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Jubilee fun across borough

CELEBRATIONS for the forthcoming Olympics and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee get underway this weekend in the High Peak.

Christian aid Week was well and truly launched last Sunday in Buxton with an ecumenical service attracting supporters from most of the towns churches. The service focused on Sierra Leone, one of the worlds poorest countries, where four out of five families living in rural areas dont have enough to eat. Two African students studying at the University of Derby Buxton were invited to teach authentic African worships songs to the Churches Together in Buxton Choir, which led the singing. Ann Munjanja is a second year undergraduate from Zimbabwe, studying for an honours degree in Events Management, while Fannice Maloba from Kenya is a post-graduate student. As well as performing, the choir taught one of the songs to the congregation, with Ann and Fannice leading. This week the Buxton Christian Aid committees door-to-door collectors will attempt to reach every household in the town with one of the iconic red envelopes. Donations will be used to help the poorest communities in the world escape from poverty. I

Africa takes lead at Christian Aid service

Christian aid Week was well and truly launched last Sunday in Buxton with an ecumenical service attracting supporters from most of the town’s churches.

charity: Kelly Scott from the Teenage Cancer Trust receiving the students cheque. For more information on the work of the charity go to http://www.teenagecancertrust.org/ Photo contributed.

Pupils help teenagers battling cancer

Year 11 students from Chapel-en-le-Frith High School have raised £1,153, mainly through a sponsored walk, for the Teenage Cancer Trust which will help fund specialist cancer units for 12 to 24-year-olds.

Chance to hear how maternity care will be provided after Corbar closes

HIGH PEAK residents are being invited to a public meeting to hear how maternity services will be provided once Buxton’s Corbar Birth Centre closes on July 1.

Three arrests after 200 cannabis plants are found in Taxal

THREE men have been arrested after police discovered around 200 suspected cannabis plants during a drugs warrant in Taxal.

Sport rss

Club honours for stars

Mark Reed with award. Photo contributed.

Charity game raises over £1,000 in memory of Ben Obiora

OVER 200 spectators turned out on a cold Friday evening in New Mills for a charity football game in memory of Buxworth teenager Ben Obiora.

New jogging group launches in Chapel-en-le-Frith

A NEW weekly jogging group has been formed in Chapel-en-le-Frith.

Sheen's mens team competing in the catchweight competition at the Midland Championships. Photo contributed.

Disappointment for Sheen in Midland Championships

SHEEN’s mens and ladies tug of war teams were in action at the Midland Championships in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire, last weekend.

Buxton Hitmen v USA Future, Challenge Match, 15/4/2012 Jack Lee - Team Manager, Buxton Hitmen

Buxton Hitmen boss Lee insists everything still to play for, despite stuttering start

DESPITE a tough start to the season, Buxton Hitmen’s manager Jack Lee insists his team still has everything to play for.

Abigail Jones (left) and Molly-Mae Marsh with their rosettes. Photo contributed.

Chapel students reach new heights

TWO CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH High School students have enjoyed success in showjumping.

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VIDEO: Buxton makes a splash with £35 million bottling plant video

YEARS of research and planning came to an end on Friday when Buxton Water opened their new £35 million factory at the aptly-named Waterswallows.

Lifestyle rss

Stage fright in Gothic classic

A scene from The Hound of the Baskervilles. Photo: Andrew Billington.

Tideswell choir to star in Jubilee concert

CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED Tideswell Male Voice Choir and highly-regarded Sir Richard Arkwright’s Masson Mills Band take their unique and spellbinding brand of musical entertainment to The Winding Wheel in Chesterfield on Sunday May 27, at 7pm.

The return of a blues legend

Blues/pop legend Paul Jones returns to Buxton, and once again joins Digby Fairweather’s Half Dozen for their show, Rockin’ in Rhythm at Buxton Opera House on Monday May 21, at 7.30pm.

International line-up for new Derbyshire jazz club

INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed saxophoist Tony Kofi and US guitarist Sheryl Bailey will launch a new Derbyshire jazz club.

Beer we go - Glossop North End launch beer festival

GLOSSOP North End will be concentrating on pints rather than points next week when they launch their inaugural beer festival.

Concert in the heart of Peak

Early music chamber choir Renaissance Voices is performing an evening of choral music in Taddington on Saturday May 19.

Community rss

Garden plan is on track

Friends of Furness Vale Station, Nathan and Kim Walker, planting seeds. Nathan's dad is a driver on the line.

Hospice sign is refused

A NEW sign for Chapel-en-le-Frith’s Blythe House Hospice has been refused by councillors.

Hospice sign is refused

A NEW sign for Chapel-en-le-Frith’s Blythe House Hospice has been refused by councillors.

CAN YOU HELP? Lyme Park is looking for a volunteer wardrobe assistant to help visitors dressing up in costume - just one of several volunteering opportunities at the property. Photo: National Trust/Emma Williams.

Immerse yourself in history of Lyme Park by volunteering

A NATIONAL Trust estate on the edge of the Peak District is on the lookout for new volunteers to join its volunteering team.

Boost for physios

Sparrowpit hosted another successful event on bank holiday weekend that raised £2,100 for Blythe House Hospice and Chapel-en-le-Frith Mobile Physiotherapy Service.

Swish clothes event

TRANSITION Buxton is holding a Clothes Swish, so people can swap clothes they are tired of for something else, tomorrrow (Thursday May 17) at 7.30pm at the Surestart Children’s Centre, Fairfield.

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