Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:03 Cash-strapped Derbyshire County Council, which is facing a multi-million pound budget shortfall,
00:08 is to consider the conversion of its County Hall headquarters into a hotel, new homes
00:12 or an office site in a bid to save millions of pounds.
00:16 The future of County Hall on Smedley Street in Matlock is one of a number of cost-saving
00:21 proposals which the Council is considering after it estimated a budget forecast overspend
00:26 of £33 million for the 2023/24 financial year and a £39.5 million overspend for the
00:33 subsequent financial year.
00:35 The landmark headquarters building was the subject of a marketing exercise to consider
00:39 various alternative uses for the grand building after the Council said that modern work practices
00:44 mean it is no longer using the site to its full potential.
00:48 Derbyshire County Council's Cabinet will consider the cost savings proposal report,
00:52 which includes a proposal to redevelop the County Hall at a meeting next week.
00:58 A new ITV thriller series, After the Flood, which was filmed in Derbyshire, will air later
01:03 this month.
01:04 Filming for the six-part series took part last year, with crews making sandbag levees
01:08 in new mills and closing the Natwest branch which became the Waterside Police Station.
01:13 As well as Southey Rundle who appeared in Gentleman Jack and Peaky Blinders, the show
01:17 also stars Philip Glenister from Life on Mars and Lorraine Ashbourne who starred in Sherwood,
01:22 Bridgerton and I Had Susie.
01:24 The new series will premiere on ITV1 and ITVX on Wednesday, January 10th at 9pm.