Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:03A private company will be brought in to manage a former Derbyshire school following its £5 million regeneration.
00:10Amber Valley Borough Council's Cabinet made the decision to hand over the management of the former Heaner Grammar School to a private company
00:18following its multi-million pound conversion and refurbishment.
00:22Councillors say the renovated building is due to open in early 2025,
00:27nearly three years after taking ownership of the previously private-owned premises, with no firm opening date yet decided.
00:34The building's conversion into a community facility, with offices, event and business spaces, as well as a café,
00:41comes after the Council was awarded £8.6 million from the Government's Future High Streets funding in January 2021.
00:50A Derbyshire cat lover has spoken of her joy at being reunited with the precious pet
00:55she thought that she had lost forever during a house move from Scotland.
00:59Kimberley Smith from Ripley was left heartbroken when her cat Suki slipped her harness
01:04and ran off into the woods at Scotch Corners on the AWOL near Richmond in South Yorkshire.
01:09She feared Suki would be lost forever, but two and a half months later she wept tears of relief and happiness
01:15as she was reunited with her missing moggy at an animal hospital in County Durham.