Available on line or in the Sycamore, this week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph has only one article of real local interest this week which is the ongoing saga of the road slip on the B5056:
p.2 Land slip fears fail to subside – another article on the landslip on the B5056 by the Bentley Brook – the council are now considering trying to repair the road in late May or early June of this year but the road will be closed during the works. No weight restriction will be issued on this road however. P.4 – contains a comment article on the same issue.
p.3 – Camera watch – watch your speed if you’re heading into or out of Derby on the A52 this week as police are using speed cameras on that stretch this week.


If the B5056 is closed in May?June this may have a significant effect on Open Gardens Day and Wakes Week, especially the Odd Fellows March, the Fancy Dress Parade and the Hill Race, if additional traffic ends up being diverted through the village.
That’s an interesting point. Rather worrying. I’ll try and pin the county council press office down to a date.
They’re so evasive about the issue though I doubt I’ll have any success!