Here are our highlights of this week’s edition. As always, please let us know if there’s anything of local interest which we’ve missed.
Page 2: “£3m shot in the arm for our local services“. Derbyshire County Council is to receive more than £3 million to improve services, from crucial skills and jobs programmes to arts facilities for young people and town centre regeneration projects.
Page 3: “Cat centre visitors show generosity”. An Easter celebration at the Derby Cat Adoption Centre raised £2,300. A number of people from our area are actively involved with this charity.
Page 11: If you would like to take part in the BBC2 antiques show “Flog It”, you can have your antiques valued by the show’s experts at QEGS on Saturday 10th April, from 9.30am to 4pm. Admission is free.
Page 12: “Dovedale Sheepdog Trials”. The Dovedale Sheepdog Society is holding its Tom Nadin Memorial Cup event on May 8th, at Dove Top Farm in Alsop.
Page 13: The new branch of Waitrose in Ashbourne are offering a £3 discount voucher, redeemable to anyone spending £15 or more at the store before 18th April. (You’ll need to buy a copy of the paper to obtain the voucher, of course.)
Page 23: “Free entry to Sudbury for anyone living in DE6”. The Sudbury Museum of Childhood is opening its doors for free this coming weekend, to anyone who can bring along proof of their home address in DE6.
Page 23: “Early morning bird stroll followed by a breakfast”. One for our local ornithologists: the National Trust are holding an early morning event at Ilam Park on Saturday April 24th. You can hear the dawn chorus from 6.30am, followed by a full Staffordshire breakfast at 8am. To book, call 350503.
Page 26: A grass eating auction is being held at Bakewell Livestock Centre at 3pm on Monday April 12th. This includes grazing land at Pikehall.
Page 38: “Local pupils win charity contest“. QEGS pupils have won a charity junior golf competion, which raised £2371 for the British Heart Foundation.
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