A borough bus service has been saved following the intervention of the regional Mayor, Erewash MP and two local councillors, including a former borough Mayor. East Midlands Mayor, Claire Ward began working with partners and bus operators following the closure of CT4N, which affected several bus services across Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [...]

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A Sandiacre man has been banned from driving for his part in an incident in which he followed another driver who was described as “a serious collision waiting to happen.” 28 year old Reese Edwards of Bostocks Lane, Sandiacre, was driving behind 25 year old Tommy-John Mustafa as part of [...]

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A record sum of almost £2million is to be spent by Erewash council on creating new playgrounds to get children more active. The borough’s leader Cllr James Dawson said the authority’s biggest ever investment in play areas will see the construction of 12 exciting fun zones where tired existing playgrounds [...]

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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 [...]

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Tens of thousands of new trees have been planted across Derbyshire as Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest successfully completes its second planting season. Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest aims to increase tree cover across eastern, north-eastern and southern Derbyshire and Derby, connecting landscapes, people and wildlife. Tree planting brings a wide range [...]

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A man has been charged with attempted murder following an incident in which a man suffered multiple stab wounds in Sandiacre. The incident occurred at 11.30pm on Friday 3rd July, when Police officers received details from the East Midlands Ambulance Service that a man had suffered stab wounds at a [...]

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A Derbyshire council is due to spend more than £1.5 million replacing a “deeply flawed” 7,000-home masterplan. In January, the Labour-run Erewash Borough Council opted to scrap its future housing plan, mandated to meet Government targets, after an ultimatum from an inspector. This had followed seven years of work through [...]

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Dozens of flats have been approved on an “eyesore” derelict site which has been vacant for more than 15 years – but none will be “affordable”. At an Erewash Borough Council meeting this month (Wednesday, June 10th), councillors approved plans for a four-storey block of 53 retirement apartments on vacant [...]

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A shoplifter has been jailed after being caught stealing from numerous shops across Derbyshire, and including in parts of Erewash. Simon Spencer’s offending spanned several months between January and June this year in which he targeted major supermarket chains. He stole a wide range of everyday and household goods including [...]

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Borough Police officers have taken action in response to reports of ongoing suspicious activity at a property in Sandiacre. Response teams were sent to Longmoor Road on Saturday 6th June 2026. On entry, officers found a large quantity of cannabis along with other items consistent with drug supply. In the [...]

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Derbyshire is seeing a rise in new communal residential properties known as HMOs matching increases in the shared bed-sit style accommodation across the country amidst concerns they pose issues including poor housing alternatives, cramped conditions, drainage issues, anti-social behaviour, tenant exploitation and the erosion of neighbourhood character. Local authorities including [...]

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Scores of homes could soon be built alongside the M1 and A52 on the outskirts of a Derbyshire town, in the protected Green Belt. The plans, from Wheeldon Brothers, NM & DA Thorpe and NA Cotton, would involve 150 houses being built off Bostocks Lane, in Risley, next to the [...]

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Police officers from Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Team have taken action after an alert was flagged up on the Derbyshire Police ANPR (automatic numberplate recognition) system for potentially being involved in crime. The swoop was carried out on Tuesday 31st March when the van was brought to a stop on [...]

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By Eddie Bisknell – Local Democracy Reporting Service Plans for 100 homes on land between the M1 and a Derbyshire town have emerged – just months after a housing blueprint including the plot was scrapped. Peveril Homes has filed plans for 100 houses off Larch Drive, Sandiacre, between the town [...]

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Erewash Police officers are appealing for the public’s help to trace a man who is wanted for questioning in relation to an incident of making threats to kill. Despite extensive enquiries, officers have been unable to locate 31-year-old Thomas Stark, who is from Sandiacre, leading to the appeal and the [...]

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Thousands of trees are being planted across Derbyshire now the second planting season of the county’s ambitious Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest is well underway. Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest is a long term programme led by Derbyshire County Council to increase tree cover across eastern and southern Derbyshire and Derby. Tree [...]

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By Eddie Bisknell – Local Democracy Reporting Service A developer has scrapped plans to build a four-storey apartment block in a Derbyshire town after the site’s flood risk was increased to the highest level. McCarthy Stone’s plans for a four-storey block of retirement apartments for the over 55s were submitted [...]

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By Esther Ogonya and Helen Purcell A seven-year-old girl battling cancer is aiming to break a UK record and a Sandiacre pub is helping her do it. Amealia Kolpa, from Rowley Regis in the Black Country, has announced her dream of receiving 8,000 birthday cards for her eighth birthday on [...]

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An increase in Erewash homes being bought to house multiple tenants is seeing the borough council having to seek a legal dispensation so it can properly crack down on those getting converted under the radar, concerned councillors have been told. The town hall is on a mission to stem the [...]

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By Jon Cooper – Local Democracy Reporting Service The Government’s Home Office has insisted it will close every single asylum seeker hotel after Derbyshire County Council has called for a clear timeline on the Government’s plans to shut down the controversial system which houses a worrying number of immigrants seeking [...]

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