High Peak, England News

THE head of the region's ambulance service has admitted it has "a lot of catching up to do" after inspectors called for action to improve its performance.

Recently tenants attended a training session to help them get to grips with tenant scrutiny.

New Mills and District Volunteer Centre has been awarded a grant of 19,100 over three years, from the Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales.

Business is blooming for a High Peak nursery that has battled against the elements to keep going for 60 years.

Councillors have voiced their concerns over the progress of refurbishment work to a park which was awarded funding two years ago.

Police are appealing for witnesses after thieves broke into a miniature train tunnel at Buxton's Pavilion Gardens, stole two cans of diesel and poured the fuel into a duck pond.

High Peak Borough Council is offering people the chance to trade for just A 5 a day in the hope it will push more new traders to take up stalls.

The Party in the Barn will take place on June 1 at 7.30pm in Thornsett Fields Farm, Thornsett.

High Peak Borough Council is offering would be market stall holders the chance to trade for a day for the bargain price of a fiver.

The defibrillators are presented to New Mills Juniors FC. L-R Colin Ramwell, Colin Winterbottom, Paula McNicholas , Pc James Taylor, Mike Taylor, Angie Harper, Giles Wyatt.

A new star is born next week - with The Star's popular web site getting a brand new look to enhance our paper experience online.

Police are investigating after thieves broke into Hague Bar Primary School, New Mills, and stole cash raised from a plant sale.

The adult education students from the Derbyshire County Council Adult Education Centre at Fairfield were asked by former High Peak mayor Pat Jenner to use their creative flare to help him.

The BBC's hit drama series The Village, which was filmed in the High Peak, is to return for a second series.

Derbyshire police and Crimestoppers have teamed up to remind people buying stolen goods is against the law and draws further crime into their neighbourhoods.

Ed Miliband talks to members of the public in Hastings, East Sussex, after the local elections.

High Peak Golf Club captain Pete Guess with the ladies who are a modelling for the club's charity naked calendar The girls from Buxton Golf Club did the full monty in front of a camera in the bid to raise A 10,000 for Help for Heroes.

A Whaley Bridge takeaway has removed a sign after there was a public outcry that it was too 'gaudy' for the town's aesthetic.

A contractor working in Buxton woke up to find a stranger in his flat, who then headbutted him in the face, a court heard.

High Peak Borough Council has cooperated with the spring fair organisers in allowing certain roads and car parks in Buxton to be closed in for the event.