Wingate Parish Council gets almost £250,000 National Lottery funding to save the community centre.
A new mining sculpture, a scrapped bus and a listed garden make the headlines.
Kathleen and Tom Wilson say their neighbour, who left in 1982, had no electricity or running water.
Wellfield School will use the cash to create facilities for an additional 89 pupils.
Kayleigh Laverick asked mums if they wanted to meet up - the group is now a 70,000-strong community.
David Dinsdale says he wants to bring "happiness and relief" to people going through chemotherapy.
Paul Pender's two victims revealed the impact on their lives, saying it should be his shame to bear.
Two motorists are held after a car hit a lamp-post and a second crash saw a vehicle hit a police car.
