Borough Wide from Friday, August 1st, 2025

Erewash Police Officers have worked in partnership with Erewash Borough Council Community Safety Partnership in holding meetings with several youths who attended Long Eaton Police Station with their parents following multiple issues of anti-social behaviour in the Town Centre.

Following multiple reports of nuisance Off-Road motorbikes and e-bikes in Sandiacre, police officers from the Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Team have carried out and will continue to carry out operations in the area to resolve the problem.

A promised £165,161 lifeline to save a vital community hub will come from a new £2million investment fund that Erewash council is planning to devote to boosting the borough.

A spokesperson for Erewash Borough Council has issued a response after an anonymous local campaigner who uses a characterisation and pseudonym claimed that residents across Erewash were demanding the return of flower beds, hanging baskets, and proper maintenance of public parks, alongside a claim that there had been "more than a year of visible decline."

Thousands of Derbyshire residents have only a matter of days to have their say during two consultations on possibly the biggest planned changes to Local Government in more than 50 years that will reshape the delivery of vital services.

A fresh boost for Ilkeston town centre will see £101,000 spent on upgrading street furniture – under Erewash Borough Council plans to invest £2 million into enhancing the lives of residents.

The search is on to find Britain’s most life-changing railway station, as nominations open for the World Cup of Stations 2025, hosted by Rail Delivery Group and with the widespread support of the people of Erewash, it is possible that Long Eaton or Ilkeston Railway Station could pick up such an accolade.

A Derby hospital trust is to reintroduce staff parking charges due to a “challenging financial landscape”

School governors play a vital role in helping children and young people get the best possible start in life and Derbyshire County Council is appealing for new recruits to join the team. The authority has vacancies for local authority governors at schools across Derbyshire who work closely with headteachers and school leaders, staff, pupils and parents to improve education.

The East Midlands Chamber has said measures outlined in the government’s Small Business Strategy to address late payment and ease regulation are a positive step forward but supportive policies are still needed to tackle the high cost of doing business.

Utility companies would rather “do and be damned” and accept council fines for roadworks, Derbyshire's Highways Chief has said.

Victoria Park and Rutland Sports Park in Ilkeston will look a whole lot brighter in the evenings following investment from the Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UK SPF) to improve lighting in these spaces.

Visit Peak District, Derbyshire and Derby – the area’s accredited Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP) – has announced the launch of a new marketing campaign, ‘Summer is a Big Deal’, celebrating everything that makes summer in Derbyshire unforgettable.

A boy of 12 from Erewash has become one of the youngest entrepreneurs to appear on Dragons’ Den after winning borough council backing for an interactive T-shirt he invented.

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Derby Museums has launched a new campaign aimed at attracting visitors on ‘culture breaks’ to the city.

The towns and cities across the East Midlands that score highest and lowest for their food hygiene ratings have been revealed, thanks to a report from online training provider High Speed Training, marking 15 years since the introduction of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme.

A historic lodge in a Derbyshire country park is being sold by its council owners at auction for £200,000.

Officials at the new Becketwell Arena in Derby have announced that a major snooker tournament featuring some of the sports greatest legends is coming to the City.

Thousands of potential homeowners and families are set to benefit from new high-quality homes built on surplus railway land, after the Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander unlocked brownfield sites across the country for development.

Derbyshire’s highways chief has criticised the “offshore” management companies “registered in the Cayman Islands” that are responsible for many roads on new developments.