Matthew Barlow
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- Sep 9, 2026
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Motorists rescued from shortcut after Peak District road closure (opens the original)
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A vehicle rescue group has warned drivers against using an unsuitable road in the Peak District after multiple call-outs to help stranded motorists. Derbyshire County Council is resurfacing a section of the A54, known as the Cat and Fiddle, on the Buxton side of the route until October. Peak 4x4 Response, a charity run by volunteers, said some motorists had ignored the designated diversion - which runs through the centre of Leek in Staffordshire - and chosen a more direct route from Buxton along
Distillery 'in serious trouble' after Cat and Fiddle closure (opens the original)
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The owner of a whisky and gin distillery in the Peak District says a road closure is putting the future of his business at risk. Derbyshire County Council has started work to resurface and improve drainage on a section of the Cat and Fiddle - which runs between Buxton and Macclesfield - in a bid to make it safer. Karl Bond, who owns the Forest Distillery at the Cat and Fiddle pub, said all their bookings for August had been cancelled. Owners of a pub and convenience store near Buxton also said t
Derbyshire mum says routine eye test led to rare eye cancer diagnosis (opens the original)
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A routine eye test led to Anne Haslam finding out she had a rare type of cancer. Anne, from Wormhill in Derbyshire, had not noticed any symptoms before her optician referred her to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield, where a scan revealed she had a tumour in her left eye. She was diagnosed with ocular uveal melanoma, a tumour on her retina in 2022 and has had treatment, but her cancer has now spread to her liver. Anne is now fundraising for a specialist treatment which is not available
Man, 85, follows in dad's footsteps with Spitfire flight (opens the original)
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An 85-year-old man who had always dreamt of flying in a Spitfire has finally been able to do so, following in the footsteps of his father, who trained US pilots to fly them during World War Two. Derrick Wood went up in one of the fighters on Tuesday with another pilot, taking off from Halfpenny Green, near Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. The flight, organised by his stepson, took him over his house in Holbrook, Derbyshire, with residents of Holbrook Hall residential care home, which sits nex
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