Derbyshire Times news bulletin 5th January

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

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

00:03 Cash-strapped Derbyshire County Council, which is facing a multi-million pound budget shortfall,

00:08 is to consider the conversion of its County Hall headquarters into a hotel, new homes

00:12 or an office site in a bid to save millions of pounds.

00:16 The future of County Hall on Smedley Street in Matlock is one of a number of cost-saving

00:21 proposals which the Council is considering after it estimated a budget forecast overspend

00:26 of £33 million for the 2023/24 financial year and a £39.5 million overspend for the

00:33 subsequent financial year.

00:35 The landmark headquarters building was the subject of a marketing exercise to consider

00:39 various alternative uses for the grand building after the Council said that modern work practices

00:44 mean it is no longer using the site to its full potential.

00:48 Derbyshire County Council's Cabinet will consider the cost savings proposal report,

00:52 which includes a proposal to redevelop the County Hall at a meeting next week.

00:58 A new ITV thriller series, After the Flood, which was filmed in Derbyshire, will air later

01:03 this month.

01:04 Filming for the six-part series took part last year, with crews making sandbag levees

01:08 in new mills and closing the Natwest branch which became the Waterside Police Station.

01:13 As well as Southey Rundle who appeared in Gentleman Jack and Peaky Blinders, the show

01:17 also stars Philip Glenister from Life on Mars and Lorraine Ashbourne who starred in Sherwood,

01:22 Bridgerton and I Had Susie.

01:24 The new series will premiere on ITV1 and ITVX on Wednesday, January 10th at 9pm.