News - Borrowash - Latest and archives - Erewash Sound https://www.erewashsound.com/category/news/borrowash/ Love Music - Love Erewash - Your local radio station on 103.5 & 96.8 FM Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:42:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.erewashsound.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pro.Radio-ES-Favicon-100x100.webp News - Borrowash - Latest and archives - Erewash Sound https://www.erewashsound.com/category/news/borrowash/ 32 32 247482237 Derbyshire councillor blames former administration and Government for collapse of care homes sale https://www.erewashsound.com/news/borrowash/derbyshire-councillor-blames-former-administration-and-government-for-collapse-of-care-homes-sale/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:45:55 +0000 https://www.erewashsound.com/?p=203695 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 [...]

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]]> 203695 Borough Council set to scrap housing plans after Government inspector states they are not fit for purpose https://www.erewashsound.com/news/borough-wide/borough-council-set-to-scrap-housing-plans-after-government-inspector-states-they-are-not-fit-for-purpose/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:43:03 +0000 https://www.erewashsound.com/?p=203688 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 [...]

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]]> 203688 New defibrillators installed across Erewash https://www.erewashsound.com/news/borrowash/new-defibrillators-installed-across-erewash/ Thu, 01 May 2025 13:05:00 +0000 https://www.erewashsound.com/news/borrowash/new-defibrillators-installed-across-erewash/ People who fall victim to cardiac arrests have a better chance of survival – thanks to a new network of defibrillators installed across Erewash by the borough council.

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]]> 100003 Ockbrook & Borrowash W.I 'Chair Yoga' (Tuesdays) https://www.erewashsound.com/news/borrowash/ockbrook-borrowash-w-i-chair-yoga-tuesdays/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:38:24 +0000 http://67290 Ockbrook & Borrowash W.I is running Chair Yoga sessions at Ashbrook Community Centre, Ashbrook Avenue, Borrowash (DE72 3JE) from 2pm to 4pm every Tuesday

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]]> 67290 Local children raise over £17,200 in festive fundraiser for local end-of-life hospice https://www.erewashsound.com/news/borrowash/local-children-raise-over-17200-in-festive-fundraiser-for-local-end-of-life-hospice/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 11:25:00 +0000 http://59802 Over 3,500 children from primary schools and community groups across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire have helped raise over £17,200 for local charity Treetops Hospice.

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]]> 59802 Ron Newton – a tribute https://www.erewashsound.com/news/borrowash/ron-newton-a-tribute/ Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:10:00 +0000 http://1584 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.

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]]> 1584 Tributes to popular Borrowash barber https://www.erewashsound.com/news/borrowash/tributes-to-popular-borrowash-barber/ Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:06:00 +0000 http://1587 Tributes have been paid to a traditional and popular Borrowash barber who has died just a short period after ill health forced him into retirement.

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]]> 1587 Ockbrook & Borrowash Safer Neighbourhood Group https://www.erewashsound.com/news/borrowash/ockbrook-borrowash-safer-neighbourhood-group/ Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:02:00 +0000 http://1606 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.

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]]> 1606 Ockbrook, Borrowash & Draycott First Responders Group https://www.erewashsound.com/news/borrowash/ockbrook-borrowash-draycott-first-responders-group/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:02:00 +0000 http://1625 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 [...]

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]]> 1625 The Ockash Trust https://www.erewashsound.com/news/borrowash/the-ockash-trust/ Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:01:00 +0000 http://1638 The Ockash Trust is a registered charity set up to help young people from Ockbrook and Borrowash. To apply, you must be under the age of 21, and be from either of the two villages. The Trust awards grants of money for health, education and in some cases recreational purposes. [...]

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]]> 1638 Volunteers Needed For Ockbrook & Borrowash First Responders Group https://www.erewashsound.com/news/borrowash/volunteers-needed-for-ockbrook-borrowash-first-responders-group/ Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:01:00 +0000 http://1639 Sixteen people have already joined Ockbrook & Borrowash 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 [...]

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