It’s time once again for our round-up of stories from this week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph. Click here to read the whole paper online. Good old-fashioned “dead tree” copies are also available from Janet in the Sycamore shop.
Page 3: “Landslip road reopens.” A report on the welcome re-opening of the B5056. £750,000 has been spent on repairing the damage caused by the two landslips near the Bentley Brook Inn and Horsley Wood Farm, along with a number of other improvements.
Page 2: “Big names on the way to Waterside Park.” Ashbourne’s growing out-of-town retail park has received more applications, including one from Majestic Wines.
Page 17: “Restauarant boss says things are looking up.” One for the foodies: at the end of a piece on the rising fortunes of Ashbourne’s excellent Dining Room, it is revealed that chef Peter Dale has been invited to “work a stint” at Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck restaurant. Could snail porridge be coming to Ashbourne yet?
Page 20: “Sneaking a peek at your new hospital.” A full page article on Ashbourne’s £20 million new hospital and health centre, which is set to open months ahead of schedule.
Finally, there is a lengthy, detailed, multi-page supplement, including a wall chart, on the forthcoming World Cup.
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Ref to page 17. Snail porridge sounds good, maybe I could get the recipe so that I can do something with the little critters that eat all my plants.