What the Devil’s happening in Derbyshire?

For years public consternation has been triggered in north Derbyshire when evidence of so-called Satan worship has been sporadically uncovered. Richard McAllister tries to distinguish between fact and rumour to find out what’s been going on.

UNTIL FEBRUARY this year, one of the least-known statistics in the 2011 UK census showed that 17 people in Bolsover, out of a population of 76,000, listed their religion as Satanism – a tiny number, but the highest concentration of adherents in England and Wales…