Derbyshire Times news bulletin 27th March 2025

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

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

00:04A Derbyshire mum has been jailed after her son played truant for years, even though he

00:09was offered the chance to pick the lessons that he went to, a court has heard.

00:13The schoolboy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was also excused from wearing uniform

00:17and told he could study part-time, but he still failed to attend regularly, leading

00:22to his mother getting a suspended prison term for his absences last year.

00:27Now she has been jailed for four weeks after magistrates heard of the efforts of education

00:31chiefs in the Derbyshire Dales to get the youngster to attend lessons.

00:36The court was told that the boy attended just 27% of classes in the academic year which

00:41ended in 2021.

00:43He failed to turn up at all for the next two years and attendance was just 6% during this

00:48academic year.

00:49The mother, who was in her 40s, admitted failing to ensure his regular school attendance and

00:54being in breach of the six-week suspended sentence imposed in November.

01:01Customers have given a heart-warming welcome to a new coffee bar in Chesterfield during

01:05its first week in operation.

01:07Michael Walker and Christian O'Connell have just opened Host Coffee and Chatsworth Road

01:12and said they were delighted with the response.

01:15Michael said,

01:16It's been mega busy and a really nice atmosphere.

01:18We've been opening at 8am and people have been coming in early doors.

01:22People have been willing to wait for tables outside.