Here's today's bulletin, with a police update after the bomb squad was deployed and 50 homes were evacuated in Derbyshire - and how a WW2 soldier's long lost artistic gift to Derbyshire community has been rediscovered
00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:03Police have issued an update after bomb squad officers were deployed in Derbyshire and 50 homes were evacuated when concerning items were uncovered at a property.
00:12Derbyshire police have confirmed they lifted the cordon which was put in place at Horsley Woodhouse after nearby properties were evacuated.
00:19The force received a call just after 7.30am on Friday to report the sudden death of a man in a property in Church Lane.
00:25When they arrived, concerns were raised about items in a shed at the property.
00:30Church Lane was closed between the junctions of Stainsbury Avenue and Caledyn Lane and around 50 homes were evacuated.
00:37The Army's Explosive Ordnance Division attended and examined two sheds at the property due to concerns.
00:43Items linked to lawfully held firearms were recovered and appropriately disposed of.
00:47Police say that they were presented no wider risk to the public.
00:50A forced spokesperson added,
00:52A huge mural painted on the wall of Bakewell Town Hall by a Second World War officer grateful for the town's hospitality
01:08has been partially uncovered and commemorated some 70 years after the council decided to cover it during redecoration.
01:15A new interpretation panel has recently been unveiled in the Assembly Room, telling the story of the artwork and the artist,
01:22and offering a window to a small corner of the painting which had been covered by layers of paint and wallpaper over the years.
01:28The 864-square-foot mural, which depicts the south face of nearby Haddon Hall,
01:34was dedicated to the townsfolk of Bakewell on Victory Over Japan Day, August 15, 1945,
01:40as a parting gift from Private John Blake,
01:43a driver stationed at local training facilities with the Royal Army Service Corps.
01:47with the 21st Center for the National Park Service at��, August 13, 2020,
01:49the choice of clown to beеля to the public parkurine,
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