Derbyshire Times news bulletin 12th December

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

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

00:03 Derbyshire County Council has joined forces with other local authorities

00:07 to give the green light for the devolution deal which will create a new

00:11 East Midlands combined authority with its own Mayor.

00:15 Residents across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Nottingham

00:18 will now get the chance to vote for the first ever East Midlands Mayor in May

00:23 after the region's councils agreed for devolution for the region.

00:27 Existing councils across the East Midlands including those in Derbyshire

00:31 will not be scrapped or merged under the devolution deal

00:34 and they will still oversee many public services

00:37 but the new combined authority would deal with broader issues such as

00:40 transport, regeneration and employment. It is hoped that the new

00:45 authority will bring in around four billion pounds of extra funding for the

00:49 East Midlands which Derbyshire County Council and

00:52 others feel is necessary to address decades of underfunding

00:55 compared to other areas.

00:58 The residents of a Matlock care home have been getting into the Christmas

01:02 spirit by crafting a one-of-a-kind tree which

01:05 can be recycled in January to keep newborn babies warm.

01:09 The regular knitting circle at Valley Lodge care home on Baple Road

01:13 were joined by other residents, staff and family members over several weeks

01:17 to produce individual woollen squares which have been combined

01:21 into the centrepiece of their decorations complete with crackers,

01:24 snowflakes, bows and baubles. The knitted tree is an evolution of a

01:29 group's big project from last year creating blankets for people nearing the

01:32 end of life. This time they wanted to comfort people

01:36 at the start of their journey of life.