Borough Wide from Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire are set to gain more than £900,000 to install hundreds of trenches in pavements for people without driveways to charge electric vehicles.

Residents who use a canal crossing to get to an town park in Erewash are being warned the bridge will shut – so that a spectacular new walkway can be built.

A borough resident has been hit with a £500 fine after a council official turned sleuth over a pile of rubbish fly-tipped on an Erewash footpath.

Parents across the East Midlands are being encouraged to use the half-term break to catch up on their child's measles vaccinations, as the disease continues to circulate.

Millions of pounds is being invested by the East Midlands Combined County Authority into a range of improvement projects across Derbyshire.

The future of healthcare across the East Midlands has come under the spotlight at a special conference which was held recently.

An empty shop that has blighted an Erewash town centre for almost a quarter of a century is to be finally brought back up to scratch after a borough council ultimatum to the owners of the former TV rental store.

A Derbyshire County Councillor has stressed more funding and support is needed to ensure every rural and hard-to-reach home and business in the county has faster broadband after the authority agreed to invest nearly £1m to improve digital connectivity in its poorly connected communities.

With inflation one of the greatest concerns of the region’s firms, rumoured tax hikes in the Autumn Budget must be avoided, while businesses must be supported with reform to rates and given incentives to invest, East Midlands Chamber has said.

The Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward, has met with key investors this week to highlight the region’s growing economic opportunities and showcase the East Midlands as a prime destination for investment.

UK children’s charity, Over The Wall Camp, is inviting families with children living with a long-term health challenge, as well as their siblings, to apply now to attend one of their free residential camps in 2026.

Concerns have been raised by police over plans from a Derbyshire off-licence to buy cheaper alcohol from the Birmingham area in order to make a profit.

Councillor Simon Mabbott has been announced as the new Cabinet Member for SEND and Education at Derbyshire County Council.

New polling carried out by More in Common, on behalf of The Road Safety Trust, shows widespread public support for many of the reported policies being considered by the government in its upcoming Road Safety Strategy - and appetite for further road safety legislation to protect young drivers.