Derbyshire Times news bulletin 30th October

Derbyshire Times

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

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

00:03A Derbyshire family has unveiled a giant 150 kilogram

00:07homegrown pumpkin as the centerpiece

00:09of their Halloween display.

00:11Full-time carer Stephen Turner, his wife Karen,

00:14and their 11-year-old son Dion have been growing

00:16the monster squash in their back garden

00:18in Whitwell for several months.

00:20Stephen said, it was exceeding anything I expected.

00:23This year's been very bad for pumpkins

00:25and a lot of farmers' crops have failed.

00:27It's been a bit hard to get it on any scales,

00:29but according to the measurements I've estimated,

00:31it's about 334 pounds give or take.

00:34To achieve something over 300 pounds

00:35is nothing short of a miracle.

00:38After Halloween, Stephen hopes to share his success

00:40with anyone else who wants to try

00:41growing their pumpkin in a string.

00:43He said, the seeds will be collected

00:45and I will offer them to allotment holders in schools.

00:48The flesh will go in the compost heap

00:49and be used for next year's vegetables.

00:52The daft thing is, I hate eating pumpkins.

00:54We've got a house full of pumpkin ornaments.

00:56I love looking at them and growing them,

00:57but I don't like eating them.

01:01A charity golf day organized

01:03by Derbyshire-based roofing firm, Advance Roofing,

01:06has proved to be a terrific event,

01:07raising over 3,500 pounds for Treetops Hospice.

01:11Suppliers and local businesses swap their day jobs

01:13for the greens at one of the UK's premier golf destinations,

01:17the Forest of Arden Golf Club,

01:18for 18 holes followed by an auction.

01:21The money raised will help Treetops,

01:22the hospice for South Derbyshire and the city of Derby,

01:25to take care of people with life-limiting illnesses

01:28and their family.

01:29Lisa Hartshorn, who is financial director

01:31at Advance Roofing, said,

01:32it was the first time we organized a corporate roof day

01:35and I can't believe how successful it was.

01:37Thanks to the teams who took part

01:38and the suppliers who donated prizes,

01:40we've raised an amazing 3,590 pounds for Treetops.

01:45We're so pleased with how it went

01:46that we were making it an annual event

01:48in support of Treetops.

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