Derbyshire Times news bulletin 25th July

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.

00:03 A Derbyshire Council is struggling to find a developer to convert a dilapidated market hall into a cinema and cafe.

00:10 Derbyshire Dales District Council is trying to find a developer to convert Matlock Market Hall into a two-screen cinema with an adjoining cafe.

00:18 Other parts of an overall improvement scheme for the area could include a shop and some sort of community facility,

00:24 as well as improvements to the public areas around the current market hall.

00:28 However, the council has gone out to tender twice, once last November and also in February,

00:34 and both times it has not been able to find a developer which can get the job done for the budget the authority has available,

00:40 even with significant government grant funding.

00:43 The grant funding also has a deadline for the money to be spent, placing the council under further pressure to deliver,

00:50 and now listing the project as a risk to the authority requiring their intervention.

00:55 Lively crowds gathered in their thousands to celebrate Chesterfield Pride at the weekend and turn the park into a sea of colour.

01:02 Brightly coloured outfits, face painting themed on the rainbow spectrum,

01:06 were worn by many of the 5,000 visitors who supported the event at Stanford Recreation Ground on Sunday.

01:12 Organiser Dan Walker said, "It was fantastic to see so many people, when they knew it was going to be wet, to turn up, party and celebrate.

01:19 It was amazing. Probably the best atmosphere that we've ever had at the event."