Derbyshire Times news bulletin 22nd April

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

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00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times Video Bulletin.

00:03Chesterfield FC have celebrated the club's historic promotion with an open-top bus parade

00:08through the town centre.

00:09Spyrites and loyal supporters attended an official celebration event yesterday to mark

00:14the club's official return to the English Football League.

00:17Celebrations got underway at the SMH Group Stadium, with the club's players, coaches

00:21and backroom staff boarding an open-top bus to the Town Hall.

00:25Fans gathered outside the Town Hall where they were able to see the trophy once again

00:28lifted on the balcony and bring a truly memorable season to a close.

00:33Don't forget to pick up this week's Derbyshire Times for a special souvenir supplement celebrating

00:37the club's incredible season.

00:41A Derbyshire ex-miner who told his family to just stick him in a dumper truck after

00:46he died has had his final wish come true.

00:49Dave Newton, who is 81 from Whitwell, started joking that he wanted to have his coffin carried

00:53by the vehicle when he started planning his funeral around 12 years ago.

00:57When he died on March 20th this year, his family decided that it was only fitting for

01:02his coffin to be carried to and from the service in a dumper truck.

01:06His son-in-law, Phil Cooper, 56, said it started off as a joke, but then the dad of three started

01:11mentioning it on more than one occasion.

01:13Phil, who is from Chesterfield, said,

01:15Dave had been deciding how he wanted his funeral to be and chosen Undertakers that was also

01:20a building business.

01:21He had some work on his bungalow, so he had the dumper truck around before and when he

01:25was deciding what cars to have at the funeral, he just said that they could stick him in

01:28the dumper truck and it stuck from there.

01:30He mentioned it on more than one occasion and would mention it to the Undertakers too.

01:34It was only fitting that we made sure that it happened.