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Image of a teenage girl and younger boy enjoying skating on the ice rink with the Festive Derby and Cathedral Quarter logos

Cathedral Quarter Ice Rink and Nordic Bar will return for Festive Derby 2025

27 June 2025

Plans for the city's festive celebrations are well underway.

Aerial view of high water levels in River Derwent near the Council House.

Preliminary work to start at Derby Riverside

26 June 2025

Preliminary works are due to start on the second phase of the Our City, Our River flood defence scheme, one of the city’s biggest infrastructure project

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Council rolls out smart messaging to tackle debt fairly

26 June 2025

Businesses in the city can expect timely emails to remind them of upcoming payments and when instalments are overdue.

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Local Area Inclusion Plan: Supporting Derby's young people to live their best life

25 June 2025

Following consultation with over 2,000 stakeholders, including schools, children and young people, parent/carers and families, we’ve set out three core aims.

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Swapping cobbles for the streets of Derby - Wendi Peters joins this year’s panto

25 June 2025

Wendi Peters will star as the villainous Queen Rat in this year’s Derby Arena pantomime, Dick Whittington.

Artwork for the Summer Reading Challenge: Story Garden with a drawing of a grass covered rock with a grumpy face with two happy children on top

Summer Reading Challenge brings free family fun to Derby libraries

23 June 2025

The Summer Reading Challenge is back at Derby Libraries for 2025, with a new theme.

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Landlord fined again for safety breaches on Derby property

20 June 2025

A landlord has been prosecuted for the second time in a year due to his failure to maintain safety standards at one of his properties

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Derby City Council secures funding to create over 330 new childcare places

20 June 2025

Derby City Council is delighted to announce a significant boost to its early years childcare provision, following the allocation of childcare expansion capital grant funding.