Derbyshire Guardian. Issue 19 : Page 1.
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ADAM PEATY GRABS GOLD AT COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN THIS ISSUE:
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UNOFFICIAL DCFC FIXTURE CHART PULLOUT P32-33 Check out Adam’s Profile on page 3 TEENAGE City of Derby swimmer Adam Peaty has said it is a dream come true for him as he picked up a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Not only that but Peaty, 19, from Uttoxeter, also set a new British and Commonwealth Games record as he won the men’s 100m breaststroke final at Glasgow’s Tollcross Pool with a time of 58.94. South Africa’s Olympic champion
Cameron van der Burgh took silver, while Scotland’s Ross Murdoch picked up a bronze medal. “I can’t believe it! It’s a dream,” said Peaty said: “I know that Cameron van der Burgh starts quickly but I caught him. He was my idol and now he is my rival. I still can’t believes what has happened. It is a dream.” The young swimmer has been on fine form during the Commonwealth Games, setting a new record for the
competiton in the 100m breaststroke heats and then breaking that in the semi-final before going on to take gold in another record-breaking swim. Bronze medallist Murdoch praised Peaty saying: “Congratulations to Adam for being the first British man to go sub-59 seconds.” Four-time Olympic medallist Rebecca Adlington, was close to tears as she commentated on the event for BBC Sport.
She said: “I am so pleased for Adam because I know just how hard he has worked with his coach to get this.” Former Commonwealth Games champion Karen Pickering said: “Sub59 seconds... that is unbelievable swimming,” while Olympic gold medallist Adrian Moorhouse said: “Adam kept his stroke and kept his discipline. The joy on his face shows how much he wanted one of those medals.”
2,000 more jobs could go as Derbyshire County Council works to balance its books
FORMULA E: THE BIRTH OF A NEW ERA P61
ON top of the 1,600 job cuts already announced, a further 2,000 jobs could be cut at Derbyshire County Council within the next three years. It is hoped that job losses will be minimised by not replacing staff who leave and by voluntary redundancy and early retirement schemes. Every effort will be made to avoid compulsory redundancies. The council is reviewing its five year financial plan and this has confirmed that it is facing the toughest cuts in the council’s history. This all includes cuts in Government grants, which make up 68% of the council’s budget. Inflation and greater demands on services for older people and vulnerable children mean the County Council needs to cut £157 million from its budget by 2018. Derbyshire County Council Leader, Councillor Anne Western said:
“In 2012, the Government told us these cuts would last for 5 years. With every year that has passed, the cuts have gone deeper and stretch further into the future. We need to be absolutely clear - we do not want to make these unrelenting cuts which will affect services local people rely on. “The Government has left us no choice and we are having to think the unthinkable. Its budget reductions mean we have to cut our spending on local services by more than a third. “We’re laying all our cards on the table because we want local people to understand the scale of what we’re dealing with and this is what we need to do to balance the books over the next three years.”
The latest proposals for budget cuts are in addition to those already announced ear-
lier this year. These included changes to adult care, faith school and special educational needs transport as well as increasing the amount people pay for their adult care and support, increasing the level at which people qualify for adult care services. The latest potential budget reductions are set out in the provisional five year plan and will form the basis for consultation on the development of the 2015/2016 budget.
Potential budget reductions over the next three years include: • Cutting the budget for Direct Care by 25%. Direct Care is the care provided by council social care workers to hundreds of people across its residential homes, day care, extra support services and in people’s homes. • Closing up to 23 children’s centres.
• Ending the b_line concessionary travel and discount scheme for 11 to 19 year olds. • Removing school crossing patrols in 2015 unless alternative ways of funding individual sites can be found. • Gritting fewer roads and less money for maintaining them. • Cutting grants to voluntary and community groups. • Reducing staffing and opening hours for libraries with less money for books. • Cutting the budget for countryside services by a third. Measures the council is taking to save money includes sharing buildings and services with district and borough councils, selling surplus land and buildings and saving more than £2 million by reducing the number of senior managers.