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A woman claims she was fined for trying to stop lorries parking illegally outside her own house.

Couples have made a Valentine's Day pilgrimage to a beauty spot just an hour from Manchester to find messages of love that have been rescued.

Parking chaos is continuing at a Peak District beauty spot, with police issuing another warning to motorists. Officers have repeatedly been drafted in over recent weeks to address the issue of cars being dumped at Winnat's Pass and Rushup Edge near Buxton.

Council bosses have issued a warning after cars double parked near a Peak District beauty spot prevented gritting trucks getting through.

It's a huge decision to make, and one that would change the identity of its residents forever.

Schools across the UK are shutting their doors as the Met Office issues warnings of hazardous conditions due to an arctic snow blast.The threat of snow is causing disruption, with some schools already announcing closures for this week. Snowfall has begun in certain areas, prompting the Met Office to issue yellow weather warnings throughout the UK.

One of the most-photographed sets of stepping stones in the country has been closed to the public for repair work.

Council bosses have agreed to a £750,000 transfer of a Derbyshire nursery into a nearby primary school. The move is due to running costs and difficulties in sustaining its existing building in one of the “most deprived areas” in the county.

Many Mancunians will remember visiting a now lost theme park only a short car journey from Greater Manchester and only a few miles from the ever popular Alton Towers.

Download Festival has announced major site improvements for its forthcoming 2022 event.Among the changes at the bash, which is due to take place from June 10-12 at full capacity for the first time in three years, is the decision to move The Village closer to The Arena, which will also now be located on hard-standing ground.The move also means it will be located just minutes away from the Access Campsite with fans now able to go freely from their camp to The Village without leaving solid ground.Other improvements include a new Circular Camping option, offering clean, upcycled tents and camping equipment which will ensure that even punters in the furthest campsites will be able to reach their tents from The Arena in just 25 minutes (down from almost an hour in previous years).Alongside new locations for all campsites, the new Castle Donington Bypass has made the addition of an East Car Park possible for the very first time.The event has also made improvements to its environmental outlook by partnering with Trees For Cities in a bid to cut CO2 emissions in terms of audience travel.An additional £1 car park pass donation will fund tree-planting projects in both Derbyshire county and Leicestershire county in the coming planting seasons.Download is also ramping up its late-night entertainment with more DJs taking to The Dog House stage each night from Wednesday (June 8), including BBC Radio 1’s Daniel P Carter.

A major road between Manchester and Sheffield will reopen tomorrow after a landslide forced it to shut - but not all vehicles will be able to use it. Vehicles have been banned from the A57 Snake Pass for more than five weeks after the road took a battering from storms Eunice and Franklin.