Borough Wide News
22/04/2024: Maggie Throup OBE, MP for Erewash has welcomed the Government’s Plan for Welfare, which will tackle the unprecedented rise in economic inactivity and ensure that Britain’s benefits system is better targeted at those who need it most.
21/04/2024: LATEST: 21/04 1307: A man was detained in the early hours of Sunday morning after a multi-vehicle and emergency service response was implemented to attend the scene at a bungalow in Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, on Saturday evening (20th April) at around 7:40pm, after officers had attended to carry out a warrant under Section 135 of the Mental Health Act.
21/04/2024: Canal Vue Care Home on Awsworth Road in Ilkeston is to stage a World War 2 event including a flypast on 6th May to celebrate the UK's oldest surviving veteran who lives there..
19/04/2024: The Animal Unit at Derby College Group’s Broomfield Hall will welcome visitors on Sunday 12th May between 11am and 3pm for its Conservation Themed Animal Unit Open Day.
19/04/2024: A House Party night is to be held at The Festival Inn, Trowell on Saturday 27th April from 7pm to midnight. The music will be house music from the 90s and now. Tickets are £10 each with all proceeds going to Ben's Den which provides free holidays for children with cancer and their families, to help make special memories for them at such a difficult time.
Tickets are available through Skiddle - by searching for 'Let There Be Ben's Den' or go direct, by clicking here.
18/04/2024: Officers from the Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Policing Teams have seized a large quantity of vapes with an estimated value of £300 during a routine patrol.
18/04/2024: A repeat cross-border shop thief has been jailed and banned from entering 12 stores in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Prolific offender Billy-Jean Summers targeted stores in Long Eaton and Sandiacre along with Chilwell and Wollaton in Nottinghamshire between 8th March and 5th April 2024.
18/04/2024: Erewash MP Maggie Throup OBE has pledged her support to a landmark Bill that will create a smokefree generation and tackle underage vaping.
16/04/2024: Residents who feared part of a former golf course could be sold to developers have learned from council chiefs that it WON’T – and that ALL the land will be turned into a new nature reserve for the community.
16/04/2024: Derbyshire County Council made offers of infant, primary and junior school places to approximately 10,300 children on Tuesday 16th April.