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Mountain rescue team called to Kinder Scout

Mountain rescuers were called into action a walker fell 20-feet off a track in the Blackden Brook area near to the Northern edge of Kinder Scout.

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Prevention is the name of the game for Hope police

Following a series of burglaries in the Hope Valley area, officers are taking to the road to combat crime in the peaks.

Y Not line-up announced

Joining The Cribs, The Horrors, The Darkness, The Enemy, Ash and the Mystery Jets and many many more are: Deaf Havana, sMe, Chapel Club, Temples, The Temperance Movement, Nightworks, Maybeshewill and Chloe Howl.

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DERBYSHIRE: Latest travel updates

A610 Derbyshire - Traffic light failure on A610 Market Place in Codnor at the Alfreton Road junction. Expect delays. Approach with care.

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Derbyshire Dales sporting hero bounces back

Sporting hero John Thompson was in a hospital bed when told last autumn that he had won a top Derbyshire Dales award.

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Ashover residents go potty over revamp

One of the most popular buildings in the village of Ashover is to be given a major makeover – to the great relief of visitors, delivery drivers and locals who rely on its special assets.

Sport rss

Butterley CC v Ashover. N Parkin batting for Butterley. Caught out by Saxon.

SLIDESHOW: Butterley Utd v Ashover video

These action shots are from the DCCL Division 7N game between Butterley Utd and Ashover.

Ashford take the honours in local derby

Yorkshire & Derbyshire League

Hillspeed racer Struan Moore is pictured (second from right) on the podium after winning at Snetterton.

Struan claims debut win for Hillspeed Racing

Hillspeed Racing’s Struan Moore claimed his first ever single-seater victory as he won round eight of the BRDC Formula 4 Championship at Snetterton 300 Circuit on Sunday.

Lady Captain’s Day sees Abigail take main honour

The Lady Captain’s Day has been held at Matlock Golf Club with 34 competitors taking part.

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SLIDESHOW: Butterley Utd v Ashover video

These action shots are from the DCCL Division 7N game between Butterley Utd and Ashover.

Lifestyle rss

Jonathan Smith, Sarah Jayne Dunn in Birdsong at Nottingham Theatre Royal from June 17-22, 2013

Much-loved book takes to the stage

The Original Theatre Company and Birdsong Productions Ltd will be performing a touring production of Birdsong at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal from June 17-22.

Head off on a bug hunt around town

Matlock Town Council is inviting you to share a Saturday Unplugged event on a nature walk and Bug Hunt this weekend in Hall Leys Park and Denefields, Matlock.

Greaves plays at The Queen’s Head

Mike Greaves is playing at The Queen’s Head on Chesterfield Road, Belper, on Saturday, June 22.

Floral displays at Heage Windmill

Heage Windmill will be be-decked with flowers during the weekend of June 22-23, from 11am-4pm.

Jonathan Smith, Sarah Jayne Dunn in Birdsong at Nottingham Theatre Royal from June 17-22, 2013

Why the vintage looks is so right now

If you’re secretly yearning to give your home a charming new look, it’s time to hark back to the past.

Shedding Skin at Derby Theatre

The play Shedding Skin, by Paul Davies, is to be performed at Derby Theatre on June 21-22.

Community rss

Mayor of the High Peak Councillor Tony Kemp presents the prize for the

High Peak Mayor competes in 17th Peaks and Dales Run

Mayor of the High Peak, Councillor Tony Kemp took part in the 17th Peaks and Dales Run, organised by the Hare and Hounds Classic Vehicle Club, on Sunday, June 16th, in his 1963 Humber Sceptre.

The 1st Buxton Rangers, Rachael Millwood, Lucy Kelly, Amy Beresford, Rebecca Fisher, Lucy Evans and their leader Lesley Crowther, took part in the Chesterfield 5k Race for Life on, Sunday, 16th June.

1st Buxton Rangers run Race for Life

1st Buxton Rangers, Rachael Millwood, Lucy Kelly, Amy Beresford, Rebecca Fisher, Lucy Evans and their leader Lesley Crowther, took part in the 5k Race for Life on Sunday, June 16th, in Chesterfield to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

Derbyshire Times reporter Jon Cooper.

DERBYSHIRE: Reporter urges cyclists to join charity challenge

Derbyshire Times’ Jon Cooper is leading by example as he takes on the newspaper’s and Pelican’s Flagg cycle challenge for Ashgate Hospice.

Riding bicycles and being nice is not enough

May I put through your columns the question which the speaker did not answer at her talk in Wirksworth on June 5th concerning the future of farming.

Please party for Parkinson’s I would like to invi

I would like to invite people in the Midlands to indulge in one of our favourite pastimes – having a cuppa – by hosting a tea Party for Parkinson’s.

Thank you for your support

The Grand Evening of Music held on the 8th June at St Mary’s Church Wirksworth in aid of The Nightingale Macmillan Unit and The Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance was a truly amazing evening of music with Tideswell Male Voice Choir and Fretwirk (Classical Guitar Duo).

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