Lesley Draper

Made it into our own mag @pure_peak this issue - it’s only taken 15 years! True, I was a substitute for Kelvin Fletcher, but you seize your chances… Link: #31" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">flickread.com/edition/html/6…

THIS is good journalism... would be even better if some of today's hacks took notice. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

There's a real risk that a seriously ill patient misses out on life-saving care because they didn’t go to A&E. The government must back our plan for a £1.5 billion package to provide an additional 6,000 beds.

Politics isn't working. It's time to fix the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start – beginning with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform's call to make seats in Parliament match how we vote. Sign the petition here: action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/peti…

Starmer’s US policy lies in tatters. Trump is now punishing the UK and NATO allies just for doing the right thing. Time for the PM to stand firm against the bully in the White House, and work with European and Commonwealth allies to make him back down from this reckless plan.

HELP: Followers, if you know David Thornton, author of The Story of Leeds, could you ask him to get in touch urgently, please. It is a family matter, and one I’d like to help with. TY

Come on @marksandspencer where is your support for British farming. Stop misleading customers. Tomatoes and cherries are not fresh in season in January. Being in season does not mean importing them thousands of miles from Chile and Morocco! It means in season where you live!

Millions of people feel politically homeless – stuck between what they want and what they think they can get away with voting for. buff.ly/SRgOk8K

So Buxton Town Team has been honoured with the King’s Award for Voluntary Service - and of course we wanted to mark the occasion with a display on the Slopes. Shame we had to battle gale force winds and pouring rain to do it… Teamwork! 🤗

Great news! Buxton Town Team has been honoured with the King's Award for Voluntary Service 😁 Congratulations to all the Town Team volunteers, who give up so much of their time to make Buxton a better place. This is for you! #KAVS2025

The winter issue of @pure_peak is out… (gotta love it when you know the locals can’t wait to read it! Thanks for the pic @BuxCHE ) 😍

@JayMitchinson @OborneTweets Haven’t you got anything better to do on your holiday? 🤣

Right, let’s try to spoil the current mood with a timely reminder that @OborneTweets is the best of us …

Hearst CEO Steven Swartz: "We believe in the magazine and newspaper business. We understand that those businesses do not run at a very high profit margin, but we believe they contribute a lot to society and help make us a more special company" dicktofel.substack.com/p/why-hearst-i…

@TheStacemeister Hmph! It’s nothing like that in Buxton! 🙄

Friday

@PaulWhitehous64 Join the club! I got my pension 14 months ago but we’re still producing 80,000 copies of Pure Peak each year!

13.48 on day one of semi retirement....one story in my notebook, speculative call in for another. Starting to think I may have reduced my hours when really I should have increased them....

@OliverPridmore @nottslive Disgraceful and undemocratic. You must report without fear or favour. Expose what’s wrong and tell readers that they wouldn’t comment. But watch for them behaving like some Labour Councils and withdrawing council advertising.

@DavidWalsh_M @sheffieldtrib @pure_peak Compared with other free publications I think that’s unfair. As you say, it has to be paid for somehow and at least readers can flick past without having to look at them if they’re not interested.

@LesleyDraper @sheffieldtrib @pure_peak It has quite a lot of ads/advertorials though

Appreciate what @SheffieldTrib is trying to do but a lot of their stories were done elsewhere first - or from press releases - and available free compared to up to £175-a-year subs: The Leadmill, Collegiate Campus, Harvey Willgoose, bins, Walk of Fame, Excel Parking...

@DavidWalsh_M @sheffieldtrib Actually it can be if the focus is on providing a public service rather than making big bucks… take @pure_peak for example: 20,000 printed copies, 7k delivered door-to-door, and the rest available free to anyone who’s interested 🤗

@LesleyDraper @sheffieldtrib Those things pay our wages. So its either that or pay subs. News ain't free.