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

1208 Articles
19 days ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

New Buxton florist shop is blooming marvellous

A new florist shop has opened up in Buxton’s Spring Gardens and the new owner is looking forward to sharing her bloom...

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19 days ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

High Peak woman thanks strangers who helped her after she fell and fractured her collarbone

A High Peak woman was told by paramedics she was ‘lucky to be alive’ after sustaining a severe head injury, fracturin...

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20 days ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Fundraiser to help injured Buxton therapy horse raises hundred of pounds

A therapy horse for an autistic Buxton teen has injured her leg and funds are being raised to cover the life saving t...

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20 days ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Help us raise £4,000 for High Peak Baby Bank and feed hungry children

‘People are giving Calpol to their babies so they sleep through the night because they can’t afford to feed them as f...

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23 days ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

21 throwback photos taken across High Peak in April 2012

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

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24 days ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

High Peak teenager bags spot with prestigious British Youth Musical Theatre for third time

A Chapel-en-le-Frith teenager who ‘comes alive on the stage’ has secured a place with a national theatre company for ...

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25 days ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Staff work hard to bring the curriculum to life at this Buxton school, say Ofsted

Ofsted visited a school in Buxton and found it to be good in all areas and praised the school for making reading a ‘p...

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25 days ago
derbyshiretimes.co.uk

Homeless Derbyshire dad sleeping in the woods pleads with council to get him somewhere to live

A Derbyshire man has been sleeping in a tent and now on a bench in Grin Low Woods after being made homeless two years...

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25 days ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Homeless Buxton dad sleeping in the woods pleads with council to get him somewhere to live

A Buxton man has been sleeping in a tent and now on a bench in Grin Low Woods after being made homeless two years ago...

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26 days ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Buxton residents come together to show solidarity for peace

Residents wanting peace across the world have started coming together in Buxton and being quiet.

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26 days ago
buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

Buxton daughter and dad’s sponsored walk for blood cancer raises £1,500

A father and daughter from Buxton walked 21 miles to raise awareness and funds for blood cancer research.

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26 days ago
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Geology of Derbyshire to be discussed at next Buxton Local History talk

Looking at how the landscape in Derbyshire has evolved will be the topic at the Buxton Local History Society’s next m...

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