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Riders roaring rally round the county video
If you heard a deafening roar through Ripley on Wednesday, chances are it was the Velocette Owners’ Club as they completed their yearly rally through Derbyshire.
LANGLEY MILL: Dead man named by police
North Yorkshire Police has confirmed the body of a man discovered near to Langley Mill station on Tueday, June 18, was that of York man Spencer Briggs.
Two people charged with Alfreton burglary
An 18-year-old man and 16-year-old boy have been charged in connection with a burglary which occurred on Church Street, Alfreton, on Sunday 28th April around 12.10am.
Meet your councillors at borough surgeries
Residents in the Ripley and Heanor area will have the chance to talk their local councillors on matters concerning Amber Valley at forthcoming members’ surgeries.
Truckers roll up to help arson nursery
Big-hearted truckers have raised cash for an arson-hit nursery after staging a display of their vehicles after reading about the fire in The News.
Volunteer clearing workers wanted at Butterley
Members of a local railway trust are calling for volunteers to help make a 45 acre country park more accessible to the public.
DJ’s taking a pause to help stray paws
A radio DJ is having to deal with callers of another kind this week - after his house quickly became inundated with cats.
Fraud charge after fake charity bins found around Amber Valley
A man has been charged with fraud in connection with a series of charity clothing bins posing as collections for an armed forces charity were discovered around Amber Valley.
Scaling Ben Nevis for the NSPCC
A Heanor woman is set to scale the UK’s highest peak for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).
Lions give £1,500 boost
Ripley Amber Valley Lions donated £1,500 to Alfreton Park Community Special School’s their fundraising efforts.
Revellers to descend on Shipley park
A free festival of music, dance and diversity is set for Shipley Country Park on Sunday, June 23, and promises to showcase the best of local talent.
Second homes bid for Codnor
A second application to build 79 houses on land in Codnor has been made, after a plan for the site was turned down last month.
A leg wax for Heroes
A leg-wax to raise cash for Help For Heroeshas taken place at the Day and Night Hair Salon, in Marlpool. Stephen Ward underwent the ordeal in memory of Stephen Brough his partner Kelly Swain’s cousin, who served in the armed forces and was killed in a road traffic collision in Heanor five years ago.
Village gets set for fun at the fete
A fly-past by a Dakota airplane is set to feature as part of this year’s annual Codnor Fete on Sunday, July 7.
Cakes, a cuppa and plenty of cats video
Tea, cake and kittens are to be the order of the day at an event at Woodland Nook Cat Rescue in Swanwick on Saturday, June 22.
Village in bizarre tyre attacks
Police in Swanwick are appealing for information after 20 vehicles had their tyres damaged overnight.
‘Plenty of options’ for school leavers
A Ripley training centre welcomed teens nearing the end of school to an open day at its Nottingham Road HQ .
Garage blaze
Homes were evacuated when a row of garages was torched in South Normanton on Sunday.
2 commentsBMX park is ready for the summer
BMX riders will be looking forward to a summer of jumps and stunts - after calls to revamp a run-down track were answered by the borough council.
Man charged after suspected stolen bikes found in Alfreton
An Alfreton man appeared in front of magistrates in Chesterfield after being charged with handling stolen goods.
Suspected heroin found in Codnor
Police raided a house in Codnor after a tip-off that a quantity of heroin was being kept there.
VIDEO: slideshow of Ripley Father’s Day children’s colouring competition winners video
We had some fantastic entries in our Ripley & Heanor News Father’s Day children’s colouring competition.
VIDEO: Slideshow of the week in pictures in Ripley and Heanor video
It has been a sad week for youngsters after arrsonists broke into their nursery and started a fire in a toddlers’ playroom. Flames tore through the play area at Banana Moon nursery, on Wilmot Street, Heanor.
Pinxton car extrication
A woman was cut free from her car after a road traffic collision in Pinxton on Wednesday.
Cops hunt gang who preyed on OAP pair
Detectives are hunting a gang of masked raiders who struck at the home of an elderly couple in South Wingfield.
Rumours of new business in Ripley
DIY and home furnishings store Boyes is due to sign a lease on a 9,000 square ft premises in Ripley.
1 commentTop marks for Aldercar school
Staff, parents and pupils at Aldercar Infant and Nursery School are celebrating after being given a glowing report by government inspectors.
Appeal for witnesses to shed burglaries
Two shed burglaries took place overnight between Tuesday, June 11 and the following morning on Swanwick Road, Leabrooks.
Woman ripped off disabled sister
A compulsive spender got ten months jail for stealing £11,650 from her sister who is deaf and has learning problems.
Learner car attacked by arsonists
A Leabrooks driving instructor says arsonists won’t put him off from doing his job despite torching his learner car.
Heanor engineering firm lands major Rolls Royce deal
A £7million contract to build a test facility for Rolls Royce is set to keep jobs secure at a Heanor engineering firm.
VIDEO: Full steam ahead as rally pulls the crowds video
A flypast by the Battle of Britain memorial flight was one of the highlights at this year’s Belper Steam Rally.
1 commentCat’s call for a new home
The star of this week’s Rescue Me appeal to find pets new homes is a large tabby cat with plenty of affection.
Steven waxes lyrical
A Heanor man has had his back waxed to raise funds for a Lincolnshire donkey sanctuary.
Rallying round the engines in Denby
A flypast by the Battle of Britain memorial flight was one of the highlights at this year’s Belper Steam Rally.
Investment is key for towns
This week I thought I would write this column as Amber Valley Borough Councils Regeneration Manager rather than Heanor Town Team chair.
Apprentices night set for Heanor
Eighty apprenticeships are on offer from Derbyshire County Council as the authority moves to boost job opportunities for local young people.
Smartphone council site
Amber Valley Borough Council has launched a mobile website for any web-enabled phone or smartphone to let residents ‘report it’, ‘find it’, ‘pay it’, or ‘request it’ online.
Garden day to help Grenadier Guards
A retired Grenadier Guard is set to open his ‘hidden gem’ of a garden to the public to raise cash for injured soldiers returning from Afghanistan.
3 commentsCops crackdown on ‘acquisitive’ crime
A police campaign focusing on burglary, theft from vehicles and shoplifting in Amber Valley has so far seen 25 people arrested.
1 commentKids tidy up woods in half-term hols
A team of youngsters from Ripley and Belper spent three days of their half term clearing, planting and litter picking in woodland, just off Haddon Close in Bullbridge.
UPDATED: Drugs arrest after woman, 22, dies
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of supplying class A drugs after a young woman’s death in Ilkeston at the weekend.
Alfreton kids stand up to the bullies video
An Alfreton school has launched an anti-bullying campaign in a bid to make the school a nicer place.
Arson at Heanor nursery
Arsonists started a fire in a toddlers’ playroom at a Heanor nursery in the early hours of Saturday morning.
£42k tower for Shipley nature reserve
Brown hares, whitethroats and willow warblers are some of the creatures visitors will soon be able to spot inside a Shipley nature reserve once an observation tower is built.
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