Borough Wide

3799 Results / Page 48 of 423

Borough Wide

Consultation event to help people have their say on adult education

Consultation events have been arranged in Erewash to help people have their say on proposals to change the way adult education is delivered. The county council wants a range of views on options to ensure Derbyshire Adult Education Service is fit for the future and has the greatest impact on the lives of people who need the most support. Changes to the way the service is funded provides an opportunity to look at how it could be more flexible and […]

today7 January 2026 11

Erewash Borough Council headquarters in Long Eaton. Photo by Eddie Bisknell.

Borough Wide

Borough Council set to scrap housing plans after Government inspector states they are not fit for purpose

By Eddie Bisknell - Local Democracy Reporting Service A Derbyshire council is set to scrap its future plans for thousands of homes after a Government planning inspector said it would be effectively not fit for purpose. Erewash Borough Council has been working on a blueprint – called the Core Strategy – laying out plans which earmarked sites for thousands of homes and acres of employment space up until 2040. It was submitted for inspection by the Government more than three […]

today7 January 2026 12

Pictured Is Derbyshire County Cllr Stephen Reed, Taken By BBC LDR Jon Cooper.

Borough Wide

Derbyshire County Council refutes u-turn claims over plan for three-year council tax rise

By Jon Cooper - Local Democracy Reporting Service A Derbyshire County Councillor says no final decision has yet been made on plans for the authority to increase its council tax precept to 4.99 per cent for the next financial year and onwards until 2030 as part of efforts to set a balanced budget and to keep services well-funded. Cllr Stephen Reed, Cabinet Member of Business Services, has responded to a budget report due to be considered at a Cabinet meeting […]

today7 January 2026 10

Pictured Is Derbyshire County Cllr Stephen Reed, Taken By BBC LDR Jon Cooper.

Borough Wide

Derbyshire councillor blames former administration and Government for collapse of care homes sale

By Jon Cooper - Local Democracy Reporting Service Derbyshire County Council’s business services chief has blamed the authority’s former Conservative administration and the Labour Government for the collapse of plans to sell eight of its care homes which has left them in danger of being closed down. The former Conservative-controlled council originally agreed to sell nine care homes while managing a multi-million pound budget deficit after it argued a need to refocus adult care services by supporting more dementia patients […]

today6 January 2026 13

A Eurasian Beaver. Image from Derbyshire Wildlife Trust/Shutterstock

Borough Wide

Borough Council pursues plans to reintroduce beavers in a bid to boost biodiversity

By Eddie Bisknell - Local Democracy Reporting Service A Derbyshire council is pursuing plans to reintroduce beavers, following success elsewhere in the county, in a bid to boost biodiversity. Erewash Borough Council has revealed the plans as part of its new draft biodiversity strategy. The strategy aims to pursue a “feasibility study and exploration with partners to potentially reintroduce the Eurasian Beaver into the Erewash Valley”. This follows the successful reintroduction by the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust of a breeding pair […]

today6 January 2026 8

Derbyshire Police Headquarters stock image. Image by LDRS/Nigel Slater.

Borough Wide

Police officer sacked after serious failures in domestic abuse investigation

By Nigel Slater, Local Democracy Reporting Service A Derbyshire police officer has been sacked after her serious failures put an alleged domestic abuse victim “at risk of harm” PC Gemma Cumberlidge was dismissed without notice after “failing to adequately carry out her duties” while investigating a domestic abuse case and carrying out a stop and search on a teenager. A misconduct hearing found it proven PC Cumberlidge failed to properly question an alleged victim of domestic violence when she visited […]

today6 January 2026 7

Derbyshire County Council HQ at County Hall. Image by Eddie Bisknell

Borough Wide

Derbyshire County Council set to roll out multiple years of maximum council tax increases after pledging cut

By Eddie Bisknell - Local Democracy Reporting Service Reform-run Derbyshire County Council is set to roll out multiple years of maximum council tax increases. Budget papers published by the authority for the next few years propose a maximum 4.99 per cent council tax increase for the coming financial year 2026-year. These papers also pledge that the current assumption is for further maximum council tax increases up until 2030. Reform UK, which took control of the county council in May, had […]

today5 January 2026 17

Derbyshire County Cllr John Lawson, Cabinet Member For Council Efficiency, Courtesy Of DCC

Borough Wide

Derbyshire County Council considers ‘savings plans’ with potential cutbacks to meet forecast £37.8m budget shortfall

By Jon Cooper - Local Democracy Reporting Service Cash-strapped Derbyshire County Council is once again planning to introduce significant ‘new savings plans’ with potential cutbacks expected across a number of areas to save millions of pounds to meet a forecast £37.8 million shortfall and to balance its budget for the 2026-27 financial year. The council’s former Conservative administration before the May election had claimed it was on track to achieve over £31m of savings by the end of the 2024-25 […]

today31 December 2025 33

Loadingsync

Loading...

103.5 & 96.8 FM

LOVE MUSIC

LOVE EREWASH

Erewash Sound, The Media Centre, 37 Vernon Street, Ilkeston, DE7 8PD

© Copyright 2026 Erewash Sound CIC. All Rights Reserved. Company Number 6658171.