Derbyshire Times news bulletin, March 10

Derbyshire Times

Here's today's bulletin, as hundreds gather in Derbyshire to celebrate the life of Slimming World founder, Margaret Miles-Bramwell OBE - and a Chesterfield hotel is named simply the best.

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

00:04Hundreds of people will gather in Derbyshire today to celebrate the life of Slimming World founder Margaret Miles Bramwell OBE.

00:12Slimming World members, consultants and colleagues will gather alongside Margaret's family and friends to celebrate her life.

00:18Her funeral cortege will leave Margaret's home in Mansfield Woodhouse for Slimming World's offices in Summercoats, Alfredton,

00:25where staff and local consultants and managers will line a route through the headquarters,

00:29holding white roses and spring daffodils which they will throw before the path of the car.

00:34A moment's silence will be held as the car pauses outside the reception of the main building.

00:39From there the cortege will continue to the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Derby

00:43for a funeral service led by the very Reverend Dr Peter Robinson, the Dean of Derby.

00:51A Chesterfield hotel has won a top award in the face of stiff competition from 800 contenders.

00:56Premier Inn Chesterfield Town Centre has been named Hotel of the Year in the Whitbread Celebrates Awards.

01:02Kerry Hardy, who manages the hotel on Elder Way said,

01:05It's just amazing. I've got a great team and they deserve it. We all work hard, we all pull together and we're a happy bunch.

01:12Judges praised Premier Inn Chesterfield Town Centre as having one of the best cleanliness stores in the Whitbread estate

01:18and service scores consistently in the high 80s.

01:21Their citation read,

01:23It's down to the collaboration and community that the site management have fostered in the team and it's brought fantastic results.

01:29At only six years old the site is relatively new,

01:32but their year on year growth is really impressive and makes them a worthy winner.

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