Derbyshire Times video bulletin, December 24

Here's today's bulletin, with news of how an innovative rail training scheme is steaming ahead in Chesterfield

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00:00Yesterday's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.

00:03Chesterfield Borough Council's Innovative Railway Training Centre project

00:07is moving full steam ahead as part of the £25 million Stavely Deal

00:11regeneration scheme

00:12after the final funding elements were agreed. The council considered the plans

00:17for the Derbyshire Rail Industry Innovation Vehicle Centre

00:20next to the historic Barrow Hill Roundhouse during confidential stages of

00:24cabinet and full council meetings.

00:26Councillors have agreed the final elements of the funding package for the

00:29drive project

00:30and agreed to appoint Stepnell Ltd as the contractor to oversee the work.

00:35Councillor Tricia Gilbey who is the council leader and vice chairperson of

00:39the Stavely Town Deal Board said

00:40this is a really exciting landmark project that will create new opportunities

00:45for local people

00:46to access high-quality skills and jobs while bolstering Chesterfield's position

00:50as a leading destination for future innovation and investment

00:53in the rail sector. An historic Derbyshire stately home is celebrating a century on

01:00film

01:00as the backdrop for movies going back a hundred years. Derbyshire's 900 year old

01:05Haddon Hall

01:06the family home of Lord and Lady Edward Manners is marking a celluroid century.

01:11Most recently the uniquely preserved Elizabethan Hall

01:14was featured as one of the main locations in BBC's Wolf Hall, The Mirror

01:18and The Light.

01:19Haddon first featured on film in Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

01:23the 1924 silent movie starring Mary Pickford.

01:26The film was actually shot in Hollywood but the sets were a detailed replica of

01:30Haddon's interiors

01:31and Mary Pickford who played Dorothy Vernon and Douglas Furbank

01:35her husband at the time, visited Haddon prior to filming to get a feel for the

01:38Hall's atmosphere.

01:40Since then Haddon Hall has featured in many of the world's favourite TV and films

01:44including The Princess Bride and no fewer than three different versions

01:48of Jane Eyre.