Borough Wide News
25/08/2023: The Department of Education has an exciting blueprint for the redevelopment of Friesland School and to make this happen wants to take back control of the entire campus including Sandiacre Friesland Sports Centre.
25/08/2023: Erewash Borough Council’s battle to deal with the budget deficit and financial squeeze continues. The council – which could see a financial gap in excess of £1m for 2024/25 - has paid concurrent grants to parish councils for many years, but this is effectively on a voluntary basis.
25/08/2023: A proposal to end “free” garden waste collections is being considered by Erewash Borough Council as part of a number of changes to household waste collection services.
24/08/2023: Erewash MP Maggie Throup has hit back at plans put forward by Labour-controlled Erewash Borough Council to defund Parish Councils by tens of thousands of pounds by scrapping the Concurrent Grant.
24/08/2023: When Ben Halford joined the Royal Air Force Air Cadets aged 12 he was, by his own admission, “no angel at school”. Fast forward 7 years and Ben, better known by his peers as Cadet Warrant Officer Halford, is a transformed man who is about to apply to join the police.
24/08/2023: Northern, which runs services through Ilkeston Railway Station has included the town in a session to re-record on-board announcements for 34 of the stations across its network following a public appeal to ensure local pronunciation was respected.
23/08/2023: Derbyshire’s specialist child exploitation charity, Safe and Sound, has appointed a new team lead to support and grow the organisation’s growing group of volunteers.
23/08/2023: Fibro Active, based in Long Eaton, has 15 places available for the next 12 week Fibro Therapy Course.
23/08/2023: The Fibro Active group, based in Long Eaton is open to new members.
22/08/2023: A boarded-up shop in Ilkeston is now undergoing urgent repairs following talks with Erewash Borough Council. The premises were deemed a danger to the public following the Council’s inspection.