BBC Radio Derby

The High Court has upheld Derbyshire County Council's claim that a consultation over whether Chesterfield should be included in Sheffield City Region's devolution plan was unfair.

The verdict doesn't stop the breakaway but means the consultation may have to be run again.

Wesley Mallin
BBC Radio Derby political reporter

QCs now discussing implications so it could be more complicated.  

We still haven't had the judgement officially confirmed. 

Watch this space...  

Tom Ingall
Journalist, BBC Look North

Trying to confirm reports the court have ruled against Sheffield City Region on devolution. The consultation may have to be run again.

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

Leader of Derbyshire County Council tweets...

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

Here's what's happening across our region: 

• Australia's PM has written to the mother of a backpacker from Derbyshire murdered earlier this year promising to look into her concerns about the safety of travellers
• Staff at JCB plants in Derbyshire and Uttoxeter are to get a £400 Christmas bonus 
• Derbyshire wicketkeeper-batsman Gary Wilson gets handed an Ireland contract for 2017 

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

Derbyshire wicketkeeper-batsman Gary Wilson is one of nine players to have been handed a category-B contract by Ireland for 2017.

Image source, INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images

The Irish have games against England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, and West Indies planned for next year. 

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

BBC Radio Derby has contacted Sam Smith's Brewery further comment but is yet to receive a response. 

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

One of the Abbey's co-managers, Yana Steele, has been speaking about how she wasn't aware of any issues with the beer. 

"Business has been very good," Ms Steele told BBC Radio. 

"To our mind we've had nothing but favourable reports to our face, lots of positive reviews on TripAdvisor and Facebook. 

"I care about doing a good job and I think we've done that to the best of our ability." 

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

This is the sign that was left on the pub's door...

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

The former managers of a pub that dates back to the 15th century have said they were sacked because the beer did not taste good. 

Yana Steele and Steven Hardy had only been in charge of the Abbey Inn at Darley Abbey for two months. 

The pub's owner, Sam Smith's Brewery, said it will remain closed "until further notice."    

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

All glamour this job, eh Jonathan? 

Jonathan Baker
Reporter, BBC Radio Derby

A really enjoyable morning looking at what the people of Derby flush down their toilets.

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

But, Martin Fitzpatrick, the UKIP Chairman in Derbyshire, believes the region has got a lot to look forward to following Brexit. 

"We've got to move forward and not drag it [Brexit] out," he told BBC Radio Derby. 

"As a free, sovereign country we can do these fantastic trade deals with all these countries who are lining up." 

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

Derby South MP Dame Margaret Beckett has admitted she is still worried for the economic out look of the city, six months on from the Brexit vote. 

Image source, Getty Images

The former Labour leader also added she felt leaving the EU wasn't going to be "easy or simple" and it may lead to "further disillusionment." 

The Daily Mail

The acrimony between Derby County and the Football League over Sky's domestic TV rights deal continues, according to the Daily Mail's Charles Sale., external

BBC Weather Watchers

It looks like there was a dramatic start to the day at Shipley Country Park in Heanor. 

Image source, Heanor Tog

Thanks to BBC Weather Watcher Heanor Tog for sending in the pic. 

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

Hi everyone. I'll be taking you through the next few hours on Local Live. 

Khia Lewis-Todd
BBC Local Live

Here are the main stories we're looking at this morning:

• The mother of murdered Derbyshire backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung receives a letter from the Australian prime minister
• A family who live on the Derbyshire/Leicestershire border say emergency services should be better prepared to deal with call-outs on the edge of their areas
• The former managers of The Abbey Inn in Darley Abbey say they were sacked because of the taste of their beer

Khia Lewis-Todd
BBC Local Live

Mia Ayliffe-Chung, 20, was stabbed to death at a workers' hostel in Home Hill, near Townsville, on 23 August.

Smail Ayad, 29, has been charged with her murder and that of fellow backpacker Thomas Jackson.

In September, her mother Rosie said she felt the "exploitative" working conditions had led to an "aggressive" atmosphere.

Image source, Facebook

She said: "All was well until she got to the farm and she started to message me three or four times from the point till just before her death. There was a tone of anxiety in her messages.

"She was talking about the place as if it was a prison camp."

Khia Lewis-Todd
BBC Local Live

Mr Turnbull went on to say an inquiry set up in the wake of Mia's killing had found many overseas workers felt they were being exploited by firms.

He said the inquiry found "serious concerns about the working conditions for backpackers" and the current visa system was "creating an environment where, in some instances, visa-holders are subjected to unresasonable and unlawful demands by unscrupulous businesses and exploitative workforce cultures".

"We are delivering £20m of additional funding for the Fair Work Ombudsman and strengthening its powers to deal with employers who exploit their workers," he said.