March heralds the start of Spring and the promise of longer and warmer days when our thoughts naturally turn to holidays and leisure - and a conference taking place this week is aimed at making sure tourism businesses are all set to welcome visitors to the Moorlands.
This November people across the UK will come together to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War - and the District Council is offering grants to Moorlands towns and parishes to mark this nationally and internationally important anniversary.
Empty properties blight communities and, with the provision of housing high on the national agenda, bringing them back into use seems like one obvious way to help meet local needs.
