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Derby College Group named finalist in two categories at national sustainability awards

Derby College Group has been named a finalist in two categories at the Green Gown Awards UK & Ireland 2026, which recognise excellence in sustainability across the education sector. The College's shortlisted projects are Next Generation Learning and Skills, for the Equine Carbon Calculator, and Tomorrow's Employees, for the UK's first Low Carbon Heating Technician apprenticeship, delivered in partnership with Vaillant. With the UK needing to decarbonise the heating of more than 30 million homes and businesses to meet Net […]

31 July 2026

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Don’t lose your vote – check your voter registration details

Erewash residents are being urged to check their electoral registration details or risk losing their chance to vote on decisions that affect them. The annual canvass allows the council to keep the electoral register up to date, to identify who risks losing their voice at elections, and to encourage them to register before it’s too late. Lead Member for Community Engagement at Erewash Borough Council, Councillor Becca Everett said: “The annual canvass is our way of making sure that the […]

30 July 2026 1

Gareth Mead, riverside manager at Severn Trent, at the River Severn in Shrewsbury. Picture: LDRS

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Severn Trent doesn’t want to issue hosepipe ban but makes a call to “use water wisely”

Severn Trent says it doesn’t want to be “killjoys” by issuing a hosepipe ban – but is advising people to use water wisely. A drought has officially been declared in seven areas of England, including the West Midlands. This, the Environment Agency says, has been brought by a combination of very low rainfall and warm temperatures. The UK is set to have its driest July on record, which follows the warmest June. Several water companies have issued temporary hosepipe bans, […]

30 July 2026 3

HMO crackdown... Stanley Street in Long Eaton (Credit: Google Maps)

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Fined HMO owner’s £1.1k bill for ignoring borough council

An Erewash Borough Council investigation into an HMO – house of multiple occupation – has seen its owner taken to court and ordered to pay £1,145 in fines and costs. The authority launched its prosecution of landlord Mahmood Rahemtulla after he ignored a request to supply documentation about tenancy agreements and rent deposits at the five-bed house in Long Eaton. The council also wanted to know about other properties he has an interest in. A housing standards officer gave him […]

30 July 2026 4

The location for the works and diversion (Credit: EBC)

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Southbound closure for Tamworth Road traffic

Drivers using a busy route through one of Erewash’s towns face detours until December – as it becomes one-way while contractors crack on with giving Long Eaton a huge £10million revamp. Tamworth Road north of Long Eaton Station is already traffic calmed to encourage vehicles to use either Wilsthorpe Road or Fields Farm Road as through routes. The temporary closure of its southbound lane means traffic will have to use those alternatives. Northbound vehicles will continue to be able to […]

30 July 2026 3

Proud: schoolboy Nathan, 15 – seen with Mayor Cllr Greg Maskalick – becomes youngest resident ever to ask a public question at Long Eaton Town Hall council meeting (Credit: EBC)

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SUMMER KIDZ: Boy, 15, is youngest ever to ask town hall question

A proud schoolboy was congratulated by Erewash’s Mayor at a full meeting of the borough council – for becoming the youngest resident ever to submit a public question. Nathan Hayward, 15, wanted to know if the authority had any plans to introduce youth democracy schemes – and what the requirements might be to serve as a young person’s mayor or councillor. He was not old enough to ask the question himself – so his father accompanied him to Long Eaton […]

30 July 2026 6

The closed cycleroute which connects the Nutbrook Trail to the Erewash Canal. Image from Eddie Bisknell. F

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Erewash commuter route reopens

The reopening of a major Derbyshire commuter route which has been closed for a year has been welcomed as a win for residents – despite the extended delay. Enforcement action from Erewash Borough Council has seen the cycle-route connection between the Nutbrook Trail and Erewash Canal via the under-development New Stanton Park development south of Ilkeston, finally reopened to the public. For more than a year, the many people – including those in Shipley, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, Sandiacre, […]

30 July 2026 8

The Derbyshire LGR decision map. Image from One Derbyshire Two Councils.

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Name revealed for combined Derbyshire councils

The Government has revealed the names for the new Derbyshire councils, which will be formed after the current 10 authorities are all scrapped. A letter from the Government to the chief executives of all of the county and city’s 10 councils outlines the next steps to form the new north and south authorities to replace the existing system from April 2028. It says the two authorities will be called Derbyshire North Council and Derbyshire South Council. The letter, from Ruth […]

30 July 2026 12

The Best Western hotel in Bostocks Lane, Sandiacre. Image from Google.

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Erewash hotel used to house asylum seekers has returned to the centre of debate

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 Office data, as of March, shows 87 people seeking asylum are being housed in Erewash, with 79 in the hotel, down from 179 in September, with the facility not used […]

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Derby College Group named finalist in two categories at national sustainability awards

Don’t lose your vote – check your voter registration details

Severn Trent doesn’t want to issue hosepipe ban but makes a call to “use water wisely”

Fined HMO owner’s £1.1k bill for ignoring borough council

Southbound closure for Tamworth Road traffic

SUMMER KIDZ: Boy, 15, is youngest ever to ask town hall question

Erewash commuter route reopens

Name revealed for combined Derbyshire councils

Erewash hotel used to house asylum seekers has returned to the centre of debate

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