Erewash News
18/04/2024: Michael Dallard from Long Eaton had been training for the London Marathon this weekend after receiving a place through his employer.
17/04/2024: Secretary of State Mark Harper has pledged possible investment for ten new trains at Derby’s Alstom train factory, following a campaign led by Marketing Derby and backed by over 200 East Midlands Chamber members and over 300 Derby Bondholders.
17/04/2024: Inflation has fallen to 3.2% (from 3.4%) for the month of March in the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics.
16/04/2024: Residents who feared part of a former golf course could be sold to developers have learned from council chiefs that it WON’T – and that ALL the land will be turned into a new nature reserve for the community.
16/04/2024: The amount of economically active people (aged 16+) in the East Midlands has risen 0.8% over the last year, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
16/04/2024: Local companies and organisations are being invited to recapture their childhoods and compete in a series of fun sporting challenges based on the traditional school sports day.
16/04/2024: Derbyshire County Council made offers of infant, primary and junior school places to approximately 10,300 children on Tuesday 16th April.
15/04/2024: A visit to Erewash by the Archbishop of Canterbury saw the Church of England head surprise passers-by as he prayed with them on Ilkeston Market Place.
15/04/2024: An event to address Derby’s rising child poverty takes place in the city later this month.
15/04/2024: The East Midlands Chamber has called for the Government to reconsider the “common usage charge” on food imports. The fee, capped at £145 for a mixed consignment is introduced on 30th April and will be applied to some animal and plant products arriving from the EU via Dover or Folkestone.