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Rowsley pupils create menu for hotel
Children at a Dales school have been getting green-fingered this summer in their quest to help grow food for a local hotel. Pupils from Rowsley Primary School have joined forces with the Peak...
Trust’s Wildlife Discovery Room Opens its Doors
Visitors to Carsington Water can get a glimpse of Derbyshire Wildlife Trust's new Wildlife Discovery Room when it opens its doors for the day on Sunday 11 th July. The room will be open between...
£2m redevelopment plan for station site
DERBYSHIRE Wildlife Trust has revealed plans to turn an historic former railway station site into a £2million visitors centre and cafe complex. National park officers have backed the bid to...
Historians hunt for more bodies
Archaeologists who unearthed an Iron Age body in the Peak District have won a grant of nearly £50,000 to help them dig for more clues about the site's violent past. Dig leaders believe...
Charity Walk at Chatsworth -Sunday 13 June 2010
The Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind is celebrating its 150th Anniversary in 2010. The Charity continues to provide vital support and services for people with sight loss In Sheffield, supporting...
MONYASH OPEN GARDENS
Monyash’s first ever Open Gardens event is to be held on 12 & 13 th June when a fascinating range of 25 gardens will be open to view - a great day out for all the family. There will...
Tudor Festival in the garden
Travel back in time with the Tudors, experience their delicious cookery and fascinating crafts, try your hand at archery and simply enjoy a weekend from the past with our popular Tudor Festival in...
Egg-tastic
It's that time of year for hatching replacements and making the most of rare-breeds actually laying.  This year it's very exciting to find that RCOM have a new 24 egg incubator that is...
Hartington Land for Sale : suit amenity, horse or farming
A useful block of land in Hartington is coming up for sale on 21 June 2010.  With good access, water supply and just under 10 acres it's quality grassland for anyone with horses or other...
Election Focus: BNP
We're checking out the BNP's position on farming today.  As part of peakdistrictfarming's news we'll be looking at farming policy based on each political party in advance of the 2010 election. ...
April at Chatsworth
Easter Eggstravaganza 2 to 18 April Join us over Easter weekend for family entertainment, tantalising Easter egg trails and all kinds of 'egg-citing' activities throughout the house, garden...
Fish thrive in the Wye
TROUT are flourishing in the River Wye, according to new Environment Agency figures. The agency revealed on Tuesday that the stretch between Buxton and Rowsley now contains more brown trout than...
Flagg Races 2010
Easter Tuesday 6th April 2010, 1pm Flagg Moor, A515, 5 miles south of Buxton, Derbyshire FREE PARKING Point-to-Point Steeplechases Each year on Easter Tuesday, thousands of enthusiastic...
Online support for reopening railway
AN ONLINE group campaigning for the re-opening of the Matlock to Buxton railway line has attracted nearly 1,500 supporters. Sixth-form student Neil Gregory, of Litton, launched the group on social...
Blueprint is approved
RESIDENTS are invited to have their say on a new blueprint setting out aims for Derbyshire's future. Derbyshire county councillors have approved a plan ffor 2010 to 2014, called Derbyshire –...
Estate's free gift to mark 90 glorious years
Chatsworth visitors are being invited to a free day's entry in to the house and garden in March to mark a momentous year. Chatsworth House has offered the special invitation to mark the 90th...
Hill Farming Allowance Cash
Most farmers should have received their hill farming allowance payment from the farm payment agency. By 1 March 4294 claimants (70% of eligible farmers) had received partial payments and a total...
Bumper British Exports
British food exporters have enjoyed a bumper year, with increased volumes and a favourable exchange rate lifting earnings for all the key sectors. New data from UK Trade and Investment...
Go wild with a work party
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is appealing for volunteers to take part in its conservation work parties during February. The Trust is organising work days to remove scrub and young trees from its nature...
Sexiest Farmer: You Decide
A final list of 'sexy' farmers is waiting for your vote.  Sadly, the 'sexy' males leave a lot to be desired but it's good to see the most attractive one (Pete - see the image below) is in black...
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