Derbyshire Times news bulletin 16th December

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

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

00:03Police are appealing for the public's help

00:06after reports of a man exposing himself in a popular Derbyshire park.

00:10Two incidents took place in the Markeaton Park and Mackwith areas

00:13on Wednesday December 11th

00:15with the first taking place in a wooded area near Prince Charles Avenue

00:19at around 7.15am.

00:21The second incident took place at around 6pm in Radbourne Lane

00:25near the Water Tower.

00:27Both victims, who were women on their own at the time of the incidents,

00:30were not physically hurt.

00:32They both described the man as being white, about 5ft 8in tall

00:36with light coloured hair.

00:38He was in his late teens or twenties and wearing dark clothing

00:41potentially a tracksuit with a hooded top.

00:44Since the incident, uniformed patrols have been taking place in the area

00:48as well as plainclothes officers have also been sent to the area.

00:51However, no arrests have yet been made.

00:54Anyone with information about either of the incidents

00:56is asked to contact Derbyshire Police.

01:01A kind-hearted husband and wife

01:03whose hopes of a sunshine holiday abroad were dashed by a medical emergency

01:07have channelled their insurance payout into a festive display for charity.

01:11Mark and Julie Peacock were due to fly to Tenerife

01:14for a much needed break in September

01:16nearly a year after Mark underwent a double lung transplant

01:20but they were forced to cancel their holiday

01:22after Mark developed a blood clot in his leg.

01:25The couple have now sunk the money they would have spent on the holiday

01:28into buying an additional £1,500 worth of festive decorations

01:33for their garden at St Lawrence Road in North Wingfield.

01:36A sparkling array of Christmas lights and seasonal figures

01:39costing in excess of £10,000

01:41feature in an annual display for charity

01:44which the couple have organised for several years.

01:46They have raised thousands of pounds for good causes

01:49and brought joy to countless families.

01:51Proceeds from this year's festive display

01:53will be split between the Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester

01:56where Mark underwent his double lung transplant

01:59and a £20,000 appeal to buy a cuddle bed for Chesterfield's Ashgate Hospice.