New traders announced for Derby Market Hall

The council spent £35m refurbishing the venue before it reopened in May

Several new traders have been announced for the revamped Derby Market Hall.

The venue welcomed back shoppers in May following a £35m refurbishment but has been criticised for lacking a traditional market feel and having several unoccupied units.

It also emerged almost 800 traders who had applied for a spot in the hall had been turned away by the council.

Derby City Council said the new traders were a beautician, a gift wrapping service, a children's clothing boutique, a tailoring stall and a new food vendor offering traditional British food such as cottage pie and stew.

Dan Sweeney's Vintage & Vinyl is another recent arrival

A sixth new trader selling retro items and vinyl has already opened while a pop-up shop selling arts and crafts is to become a permanent fixture.

The Market Hall features 43 units with extra space for pop-up stalls but a previous Freedom of Information request by the BBC found only 29 out of 818 applications for units were accepted by the council.

Derby City Council previously told the BBC it wanted to "carefully curate" stalls and the market hall's manager said she was confident most units would be occupied by Christmas.