Matlock Mercury (Matlock, England) back issues from May 2008:
Matlock siege man's trial halted.
May 01, 2008 ... A Matlock man accused of threatening to destroy his house during a nine-hour stand-off with police is to face a fresh trial later this year. Earlier this week a jury began hearing the case of Christopher Judd, who allegedly brandished weapons during a siege at his home. ...
May Day celebrations.
May 07, 2008 ... Families flocked to Ashover for a colourful parade of fundraising May Day events. The village centre came to life with street theatre, musicians, maypole and garland dancers, welly-wangers, hedgehog rollers, the fun run, clowns and Ashover's own Town Crier, John Taylor. ...
Advice day for pet owners.
May 07, 2008 ... Pet lovers are invited to a fundraisng open day. Advice for healthy hounds and fit felines will be available at Ashbourne Animal Welfare on Sunday to raise funds for the centre. Owners will be able to get their animals MOT'd with veterinary tips on ...
Farm visit for school children.
May 07, 2008 ... Wide-eyed schoolchildren enjoyed an extra special farm trip this week, with a calf being born just as they arrived. Pupils from Baslow Saint Anne's CE Primary School visited Gorse Bank Farm to learn about where food comes from and learn about farming life. Alison ...
Climate change on Darley Dale's agenda.
May 07, 2008 ... Climate change will be discussed at a meeting in Darley Dale. Matlock Area Climate Action Forum will be looking at Derbyshire County Council's draft climate change policy on May 14 at 7.30pm in the Lady Manners Room at the ...
Nostalgic look at weddings.
May 07, 2008 ... Love was in the air as historians of all ages enjoyed an exhibition of nostalgic wedding outfits. A Century of Wedding Dresses at Bakewell's Old House Museum charted the development of wedding dresses from 1845 to 1945. There was a lavish dressing-up box for visitors ...
News in brief.
May 07, 2008 ... Catch the spirit Anglicans in Bakewell and Eyam will launch a new collaboration between all Anglicans in the area with a special faith celebration day. The Catch the Spirit day will allow congregations from across the area to celebrate the newly-founded Mission and ...
Pupils in fine voice to scoop prize.
May 07, 2008 ... Dales primary school pupils were in fine voice at a county-wide singing competition and scooped first prize. The Harmony group from Crich Carr Primary School in Whatstandwell finished top at a competition in Bolsover, ahead of 21 other schools from across ...
Rivals trade wins.
May 07, 2008 ... PETER Colledge just needs one more Ashford Five time trial win to complete a clean sweep of the Matlock Cycling Club series. But Chris Green edged past him in the points competition by maintaining his own perfect record. In last week's penultimate five-miler, Colledge ...
Cup victory for Matlock squad.
May 07, 2008 ... MATLOCK golfers have been in winning action with their team of James Twigg, Paul Mellor, Liam Sinnott and Nick Kay lifting the prestigious Drabble Cup at Erewash Valley Golf Club last Sunday. To make it a clean sweep, Liam carried off the prize for the best gross while Paul ...
Matlock club expecting record entry for White Peak Races.
May 07, 2008 ... WITH yet another record entry in both the White Peak Marathon and half-marathon, Matlock Athletics Club are hoping for fine weather on Saturday May 17. Both these races are unique in being accurately measured to AAA standards, despite being entirely off-road. The ...
Games coming thick and fast.
May 07, 2008 ... MATLOCK enter a busy week with three games in six days after a month's break, following the club's devastating exit from the Handicap Cup in April. The team's conquerors on that occasion, Coventry, were set to play host last night in the latest round of the Knockout Cup games. ...
Late burst has Pumas lifting cup.
May 07, 2008 ... Matlock Mercury U14 Cup final Matlock Juniors Pumas ... .....4 Jacksdale Miners Welfare .....1 (at Belper Town FC) THIS all-first division clash was played before an expectant and vociferous crowd, but both teams started hesitantly, ...
Ashover sign off with 4-4 thriller.
May 07, 2008 ... Leabrooks Lynx U16 ... ... ... ... ....4 Ashover JFC U16 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...4 A battling draw against high flying Leabrooks Lynx, earned Ashover their final points of the season. Thrashed 7-0 in the corresponding home fixture, Ashover came so close to taking ...
Bizarre winner and Clarke's wonder-save secure U10 Cup.
May 07, 2008 ... Dave Patrick U10 Cup Final Matlock Vipers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...2 Ashfield Scaffolding ... ... ... ... ....1 AFTER a monumental struggle between two well matched teams, league title winners Vipers showed the greater determination to win and deservedly came out ...
Gell boys do themselves proud in county final.
May 07, 2008 ... ANTHONY Gell U12 met Spondon's West Park School in the Derbyshire Cup Final, having disposed of Littleover School and St Benedict's School in closely fought games en route. Boasting a good reputation for basketball, superior physical strength and height, West Park's team was ...
Lions finish with double.
May 07, 2008 ... Matlock Junior Lions U11 ... .....2 Burbage U11 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ....0 LOGAN Woolliscroft lit up down the left as the Lions sealed this season's campaign against battling Burbage. This is always a bruising encounter with both teams wanting a win, but ...
Bar denies Colts league honours.
May 07, 2008 ... Derbyshire Girls and Ladies League Buxton Warriors U16 ... ... ... ....0 Wirksworth Colts U16 ... ... .....0 This was Wirksworth's final League game and they had to win it to be joint champions with Buxton. Despite the 0-0 scoreline, this ...
School's table tennis revolution taking off.
May 07, 2008 ... A MATLOCK School's table tennis revolution is in full swing after being donated a number of tables. All Saints CE Junior School has committed itself to promoting the sport among its pupils, with the backing of the school's governing body, and returned from its first major ...
Cotes make it four.
May 07, 2008 ... Matlock and District Football League Cavendish Cup Final (At Matlock Town FC) Cotes Park ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...6 Hilcote ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ....2 COTES Park completed a fantastic season by adding the ...
Eagles soar to cup victory.
May 07, 2008 ... Adam Bede U13 Cup Final Matlock Utd Eagles ... ... ... ... ....1 Ripley Town Colts ... ... ... ... ... ....0 (at Belper Town FC) SPURRED on by vociferous support in a superb atmosphere at Christchurch Meadows, Eagles deservedly took the honours in a game ...
Stoney Middleton storm past Red Lion to take Roden Final place.
May 07, 2008 ... Hope Valley Football League Roden Cup semi-final Red Lion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .....0 Stoney Middleton ... ... ... ... ... ...3 STONEY Middleton stormed into the Roden Cup final after a ruthless display against Bakewell's Red Lion. ...
Going to great lengths.
May 07, 2008 ... Swimmers will be making a splash for charity at Willersley Castle in Cromford. Matlock residents Hazel Mottram and Sadie Packard are taking part in a sponsored swim to raise money for a health clinic in The Gambia. The project, to provide medical facilities in the ...
No cash for Dales schools.
May 07, 2008 ... Dales primary schools will receive no cash from the county council's main funding pot for at least four years, if new plans get the go-ahead. Over [pounds sterling]33 million will be spent on the refurbishment and rebuilding of Derbyshire primary schools until 2012, under the ...
Bakewell A-board ban on the cards?
May 07, 2008 ... Traders have described plans to ban 'A-board' advertising signs from a Peak District town as "barmy", and said business will suffer. At a Bakewell Town Council meeting, councillors said the pavement signs were dangerous for disabled and blind people, and parents with ...
Hall gardeners help out Matlock pupils.
May 07, 2008 ... GREEN-fingered pupils helped bring Tudor times back to life by creating traditional gardens. Children from All Saints Junior School planted seeds, popular in the Tudor period, including lilly of the valley, lavender and rosemary with help from Hardwick Hall gardeners Ian Hart ...
Win tickets to see Chumbawumba.
May 07, 2008 ... CHUMBAWAMBA are back armed with a bucketful of attitude and a new album and will be performing in Matlock Bath. The English band that started out playing anarcho-punk, but over a 25-year career have gone on to play music ranging from pop-influenced dance to world music and ...
Darley find Bin Nasir on song.
May 07, 2008 ... IN Division Two North, Pilsley's Saeed Bin Nasir put Darley Dale to the sword with 115 in his side's total of 196-6. He then collected 3-17 with the ball as Darley held out for a losing draw, posting 79-7. Ambergate's Rob Heath scored 73 and Andrew Layton 52 to help ...
Matlock caught short in run chase.
May 07, 2008 ... DCCL Division One Stainsby Hall first XI 92 all out beat Matlock first XI 89 all out by three runs. After many Winter net sessions, and with half a new team, Matlock travelled to newly promoted Stainsby Hall with ambitions to do more than make up the ...
Spinner Upul proves very useful with bat.
May 07, 2008 ... DCCL Division Two North Wirksworth & Middleton first XI 176-5 (22 points) beat Chesterfield 2nd X1 175-4 (six points) by five wickets. A SUPERBLY well judged innings of 77 not out from Upul Indrasiri, ably supported by Neil Taylor, led W&M to a deserved ...
Python policing.
May 07, 2008 ... POLICE have relaunched a campaign designed to combat car crime in the Dales, after it was successful last year. Operation Python helped bring a four per cent drop in car crime last year so have decided to use the same strategy this year. The operation aimed to raise ...
Breast of the bunch.
May 07, 2008 ... MUMS in Matlock voted Sainsbury's the most breastfeeding friendly business in town. The competition, run by the Matlock and Bakewell Breastmates group, asked women at toddler's groups and baby clinics where they thought they could best breastfeed and why. Sainsbury's ...
Official Matlock footbridge complaints lodged.
May 07, 2008 ... CAMPAIGNERS against Matlock's new footbridge have made an official complaint to the district council. Over 100 residents submitted their names to Derbyshire Dales District Council's complaints officer, outlining flaws in the way the footbridge consultation was conducted. ...
New beat for Bakewell bobbies.
May 07, 2008 ... Bobbies stepped out on an unusual beat to raise money for charity - and encouraged others to follow in their footsteps. A Bakewell police station team did an early trip round the short course of the Three Charities Challenge sponsored walk, which will be held in June. Work ...
Celebrate heritage of railway line.
May 07, 2008 ... SCENIC riverside walks are being organised to celebrate the heritage of Derwent Valley Line. On Friday May 16 and Saturday May 17 guided walks along the Cromford Canal, tours of the historic mill communities of Cromford, nature walks and opportunities to explore the town trails ...
Move on the cards for Darley Dale centre.
May 07, 2008 ... COMMUNITY centre users in Darley Dale are being located to a new site in Matlock while a leisure facility is being built. The popular centre, off Bakewell Road, is being relocated to make way for Matlock's new leisure development at the Dimple. The district council ...
Brave Baileans' EHL bid denied.
May 07, 2008 ... MATLOCK Baileans firsts' hopes of qualifying for the English Hockey League next season came to end after the Bank Holiday Weekend's play-off triple header in Bristol. Having already drawn with EHL side Horsham and lost in Lancashire to UCLAN Springfields, Baileans began superbly ...
Tideswell scaffold company worker airlifted to hospital.
May 07, 2008 ... A scaffold worker was airlifted to hospital after being struck by a metal pole, which knocked him from a flight of stairs and on to the roof of a 30ft-high silo. Mountain rescue and fire crews were called to rescue the man, who worked for Tideswell-based High Peak Scaffolding, ...
New hotel needed as Dales tourism soars.
May 07, 2008 ... TOURISM chiefs have welcomed hotel plans for Matlock following record numbers of visitors to the Peak District. The Victorian building at Cromford Court in Matlock Bath is expected to be the latest scheme to cater for soaring tourist numbers, which reached record levels last ...
Skip firm boss from Wirksworth is tagged by court.
May 07, 2008 ... The boss of an illegal skip company was electronically tagged, forced to do 250 hours of community service and fined over [pounds sterling]9,000 for storing waste illegally. Martin John Hudson from Wirksworth pleaded guilty to four charges of keeping waste without a licence. ...
Rams set for Matlock game.
May 07, 2008 ... DERBY County are set to play a pre-season friendly at Matlock for the first time in 12 ...
Ashleyhay Festival round-up.
May 07, 2008 ... Ashleyhay Festival 2008. Another year, another exhausted, happy crowd of people. This year was bigger and better than ever. Even the acoustic night on Friday was busy. We saw the marquee, and surrounding area packed with people enjoying some fabulous, chilled music. The crowd was buzzing ...
Going to great lengths.
May 08, 2008 ... Swimmers will be making a splash for charity at Willersley Castle in Cromford. Matlock residents Hazel Mottram and Sadie Packard are taking part in a sponsored swim to raise money for a health clinic in The Gambia. The project, to provide medical facilities in the ...
Student to row in 24-hour marathon.
May 08, 2008 ... Move over Sir Steve Redgrave - Georgina Needham and her classmates are about to row for 24 hours to raise more than [pounds sterling]1,000 to help seriously ill children make their dreams come true. The 17-year-old student from Darley Dale will be pulling strokes of the ...
Inspiring lessons for Brassington pupils.
May 08, 2008 ... Pupils clowned around at a Peak District school this week, as part of a special circus skills tuition. A travelling circus troupe came to Brassington Primary School and taught children the art of plate spinning and how to use hoolahoop rings. The circus did a ...
Try out dry stone walling.
May 08, 2008 ... Conservation skills are being kept alive in Wirksworth to care for listed buildings. The National Stone Centre is doing its bit to fight the shortage of people with traditional skills by offering specialist courses. There are over five million pre-1919 properties, ...
A-board on the cards?
May 08, 2008 ... Traders have described plans to ban 'A-board' advertising signs from a Peak District town as "barmy", and said business will suffer. At a Bakewell Town Council meeting, councillors said the pavement signs were dangerous for disabled and blind people, and parents with ...
BREAKING NEWS: Drugs raid at barn near Bakewell.
May 08, 2008 ... SEVEN people have been arrested after police raided a Sheldon farm, which officers say housed a cannabis factory capable of producing [pounds sterling]750,000 of the drug a year. Police raided the barn at Home Farm in the village on Thursday May 8 at 10.30am and around 1,100 ...
Fire at Darley Dale hospital.
May 08, 2008 ... Fire broke out at Whitworth Hospital in Darley Dale on Thursday at 9am. Fire crews were called after an electric meter caught fire in the main switch room. Whitworth Hospital matron Wilma Hulland said: "No patients were at any risk during the incident, and power is ...
Villagers launch fund to save hall.
May 09, 2008 ... Community leaders said the quality of life of residents in a Dales village will suffer if [pounds sterling]250,000 cannot be raised to revamp their "dilapidated" village hall. Leaders of the Tansley Village Hall Restoration Project have launched a campaign to find vital private ...
May Day celebrations.
May 09, 2008 ... Families flocked to Ashover for a colourful parade of fundraising May Day events. The village centre came to life with street theatre, musicians, maypole and garland dancers, welly-wangers, hedgehog rollers, the fun run, clowns and Ashover's own Town Crier, John Taylor. ...
Climber injured after 50ft fall in Peak District.
May 12, 2008 ... A ROCK climber suffered a head injury and broke his legs and wrists after a 50ft fall at a Peak District quarry. The 31-year-old man was climbing with three friends at Horseshoe Quarry, near Stoney Middleton, on Sunday morning when he fell from the top of the cliff. ...
DCCL results.
May 12, 2008 ... Full Derbyshire County League results from May 10 and 11 Results from Saturday May 10 Beechwood SAAB ECB Premier League Alfreton (18pts) 292-9 (50 overs] (P Groves 71, F Massood 54, W Chaloner 53) drew with Ilkeston Rutland (11pts) 232-7 (50 overs] (K ...
Shield win caps Mannerians' best-ever season.
May 12, 2008 ... Derbyshire Shield Final Mannerians 1st XV 36pts Melbourne 1st XV 12pts The culmination of the most successful season in Mannerians' 80-year history came in clinching the double by securing the Derbyshire Shield at Chesterfield. It certainly ...
Matlock 'double' up for county cup wins.
May 12, 2008 ... MATLOCK Rugby Club are celebrating after bringing home trophies from county cup finals day. The first XV beat Derby for the seventh straight time, 31-10, to ...
Mierkalns smashes Denby in heated draw.
May 12, 2008 ... DCCL Division One Matlock first XI 246-7 drew with Denby first XI 178-6 ON another hot day, it can be said with some certainty that Matlock weren't overly disappointed that they were asked to bat first at Denby, who, having been relegated from the ...
Burton and Mashimbyi put brakes on Aston to set up hosts' first win.
May 12, 2008 ... DCCL Division One Matlock first XI 150-3 beat Aston-on-Trent first XI 149 all out. WITH the weather set fair for the weekend, and a belter of a wicket to look forward to, Matlock were looking to get their own show on the road having narrowly lost their ...
Having a ball to give youngsters a sporting chance.
May 14, 2008 ... A masked charity ball is being held to raise money for a new playing field at a Peak District school. The Masked Ball will be the fourth annual ball to be organised by supporters of Curbar Primary School. The Parents, Teachers and Friends Association has already ...
Branching out to save forests.
May 14, 2008 ... Buzz band The Zutons and globe-trotting legends Crowded House have signed up to play massive outdoor gigs to help raise money for Derbyshire woods. The bands are set to play at Sherwood Pines Forest Park, near Mansfield this summer to raise funds to help care for local woods, ...
Picturing the past.
May 14, 2008 ... A unique record of Wirksworth memories will be brought to life in a photographic exhibition. Colourful heritage and major changes over the last 30 years will be presented in a snap-shot journey of the development of the town. In 1978 Wirksworth saw the start of a ...
Focus on wildlife artist's TV work.
May 14, 2008 ... Wildlife artist Pollyanna Pickering will be displaying original sketches created for BBC television. The work was will be on show at Pollyanna's gallery at Brookvale House in Oaker, which will be open for one day only on the May 26 from 11am to 5pm as part of the Derbyshire Open ...
Villagers clear the way.
May 14, 2008 ... Volunteers in Bonsall have been clearing paths as part of a community project to improve the conditions of public rights of way. Walkers, horseriders and cyclists are being given the chance to get involved by surveying the paths and reporting back on any work that needs to be ...
New heights for authors.
May 14, 2008 ... A new climbing guide has been published covering the Peak and Dales' most popular crags, such as Froggatt Edge and High Tor. Jon Barton and John Coefield, co-authors of Peak District Climbing, wanted it to be an accessible guide to suit beginner climbers and hardened ...
Grass on thieves.
May 14, 2008 ... A lawnmower worth almost [pounds sterling]2,000 was stolen from a garden shed in Matlock. Thieves broke into the shed on Dale Road North ...
Serving up lessons down on the farm.
May 14, 2008 ... Matlock youngsters learned about the food chain with a farm visit to Riber. Eighteen GCSE students from Highfields School spent the day learning about where their food comes from as part of a Natural England challenge. Mandy Gilman, organic farmer at Hearthstone Farm ...