Campaigners remain fearful that part of Derby’s oldest park could be lost to new council homes, despite “people power” ...

More than 2,000 sites across the country have received the Green Flag Award - including a fair chunk of Derbyshire's hotspots ...

Nine parks in Derby and Derbyshire have been honoured with Green Flag Awards, celebrating outstanding management of green spaces.

Derby Arboretum, Derby "This Grade II listed attraction is England's oldest public park", said McGuire in The Times.

In the Arboretum ward of Derby, which covers most of the city centre, almost two out of every three children (63 per cent) were living in poverty, a total of 3,033 kids.