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A young man playing guitar on stage at a music festival

'I was eight when I first performed at Glastonbury'

Singer-songwriter Dan Ottewell has gone on to perform several times at the festival.

A man in grey trousers and an orange, high-vis jacket picks up a discarded red drinks can with a litter picker. He is stood on the grass verge at the side of a dual carriageway and has a translucent bag containing more rubbish in his other hand.

Roads to shut for 'general housekeeping'

A summer-long programme of work is planned across Derbyshire's dual carriageways.

A man and his dog posing for the camera in Matlock Bath

Man's 400-mile dog walk paused due to heatwave

Danny Edwards and his pet Elsie were more than 260 miles into the Big Man Walk for mental health.

The A50 eastbound in Derbyshire, with a white car at the front of the image and trees either side of the road

Road reopens after overturned lorry recovered

The A50 between Ashbourne and Sudbury has reopened but delays remain.

The sweeping frontage of the Eco Centre building

Adult education centres to shut across county

Centres in Alfreton, Ashbourne, Glossop, Long Eaton, Matlock, Shirebrook and Wirksworth will close.

A custody photo of a man with dark hair, a dark beard, and moustache

Fraudster on the run after absconding from prison

Paul Haughey leaves the open prison after 11:00 BST on Sunday, according to police.

Eve Shipley receiving hospital treatment. She is wearing a pink shirt with a white heart and white lettering over the top. She has a pink scarf over the top of her head.

Daughter 'would be proud' of 1,000-mile fundraiser

Eve Shipley, who died from leukaemia last year, was described as "very kind" and "beautiful".

The splash pad in Ashbourne Park with water flowing out of yellow buckets on to a blue floor dotted with red, green and yellow areas

New splashpad plan as repair bill thwarts reopening

A final summer's play would have cost Derbyshire Dales District Council £10,000 in repairs.

Grenade lying on grass

School evacuated as grenade brought to show-and-tell

Head teacher Jeanette Hart says she placed the grenade behind a "substantial" tree and called 999.