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  • Apprentice places are still available at county council

    By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 19/05/12
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    APPRENTICESHIPS are still available in the first wave of 500 being created at Derbyshire County Council. The authority says most of those still left are based in Matlock. It aims to create 700 apprenticeships in total during this year and during the next three – 500 within the council and 200 in private industry. The first places at the council are in road working, business administration and customer service. News that...
  • Photographer Ken shares his life through a lens over more than 60 years

    By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 19/05/12
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    KEN Walters was only 16 when he won his first photographic competition. It was two years after the end of Second World War and he had been on holiday to North Wales with his family. "I took a photo of Conway suspension bridge with my mother's 2a Box Brownie and sent it in to a competition run by a magazine called Our Circle," said Ken, who is now 80 and lives in Wirksworth. "I won first prize – £1 –...
  • Festival Manager vacancy at Wirksworth Festival.

    By Lynn_Shepherd at 09:32 on 18/05/12
    Wirksworth Festival has a vacancy for Festival Manager following the departure of current manager Alison Foote.
    Wirksworth Festival board are searching for a new Festival Manager following the decision by Alison Foote, the current Festival Manager, to step down. Alison was originally a volunteer board member who helped to develop the initial business plan when the Festival was first offered Arts Council funding in 2007 and has helped to deliver an ambitious programme of increased quality, reach and impact. The programme for the 2012 Festival...
  • Classic weekend for motorbikes

    By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 18/05/12
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    VINTAGE motorcycles will be roaring into Crich Tramway Village this weekend. The attraction is holding its second Classic Motorbike Show, open to all types of bike built before 1972. There will be parades through the village's period street and club and trade stands. The entertainment will carry on into the evening with the Red Lion open until late with live music. Malcolm Wright, event organiser, said: "The tramway village...
  • Historic pavilion opening its doors to public again

    By Derby Telegraph at 07:30 on 18/05/12
    Chairman Gregor Macgregor praised   the hard work of volunteers.
    A HISTORIC pavilion is to reopen for the first time since closing four years ago. There are plans for the Grand Pavilion, in Matlock Bath, to reopen as an arts venue after a major renovation which will cost an estimated £2.6 million. In the meantime, volunteers have spent hundreds of hours tidying the interior ready for an exhibition to be staged there next month. The free event, part of the Derbyshire Open Arts festival from...

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