News in Swadlincote

An elderly woman was saved from being strangled by her own seatbelt after her car overturned in Moira.

Police from Swadlincote acted quickly to rescue the woman following the incident at Bath Lane.

A man has been left with serious arm injury following a dog bite in an incident in Newhall.

Derbyshire Constabulary say the 48-year-old was walking along Park Street, outside the One Stop shop, sometime between 2.30pm and 3.15pm on Monday, March 7 , when he was approached by a man and his dog.

A busy antique shopping event buzzed into Swadlincote's The Delph and High Street on Sunday - and has been hailed a great success by organisers.

The new event - Antiques in the Street - attracted some estimated 2-3,000 visitors, who flocked to see an array of vintage traders offering antiques, collectables, vintage, retro and automobilia items for sale.

Work on a new 'urban park' to be built in Swadlincote should start within the next month and be completed by October.

At a South Derbyshire District Council meeting on March 17, the authority's project to build an urban park off Wlliam Nadin Way in Swadlincote was given the final push it needed.

Councillors have pushed forward plans to regenerate Swadlincote centre - a scheme which has been decades in the making.

At a South Derbyshire District Council meeting last week, councillors approved the overall spending of more than £1 million on key projects in Swadlincote town centre.

The four-month average delay to fill vacant council homes in Swadlincote and South Derbyshire has been dubbed "astonishing".

A South Derbyshire District Council meeting last week was told the average length of time to re-let a council house in the area is 125 days.

A Midway shopkeeper was racially abused by an 'aggressive' man on Saturday afternoon - and Swadlincote Police want to track him down.

The confrontation happened at a store in Elmsleigh Drive just after mid-day.

An Overseal man has been jailed for nine years for his part in slavery and drug offences,

Scott Elton was one of a group of drug dealers who forced a man to package up crack cocaine and heroin on their behalf.

A 40 year old woman was arrested after a 'large quantity' of cannabis was found at a property in Newhall last week.

Swadlincote police officers say a door was broken down to gain access to the home in Oversetts Road.

Derby and Burton hospital leaders say "small green shoots" are emerging after immense pressure pushed healthcare services to breaking point.

However, officials are clear that there is still a serious uphill battle ahead to get services back to where they need to be, before the pandemic-induced crisis.