Chesterfield Borough Council’s fireworks extravaganza returns later this week, and everyone is welcome to come along.

The council have partnered with Chesterfield Football Club to deliver the entertainment at this year’s event.

The fireworks event takes place at Stand Road Park on Friday 5 November, the gates will open at 4.30pm and close at 9pm.

Presenters James Summers and Elliot Holman from Chesterfield’s 1866 Sport Radio will be hosting the stage show and getting everyone ready for the fireworks display.

The team at Dronfield Hall Barn are already looking forward to welcoming you to their Artisan & Producers' Market this weekend.

                                               Sunday 7th November, 10am-3pm | Free Admission

Over 40 different stallholders will be represented at the Barn in their gallery and gardens, and additionally across at the Peel Centre.

Makers, crafters, and independent retailers are being invited to book a stall on Chesterfield Market in the build up to Christmas.

Market stalls are available on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays between 22nd November and 24th December. Casual traders and local creatives are being invited to sign up now to reserve their place.

Derby Book Festival are making the final arrangements for next weekend’s Autumn Edition. The books have arrived, the hotels and trains are booked and the volunteers are standing by!

Groups, businesses and residents are being asked to come forward with their ideas for using a former café space in Chesterfield Library.

The space on the bottom floor of the library in New Beetwell Street, has been occupied by Café Browser since 1984 but the café closed its doors in March 2020 due to the first national coronavirus lockdown and has not reopened.

Before the lockdown closure, Café Browser had been struggling to thrive in recent years due to competition from a number of new cafes and eateries opening up close by.

Popular Derbyshire farm shop Croots is celebrating after its lemon drizzle cake was named as the best sweet bake in the Great British Food Awards 2021.

Made on site by the bakery team at Croots Farm Shop near Duffield, the lemon drizzle cake is a big favourite with customers.

       Image: Charles Hanson holding a paperweight made from Blue John fluorite at the Museum of Making

People are being given the chance to adopt a piece of history from Derby Museums as part of a new Adopt an Object scheme being launched today to support the funding of family activities in the museums.

                             Image: Stephenson Memorial Hall  Source: Chesterfield Borough Council

The specialist work of child exploitation charity Safe and Sound has been recognised with two further awards. 

Safe and Sound supports children and young people across Derbyshire who are victims of or at risk of child exploitation. This includes online grooming, sexual exploitation, trafficking, drugs lines, modern slavery and radicalisation.

The charity also supports the wider family and raises awareness in local communities of the dangers facing young people.

Following the successful launch of Culture Cares in 2018, the conference returns for 2021, both in-person at Derby Theatre and live-streamed online on Tuesday 16th November.

In the context of the current Care Review (England), this is the second conference of its kind, bringing the cultural and care sectors together for insightful and lively conversations, presentations and workshops.