Derbyshire Times news bulletin 21st August

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

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

00:03Three people have pleaded guilty to the false imprisonment of a teenage boy in a Derbyshire village.

00:09Thomas Brown, aged 27, Heather Hart, 22 and Connor Wheelhouse, 24,

00:14entered their guilty pleas during a hearing at Northampton Crown Court.

00:18The 15-year-old boy is believed to have been coerced into selling Class A drugs for the group for several days

00:24leading up to the incident which took place in February.

00:27He had arranged to meet up with members of the group in Pinkston to hand over cash and drugs,

00:31however they claimed that he owed them money.

00:33The boy was threatened and the officers were alerted by the boy's mother who reported that he had been kidnapped.

00:39He was later found safe and well and an investigation was launched.

00:43Thomas Brown of no fixed address, Heather Hart formerly of West Houses in Alfredton

00:48and Connor Wheelhouse from Riddings are due to be sentenced at Derby Crown Court in November.

00:55A campaign group from Chesterfield set up this year to clean up the town's parks

00:59is hosting a free giant water fight this weekend.

01:02Chesterfield Round Table's Great Water Fight will take place on August 24th at Stan Road Park between 1pm and 3pm.

01:10The organisation, whose primary mission is to clean up local parks, has also begun to host family events such as this.

01:17The event will be free entry and will include three water arenas for separate age groups.

01:22This will include areas for infants and children with special needs,

01:25another area for parents and children under the age of 13 and a third area for those who are over 13.

01:31Organisers say they are expecting around 2,000 people to attend the event this weekend.

01:35Their hope is that this will become popular enough for the Great Water Fight to become something the group hosts annually.