The latest news from Saturday, October 3rd, 2026

Alt and Holts has been selected as one of 284 communities across the country to benefit from the government’s Pride in Place programme, putting local people at the heart of decisions about the future of their area.

A major plan is being developed that could power thousands of homes with the heat from baked beans, sewage, and data centres.

Walking through the village of Hollingworth, you’d be forgiven for thinking ‘I could do without all those HGVs rattling past’. Imagine living there.