Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:03Banning the Ukrainian flag from being flown at Derbyshire County Council headquarters
00:07will be among the very first priorities of the new reform leadership, it has been confirmed.
00:12This follows a directive from Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's National Party Chairman,
00:17saying that reform-controlled English councils, including Derbyshire,
00:21will only fly either the Union or St George's flag.
00:24This includes flags on flagpoles, balconies, reception desks or council chamber walls.
00:28A reform representative has confirmed that this directive has been passed to the Derbyshire Reform Group,
00:34which now controls the council, with 42 councillors.
00:38They confirm the flag changes will be among the very first things carried out by the group
00:42following the first council meeting on Wednesday, May 21st.
00:46The representative clarified that the Derbyshire flag can still be flown,
00:50along with other common-sense exceptions for royal visits or armed force events, but no others.
00:54Derbyshire firefighters have now left the scene of the Moorland Fire near Irwood Reservoir and the Goit Valley
01:02after a week of tough firefighting.
01:05Fire crews have handed over to the landowners, United Utilities, who are managing a few remaining hotspots.
01:11Firefighters were initially mobilised to the incident following a 999 call on Wednesday, April 30th.
01:16Over 100 personnel, including firefighters and partner agencies, responded with 10 fire engines
01:23and numerous specialist vehicles to bring the fire under control.
01:27Additional firefighting resources were supplied by members of the Fire Operations Group,
01:32including a specialist water-carrying helicopter courtesy of the United States,
01:35which was used to dampen down smouldering areas of Moorland.
01:39This is the 15th wildfire that Derbyshire firefighters have attended this year.
01:42Members of the public have been urged to help prevent them by not throwing cigarette butts from car windows,
01:48taking home all rubbish, especially glass bottles which can magnify the sun's rays,
01:53and not taking portable barbecues or gas scoves into the countryside.
01:56We'll see you next time.
02:26We'll see you next time.
02:33We'll see you next time.