Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Timers video bulletin. An award-winning Derbyshire
00:05care home built five years ago for 10 million pounds is set to be sold off
00:10despite a protest march and 5,000 people signing a petition against the sale.
00:16Derbyshire County Council leadership is now set to sign off on the sale and
00:20potential privatisation of the 40 bed Ada Belfield care centre at Belper at
00:26their next meeting next week. Meanwhile Conservative leaders are also set to
00:31close all residential beds at the Staveley care home and the Thomas Fields
00:35care home in Buxton, converting both facilities to offer purely hospital
00:40step-down beds. A council report stated
00:56for adults. This recommendation is made to ensure that the council can provide a
01:01sustainable adult service for people at Derbyshire by using its resources to
01:06meet gaps identified in the market. It's been a four-year labour of love for
01:13Richard Young but finally his dream of saving thousands of padlocks from being
01:17melted down has come to fruition today as he prepares to unveil their new
01:21permanent home. After councillors said they were unable to save the
01:26Lovelock padlocks, originally fastened to a bridge spanning the River Wye in
01:30Bakewell, he began his quest to save all the locks. Their new home on the Thornbridge
01:35estate is a short distance away from where they were originally hung and
01:39will open today for Valentine's Day. Richard said we were expecting about
01:4340,000 locks but there are closer to 60,000 that's about seven tons. I had to
01:49save the memories. The more messages I read, the harder I worked to save them
01:53all. I wasn't going to let those memories be melted down. It took a team
01:57of around 140 volunteers a month to hang all of the padlocks at the new
02:02Lovelocker at their home in the Peak District beauty spot. Visitors can visit
02:06Thornbridge for free and there's space for thousands more locks to be hung and
02:09the shop are stocked up on padlocks. I'm Emma from Thornbridge and we have spent
02:14the entire day threading the Lovelocks from Bakewell onto brand new wires so
02:18they can stay at Thornbridge and have their forever new home. Gosh we've been busy.
02:23So what's this that we've got? This is row 17 is it? I have no idea love. 17A. Yeah yeah this is um yeah 17A. No this is bay 17 of the locks.
02:39We know exactly where they came from, we know exactly where they're going and you can find your
02:43lock when you come to visit us on 14th Feb. Valentine's Day.