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Erewash Sound, which is run on a non-profit making basis, has been granted permission to continue broadcasting on FM until 2030.

The achievements and work of two Erewash Sound members have been recognised at an annual radio industry awards event.

An Erewash Sound presenter is to co-host the grand final of a regional talent competition.

Erewash Sound has teamed up with The Giving Lottery to give you the chance to win up to a jackpot of £25,000 by playing for just as little as £1 per week.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

The pioneering work by Derbyshire’s specialist child exploitation charity, Safe and Sound, has been further recognised with Big Lottery funding – enabling the charity to provide specialist support to more young people and families across the city and county.

Centrepoint, the country’s leading youth homelessness charity has predicted that almost 23,000 young people will face homelessness this winter.

A prolific shoplifter from Ilkeston has been remanded to prison for 34 weeks after appearing before Derbyshire Magistrates Court.

Emily Whight reports for Erewash Sound: Local school children have had their prayers answered as the promised snow in Erewash finally arrived.

Erewash Sound, which is run on a non-profit making basis, has been granted permission to continue broadcasting on FM until 2030.

Derbyshire library service users are being encouraged to check their membership details are up to date before the introduction of a new system in the new year.

The Erewash MP has issued a statement in response to recently announced plans to close care homes in the borough.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

A borough councillor has taken to social media to update Borrowash residents on the future of land known locally as 'Harrington Green'.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

Three next-door neighbours in a quiet Erewash cul-de-sac are planning a ‘big, big street party’ after pocketing a share of a £1m People’s Postcode Lottery prize.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

Motorcycle enthusiasts were in “heaven” when they visited the medieval Church of St Chad at Church Wilne, Derbyshire on the weekend of August the 3rd and 4th. Peter Lindahl reports for Erewash Sound.

Erewash Sound, which is run on a non-profit making basis, has been granted permission to continue broadcasting on FM until 2030.

The Erewash MP has issued a statement in response to recently announced plans to close care homes in the borough.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

Both MPs elected to seats covering the Erewash borough in the July 4th General Election have, along with a number of other Derbyshire MPs, co-signed a letter to the County Council Leader to protest and appeal against plans to close care homes and day centres.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

Derbyshire Police have used the arrival of the Tour of Britain road race in the county to remind both motorists and cyclists of the rules of the road.

A prolific shoplifter from Ilkeston has been remanded to prison for 34 weeks after appearing before Derbyshire Magistrates Court.

Erewash Sound, which is run on a non-profit making basis, has been granted permission to continue broadcasting on FM until 2030.

Derby College Group (DCG) has expressed collective delight after retaining the national Quality in Careers Standard using the Career Mark approach provided by Complete Careers.

Officers from the Ilkeston Safer Neighbourhood Policing team are investigating an incident relating to shop thefts.

A train operator serving part of Erewash that has put men at the heart of it’s equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy has spoken out to mark International Men’s Day on Tuesday 19th November.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

A man has been charged with drug offences and assaulting a police officer after a warrant was carried out at a home in Sawley, near Long Eaton.

A three-month closure order has been granted on a property in Draycott after concerns about anti-social behaviour and drug related crime.

A Draycott man has been jailed for his part in a trio of criminals who carried out a series of robberies in Derby.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

Borough schools are amongst ten county wide to be rewarded for encouraging walking, cycling and scooting to school.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

Long Eaton Police officers have acted swiftly to enforce a Section 23 Misuse of Drugs Act warrant.

Residents who are lucky enough to own a dishwasher may not know it but they are likely to be buying detergent tablets that are manufactured thanks to a world-beating Erewash firm that also helps to make millions of pills including life-saving cancer medication.

Derbyshire library service users are being encouraged to check their membership details are up to date before the introduction of a new system in the new year.

Long-distance train operator CrossCountry - which runs services through Long Eaton Railway Station - has announced the release of a second tranche of funding from its new Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF).

A thrilling new fun zone for children has been officially opened by Erewash Borough Council’s young deputy mayor – who wore his chain of office as he insisted on sliding down its giant corkscrew tube.

Derby College Group (DCG) has expressed collective delight after retaining the national Quality in Careers Standard using the Career Mark approach provided by Complete Careers.

Derby College Group has described being "thrilled" to be recognised as Highly Commended and named Finalists in two categories at recently staged Gown Awards.

An Erewash-based entertainment, sport and leisure venue has been included in a shortlist for a Derbyshire-wide award and may also receive wider national acclaim with any success.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

A county councillor has taken to social media to apologise to residents of Ockbrook about the ever decreasing condition of a major and busy road through the village.

Independent councillors representing Ockbrook and Borrowash have taken to their social media page in a call for residents to give a collective 'NO' message to National Grid proposals for pylons through the two villages.

A parish council in the borough is leading a petition to gather signatures to support a proposal to counter National Grid plans to run a new pylon route through the borough.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

Derbyshire library service users are being encouraged to check their membership details are up to date before the introduction of a new system in the new year.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

Rural Action Derbyshire (RAD) has announced forging a partnership to continue a successful pilot scheme aimed at refurbishing donated IT devices to help those who are digitally excluded.

Toddlers and pensioners are among Erewash residents who have benefitted from a council mission to inject tens of thousands of pounds into the community with a minimum of faff, a new report reveals.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

A man has been charged with drug offences and assaulting a police officer after a warrant was carried out at a home in Sawley, near Long Eaton.

A councillor with connections to Erewash has become the first member of the Sikh community to be appointed to the position of Vice Civic Chairman at Derbyshire County Council.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

Derbyshire Police have used the arrival of the Tour of Britain road race in the county to remind both motorists and cyclists of the rules of the road.

Toddlers and pensioners are among Erewash residents who have benefitted from a council mission to inject tens of thousands of pounds into the community with a minimum of faff, a new report reveals.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

Emily Whight reports for Erewash Sound: Local school children have had their prayers answered as the promised snow in Erewash finally arrived.

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Erewash Sound has partnered with a local business to launch a competition to develop communication and writing skills within schools as well as to perhaps discover and nurture new broadcasting talent, with listeners being given the opportunity to have a say on the outcome.

Erewash Borough Council has thrown its collective weight behind a competition in which budding broadcasters aged between 9 and 11 can win up to £1,000 for Erewash and Derby City-based schools – and seize the chance to become local radio stars.

Derbyshire Police officers are appealing for help from the public to locate immediate relatives of a man who died in West Hallam.

Derbyshire Police have used the arrival of the Tour of Britain road race in the county to remind both motorists and cyclists of the rules of the road.