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Success for under 14s girls in hockey tournament
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News
Couple witness how 40 years of donating helps
A Belper couple have finally been able to visit the children helped by a charity which they have supported for nearly 40 years.
Poet laureate’s Belper Joe talk
Derbyshire poet Laureate Matt Black will be talking about a well-known Belper character during an appearance at the town’s arts festival next week.
Wakes to return at cricket club
A traditional celebration of sport is to be revived in Belper next week, with the return of the town’s Wakes festival.
eBay gang ordered to re-pay their victims
An organised crime gang which was smashed by detectives investigating a burglary in Belperhave been ordered to pay back almost £72,000.
VIDEO: Dambusters flypast on 70th anniversary of the raid video
Hundreds of onlookers gathered as a Lancaster bomber flew over Derbyshire to mark the 70th anniversary of the daring Dambusters raid.
Sport
Annual charity football contest is set to raise around £1,250
The 2013 Belper Nursing Cup charity competition is set to raise around £1,250 for three good causes.
Success for under 14s girls in hockey tournament
Belper Hockey Club’s Girls under 14s’ players are celebrating after coming out on top in a competition held at the weekend.
Thorpe nets the winner as Belper win in cup final
Belper United Reserves came out on top in the final of the President’s Cup with a 2-1 win over Bilborough Pelican Reserves.
Reserves lose in Rainworth game
The weather had a negative impact on some of the cricket at the weekend but there was still football to be played, with Belper Town Reserves among those in action.
The goals keep coming as United finish strongly
Belper United continued their strong end to the season with back-to-back 4-0 victories in the Central Midlands League South.
It’s warming up for anglers
The weather has been much better over most of the past week and the warmer conditions have helped anglers at Carsington Fishery.
Lifestyle
Hairspray tickets are on sale
TICKETS are now on sale to the smash-hit musical Hairspray, when it comes to Nottingham’s Theatre Royal from July 2-13, 2013.
Summer fun is on the way
The Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Nottingham’s forthcoming June to August season promises some long-awaited summer fun.
Check out this rock extravaganza
Journey, Whitesnake and Thunder are set to appear onstage together for the first time ever next year, stopping off at Capital FM Arena Nottingham on May 25.
3 Pingle Close, Shireoaks. £225,000
A five bedroomed, detached property with accommodation on 3 floors, situated on this sought after development in Shireoaks, within easy walking distance of the village centre with good local shops, schools, transport facilities etc.
Labour of love for TV’s Gavin
You would have thought that when he moved to a new house in Wicklow, known as the Garden of Ireland, Diarmuid Gavin, the enfant terrible of the gardening fraternity, would have wasted no time hauling in the diggers, landscaping materials, amazing plants and architectural altars.
Paradise found for gourmets
As I lie in bed, sunlight drenches the Southern Ocean stretched out in front of me. Colours shifting, the horizon slowly melts into the sky as the sun rises over an endless expanse of white empty beach.
Community
Ripley-born ‘bouncing bomb’ inventor played vital role
This week The Ripley & Heanor News joins the country in commemorating the 70th anniversary of the celebrated Dambusters raid, one of the most daring operations carried out by the RAF during World War II.
Homes bid refused as protest sounds
Klaxons, wailing swanee whistles, drums and chants of protest were heard as Amber Valley council’s planning board refused a bid to build 79 houses in Codnor.
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VIDEO: Trip down Memory Lane video
Here are some of the latest pictures of times gone by in the area.
Duffield’s own war horses
As war broke out on the Western Front, horses were commandeered from farms, liveries, hunt stables and private ownership to serve on the front line.
Pinxton play vandals
Police are appealing for information after a swing was damaged at a play area in Pinxton.
Choir sings for George’s 100th
Singers from Codnor Methodist Church sang hymns and songs to celebrate the 100th birthday of an Leabrooks man.
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Saturday 18 May 2013
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