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The location for the works and diversion (Credit: EBC)

Southbound closure for Tamworth Road traffic

Drivers using a busy route through one of Erewash’s towns face detours until December – as it becomes one-way while contractors crack on with giving Long Eaton a huge £10million revamp. Tamworth Road north of Long Eaton Station is already traffic calmed to encourage vehicles to use either Wilsthorpe Road or Fields Farm Road as through routes. The temporary closure of its southbound lane means traffic will have to use those alternatives. Northbound vehicles will continue to be able to […]

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Proud: schoolboy Nathan, 15 – seen with Mayor Cllr Greg Maskalick – becomes youngest resident ever to ask a public question at Long Eaton Town Hall council meeting (Credit: EBC)

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SUMMER KIDZ: Boy, 15, is youngest ever to ask town hall question

A proud schoolboy was congratulated by Erewash’s Mayor at a full meeting of the borough council – for becoming the youngest resident ever to submit a public question. Nathan Hayward, 15, wanted to know if the authority had any plans to introduce youth democracy schemes – and what the requirements might be to serve as a young person’s mayor or councillor. He was not old enough to ask the question himself – so his father accompanied him to Long Eaton […]

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The closed cycleroute which connects the Nutbrook Trail to the Erewash Canal. Image from Eddie Bisknell. F

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Erewash commuter route reopens

The reopening of a major Derbyshire commuter route which has been closed for a year has been welcomed as a win for residents – despite the extended delay. Enforcement action from Erewash Borough Council has seen the cycle-route connection between the Nutbrook Trail and Erewash Canal via the under-development New Stanton Park development south of Ilkeston, finally reopened to the public. For more than a year, the many people – including those in Shipley, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, Sandiacre, […]

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The Derbyshire LGR decision map. Image from One Derbyshire Two Councils.

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Name revealed for combined Derbyshire councils

The Government has revealed the names for the new Derbyshire councils, which will be formed after the current 10 authorities are all scrapped. A letter from the Government to the chief executives of all of the county and city’s 10 councils outlines the next steps to form the new north and south authorities to replace the existing system from April 2028. It says the two authorities will be called Derbyshire North Council and Derbyshire South Council. The letter, from Ruth […]

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The Best Western hotel in Bostocks Lane, Sandiacre. Image from Google.

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Erewash hotel used to house asylum seekers has returned to the centre of debate

A Derbyshire hotel which has been used as asylum seeker accommodation has become centre of heated debate with officials. At an Erewash Borough Council meeting last week (Thursday, July 23) councillors debated the continued use of the Best Western Hotel in Sandiacre for asylum seeker accommodation. The most recent Home Office data, as of March, shows 87 people seeking asylum are being housed in Erewash, with 79 in the hotel, down from 179 in September, with the facility not used […]

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The A38 in Derby could be set for major improvements - but a fresh legal challenge maybe submitted. Image by Google Maps.

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Government ‘on Derby’s side’ but A38 works still in doubt

The Work and Pensions secretary has insisted the new Prime Minister and Government “is on Derby’s side” – but major improvements to the A38 remain in doubt. It was recently announced that an estimated £600m project to improve one of Derby’s busiest roads was up for cancellation so further funding could be put into the UK’s defence. East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward furiously hit out after funding guarantees for both the A38 and the A46 in Nottinghamshire were left in […]

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New Police Inspector for Erewash provides his first quarterly update

The new Police Inspector for Erewash has provided his first quarterly update for the area. Inspector Fowkes detailed that a busy start to the year had continued into the second quarter with work to tackle the problems raised by members of the public through neighbourhood meetings, online reporting and local engagement events. In the fight to tackle drug related crime, a policing operation was carried out in the Ilkeston area; utilising stop search powers. 16 person searches led to positive […]

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Flowerbeds on White Lion Square in Ilkeston in 2018. Image from Google.

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Erewash flower displays pruned

Calls to “go out with a bang” and spend all of a Derbyshire council’s money reinstating £190,000 flower displays before it is abolished have been pruned. At an Erewash Borough Council meeting last week (Thursday, July 23rd), Reform UK had urged the Labour authority to reinstate flowerbeds to pre-Covid conditions. The meeting heard that councillors are regularly lobbied about the condition of local parks and verges due to rewilding and wildflower cultivation versus historic award-winning flower arrangements. There are said […]

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Borough Council rejects wholesale free parking, increasing from the current chargeless Saturdays

A Derbyshire council has rejected calls for wholesale free parking across the borough, increasing from the current chargeless Saturdays. At an Erewash Borough Council meeting last week (Thursday, July 23rd), the Labour-run authority rejected calls from the opposition Reform UK and Conservative groups for widened free parking. The meeting heard that while parking is free on Saturdays, a quarter of motorists are still paying to park, with Labour saying “we don’t want your money”. Councillor Dan Price (Ref) had brought […]

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Southbound closure for Tamworth Road traffic

SUMMER KIDZ: Boy, 15, is youngest ever to ask town hall question

Erewash commuter route reopens

Name revealed for combined Derbyshire councils

Erewash hotel used to house asylum seekers has returned to the centre of debate

Government ‘on Derby’s side’ but A38 works still in doubt

New Police Inspector for Erewash provides his first quarterly update

Erewash flower displays pruned

Borough Council rejects wholesale free parking, increasing from the current chargeless Saturdays

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