Derbyshire Times news bulletin 26th November

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

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00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin. A cash-strapped Derbyshire Council is set

00:05to approve its multi-million pound plans for a solar farm next to a nature reserve. Derbyshire

00:10County Council, which faces a budget black hole of £40m and an overspend of £20m, is

00:16now set to approve plans for a 25-acre solar farm next to the Williamthorpe Nature Reserve

00:21between Chesterfield and Bolsover. The plan would see 14,000 solar panels installed on

00:27two agricultural fields, historically a former colliery site, to the east of the nature reserve

00:32between Homewood and the A617. It comes as the Council is approving plans to close numerous

00:38care homes, children's centres and day centres, cutting grants to voluntary groups and charities

00:43along with more budget cutbacks. Objectors claim that the solar farm will impact the

00:48surrounding landscape and its tranquillity, see the loss of farmland needed for food production

00:53and say that brownfield sites should be developed first. They also argue that the scheme might

00:58damage the neighbouring nature reserve and associated wildlife and ecology.

01:04Award-winning Derbyshire distillery White Peak is winding the clock back for its final

01:08release of the year. The launch of the Wireworks Whisky English Oaks marks the first time the

01:13distillery will be launching a limited edition offline, asking whisky lovers to support Bricks

01:18and Mortar and their retail partners on the challenged high street. Just 129 bottles

01:23of the Wireworks Whisky English Oak will be available from 30th November, which is also

01:28Small Business Saturday. However, these won't be available online. Instead, there will be

01:34a limited number of bottles on the shelves of select Bricks and Mortar partners across

01:37the UK, as well as direct from the distillery shop, encouraging people to support local

01:42communities and our high streets. As we head into the frenzy of Black Friday, here at White

01:46Peak, we're slowing things down with Wireworks English Oak. We're using a different tack

01:52and taking our final release for 2024 offline and to the high streets of the UK. Celebrating

01:59the passion and expertise of our trade partners, who bring more than just bottles to shelves.

02:05They bring knowledge, passion and stories that transform a transaction into an experience.

02:12Introducing our final release of 2024, Wireworks English Oak. A distillery first, our lightly

02:19peated single malt whisky finished in an English Oak quarter cask. This special release of

02:25just 129 bottles celebrates our commitment to craft, to provenance and to flavour. Wireworks

02:34English Oak won't be available online. Instead, you'll find a small number of bottles on the

02:41shelves of select Bricks and Mortar partners across the UK, as well as direct from our

02:47distillery shop in Derbyshire. We'll be sharing the locations of our partner stockists through

02:53our mailing list the week before Black Friday. And we invite you to unplug from the online

02:59rush, pretend it's pre 1989 and head to your nearest high street to join us in this unique

03:05release.