Severn Trent is hosting a week of community events in Matlock to unveil a major new £20m investment in the town – and to listen to feedback from residents. The company is staging a series of drop-ins from 13th April when staff can talk through the proposals, answer questions, and hear what local people think. The plans include a major upgrade for Matlock Sewage Treatment Works which will boost site capacity to serve future generations, plus improve the health of the River D

Imagine walking into a working forge that could so easily be the setting from a Dickensian interior. Step back in time with Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers this Wednesday, 18th March, as they present a remarkable collection steeped in history—the contents of P. G. Evans Blacksmith’s Workshop, Bakewell. This unique clearance offers collectors, craftspeople, and lovers of local heritage an extraordinary opportunity to own genuine pieces of Derbyshire’s rural past. As the first

John Stannard So what exactly is HIST ORY? Reflections on the WHO (not the band), WHAT, WHERE, WHY and HOW of history with a nod in the general direction of When! Ian Holmes 'The Hope Air Crash 15th February 1943' ..the story behind the plane crash 83 years ago which is commemorated by the plaque and maple tree on Castleton Road opposite Warehouse Lane. Amanda Grego Medieval 'doodles' within the Beauchief Abbey Cartulary The Beauchief Abbey Cartulary documents the privileges