Crime

Derbyshire Police has welcomed a new group of volunteers to help promote awareness of hate crime across the county.

Derbyshire Police has urged members of the public not to "use and abuse" the emergency 999 phone number amid a series of prank calls.

Fracking for shale gas can begin for the first time in the UK since it was linked to causing earthquakes in 2011.

A drug-user has been fined after he was caught with cannabis which he claims to smoke for pain relief after he was injured in a bicycle crash.

An offender who is subject to the Sexual Offences Act has narrowly been spared from custody after he failed to provide police with an address where he spent time with a child.

A Derbyshire woman who claimed to have murdered a man who raped her has spoken to a top psychologist for a new TV show in a bid to discover if she is telling the truth.

Police want to speak to two men in connection with an assault with a wine bottle in Buxton, and believe they have links to Stockport, Oldham, Glossop, Tameside and Stoke.

A drug-troubled offender used a stolen debit card to buy goods after it had been stolen by someone else from a parked car.

A bungling conman has been given a community order after he tried to buy packets of cigarettes with a stolen bank card.

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is calling for greater awareness to ensure laws are enforced to better protect vulnerable birds of prey in the Peak District.

Police have arrested a man and a woman after a drug search at a property in Buxton.

Police have insisted they do 'a lot of work' to make sure people are safe on nights out - after statistics showed an increase in drinks being spiked in Derbyshire.

Three High Peak residents have been handed court fines for littering, while another has been penalised for a dog fouling offence.

A boozed-up driver managed to walk away from a terrible crash after she lost control of her fiancé’s vehicle before it ended up on its roof.