Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:03A 200-year-old former Derbyshire pub is set to be turned into a convenience store and flats after years in limbo.
00:10The plans, submitted to Erewash Borough Council, would see the former Bull's Head pub in Little Hallam Hill at Ilkeston turn into a shop and five flats.
00:20The new set of plans come two years after another application was approved at appeal to turn the pub into flats and a shop.
00:27Borough councillors had rejected that scheme because of the building's designation as an asset of community value, having operated as a pub since the late 17th century.
00:37But a government planning inspector found that the former pub had been marketed for potential use as a micro-pub, but with no interest registered from prospective buyers, it could cease its long-term use.
00:50Erewash Borough Council planners have recommended the new latest plans for converting the pub for approval at a meeting on Wednesday, February 12th, with councillors set to vote on the final decision.
01:04A rugby-loving Chesterfield butcher is producing scrumptious sausages to celebrate the current Six Nations tournament.
01:11Richard Bexton, proprietor of Bexton's Butchers on High Street, New Whittington, has devised different flavours for each country.
01:18He said,
01:39He added,
01:48Sausage is a real British tradition, it's a fabulous meal, and we support British farmers by buying and selling local.