Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:03Three people have pleaded guilty to the false imprisonment of a teenage boy in a Derbyshire village.
00:09Thomas Brown, aged 27, Heather Hart, 22 and Connor Wheelhouse, 24,
00:14entered their guilty pleas during a hearing at Northampton Crown Court.
00:18The 15-year-old boy is believed to have been coerced into selling Class A drugs for the group for several days
00:24leading up to the incident which took place in February.
00:27He had arranged to meet up with members of the group in Pinkston to hand over cash and drugs,
00:31however they claimed that he owed them money.
00:33The boy was threatened and the officers were alerted by the boy's mother who reported that he had been kidnapped.
00:39He was later found safe and well and an investigation was launched.
00:43Thomas Brown of no fixed address, Heather Hart formerly of West Houses in Alfredton
00:48and Connor Wheelhouse from Riddings are due to be sentenced at Derby Crown Court in November.
00:55A campaign group from Chesterfield set up this year to clean up the town's parks
00:59is hosting a free giant water fight this weekend.
01:02Chesterfield Round Table's Great Water Fight will take place on August 24th at Stan Road Park between 1pm and 3pm.
01:10The organisation, whose primary mission is to clean up local parks, has also begun to host family events such as this.
01:17The event will be free entry and will include three water arenas for separate age groups.
01:22This will include areas for infants and children with special needs,
01:25another area for parents and children under the age of 13 and a third area for those who are over 13.
01:31Organisers say they are expecting around 2,000 people to attend the event this weekend.
01:35Their hope is that this will become popular enough for the Great Water Fight to become something the group hosts annually.