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More from Borough Wide

• Erewash Sound celebrates 15 years on the air with a 15th Anniversary Coffee Morning

  This March, Erewash Sound is celebrating 15 years on FM radio - and we would like to invite you to share a cuppa with us to mark the occasion.

• Tributes paid to legendary former Ilkeston Town keeper and local entertainer following his death aged 93

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  Tributes are being paid to a former Ilkeston Town goalkeeper who has died at the age of 93.

• Borough Council's climate challenge

  The impact of climate change on the everyday lives of Erewash residents is being spelt out by the borough council in its new Climate Change Strategy – as locals face wetter winters and more frequent periods of hot weather during the summer.

• Below-inflation council tax rise

  Erewash Borough Council has again, detailed plans to raise council tax by less than inflation – with a 2.99 per cent increase that adds just 13p a week to a typical Band D property.

• Residents get a say on local government reorganisation

  Erewash Borough Council is asking residents what they think of plans for a wholesale reorganisation of local government – which would see the 50-year-old authority cease to exist.