Derbyshire Times news bulletin 5th June

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

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

00:03Two men have been charged with murder following the death of a teenager in Derbyshire.

00:08Liam Derrett was injured on the marketplace in Ilkeston in the early hours of Sunday.

00:13The 19-year-old, who is from Ilkeston, suffered serious head injuries and died in hospital on Tuesday.

00:19Two men have now been charged with Liam's murder.

00:21They are Kai Donaghy, aged 23, of Bilborough Road, Nottingham, and Joshua Harris, aged 24, of Little Hallam Lane in Ilkeston.

00:31Three other people have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

00:35All three remain on police bail pending further enquiries.

00:38Derbyshire detectives are reissuing an appeal for information on the incident

00:42and want to hear from anyone who witnessed it or has details that may help with their investigation.

00:47The East Midlands is set to benefit from a £2bn investment in local transport,

00:54which will support the long-awaited Chesterfield to Stavely Regeneration route bypass.

00:59The bypass was indefinitely paused in 2023 by Derbyshire County Council pending government support,

01:05with the projected costs skyrocketing to £166m.

01:09Its future hinged on support from the government which, under the Labour administration,

01:14is continuing a review of any new spending on major projects, including regeneration routes.

01:20This week, announcing transport funding for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire from 2027 until 2032,

01:26Clare Ward, who is the East Midlands Mayor, agreed that the £2bn funding was effectively a green light for the bypass project,

01:33pending remaining business case and grand investigation studies.

01:37She said,

01:37Should all of these things be right and the business case stack up,

01:41then this is the kind of project that I would want to see the money going towards.

01:44This is one of the projects that we specifically mention to the Treasury as part of making the case for this money.

01:50This is a very positive sign for the Chesterfield-Stavely bypass,

01:53subject to the other parts of the business case stacking up.

01:56It's good news.

01:56We'll be able to find out a data soon.