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Olympic Gold medalist Jessica Ennis married Andy Hill in St Michael and All Angels Church, Hathersage, Derbyshire. Photo: Lynne Cameron/PA Wire

PICTURES: Olympic champ Jessica Ennis weds

Sheffield’s Olympic champ Jessica Ennis has added the most inportant gold ever to her collection - a wedding ring, when she tied the knot, writes Graham Walker

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Check out this rock extravaganza

Journey, Whitesnake and Thunder are set to appear onstage together for the first time ever next year, stopping off at Capital FM Arena Nottingham on May 25.

Wildlife lovers win a battle over bats

Wildlife lovers won a battle for bats over plans to build 20 homes on a paddock.

Pictures of the week video

These photos have featured in the Advertiser over the last week.

Brewery plan given go-ahead

Kimberley is getting 22 fresh homes amid hopes they can revive a historic part of the town.

Sport rss

Langley Mill v Stavely Bowling for Langley Mill J Holmes.

Millers beat Staveley - and the downpour

Langley Mill’s first team entertained Staveley Welfare at Station Road on Saturday with the rain clouds looming.

Langley Mill v Stavely Bowling for Langley Mill J Holmes.

Under-10s in an eight-goal thriller

On Saturday Priory’s U10 Whites had the opportunity to claim runners-up spot in the third Division.

Swimmers star in Open

Kimberley SC were in action at the Arnold and Mansfield Open Meet last weekend and members achieved several top three spots.

Former Ilkeston FC man Russell Peel is among the new signings revealed this week.

Joint-manager Hawkins keen to build a positive future

New Eastwood Town joint-manager Nick Hawkins has expressed his excitement at taking on the role and a determination to put smiles back on faces at Coronation Park.

Jack Scott comes in to bowl for Langley Mill during their win over Staveley Welfare.

Millers are too strong

Langley Mill’s first team entertained Staveley Welfare at Station Road on Saturday with the rain clouds looming but which held off enough for a home win.

Jack Scott comes in to bowl for Langley Mill during their win over Staveley Welfare.

Distinctions for quartet

Four youngsters from Phoenixwood Gymnastics Club in Eastwood have produced great displays at the East Midlands Regional Club Grades 13 and 14 in Leicester.

Lifestyle rss

Chart legends ready to make a splash

Wet Wet Wet are to tour the UK at the end of the year, with a date at Capital FM Arena Nottingham confirmed for December 13.

Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers

Drums galore at Assembly Rooms

Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers visit Derby’s Assembly Rooms on Tuesday, May 21, from 7.30pm.

Hairspray tickets are on sale

TICKETS are now on sale to the smash-hit musical Hairspray, when it comes to Nottingham’s Theatre Royal from July 2-13, 2013.

3 Pingle Close, Shireoaks

3 Pingle Close, Shireoaks. £225,000

A five bedroomed, detached property with accommodation on 3 floors, situated on this sought after development in Shireoaks, within easy walking distance of the village centre with good local shops, schools, transport facilities etc.

Summer fun is on the way

The Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Nottingham’s forthcoming June to August season promises some long-awaited summer fun.

Undated Handout Photo of Diarmiud Gavin. See PA Feature GARDENING Gardening Column. Picture credit should read: PA Photo/Handout. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature GARDENING Gardening Column.

Labour of love for TV’s Gavin

You would have thought that when he moved to a new house in Wicklow, known as the Garden of Ireland, Diarmuid Gavin, the enfant terrible of the gardening fraternity, would have wasted no time hauling in the diggers, landscaping materials, amazing plants and architectural altars.

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The day shift at Collaro, Langley Mill

This is a picture of the staff at Collaro Ltd in Eastwood - a company established during World War Two to make ammunition boxes.

More than 30 million read a local paper each week

Local newspapers are more than twice as trusted as any other media channel.

The former Tarltons Butchers in South Street in Tony Leivers's picture.

Turn-of-the-century butchers shop

Two young women stand in front of a former Ilkeston butchers in this photograph which looks to have been taken around the turn of the century.

A worker at Booth's factory, Ilkeston.

At the machine

A happy seamstress works away at the former Booth’s hosiery factory in Ilkeston in this photograph.

Rev Edward Edmond Cox curate-in-charge 1908 to 1947 at St Bartholomew's church in Hallam Fields.

Former town vicar

This photograph of an Ilkeston vicar was submitted by a 92-year-old former Hallam Fields resident.

A celebration from David Grimley's collection.

Party time

In another photograph from former Ilkeston Junior Rams chairman David Grimley, there seem sto be a celebration going on.

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