Lucy Ball Reporter
  • Buxton
  • National World

Lucy is the retro reporter for The Sheffield Star, Doncaster Free Press, Derbyshire Times, Buxton Advertiser, Mansfield Chad and the Worksop Guardian. She has been with the company since 2015 and worked as a reporter for the Buxton Advertier for four years before becoming she took on the retro role. She now focuses on giving forgotten moments a new lease of life by delving into the extensive archives, which go back more than a century, and bringing you pictures from the past.

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Sheffield Star, Doncaster Free Press, Derbyshire Times, Buxton Advertiser, Mansfield Chad, Worksop Guardian

1301 Articles
3 months ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Planning officers refuse application for 140-year-old High Peak church to become a holiday let

Despite agreeing in principle with the conversion of a High Peak church to become a holiday let the application was r...

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3 months ago
derbyshiretimes.co.uk

Campaign to bring a new litter bin to Derbyshire village after it was removed by Peak District Na...

Villagers in Hayfield have started a crowdfunder to raise money for a new bin after the Peak Park Authority removed it.

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3 months ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Peak District villagers crowd fund for new bin - Binnie The Pooh - after it was removed

Villagers in Hayfield have started a crowdfunder to raise money for a new bin after the Peak Park Authority removed it.

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3 months ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Volunteers already hard at work for Buxton well dressing festival

Work has already started for the annual well dressing festival which will take place in Buxton during the first two w...

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3 months ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

High Peak school has made ‘significant strides to improve the quality of education’, says Ofsted

A High Peak primary school which was recently visited by Ofsted has ‘big plans to continue to improve’.

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3 months ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Gym friends will walk a million steps in a day for Blythe House Hospicecare

Buxton based gym friends will be walking 100,000 steps each in 24 hours and hope collectively they will have walked o...

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3 months ago
derbyshiretimes.co.uk

Asylum Dispersal Centre in Derbyshire town scrapped and will never be going ahead after Immigrati...

A large-scale Asylum Dispersal Centre at the former university halls of residence in Buxton is not be going ahead and...

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3 months ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Asylum Dispersal Centre in Buxton scrapped and will never be going ahead after Immigration Secret...

A large-scale Asylum Dispersal Centre at the former university halls of residence in Buxton is not be going ahead and...

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3 months ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Buxton pupils enjoyed a free day out at Chester Zoo thanks to the community who helped fundraise ...

A school in Buxton secured free tickets for all its pupils and staff to visit Chester Zoo and the community raised mo...

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3 months ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

High Peak memories from March 2012 - who can you recognise?

A new month and a new set of memories unlocked – this time pictures taken across the High Peak in March 2012.

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3 months ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Mobile High Peak hairdresser thanks Buxton and Leek College for training

A former Buxton and Leek College student is now working as a mobile hairdresser and credits the college for providing...

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3 months ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Who can you spot in these throwback High Peak Red Nose Day pictures?

Today is Red Nose Day so we’ve delved into the archive to pull out some throwback pictures from more than a decade ago.

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