Derbyshire Times news bulletin, October 6

Derbyshire Times

​Here are the headlines from the Derbyshire Times - including plans to re-open a long-closed north Derbyshire rail line to passenger trains, and sad news as a Chesterfield pub closes its doors for the last time.

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

00:04 The Barrow Hill Rail line is set to reopen to passenger traffic decades after it was

00:08 closed in the 1960s.

00:11 The line was the original North Midland Railway line between Chesterfield and Rotherham, with

00:15 trains running through north-east Derbyshire stations including at Claycross, Whittington,

00:20 Barrow Hill, Staveley, Renishaw, Ekington and Killermarsh.

00:25 The line was closed as part of the Beeching cuts in the 1960s and has been a freight-only

00:30 line since then.

00:32 Reopening the Barrow Hill line to passenger traffic has been a key campaign led by North-East

00:36 Derbyshire MP Lee Rowley since 2020.

00:39 Mr Rowley has worked with the government, Network Rail and Derbyshire County Council

00:43 before the proposal passed its latest design hurdle and secured government funding for

00:47 more details to be worked out.

00:51 A well-known pub in Chesterfield has closed following financial difficulties.

00:55 The Miners Arms on Manor Road in Broomington has closed its doors, with the owner leaving

01:00 a note for customers on the door.

01:02 The notice reads "The pub is closed due to the massive increase in utility costs and

01:07 the lack of regular trade.

01:09 Had the pub been better supported with custom then it might have been able to stay open.

01:13 You were warned as far back as April 2022 when trade dropped after Covid.

01:17 Thank you to the few who did patronise the pub."

01:20 The landlord has spoken to the Derbyshire Times and confirmed that the venue is closing

01:24 due to financial struggles, but said he did not wish to comment on the issue any further.

01:28 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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