Derbyshire Times news bulletin 6th March 2025

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

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

00:04Fed-up Derbyshire villages are renewing calls for average speed cameras on what has become

00:08known as the county's most dangerous road, following three accidents in just one weekend.

00:14Ashover Community Action Group say last weekend's sunny weather saw motorists driving through

00:19Kelstead Village at what they describe as ridiculous speeds. Between Saturday and Monday

00:24there were three clashes, including one which left a car on its roof. The group says that

00:29during February, speed indication devices in the village recorded 10 vehicles speeding

00:34to the 40mph limit at more than 110mph. The highest recorded speed was 128mph, while 859

00:43vehicles were caught doing more than 75mph, all showing what they describe as a total

00:47disregard for road safety and the law. A spokesperson for Derbyshire County Council said,

00:53We are in the process of installing average cameras at two other sites in the county,

00:58as these were sites selected and funded by the government under the Safer Roads Fund

01:02rather than the Council. We agree that the A632 should be included in this national scheme

01:07for average speed cameras and other measures, and we continue to make representations to

01:11the Department of Transport for funding for this.

01:17Plans for a 14m high wind turbine in a Derbyshire field have been refused by the High Peak Borough

01:22Council, who say the proposals are inappropriate development. Owners of Coatbank Farming Chimney

01:28will not be allowed to install a 14m high wind turbine at their property, after the

01:32plans were refused. Ben Haywood for Peak District Borough Council said, The proposed development

01:38comprises inappropriate development in the Greenbelt. It was noted that the introduction

01:42of the wind turbine was not considered to be harmful to the immediate rural landscape.

01:47However, Mr Haywood said, Owing to its prominence and sensitive location, the turbine would

01:53result in significant harm to the setting of the Peak District National Park.