Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:03Derbyshire County Council says it wants to work with the government to deliver the long-awaited
00:07£166 million Chesterfield to Staveley Bypass scheme, but the authority is still waiting
00:13to hear from the Department of Transport on whether the project can go ahead.
00:17Conservative-controlled Derbyshire County Council has been overseeing the project, which
00:21hopes to reduce congestion, create jobs and open up a growth corridor for business.
00:26But following the council's multi-million pound budget deficit, it paused work last
00:30year on the 6km bypass project to await confirmation of any government funding on the scheme.
00:35And following the general election, amid claims by the new Labour administration that it has
00:39been left with a £22 billion black hole in the nation's finances, plans for the bypass
00:44still remain unresolved.
00:46A Derbyshire County Council spokesperson said,
00:49We are aware that the Department for Transport is reviewing its capital programme, but so
00:53far we have not heard of the outcome for the bypass.
00:59Forty years on from the miners' strike, a Chesterfield composer and conductor will
01:03premiere his new work at the iconic Crooked Spy Church in Chesterfield.
01:07Jonathan Francis, who is Artistic Director at Chesterfield Studios, has created the Northern
01:12Requiem, which will be delivered by a brass band, an internationally renowned musician,
01:17a mezzo-soprano who has sung in concert halls nationwide and a home-grown choir on October
01:2112th.
01:23The Northern Requiem shines a light on the communities who were robbed of their livelihoods
01:27when the pits closed.
01:29Proceeds from the sell-out concert will go towards a £200,000 appeal to buy a redundant
01:34church building next door to Chesterfield Studios on Rose Hill, which will be used as
01:38a community arts centre.