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The people of Youlgrave have the chance to comment on a draft update of the Youlgrave conservation area prepared by the Peak District National Park Authority.

A Sheffield mum hopes to get more people cycling in the Peak District after winning a £300 mountain bike.

Volunteers are invited to help pull up the invasive Himalayan balsam along the River Derwent on Saturday August 7.

Championship footballers from Sheffield United have backed a Peak District National Park Authority project to get more people cycling, more often.

An excavation of the Iron Age hill fort site at Fin Cop, overlooking Monsal Dale in the Peak District National Park has won a British Archaeological Award.

The largest conservation project funded by the EU Life+ programme this year and the largest ever in the UK was launched by Poul Christensen, chair of Natural England on the windswept Pennine moors above Holmfirth.

Children can try being a lead miner, meet historic characters, and enjoy things that go boom, bang or squelch at a free archaeological family fun day at the 270-year-old Magpie Mine, Sheldon, on Saturday July 31, 10.30am-3pm.

Local history, archaeology, myths and legends will be brought to life in the Peak District in National Parks Week (July 26 - August 1).

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New and returning cyclists are being encouraged to get out and about in the Peak District National Park during the summer months.

Dales students are celebrating after receiving their A level results and having their university places confirmed.

After seven years of planning, a town hall is finally set to receive a £250,000 facelift.

Bakewell was a hub of music, drama and creativity last week as visitors flocked to two festivals.

ECCENTRIC hotel owner David Donegan says his language on a television inspector show has a sparked a small flurry of complaints - but he hasn't even watched the episode.

This week will mark 100 years since the death of Florence Nightingale - and Derbyshire is set to celebrate the Lady With The Lamp's life and work with a special festival.

Work on the iconic stepping stones at Dovedale to make them higher has provoked anger from nature lovers.

Highway bosses are set to take action on a steep, winding street where several lorries - misled by satellite navigation systems - have wrecked walls, shattered steps and leake

The Bakewell Show continued to draw in crowds last week, after the weather picked up on Thursday.

FEATHERED athletes sent the crowds clucking mad at the World Championship Hen Races held in Bonsall. Around 300 racegoers packed The Barley Mow pub to cheer on the racing poul

A RAINY start failed to dampen spirits – as visitors flocked to the 180th Bakewell Show.

"SERIOUS concerns" have been raised as to when Buxton's swimming pool will actually re-open — almost ten months after it was closed to the public.

A TIDESWELL teenager is appealing for help to make a gap year dream become a reality.

THE PEOPLE of Dove Holes refused to let the wet weather spoil their day as they enjoyed their village carnival last weekend.

THE leaders of Derbyshire County Council have been accused by Labour members of launching a comprehensive attack on vital services for the elderly and disabled.

HIGH Peak organisations are among those who are set to benefit from funding totalling more than £200,000 from the Derbyshire Aggregates Levy Grant Scheme (DALGS).

MPs and rural local authorities across the East Midlands have given their support to a campaign aiming to tackle the shortage of affordable housing in the countryside.

Chapel-en-le-Frith and Hope Valley councillor Tracy Critchlow has been suspended from her post as county council Cabinet member for Young People.

TWO parking spaces have generated the vast majority of fines totalling £22,000 collected in just 16 months on one Buxton street, a Freedom of Information request to Derbyshire

Dove Holes residents are putting the finishing touches to their annual carnival celebration.

A CHANCE for the people of Buxton to donate to the Pakistan Flood Appeal is being offered on Saturday.

A Cromford newsagent has told of his horror at seeing a young cyclist get run over by the back wheels of a truck.

A TRAIN line running between Matlock and Derby has seen a huge surge in popularity during the last year.

Flower power has struck a house in Hackney after a green-fingered resident noticed one of her flowers had grown to a dramatic height.

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DEDICATED volunteers who are battling to help disaster-hit families in Pakistan hosted an open day on Saturday.

This year's Illuminations at Matlock Bath will be a something of a milestone for David Gregory who has now entered the event's decorated boat competition 40 times.

Town leaders say they have again been snubbed as the finishing touches are put to the long-awaited redevelopment of Matlock's Crown Square.

A WOMAN is ready to take on a challenge in London to help a charity that saved her life.

A 60-YEAR-OLD woman was hit by a falling tree in a freak accident.

Derbyshire Dales District Council has joined a campaign to tackle the shortage of affordable housing in the countryside.