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.