Derbyshire Times news bulletin 8th October

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

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

00:03A Derbyshire Council is opposing controversial plans for a 60km powerline carried by giant pylons

00:10because of the feared impact on the Derbyshire countryside and historic buildings.

00:14Derbyshire County Council officials have penned a formal objection to National Grid's powerline plans

00:20stretching from Chesterfield to Willington, passing through acres of countryside and protected landscapes

00:25including the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.

00:29The authority fears that the powerline, while required for energy provision, would have adverse visual impacts

00:35particularly along the landscape around Hardwick Hall.

00:38It says the property was designed to dominate and look over the landscape to the west

00:42making the impact of the powerline difficult to mitigate.

00:45The local authority adds that further widespread impact on the northern part of the Amber Valley

00:50would be hard to avoid without significant amendment to the route of the pylons

00:54or running the network underground.

00:58A Chesterfield McDonald's restaurant hosted a fundraising day which saw members of staff bathing in baked beans.

01:04Team members of the Alma Leisure Park fast food chain took dips in baths full of baked beans

01:09in aid of the Ronald McDonald House Charity.

01:12As well as the baked bean baths there was face painting, games and competition.

01:16On the day the event raised £716 for the Ronald McDonald House Charity

01:21which is the fast food firm's official charity of choice

01:24ever since the not-for-profit organisation was founded in 1989.

01:28The charity has supported over 95,000 families across the UK.

01:32They provide a welcoming place for families with sick children to rest

01:36near to hospitals where their children are being treated.