Borough Wide News
18/05/2023: Maggie Throup, Member of Parliament for Erewash, has welcomed extra funding from the Government, providing schools in Erewash with an additional £2,475,908.00, as part of £2 billion this year and next for primary schools and secondary schools in England.
18/05/2023: Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique Foster has secured more than £1.3m from the Home Office to increase the safety of domestic abuse victims.
17/05/2023: Refugees from countries including Ukraine and Syria are being supported into work across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire by a partnership between two chambers of commerce.
17/05/2023: Data released by Erewash Borough Council shows the number of people who brought ID to a polling station for local elections on May 4th.
17/05/2023: Officers from the Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Team kicked off their involvement in National Operation Sceptre week with a visit to two schools in Sandiacre and another in Long Eaton.
17/05/2023: The New Manor Ground, the home of Ilkeston Town FC, is to play host to a second cup competition which will feature a team of Nottingham Forest legends.
17/05/2023: The long-awaited, but recently delayed Renters Reform Bill was set to finally be introduced in parliament after Prime Ministers Questions on Wednesday 17th May.
17/05/2023: A Mum has spoken of the heart-breaking ordeal of losing her son to knife crime as part of a national week of action.
Byron Griffin had left with a friend for Ilkeston on 4th July 2021. It was a hot summer afternoon, the European football championships were in full swing and his Mum, Zoe Cooke, had spoken to him as he was leaving.
16/05/2023: New figures from the ONS show that the East Midlands’ unemployment rate has risen to its highest level in almost 18 months.
16/05/2023: Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique Foster has been meeting the new recruits helping to deliver a strong and visible policing presence across the county