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Dan MartinOfficers from the Ilkeston Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team are working to increase public awareness of the legislation surrounding the use of push bikes in the town centre.
Officers from the Larklands and Gallows Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team would like to thank residents who attended the Safer Neighbourhood charity fun day on Sunday 8th August.
Headway Charity Shop is based at 76a Bath Street, Ilkeston! They desperately need ladies clothing and bric-a-brac and any other unwanted items. The shop is open 9.30am – 5pm daily except Wednesday when the store closes at 4pm. All stock donations will help raise funds to support brain injury survivors, their families and carers. Payments can now be taken by credit and debit cards.
Need a fancy-dress outfit? Next time you've got a party to go to, pop along to Headway's Charity Shop in Ilkeston, where you can find a dazzling array of new and second hand fancy dress items. The staff can also make fancy dress costumes and alter anything that doesn't quite fit.
Call 0115 930 0565 for more details or visit www.headway.org.uk.
The future of a showband working in and around the Erewash area has been assured after the merger of organisations in Eastwood and Cotmanhay.
A new art gallery in Ilkeston has been opened with the aim to represent art and artists in the local area and surrounding district, and in doing so, provide a range of services connected to the visual arts.
Scala Cinema – Market Place - Ilkeston www.reelcinemas.co.uk/ilkeston
Screenings from Friday 27th August for 7 days
Marmaduke (U) Contains mild threat
Daily at 12:00noon and 4:05pm
The world’s most lovable Great Dane, leaps from comic strip to big screen. Living the good life with the Winslow family who relocate from Kansas to California, Marmaduke finds his life turned upside-down. He must navigate the volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf wars, woo the purebred of his dreams, and overcome a fall from grace from his new four-legged friends and his much put-upon family.
The Expendables (15) Contains strong violence and language
Daily at 8.20pm
A hard-hitting action/thriller about a group of mercenaries hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. The men realise things aren’t quite as they appear, and become caught in a web of deceit and betrayal. With their mission thwarted and an innocent life in danger, the men struggle with an even tougher challenge – one that threatens to destroy this band of brothers
Toy Story 3 (U) Contains mild violence and scary scenes
Daily at 1:50pm & 6:00pm
As 17 year old Andy prepares for college, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they plan their great escape from the Sunnyside Daycare Centre.
Residents of Ilkeston have a new officer patrolling in the local area after PC Steve Harper joined the Ilkeston Town Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team.
PC Harper, who replaces PC Joanna McGee, joins PCSO Chris Hart, Special Constable Adam Wilkins and Special Constable Susan Hawes to patrol the town centre.
A group of volunteers are on the look out for new members to help take care of a historical local cemetery. The Friends of Stanton Road Cemetery periodically visit the site to carry out a spruce up and also exist to encourage local people to take a look around. For more information, visit this link, or call Alison Strathearn on 0115 875 9199.
A group which helps people with breathing difficulties meets regularly in an Ilkeston church. Breathe Easy meets on the third Wednesday of each month at Nottingham Road Methodist Church on Nottingham Road. The group has recently celebrated its first anniversary.