Derbyshire Times news bulletin 11th November

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

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00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.

00:03A £1,000 reward has been offered after a series of knife point robberies in Derbyshire,

00:08including one incident where a brave shopkeeper fought off the armed robber using a mop.

00:13Several amounts of cash have been stolen from shops during seven robberies in recent weeks.

00:19Now independent charity Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £1,000

00:23for information they exclusively receive, which significantly assists officers in their investigation.

00:30Chief Inspector Chris Thornhill said,

00:32These offences have understandably caused concern, and a team of detectives are following

00:36a number of lines of inquiry in an effort to bring the man responsible to justice.

00:41I know there are people in the community who know who this man is,

00:44and they know the right thing to do is to come forward.

00:47We have thankfully seen nobody physically hurt in the incident so far,

00:50but any person who is willing to arm themselves with a knife is putting our community at serious

00:55risk. We are increasing both our uniform and plainclothes patrols, as well as armed response

01:01officers including potential targets as part of their patrol strategies. I would urge anyone who

01:06has any information, no matter how small it may seem, to come forward as soon as possible.

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