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Manchester Evening News: Number one for news, opinion, sport & celebrity news [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Ex-Altrincham footballer spared jail after 'violent and grotesque' attack in Derbyshire pub toilet
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If you're in / going to be in #Derbyshire in August & September, there's a rare chance to see some of my Mum's #art.
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If you're in / going to be in #Derbyshire in August & September, there's a rare chance to see some of my Mum's #art.
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Order placed for new carriage storage shed at Derbyshire railway http://dlvr.it/TTF8lP #Derbyshire #GoldenValleyLightRailway #narrowgauge #RailNews
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Order placed for new carriage storage shed at Derbyshire railway http://dlvr.it/TTF8lP #Derbyshire #GoldenValleyLightRailway #narrowgauge #RailNews
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With the van interior reaching 53° on the driveway during a heatwave, we decamped into a friend’s house & took advantage of home comforts for a couple of nights. We revisited Chesterfield, which has seen renovations to its market since our departure 4 years ago (📷1). The town’s Crooked Spire has the same twist: it was built with green oak & warped as it dried out under the weight of lead cladding. Curbar Edge in Peak District National Park was one of our favourite places to hike, with limestone edges affording views over the Derwent Valley & purple heather adding a splash of colour (📷2). In the opposite direction Baslow Edge—seen here from Curbar Edge—leads the eye towards Chatsworth Estate, marked by the white spire of its fountain (📷3). Also in the Peak District is the National Trust property of Longshaw Estate. Given the heat we curtailed a planned circular hike from here, instead walking out-&-back via Padley Gorge under the shade of an oak forest for 🥓 bacon 🥪 butties at Grindleford Station. This view from an exposed part of the 6km/ 2h hike is across moorland towards the flat top of Higger Tor (📷4).
🇬🇧 #uk #england #derbyshire 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark
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With the van interior reaching 53° on the driveway during a heatwave, we decamped into a friend’s house & took advantage of home comforts for a couple of nights. We revisited Chesterfield, which has seen renovations to its market since our departure 4 years ago (📷1). The town’s Crooked Spire has the same twist: it was built with green oak & warped as it dried out under the weight of lead cladding. Curbar Edge in Peak District National Park was one of our favourite places to hike, with limestone edges affording views over the Derwent Valley & purple heather adding a splash of colour (📷2). In the opposite direction Baslow Edge—seen here from Curbar Edge—leads the eye towards Chatsworth Estate, marked by the white spire of its fountain (📷3). Also in the Peak District is the National Trust property of Longshaw Estate. Given the heat we curtailed a planned circular hike from here, instead walking out-&-back via Padley Gorge under the shade of an oak forest for 🥓 bacon 🥪 butties at Grindleford Station. This view from an exposed part of the 6km/ 2h hike is across moorland towards the flat top of Higger Tor (📷4).
🇬🇧 #uk #england #derbyshire 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark
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Major wildfire rips through moorland close to Greater Manchester https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/26/major-wildfire-rips-through-moorland-close-to-greater-manchester #Wildfires #GreaterManchester #Firefighters #Derbyshire #UkNews
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Major wildfire rips through moorland close to Greater Manchester https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/26/major-wildfire-rips-through-moorland-close-to-greater-manchester #Wildfires #GreaterManchester #Firefighters #Derbyshire #UkNews
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[2/2] We’ve always enjoyed seeing the variety in the stone-built houses of Edensor, most with well-tended gardens (📷1). A particular favourite is the mini castle near the main entrance to the village (📷2). Edensor was rebuilt in the 19th C. as a model estate village for Chatsworth Estate, so many of the cottages were built for estate workers & let by the Cavendish family. Said family have held the hereditary title Duke of Devonshire since 1694 when William III & Mary II elevated William Cavendish from Earl of Devonshire to Duke—a reward for his support during the “Glorious Revolution” that entrenched the supremacy of Parliament over the monarchy. The family’s principal seat was & remains Chatsworth House (📷3&4) beside the River Derwent. A 14km/ 5h return loop, including lunch & browsing shops in Bakewell.
🇬🇧 #uk #england #derbyshire 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark
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[2/2] We’ve always enjoyed seeing the variety in the stone-built houses of Edensor, most with well-tended gardens (📷1). A particular favourite is the mini castle near the main entrance to the village (📷2). Edensor was rebuilt in the 19th C. as a model estate village for Chatsworth Estate, so many of the cottages were built for estate workers & let by the Cavendish family. Said family have held the hereditary title Duke of Devonshire since 1694 when William III & Mary II elevated William Cavendish from Earl of Devonshire to Duke—a reward for his support during the “Glorious Revolution” that entrenched the supremacy of Parliament over the monarchy. The family’s principal seat was & remains Chatsworth House (📷3&4) beside the River Derwent. A 14km/ 5h return loop, including lunch & browsing shops in Bakewell.
🇬🇧 #uk #england #derbyshire 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark
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[1/2] Another déjà vu-filled day enjoying one of our favourite landscapes within Peak District National Park. After stocking up at Chatsworth Farm Shop we 🅿️ at Carlton Lees & walked west over green pastures sectioned by drystone walls & hedgerows (📷1) into the village of Bakewell. We ate our packed lunch on the bank of the River Wye opposite some of the typical stone houses (📷2) & left the famous Bakewell pudding & Bakewell tart (not the same desert!) to other tourists—instead perusing various outdoor shops. A climb through woods was followed by a descent via more pastures (📷3) until we reached the picturesque village of Edensor (📷4).
🇬🇧 #uk #england #derbyshire 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark
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[1/2] Another déjà vu-filled day enjoying one of our favourite landscapes within Peak District National Park. After stocking up at Chatsworth Farm Shop we 🅿️ at Carlton Lees & walked west over green pastures sectioned by drystone walls & hedgerows (📷1) into the village of Bakewell. We ate our packed lunch on the bank of the River Wye opposite some of the typical stone houses (📷2) & left the famous Bakewell pudding & Bakewell tart (not the same desert!) to other tourists—instead perusing various outdoor shops. A climb through woods was followed by a descent via more pastures (📷3) until we reached the picturesque village of Edensor (📷4).
🇬🇧 #uk #england #derbyshire 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark
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For most of our 30 years living & working in the UK we were based in Chesterfield, a town on the edge of the Peak District known for the warped spire of its largely 14th C. Anglican church, seen here from Linacre Reservoirs on the outskirts (📷1). After leaving friends in Nottinghamshire we made for the latter to revisit our go-to “walk & talk” green space, a 4km trail around Middle (📷2) & Upper Reservoir. Many times have we made this round, under a hot sun grateful for shade, treading through a golden carpet of fallen oak leaves, crunching across frozen puddles hidden in the snow, or witnesseing the spring green of new beech leaves above swathes of vivid bluebells. Today, 4 years after bidding it farewell, we returned to a display of native Dactylorhiza fuchsii | the common spotted orchid (📷3) & Rosa arvensis | the field rose, drapped over the drystone walls bounding lush meadows that typify this part of England (📷4).
Everyone needs such a place in their lives—ideally real, but if not feasible, then imagined.
🇬🇧 #uk #england #derbyshire 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife
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For most of our 30 years living & working in the UK we were based in Chesterfield, a town on the edge of the Peak District known for the warped spire of its largely 14th C. Anglican church, seen here from Linacre Reservoirs on the outskirts (📷1). After leaving friends in Nottinghamshire we made for the latter to revisit our go-to “walk & talk” green space, a 4km trail around Middle (📷2) & Upper Reservoir. Many times have we made this round, under a hot sun grateful for shade, treading through a golden carpet of fallen oak leaves, crunching across frozen puddles hidden in the snow, or witnesseing the spring green of new beech leaves above swathes of vivid bluebells. Today, 4 years after bidding it farewell, we returned to a display of native Dactylorhiza fuchsii | the common spotted orchid (📷3) & Rosa arvensis | the field rose, drapped over the drystone walls bounding lush meadows that typify this part of England (📷4).
Everyone needs such a place in their lives—ideally real, but if not feasible, then imagined.
🇬🇧 #uk #england #derbyshire 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife
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Bronze age stone circle at Doll Tor, Stanton Moor, Derbyshire. This was a little off the beaten track, but all the more special for it
#stonecircles #standingstones #sacredsites #Derbyshire #photography
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Bronze age stone circle at Doll Tor, Stanton Moor, Derbyshire. This was a little off the beaten track, but all the more special for it
#stonecircles #standingstones #sacredsites #Derbyshire #photography
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A #Derbyshire police officer is being investigated over alleged use of #AI to 'create evidence'. https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/derbyshire-police-officer-investigated-over-11012397
This is claimed to be the first known case of its kind in UK criminal justice.
Note that phrase "known case". KNOWN.
I bet there are many more undiscovered uses of AI to pervert the course of justice.
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A #Derbyshire police officer is being investigated over alleged use of #AI to 'create evidence'. https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/derbyshire-police-officer-investigated-over-11012397
This is claimed to be the first known case of its kind in UK criminal justice.
Note that phrase "known case". KNOWN.
I bet there are many more undiscovered uses of AI to pervert the course of justice.
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#BMW driven at speed through entire wall of #bowling alley in #Ilkeston #Derbyshire - following a #collision with other vehicles and pedestrians - multiple #injuries ( although luckily only minor ) young male #driver nicked, charged with multiple offences (including seperate offences of #violence as well as dangerous #driving ) and remanded in custody..
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#BMW driven at speed through entire wall of #bowling alley in #Ilkeston #Derbyshire - following a #collision with other vehicles and pedestrians - multiple #injuries ( although luckily only minor ) young male #driver nicked, charged with multiple offences (including seperate offences of #violence as well as dangerous #driving ) and remanded in custody..
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Police officer under criminal investigation over alleged use of AI https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/12/police-officer-under-criminal-investigation-over-alleged-use-of-ai #AiArtificialIntelligence #Police #MetropolitanPolice #UkNews #CrownProsecutionService #Derbyshire
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Police officer under criminal investigation over alleged use of AI https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/12/police-officer-under-criminal-investigation-over-alleged-use-of-ai #AiArtificialIntelligence #Police #MetropolitanPolice #UkNews #CrownProsecutionService #Derbyshire
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Hva synes norsk politi om å benytte automatiske møtesammendrag av avhør som bevis i retten?
...for i #Derbyshire har dette vist seg å være veldig effektivt!
(Litt FOR effektivt kanskje. Men man må jo alltid regne med litt svinn, lzm...)
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Derbyshire Police has launched a criminal investigation and removed an officer from frontline duties over allegations of use of AI to "create evidential material in a number of cases"
"Ref
https://bsky.app/profile/reporterrwright.ft.com/post/3mo3ngzs4ek2j -
Hva synes norsk politi om å benytte automatiske møtesammendrag av avhør som bevis i retten?
...for i #Derbyshire har dette vist seg å være veldig effektivt!
(Litt FOR effektivt kanskje. Men man må jo alltid regne med litt svinn, lzm...)
🙄"
Derbyshire Police has launched a criminal investigation and removed an officer from frontline duties over allegations of use of AI to "create evidential material in a number of cases"
"Ref
https://bsky.app/profile/reporterrwright.ft.com/post/3mo3ngzs4ek2j -
Is Buxton Missing a Stone Circle?
If you spend any amount of time exploring the prehistoric landscapes of the Peak District, a curious question begins to emerge.
Why does Buxton appear to be missing a stone circle?
Pull up a chair, let’s have a chat…
The area surrounding the spa town is rich in prehistoric archaeology. A short journey in almost any direction reveals evidence of ancient activity. Arbor Low, often called the Stonehenge of the North, lies to the east. The Bull Ring henge at Dove Holes is one of the finest surviving Neolithic earthworks in Derbyshire. Doll Tor, the Nine Ladies, the Grey Ladies and numerous burial mounds, cairns and standing stones dot the wider landscape.Yet Buxton itself appears to sit within a curious gap.
At first glance this may not seem particularly unusual. Not every settlement requires a stone circle. Ancient communities were shaped by geography, water sources, trade routes, ritual practices and social changes that are often difficult to reconstruct thousands of years later. Nevertheless, Buxton occupies a position that might be expected to attract prehistoric activity.
Long before the Romans arrived and dedicated the thermal waters to the goddess Arnemetia, the springs would almost certainly have been known to local communities. Across Britain, natural springs and unusual water sources frequently became places of ritual significance. Water was life. Water was mystery. Water emerged from beneath the earth carrying both practical and spiritual importance.The question therefore becomes whether the area around modern Buxton hosted prehistoric ceremonial activity that has since been lost, obscured or destroyed.
There is certainly evidence that people were present. The Peak District contains abundant traces of Neolithic and Bronze Age occupation. Routeways crossed the uplands. Burial monuments crowned prominent hills. Ceremonial sites were constructed across the limestone landscapes. Communities farmed, traded and buried their dead here long before recorded history.
The apparent absence of a surviving stone circle in Buxton may therefore reflect modern circumstances rather than prehistoric reality.
Urban development has transformed the landscape. Roman occupation altered the area significantly. Centuries of building, quarrying, agriculture and road construction have erased countless archaeological features across Britain. Some monuments survive because they stood in remote fields. Others vanished beneath towns and cities before antiquarians had the opportunity to record them.
Could Buxton once have possessed a ceremonial site now lost beneath streets, gardens or buildings?
It is not an impossible suggestion.
Alternatively, perhaps the sacred focus of the area was never a stone circle at all. Archaeologists have increasingly recognised that prehistoric ritual landscapes were diverse. Henges, timber circles, standing stones, springs, caves and burial monuments could all fulfil ceremonial functions. The modern tendency to focus on stone circles sometimes obscures the wider range of sacred places used by ancient communities.
This raises another intriguing possibility. Perhaps Buxton’s thermal waters were themselves the focus of ritual attention long before the arrival of the Romans. If so, the absence of a stone circle may not represent a missing monument but a different form of sacred landscape altogether.
As with so many mysteries of prehistory, certainty remains elusive. There is currently no clear evidence for a lost stone circle beneath Buxton. Yet the question remains an interesting one. In a county rich with prehistoric monuments, a town built around extraordinary natural springs occupies a landscape that seems surprisingly quiet.
Or perhaps the evidence is simply waiting to be found.
Sometimes the most interesting mysteries are not the monuments we can see, but the ones we think ought to be there.
#AncientMysteries #Buxton #Derbyshire #History #PeakDistrict #StoneCircle