Officers arrested four people in a Derbyshire town after uncovering a “sizeable quantity” of cannabis – and also detained a ...

One of the earliest rules was 'no murder' - and one of the most recent is 'the ball must not be carried in a motorised vehicle!' ...

Rules are limited but “no murder” was an early stipulation for the game that dates back to at least the 1600s. Good players ...

The Royal Shrovetide Football Match is played every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in Ashbourne, Derbyshire – and has been since at least the 1660s. Shrovetide ball games have been played in England ...

ASHBOURNE, England (AP) — This ancient form of soccer has a rule forbidding players from murdering each other. Every year, thousands of people descend on a small town in the English countryside to ...

The Derbyshire town of Ashbourne transforms into a sporting battleground every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, hosting one of the world's oldest and most chaotic sports. Come these days ...

A traditional ball game that dates back to the 12th Century is set to take over a town centre in Derbyshire once again. The Royal Shrovetide Football has taken place in Ashbourne every Shrove ...

An ancient football game in Derbyshire has finished with a victory to the Down'Ards. Thousands of players turned out again for Royal Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne, which is held on Shrove Tuesday ...

For two days of each year, a market town in the Derbyshire Dales, transforms into a scene of barely controlled chaos. Thousands gather in Ashbourne to witness Royal Shrovetide, a centuries-old ...

Lorries heading north will be banned from the centre of Ashbourne from Monday (March 10) for up to six months while the next phase of work to transform the town centre begins. The Ashbourne Reborn ...

The £15.2m Ashbourne Reborn project, by Derbyshire Dales District and Derbyshire County councils, aims to improve the pedestrian experience in the town with wider pavements and upgraded crossings.