Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:04Farmers descended on Derbyshire County Council's headquarters
00:07to protest over government changes to inheritance tax
00:10and plans for countryside developments
00:12which they fear could destroy the viability of family farming
00:15and pose a threat to food security.
00:18Tractors lined the driveway into County Hall off Bank Road in Matlock
00:22before a full council meeting
00:24and farmers met with Conservative Council leader Councillor Barry Lewis
00:27to share their feelings over the government's plans.
00:32The derelict skeleton of a former Derbyshire pub
00:35is set to be bulldozed and replaced with flats.
00:38Plans from H&H Property Developments
00:40would see the former Nelson Inn pub on High Street in Woodville
00:43demolished and replaced with apartments.
00:46South Derbyshire District Council planners
00:48have recommended that the scheme is approved at a meeting next week.
00:52A pub has sat on the site since 1880
00:55but archaeologists say the venue has no special historical significance
00:59which would warrant it gaining any protected status, a council report details.