Ilkeston News
19/08/2021: Don’t cross the line! That’s the warning being issued to persistent fare evaders on the Northern network. The rail operator runs services through Ilkeston Railway Station.
18/08/2021: Derbyshire County Council is making it even easier to pick up Covid 19 test kits as it makes them available in libraries and mobile library vans.
30/07/2021: An Ilkeston-based entrepreneur has helped a family-owned firm of chartered surveyors with its expanding business having become their first franchisee.
29/07/2021: In a pioneering and environmentally-friendly first for the UK, hybrid cars built in the Midlands will soon be carried to continental Europe via an eco-locomotive that runs on greener fuel made from used vegetable oil.
28/07/2021: A firm which was once based on the outskirts of Ilkeston, employing a number of local people, is one of a record 32 organisations in the East Midlands to have received the Employer Recognition Scheme Silver Award for their outstanding support towards the Armed Forces community.
26/07/2021: If and when you need them, there are a few projects running in the Erewash borough which help provide basic food essentials. To add to, or amend this list, contact us.
26/07/2021: Free 5k timed run organised each week by a team of volunteers at West Park in Long Eaton (meeting by the Rugby Club) and Shipley Country Park (meeting near the visitors centre)
25/07/2021: Derbyshire Police have released a still taken from an officer’s body worn video camera as part of an investigation into the assault of two PCs.
23/07/2021: It’s not every day you get to meet a real life super hero but Jo Smith, CEO of Derbyshire Wildlife Trust got to do just that earlier this month when Jake, a 5 year old who raised almost £1000 for the Trust paid her a visit.
08/07/2021: An Erewash-based bakery has won an award which celebrates the best family businesses across the UK.