Derbyshire Times news bulletin 23rd April

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

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00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin. Teenage roofer Gabriella Day is hitting the

00:06heights in a male-dominated industry after being named the country's best apprentice.

00:11Gabriella, from Old Whittington and Chesterfield, is among fewer than a dozen women across England

00:16who have chosen roofing as a career. Her enthusiasm for working at Dalton Roofing

00:21has been honoured with the nation's A-Star Trades Apprentice Award 2025.

00:26Her most recent jobs have been a garage extension in Drumfield and a bay window in Sheffield.

00:32Gabriella said,

00:33We've worked quite a lot on factories and three or four storey houses.

00:37When I first started I did a re-roof on an office building on Chatsworth Road in Chesterfield.

00:42I absolutely love heights and I like the fact you can see the views from a roof.

00:46As a kid I used to love roller coasters and the heights never fazed me.

00:50Commenting on Gabriella's win, her boss Phil Dalton said,

00:54I'm really proud for her. It's good for Chesterfield and it's good for Derbyshire.

00:58There are not many lady roofers in the entire country

01:01and to have an award-winning one in Derbyshire is incredible.

01:06Chesterfield Artisan Market is set to return to the Town Centre

01:10after a short break to allow for works on the Town Centre regeneration project.

01:14Set to return on Sunday May 25th, the Artisan Market will feature a wide selection of local makers,

01:20bakers and creators selling unique and handcrafted items including edible delights.

01:26Each weekend we'll see a different speciality market hosted in the Town Centre with a selection

01:31of street food traders, live music and a few other surprises for visitors.

01:35The Artisan Market is not the only speciality market to be set to take place in May,

01:40with Chesterfield Vegan Market set to return on Sunday May 4th. The following weekend we'll see

01:45Chesterfield Record Fair and then Sunday the 18th of May we'll see the first Makers Street Market come to town.