Here's today's bulletin, as councillors throw out plans for a huge water park at a derelict Derbyshire quarry - and how a couple unwittingly bought a unique piece of Britpop history which has fans flocking to the county.
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00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:04Controversial plans for a water park in a derelict Derbyshire quarry have been rejected following hundreds of objections.
00:11The plans would have seen Cright Quarry turned into the Amber Rock Resort,
00:15complete with water park, hotel, clifftop restaurants and sports complex, plus 600 underground parking spaces.
00:22However, following a Derbyshire County Council planning meeting yesterday,
00:26councillors unanimously rejected the development in line with officer recommendations.
00:31The application was deemed to have an unacceptable adverse impact on heritage assets, landscape, ecology and local amenities.
00:40There were also concerns over the impact on the highway network and the lack of information about the project to give it the green light.
00:47But this might not be the end of the long-running staga,
00:50as the developer has confirmed that it will be submitting a vigorous planning appeal in a bid to overturn the council's decision.
00:58A couple bought an abandoned Derbyshire train station before transforming it into a holiday cottage,
01:03having no idea it was the scene of one of Oasis's most famous record covers.
01:08Tim Collis and husband Ryan Phelps purchased a derelict masterhouse and waiting room at Cromford Station for £390,000.
01:15But it was only when they got inside their new home and saw the artwork for Oasis's first number one Some Might Say,
01:20they realised that they'd bought a piece of Britpop history.
01:24The Grade II listed mansion is featured on the cover of one of the band's most famous singles, which was released in 1995.
01:31In the photo, Liam Gallagher can be seen waving from the railway bridge, while brother Noel is sprinkling a watering can on the platform below.
01:38Tim said that enquiries for bookings had gone supersonic since news of the band's reunion was announced,
01:43while flans have flocked there for selfies and to recreate images of the cover.
01:48He revealed that despite being an Oasis fan, he did not know about the historic building's connection with the band until after he had bought it.
02:13So, Tim, Tim Collis from Cromford, here in Derbyshire.
02:23We bought it in 2007 and it was completely derelict.
02:26It was on a national register called the At Risk Register, which means it's in danger of falling down.
02:31That's the sort of state it was in.
02:33There was no glass on the windows, there was holes in the roof and the interior was completely missing, so it was just a shell inside.
02:40No, we didn't. The second single, some might say, no, we didn't.
02:44In fact, we bought the property for the house, not the cottage, and so we'd seen the house a couple of times.
02:51When we actually moved into the house, then we found the seven-inch version of that single framed in the dining room.
02:57So we knew then that there was a connection between that and the Oasis, some might say, single.
03:04I mean, people know, people have known for a while.
03:06We've had the odd person coming round, the odd enquiry, but since the band announced their tour and they're getting back together again, we've had loads of enquiries.
03:14Holiday Cottage, two websites we're on, people deal with long weekends or a full week, whatever the guest wants to do, really.
03:22We just work around the guests.
03:24Lots of bookings next year around the concert times, because we aren't that far from Manchester.