News from producers around Derbyshire

Easter weekend is rapidly approaching – and here at GT Couriers we are geared up to cope with this very busy period.

As usual we will be operating throughout, but may well have reduced capabilities due to the bank holiday.

The early bird catches the worm

If you have deliveries that are scheduled over the bank holiday then please advise us as early as possible – we will allocate you vehicles and assign drivers to ensure your pre-booked deliveries all go without a hitch.

We're so excited for the very first time to be taking part in Milan Design Week, having been invited to dress the magnificent 15th Century cloisters and courtyard of San Barnaba.

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Il Chiostri di San Barnaba, Via S. Barnaba, 48, 20122 Milano
Open every day from 12.30 - 22.30
9th - 14th April

Delivered by Erewash Borough Council in partnership with artist, care setting and local people

Funded by Erewash Public Health Locality Fund

Summary:

Arts Development are looking for 5 individual artists to each facilitate a creative workshop for over 16s, as part of Creativity and Wellbeing: a National Celebration, 10 – 16 June 2019.

Workshops can be creative in the broadest sense, from comedy to calligraphy, dance to drumming, flower pressing to felting, and everything in-between.

Workshops need to be themed around one, some or all of the five ways to wellbeing (connect, give, keep learning, be active, take notice).

A group of 40 garden volunteers are returning to RHS Chatsworth Flower Show in June to promote the physical and mental benefits of volunteering their time to restore and maintain the historic gardens at Derby College Group’s Broomfield Hall land-based and leisure college.

Bondholder East Midlands Airport's Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower celebrates 20 years in operation with £130k investment to upgrade its radar room.

EMA has control of airspace up to 105,000 feet above ground level and covering an area of 150 sq miles. On average 320 aircraft movements pass through this space each day.

The programme for the fifth Derby Book Festival is revealed tonight (Wednesday 10 April) at Derby Reads, a special event to be held in QUAD, Derby when the Festival programme is published.  The Festival, which will be held from 31 May - 8 June, will include over 90 events and activities in venues across the city.  Derby Reads will feature readings from books to be featured at this year’s Festival. 

More about the exhibition:

Time is running out to enter this year’s Buxton Festival Fringe (July 3-24) with the strict and final deadline for the printed programme being Sunday April 21!