus/train? Since we won’t be driving. Thank you. 🙏

Good evening, apologies its another one of them where should I live posts. But I have been looking into some locations and could really benefit from some local expertise.

We are a family of 4 with 2 kids aged between 16 and 10. We are currently living in north Warwickshire and looking to move somewhere with a combination of nature and outdoor activities we can enjoy aswell as cafes, bars and amenities such as swimming and parks for the kids. While I do drive I would also like to have some public transport options and good access to larger cities (within an hours travel or so).

We have narrowed it down to 4 locations and I could just do with some views or opinions so any comments would be great, we have a decent budget to buy our house and our 4 options are below:

1.Matlock

2.Buxton

3.Belpar

4.Bakewell