Derbyshire Times news bulletin 27th September

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times Video Bulletin.

00:04 Multi-million pound plans to improve road safety and reduce accidents have moved a step

00:08 closer on two notorious Derbyshire highways.

00:12 Derbyshire County Council's Cabinet approved the latest stage for two projects, with road

00:17 safety improvements planned for a 9-mile stretch of the A5012 between Cromford and Newhaven,

00:23 and a 7.5-mile stretch of the A5004 between Buxton and Whaley Bridge.

00:28 It comes after improvements have already been carried out along the A619.

00:33 The Viagelia Road and Long Hill Road were identified along with the A619 Baslow to Baple

00:38 Road known as the 'Thirteen Bends' as being among the 50 highest risk roads in England,

00:43 according to the Government.

00:45 The County Council subsequently received a share of £175 million from the Safer Roads

00:51 Fund to carry out safety improvements on these routes.

00:55 Work will include reducing speed limits, introducing average speed cameras and redesigning some

01:00 road junctions, as well as improving pavements and providing better cycle connections.

01:07 A well-loved Chesterfield bakery with decades of history has been saved, with a new buyer

01:11 taking the business out of administration.

01:14 Alan Jackson Bakery Ltd, part of the Lift Group, has acquired Chesterfield Jackson's

01:19 The Bakers in a deal which has secured the historic bakery's presence in the town and

01:23 safeguarded dozens of local jobs.

01:25 With its history dating back as far as the late 19th century, Jackson supplies a wide

01:30 range of wholesale clients including schools, supermarkets and English Football League clubs

01:35 operating out of its head office, bakery and factory shop in Clay Cross.

01:40 The business also has a retail shop in Chesterfield Town Centre and is well known across the region

01:45 for its quality baked goods, as well as the support for the local community, including

01:49 supplying Ashgate Hospice with its fresh bread and cakes for patients and staff, free of