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Serco have some catch-up crews operating tomorrow (Saturday) ahead of the major sweep-up of missed collections starting on Monday, so please leave out any containers
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Derbyshire Dales District Council's new Civic Chairman has chosen the Air Ambulance Service as his nominated charity for the coming year.
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To enable us to catch up on all missed waste and recycling collections to date - including excess recycling - councillors have agreed to suspend from this coming Monday (2 August) garden waste collections for a period of one month.
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Parking will be free after 2pm throughout the month of September in Derbyshire Dales District Council's car parks in Ashbourne, Bakewell, Matlock, Matlock Bath and Wirksworth - to help stimulate town centres in the recovery from the Covid pandemic.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council's upgrade of the Yokecliffe play area in Wirksworth is taking shape during Love Parks Week.
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The extraordinary full council meeting on Tuesday 27 July will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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Love Parks Week is a great time to check on the progress being made at Middleton by Wirksworth Recreation Ground - one of more than 30 parks across the Derbyshire Dales maintained by the District Council.
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The suspension from today of food waste collections as a temporary measure has freed up teams to enable all other scheduled rounds to take place today, including some catch-up and bin delivery crews.
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Keep Britain Tidy will be running their annual Love Parks campaign this summer. This year’s theme is a rallying cry; to Love, Respect, and Protect our parks throughout the summer of 2021 and beyond.
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Key recommendations to be put to district councillors at an extraordinary council meeting next week include a proposal to equally share with Serco until March next year the cost of increasing the hourly rates of pay for HGV drivers on Derbyshire Dales waste & recycling rounds.
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A reminder that we're asking residents from Monday 26 July as a temporary emergency measure to mix your food waste in your usual household waste (grey) bin or sacks (if you're not on a bins round).
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Waste & recycling update Thursday 22 July
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Our Civic Chairman Councillor Steve Wain has met in Hathersage with Hope Valley Climate Action to support Travelling Light, an ecosytem of low carbon travel connecting the area.
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BINS UPDATE – TUESDAY 20 JULY: Some better news: all scheduled household waste and recycling rounds are collecting today.
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BINS UPDATE – TUESDAY 20 JULY: Some better news: all scheduled household waste and recycling rounds are collecting today.
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Our post on Friday 16 July about planned emergency measures to help alleviate current waste & recycling disruptions in the Dales has prompted a lot of resident feedback, which we appreciate and are listening to.
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Organisations across Derbyshire are joining the UK’s first official Anti-Social Behaviour Awareness Week to take a stand in making communities safer.
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On Monday morning (19 July) the Met Office has just increased the heat health alert for the East Midlands from Level 2 to Level 3 from 0000 tomorrow (Tuesday) until 0900 on Thursday.
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After paying out more than £36.6-million in the past eight months helping local businesses survive, Derbyshire Dales District Council is gearing up to administer another Covid support grant.
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These are the temporary operational changes put together by the District Council and Serco to help alleviate current bin collection disruptions. The changes will start from 26 July for a period of three months.
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Coronavirus and overdue payments
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Derbyshire Dales residents are being warned not to lose their voice on decisions that affect them by making sure their electoral registration details are up to date.
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Ashbourne, Brailsford & Kirk Ireton Neighbourhood Plans ‘made’
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to partner with Derbyshire Dales District Council in delivering information to visitors to Matlock.
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The Local Government Boundary Commission has conceded it made errors in final recommendations for new boundaries for council wards here in the Derbyshire Dales.
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We want residents to be aware that we are back in an emergency situation with waste & recycling collections.
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The District Council's Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday 13 July will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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It’s Rural Housing Week – a great time to explain how the District Council works to enable and provide affordable homes in partnership with housing associations, community land trusts, almshouse trusts and charities.
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New planning guidelines have been adopted by Derbyshire Dales District Council, setting out how developers can integrate Climate Change measures into new developments.
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Our 8 July full council meeting will be broadcast live from the sports hall at Wirksworth Leisure Centre from 6pm.
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We're marking the 73rd birthday of the NHS by illuminating our Matlock Town Hall headquarters tonight.
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We've started work to provide up to 460 plots in the Steeple Arch Cemetery Extension at the top of Wirksworth.
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Latest bin update
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Derbyshire Dales is set to have new boundaries for its council wards.
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The 5 July meeting of our Community & Environment Committee will be broadcast live from the Members' Room at County Hall, Matlock, from 6pm.
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We are commemorating the 26th anniversary of the Bosnian Genocide during Srebrenica Memorial Week which begins on 4 July, by joining other local authorities across the UK in publishing this statement of support on our website.
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The 1 July meeting of our Governance & Resources Committee will be broadcast live from the Members' Room at County Hall, Matlock, from 6pm.
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Due to the small size of our Licensing & Appeals Committee, this meeting can be held with appropriate social distancing in the Committee Room at the Town Hall, Matlock.
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Please make any representations for tomorrow's Planning Committee no later than midday today (28 June).
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A multi-million pound scheme to unlock land for employment and housing in Ashbourne has taken another step forward with the completion by the County Council of a new roundabout that will link the development to the A52.
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Derbyshire Dales residents on a low income who are told by NHS Test and Trace to stay at home and self-isolate may be entitled to a one-off payment of £500 through the Test & Trace Support Payment scheme if they meet eligibility criteria.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council has successfully prosecuted Lee Burgin of the Old Eyre Arms, Hassop, for failing to comply with a noise abatement notice served under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council's Clean & Green Team have constructed new planters for the village of Hathersage - designed to encourage local people and visitors to continue to be Covid-safe. The project was made possible by the Government's 'Welcome Back Fund', which uses European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) cash to help high streets recover from the pandemic.
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All of this week we're flying the Armed Forces Flag at our Matlock Town Hall headquarters ahead of Armed Forces Day on Saturday (26 June).
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A booking cancellation means Derbyshire Dales District Council can't go ahead with a scheduled committee meeting on Wednesday 23 June.
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As part of our ongoing campaign to raise awareness of dog fouling across the Derbyshire Dales our team again patrolled Matlock's Dimple Fields from 7am on Friday (18 June).
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We're acutely conscious that bin collections in some parts of the Dales have not been happening to schedule in recent weeks - and we have demanded that our waste and recycling contractor, Serco, produces a workable catch-up plan no later than first thing tomorrow (Wednesday).
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The Boundary Commission for England has published its initial proposals for new constituency boundaries. The proposals and maps for the nine English regions have been published on its website.
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We have now paid 10,452 business grants since November, totalling £36.2-million. Of these, Restart Grants comprise £13.15-million (1,715 grants).  Read the feedback from some of our businesses.
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Long serving Derbyshire Dales District Council staff member Deb Heaton's services to the Monarch and the Royal Family have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
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Volunteers’ Week is a time to say thanks for the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering - and we want to pay tribute to the impact of volunteers here in the Derbyshire Dales.
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Happy Pride Month from all at Derbyshire Dales District Council.
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We are consulting on the Derbyshire Clauses Policy.
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Matlock ward member Councillor Steve Wain is Derbyshire Dales District Council’s civic leader in the coming year.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council is urging residents to report areas in the district where dog fouling is causing a problem. 
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Your District Council has been working with partners Platform Housing in Bakewell to bring forward an exciting development of affordable homes for local people.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council carried out an eviction of Travellers camped on the Matlock Station Car Park on Wednesday 26 May. 
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Derbyshire Dales District Council’s Annual Council Meeting will take place at Wirksworth Leisure Centre on Thursday 27th May at 6pm.
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Health Walks here in the Derbyshire Dales have sprung back into action since the Government rules relaxation on May 17.
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Our phone lines will be closed from 5pm on Friday 28 May until 9am on Tuesday 1 June. Listed below you can find a bin collection timetable and how to report stray dogs and a homeless emergency issue. Matlock Town Hall remains closed to visitors.
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We've published a Public Path Diversion Order regarding a public footpath at Hulland Ward
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Local people are encouraged to get involved in a special free Explorer Event in Ashbourne Recreation Ground on Thursday 3 June from 1-2.30pm. 
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As we continue the roadmap out of lock down and more businesses re-open, Derbyshire Dales District Council is continuing to work with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to carry out spot checks and inspections on local businesses.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council has begun a review of its Local Plan and between 26 May and 7 July will undertake a ‘Call for Sites’.
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 Local people with a connection to Bradwell are being urged to take part in an online survey about their housing needs.
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On Monday 10 May Derby Magistrates Court granted a three-month closure order on an address in Matlock's Hurst Rise.
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Derbyshire County Council are urging people who live or work in the Glossop area and here in the Derbyshire Dales to remain cautious after 4 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed to be the new Indian variant that spreads more easily.
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A new coronavirus testing centre here in Derbyshire Dales will open on Monday 17th and Friday 21st May at the District Council's Agricultural Business Centre (ABC). It will be open from 9am to 5pm both days.
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The beautiful Derbyshire Dales is aiming to recover its £500-million visitor economy quickly as Covid restrictions continue to ease.
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Our Matlock Town Hall headquarters will be lit up in blue tonight to mark International Nurses Day, which is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth.
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The count for local elections here in the Derbyshire Dales takes place on Friday 7 May at Wirksworth Leisure Centre. We published the results as they came in below. 
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If any Derbyshire Dales elector applied to us for a postal vote but didn't received their pack in advance of today's local elections, please contact us immediately via our elections helpline 01629 761335.
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We're organising the local elections here in the Derbyshire Dales on 6 May.
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Derbyshire Dales households have started to receive their annual free roll of 52 caddy liners - and deliveries will continue for the rest of April and throughout May.
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Following the UK’s departure from the European Union, if you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen, you and your family members (including non-EEA citizens) should check if you need to apply to the UK Government’s EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) to protect your rights and to continue living in the UK.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council has clarified some of the information on an instruction sheet that accompanies postal vote forms issued for the local elections on 6 May.
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As coronavirus lockdown rules ease we have Covid Marshals on duty every weekend to support local businesses and visitors in Derbyshire Dales hotspots.
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Your District Council has expressed concern that its ability to hold remote meetings of the council and its committees ends soon.
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Postal vote forms for the local elections on 6 May are landing at homes across the Derbyshire Dales today (23 April) and over the weekend for anyone who applied before 1 April.
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It’s our job as the local licensing authority to ensure food and drink premises, including pubs, that are operating outdoors are doing so with Covid secure measures in place.
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After being restricted to essential stalls only during the latest lockdown our Bakewell Stall market is back on its usual two sites in Granby Road and the Market Place today.
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A meeting of our Full Council on Thursday 22 April will be broadcast live on YouTube.
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We've published a Public Path Diversion Order regarding the restricted byway long part of old lane, Wirksworth
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Derbyshire Dales District Council is working with local people to address an alarming decline in wildflowers on local road verges and open spaces. 
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The beautiful Derbyshire Dales is all set to be in the pink of condition this spring.
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A busy meeting of our Planning Committee on 20 April will be broadcast live on YouTube.
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A meeting of the District Council's Community & Environment Committee on Wednesday 7 April will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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We mourn with the nation Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured here on a Royal visit to Matlock with the Queen in July 2014.
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Local leisure centres operated by Freedom Leisure in partnership with your District Council will reopen their doors on 12 April in the latest easing of the coronavirus lockdown.
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Local people are encouraged to get involved in a special free Easter Explorer Event in Ashbourne Recreation Ground on Wednesday 14 April from 1-3pm.
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A meeting of the District Council's Community & Environment Committee on Wednesday 7 April will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel from 6pm.
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Your District Council has announced our intention to run Matlock Bath Illuminations on a limited basis in September and October this year, while constantly reviewing the ongoing coronavirus situation in the coming months.
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Easter weekend arrangements
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When our new garden waste collection scheme starts next week please note that subscribers’ usual collection day will not change initially.
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The toilets at Monsal Head Car Park reopened on Saturday.
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Throughout the last year Derbyshire Dales District Council has administered grant schemes to help businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Council support and funding - including your District Council's own Local Projects Fund - is helping children create a community garden in Darley Dale's Church Road.
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