Derbyshire Times news bulletin 2nd October

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

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

00:03Derbyshire County Council says it wants to work with the government to deliver the long-awaited

00:07£166 million Chesterfield to Staveley Bypass scheme, but the authority is still waiting

00:13to hear from the Department of Transport on whether the project can go ahead.

00:17Conservative-controlled Derbyshire County Council has been overseeing the project, which

00:21hopes to reduce congestion, create jobs and open up a growth corridor for business.

00:26But following the council's multi-million pound budget deficit, it paused work last

00:30year on the 6km bypass project to await confirmation of any government funding on the scheme.

00:35And following the general election, amid claims by the new Labour administration that it has

00:39been left with a £22 billion black hole in the nation's finances, plans for the bypass

00:44still remain unresolved.

00:46A Derbyshire County Council spokesperson said,

00:49We are aware that the Department for Transport is reviewing its capital programme, but so

00:53far we have not heard of the outcome for the bypass.

00:59Forty years on from the miners' strike, a Chesterfield composer and conductor will

01:03premiere his new work at the iconic Crooked Spy Church in Chesterfield.

01:07Jonathan Francis, who is Artistic Director at Chesterfield Studios, has created the Northern

01:12Requiem, which will be delivered by a brass band, an internationally renowned musician,

01:17a mezzo-soprano who has sung in concert halls nationwide and a home-grown choir on October

01:2112th.

01:23The Northern Requiem shines a light on the communities who were robbed of their livelihoods

01:27when the pits closed.

01:29Proceeds from the sell-out concert will go towards a £200,000 appeal to buy a redundant

01:34church building next door to Chesterfield Studios on Rose Hill, which will be used as

01:38a community arts centre.