Derbyshire Times news bulletin 20th July

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

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

00:02 Students from a Derbyshire college have been left devastated after they found out that their trip

00:08 to Valencia had been cancelled at the last minute. Heanagh Gate Spencer Academy was notified of the

00:13 cancellation by a Holsby Travel Company just a few days before the trip was meant to go ahead.

00:18 Principal Matthew Jones said, "The trip was due to depart the following Monday morning,

00:23 leaving us only 24 hours to communicate with 50 devastated students and parents or carers.

00:28 We are currently in communication with the travel company around the reasons behind the cancellation

00:33 and are seeking compensation for our students and families."

00:36 Holsby Travel has apologised to all those affected by the cancellation,

00:41 which they said was caused when they were notified by Ryanair that the outbound flight

00:45 to Valencia was cancelled due to ongoing air traffic control strikes.

00:49 Chesterfield Borough Council is seeking a new operator to take over the lease

00:55 of Queen's Park Sports Centre Cafe, but the venue will close if no one steps forward to take over.

01:01 The catering review was set to take place behind closed doors in January,

01:05 but was delayed after nearly 2,000 customers signed a petition to save the cafe at the leisure centre.

01:11 This week, the future of the leisure centre cafe, as well as that of the Market Hall cafe

01:16 and Chesterfield Town Centre was discussed by councillors. Chesterfield Borough Council

01:20 has now decided to look for a new operator to take over the lease of both cafes,

01:25 but if the bid is not successful, the Queen's Park cafe will close,

01:28 while the Market Hall cafe is set to remain open.