Derbyshire Times news bulletin 16th September

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.

00:03An elderly man from Derbyshire almost lost £10,000 after being targeted by scammers

00:09who posed as police officers and convinced him that his bank account had been compromised.

00:14The man had been contacted by someone claiming to be an officer from Derbyshire Police.

00:19Scammers told him that his bank card had been compromised and then sent a mobile phone to

00:23his address so that he could contact them further.

00:26The next day they told the man to go to a bank and withdraw £10,000 with a cover story

00:30of buying a car.

00:32Fortunately, on the way to the bank the phone ran out of battery so the man popped into

00:36a police station to ask to charge it where police confiscated the phone and gave him

00:40support and advice.

00:43Officers say they have been receiving a high number of reports of police impersonation

00:46fraud in Derbyshire in recent weeks and are warning residents to be vigilant.

00:53A Derbyshire shop owner is set to feature on our TV screens, taking part in a new ITV

00:58series.

00:59This autumn M&S will carry out a nationwide search for its next in-house design talent

01:04with the launch of a competitive series M&S Dress The Nation.

01:08The Designs Challenge format, established as the first of its kind, is being created

01:12in partnership between ITV and M&S.

01:14Julie who lives in Dromfield is set to take part in this series.

01:18She has owned her own alteration shop for the past 23 years where she makes, alters,

01:23revamps and upcycles customers' clothes.

01:26M&S Dress The Nation will air this autumn on ITV1 and ITVX.