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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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Ron Newton – a tribute

Erewash Sound features a tribute to popular Borrowash village barber Ron Newton - the popular hairdreser ran a salon on the main road in the village for decades, until the effects of cancer forced him into a brief retirement before leading to his sad death.

today28 October 2010 4

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Ockbrook & Borrowash Safer Neighbourhood Group

Your local officers are: PC Martin Walker 2833, PCSO Claire March 4508 & PCSO Matt Boyer 4585. Telephone 0845 123 3333 or e-mail longeaton.neighbourhoods(at)derbyshire.pnn.police.uk. (please change the '(at)' for an '@' symbol before e-mailing.) Borrowash & Ockbrook Police Office, 116 Cole Lane, Borrowash. Derbyshire.

today6 February 2010 4

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Ockbrook, Borrowash & Draycott First Responders Group

Sixteen people have already joined Ockbrook, Borrowash & Draycott First Responders Group after a call for volunteers. Organised by the Church Wilne Rotary Club and trained by the East Midlands Ambulance Service, volunteers are equipped with and trained on the use of essential medical equipment to be able to respond early to localised calls for help before paramedics arrive. To set up the new group, the Rotary Club will raise funds for the kit required.

today5 February 2010 3

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