POLICE are appealing for witnesses to the theft of two motorcycles and other property from a barn on Bings Road, Whaley Bridge.

Residents in Buxton will be able to take part in the annual Day of Prayer, this year with a service written by the women of Malaysia.

Plans for the redevelopment of a rural business park have passed the first hurdle to getting planning permission from the Peak District National Park Authority.

CALLS for urgent action have been made over a road safety hazard caused by parked cars in Hayfield.

THE Probus Club of Goyt Valley’s next meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 7.

THE chairman’s casting vote saw a parish precept increase in Whaley Bridge of 4.96 per cent approved.

Whaley Bridge rail commuters are facing a delay – their station’s platform won’t be arriving on time.

WORK to improve a Buxton scout headquarters has been boosted by a £500 donation from a local masonic lodge.

Derbyshire’s Poppy Appeal total has again broken records with £666,273 raised so far.

FUNDRAISERS are being urged to step out in aid of Christian Aid by taking part in the annual sponsored walk at Tittesworth Reservoir on Saturday March 24.

A NEW committee has been set up to conserve and protect Derbyshire’s war memorials.

BUXTON police are appealing for information about two burglaries they believe may be linked.

Residents in Hayfield have the chance to speak to their local Safer Neighbourhood officers at their next police surgery.

POLICE are urging walkers and residents in the High Peak to keep an eye out for suspicious activity as part of a nationwide campaign against badger crime.

THE search to find the most talented young artists is underway with the launch of Peak District Artisans’ Young Artist of the Year 2012.

HIGHWAY issues look set to scupper the current proposals for the planned redevelopment of the former Dorma factory site in Chinley.

A University of Derby Buxton Chef-Lecturer’s original recipe is in the final of the Bramley Diamond Dishes Competition.

NEW MILLS and Hayfield residents are being encouraged to be more security conscious by police who are targeting thefts from gardens and sheds as a priority.

Derby and Derbyshire Road Safety Partnership has welcomed the removal of pre-published questions from the driving theory test.

A business in New Mills has given its backing to a new First Aid Unit for the area.