
Matthew Barlow
Multi-media Reporter at BBC
BBC radio and TV hack based in the sunny High Peak. What I write are my views not the BBC's - but you knew that.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Matthew Barlow
'Pioneering' green energy project awarded £23.2mMatthew BarlowBBCThe Royal Derby Hospital is one of several city buildings due to be heated under the plansA major project to heat university, college and hospital buildings in Derby from a source several miles away in Spondon has received government backing. Water source heat pumps will be used to warm hot water pipes laid between the suburb and the city centre in the project, which is scheduled to be completed by 2029.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Matthew Barlow
Donations help fund new transport serviceMatthew BarlowBBCSiobhan Fennell helped to set up Belper Community TransportA new transport service in Belper will help prevent people becoming isolated, according to one of its founders. The charity Derbyshire Community Transport, which provided on-demand lifts for people for shopping trips and medical appointments, was liquidated last October.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.co.uk | Matthew Barlow
Image caption, Conservation work officer Jim Randle at Moors for the Future said he was 'grieving' after a major wildfire in the Goyt ValleyRestoration work on a Peak District moor could have prevented more damage being caused by a wildfire, according to an environmental group. A fire broke out in the Goyt Valley in Derbyshire on April 30 and caused damage to an area roughly the size of 325 football pitches.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Matthew Barlow
Mini dams may have prevented wildfire spreadMatthew BarlowBBCConservation work officer Jim Randle at Moors for the Future said he was 'grieving' after a major wildfire in the Goyt ValleyRestoration work on a Peak District moor could have prevented more damage being caused by a wildfire, according to an environmental group. A fire broke out in the Goyt Valley in Derbyshire on April 30 and caused damage to an area roughly the size of 325 football pitches.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.co.uk | Matthew Barlow
Image source, Mandy BentImage caption, While the couple face many changes they still enjoy walking together"It would be lovely to think that out of something so sad, something positive could come."A grandmother whose husband was diagnosed with early onset dementia 10 years ago has written a book to help explain the condition to young children. A decade on from his diagnosis, Mandy Bent's husband David is unable to have a conversation and is in residential care.
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One of the ‘portable dams’ that @DerbyshireFRS was using to fight the moorland fire in the Goyt Valley last night @bbcemt @BBCNews @BBCDerby https://t.co/Tw5w2j8rVR

The helicopter that was scooping water from a reservoir in the #goytvalley to dampen down a moorland fire there today. @bbcemt @BBCNews @BBCDerby @DerbyshireFRS https://t.co/PxGOyRc1YH

Gail and Phillip Heath were returning from a trip when they saw the flames of a moorland fire getting closer to their cafe, just off the Cat and Fiddle. #fire #peakdistrict @bbcemt @BBCNews https://t.co/D3gq1b6SG6