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A good result and very nearly a great one
The Lib Dem vote share in Derbyshire Dales went up and Sue Burfoot retained her seat in Matlock & Tansley with a significantly increased majority.
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More evidence of particulate pollution in Ashbourne
This is what you are breathing in! The doorway to the (now empty) Dorothy Perkins store in Ashbourne is set back from the road (the A515 northbound) in a covered 'porch'. Nothing can fall onto the…
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Is this what particulate pollution looks like?
From the junction between Buxton Road and St John's Street Ashbourne a black dust covers almost half of this road. It is clearly visible on the pavements and on the 'Covid safety' features that adorn…
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‘Stolen’ Tubes - is 3% ‘a key issue’?
Derbyshire Dales District Council have been trying really hard to make it seem that they have not been dilatory in declaring an Air Quality Management Area for Buxton Road and St John's Street in…
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It's Official - Ashbourne is Polluted
After more than three years a situation that was first recorded in autumn 2017 is finally being officially acknowledged; air quality on Buxton Road Ashbourne does not meet national standards.
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‘Safe’ is also a state of mind
When it comes to the DCC Highway Authority it seems that what is 'safe' is related to how many people have been killed or injured in a given stretch of highway. It does not appear to be in any way…
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What’s the Tory Story on ‘20 is Plenty’?
From the Facebook postings of County Council Conservative leader Barry Lewis, it would seem that the controlling Conservative group have apparently decided that road safety is, after all, a good…
