Derbyshire Times news bulletin 14th September

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times Video Bulletin.

00:04 Councillors have approved a controversial new Derbyshire Traveller site after years

00:08 of to-ing and fro-ing which has seen thousands of pounds of taxpayer money spent.

00:12 At a Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting this week, eight traveller pictures on a site

00:17 known as the Woodyard off the A6 near Cromford were approved.

00:21 It comes 15 months after the Council, under a different administration, rejected identical

00:26 plans in June 2022.

00:28 However, more than a year later, Councillors ultimately felt that the plot was more sustainable

00:33 and viable than other sites the authority had identified over the years, including two

00:38 it had ploughed thousands of pounds into vetting near Tansley and Carsington Water.

00:44 A Derbyshire postman has captured the hearts of the nation after his first date in 40 years

00:48 was shown on a national TV series.

00:51 Roger Hawes is among contenders on the dating programme 'My Mum, Your Dad' where single

00:56 parents have been nominated by their grown-up kids for a second chance at love.

01:01 He lost his wife of 30 years to cancer 18 months ago, a disclosure that left viewers

01:06 of the ITV programme heartbroken and moved his first date, tech adviser Caroline, to

01:11 tears.

01:12 'My Mum, Your Dad', dubbed as the 'love island for the middle-aged', focuses on single

01:17 parents in their 40s and 50s brought together in a Sussex country house.

01:21 Their children keep watch 'Maroon Call the Bunker' and decide their parents' dating

01:25 fate.

01:26 Davina McCall devised and hosted the programme which is one of the reasons that persuaded

01:30 Roger to take part.

01:32 The programme goes out weekdays on ITV at 9pm.