Lady Manners School pupils were paid a visit by a former student who is already building an illustrious career in the BBC.

THE summer solstice is upon us, and your Matlock Mercury is looking to celebrate the ‘Longest Day’ of the year with a snapshot of life in the Dales and Peak.

Homeowners in rural Derbyshire Dales villages will be given free property marking kits to help protect their possessions from thieves.

Work on a park restoration project is to resume almost two years after it was launched in 2011.

Cycle hire at Derbyshire County Council’s Middleton Top Visitor Centre will be half price during the Peak District Cycling Festival.

Hundreds of free swimming passes are being given away to young people across the county.

Staff at Wirksworth Train Station were shell-shocked after discovering a pair of tortoises on Cemetery Lane Bridge, near the station.

Mountain rescuers were called into action a walker fell 20-feet off a track in the Blackden Brook area near to the Northern edge of Kinder Scout.

Following a series of burglaries in the Hope Valley area, officers are taking to the road to combat crime in the peaks.

Joining The Cribs, The Horrors, The Darkness, The Enemy, Ash and the Mystery Jets and many many more are: Deaf Havana, sMe, Chapel Club, Temples, The Temperance Movement, Nightworks, Maybeshewill and Chloe Howl.

An evening of glamour awaits those who attend a masquerade ball in the capital of the Peak.

Rescuers were called to the northern edge of Kinder Scout after a teenager fell.

One of the most popular buildings in the village of Ashover is to be given a major makeover – to the great relief of visitors, delivery drivers and locals who rely on its special assets.

The organisers of Gilbert and Sullivan Festival have announced after 20 years they will no longer be holding the event in Buxton.

Sporting hero John Thompson was in a hospital bed when told last autumn that he had won a top Derbyshire Dales award.

Firefighters were called to the side of a railway line when grass caught alight.

Officers from Hathersage Safer Neighbourhood Team helped homeowners protect their property during a crime prevention campaign.

Great Longstone residents are pulling up the last few weeds and fine trimming the hedges in preparation for the village’s open gardens event.

Derbyshire residents who helped tackle fraudsters will be rewarded for their bravery and hard work at a prestigious national awards ceremony.

News that the expedition bidding to make polar history by crossing Antarctica in winter had been abandoned because of ‘difficult terrain and technical challenges’ has been greeted with a mixture of sadness and relief by the team at William Twigg Matlock Ltd whose engineers have played a key role in the heroic venture.