Here's today's bulletin from the Derbyshire Times, including news of a high-speed police chase that led to a Derbyshire drink-driver being jailed - and plans to turn a prominent Chesterfield building into a new town-centre bar.
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00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:03 A drunk Derbyshire man who was also high on drugs and rammed a police patrol car during a high-speed chase has been jailed.
00:10 Ashley Collingwood-Hook rammed a police car, ran red lights and overtook on blind bends in a bid to escape officers during a high-speed police chase which saw him reaching speeds of over 70 miles an hour.
00:22 Officers had ordered him to pull over his vehicle after it was identified as being uninsured,
00:27 but instead of obeying he tried to outrun the police who eventually had to force his vehicle to a halt.
00:33 When he was stopped he was found to be over the drink-drive limit and tested positive for cannabis.
00:38 Collingwood-Hook, aged 28, of Downing Street in Alfredton, appeared at Sheffield Crown Court and was jailed for 12 months and banned from driving for two years.
00:47 Roads policing officer PC Tom Harrop said "I hope the sentence highlights that we will intercept those who use our roads for criminality,
00:55 and we will also bring those who pose a risk to innocent people before the courts. This behaviour will not be tolerated on our roads."
01:03 Plans have been unveiled for a new pub in a prominent Chesterfield town centre building that was formerly occupied by a bank.
01:11 David Gaines of Dat Bars Limiters has applied to Chesterfield Borough Council planners for a change of use permission for the former Bank of Scotland premises
01:19 on the corner of Stephenson's Place and Cavendish Street, which is a Grade 2 listed building.
01:24 The applicant proposes to create the bar and a food offering in the ground floor area and create kitchen areas and toilets in the remainder of the space.
01:33 The existing plaster ceiling details would stay and any new partitions would finish below the ceiling to eliminate the need to damage the features of the listed building.
01:41 The property was put on the market for £350,000 after the Bank of Scotland closed its bank in Chesterfield in April 2022.
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