JOHN Hanson has been spared a jail sentence for fiddling Shrovetide funds to the tune of more than £20,000. The 75-year-old former Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide secretary pleaded guilty to 15
JOHN Hanson joined the Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Committee in 1984 and, in his defence read out in Nottingham Crown Court on Friday, he described his appointment as secretary a few years later as
THE ENVIRONMENT Agency has revealed more information about flood defence developments in Ashbourne, which the organisation says will benefit more than 220 properties in the town. Funds, sourced from
FINAL preparations are being put in place for tomorrowʼs historic march by the 2nd Battalion Mercian Regiment. Bunting is hanging, flags are flying and organisers — the Ashbourne Branch of the
PLANS to make people wait until they are 65 before receiving community discount cards has angered people living in Ashbourne.
AN ASHBOURNE compost company has received mixed fortune after a series of independent trials by a national consumer magazine. Vital Earth, situated on the Airfield Industrial Estate, has had two of
JOHN Bercow — who was joined by West Derbyshire MP Patrick McLoughlin — visited Queen Elizabethʼs Grammar School (QEGS), on Friday, speaking to a large group of students about the role of
VILLAGERS in Brassington are about to realise a 15-year-old dream after planners gave the green light to their proposal for a community recreation facility. Brassington Parish Council members say they
ASHBOURNEʼS former mayor and a group of youngsters, hoping to get a youth centre off the ground, have been invited to meet their MP in Westminster. Councillor Phil Chell along with the young people
A CONTROVERSIAL new digital map has been launched that offers to show off towns like Ashbourne with a level of detail that has never been seen before. Internet giant Google updated its high-tech
Duncan Bannatyne has had a dig at Dragons' Den colleague James Caan over his tax status.
Mike Tindall is determined to spoil France's Grand Slam party in Paris on Saturday night.
Andy Murray eased into the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells after fourth-round opponent Nicolas Almagro was forced to retire with an ankle injury.
Mark Petchey hopes John Lloyd will not be made a "scapegoat" for Great Britain's Davis Cup debacle after stepping down as captain on Wednesday.