Derbyshire Times video bulletin for May 23

Derbyshire Times

Here's today's bulletin with the county's new Reform administration vowing to improve Derbyshire's potholed roads within a year - and a quirky location for a new sandwich bar and deli

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

00:04There are 66,000 Derbyshire potholes to be repaired,

00:08but the county's highways will be noticeably better within a year,

00:12Reform's new leadership has claimed. At Reform UK's first meeting

00:16in charge of Derbyshire County Council this week, they faced early questions

00:20on what the public could expect to see in terms of road repairs.

00:24Potholes were one of the key topics of debate during this year's local elections,

00:28Reform UK did not have a manifesto pledge on how to deal with this issue.

00:32However, Councillor Charlotte Hill, who is the new Reform Cabinet member for

00:36Potholes, Highways and Transport, and who works at National Highways, said

00:40the administration would seek to immediately accelerate the quantity and improve

00:44the quality of the works they are currently doing. Her role, overseeing the county's

00:48role, now includes a specific reference to potholes, unlike

00:52previous administrations, in a bid from Reform to highlight leadership roles linked

00:56to their key priorities. Councillor Hill said,

01:00We will be setting out detailed plans to fix the county's potholes

01:02once we have had the opportunity to look at

01:04the state of our roads, current plans and

01:06available funding. I fully recognise

01:08the need to improve both the quality

01:10and the quantity of highways repairs.

01:12A Derbyshire mum of three, who long dreamed of opening her own snack bar, has found an unusual venue

01:20which seems perfect for her new venture. Carly Booth, who is 50, was hunting for premises when she

01:26spotted that the borough council was offering the lease for disused WCs in Ilkeston.

01:30She and her partner have now set to work transforming the loos at Gallows Inn's fields into a swish eatery.

01:36The couple aim to open their new sandwich bar and deli, which will be called Gallows Grub, in around five weeks.

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