Borough Wide News
01/02/2024: Ilkeston can claim to be the home to European champions after recent successes for a locally based martial arts team.
01/02/2024: East Midlands Chamber hopes interest rate cuts could be coming this spring or summer after the Bank of England decided to maintain UK rates at 5.25% as part of its ongoing commitment to curb inflation.
01/02/2024: Local residents and businesses flooded in Derbyshire during Storm Babet can now apply for grants of up to £5,000 to help protect their property from further flooding in the future.
01/02/2024: Members of a chess club gather at the Erewash Indoor Bowls Club off Station Road in Long Eaton every Monday night between 6pm and 8pm.
The aim is to help people to learn or improve their game of chess. With sufficient members, the hope is that competitions can then be started. The first session is free.
For more information, send e-mail to grandprixchess @ outlook.com.
31/01/2024: Did you know there is a factory in Long Eaton that makes bespoke bedding for caravans & motorhomes?
31/01/2024: Some of the Erewash Sound presenters will, at the second attempt, be walking from Ilkeston to Long Eaton to raise money for your local radio station! The team had originally planned to put their best feet forward on 23rd December, but circumstances beyond their control meant the event had to be rearranged.
31/01/2024: Maggie Throup OBE MP, Member of Parliament for Erewash has welcomed the launch of the Government’s Pharmacy First approach, helping patients across Erewash to receive care more quickly through better use of our community pharmacies.
31/01/2024: Community Pharmacy Derbyshire, the organisation that supports local pharmacies across the region, is inviting people to head to their local pharmacy for help with seven minor conditions which would previously have required a GP appointment.
31/01/2024: There have been celebrations at the Long Eaton headquarters of a hairstyling business after one stylist was awarded a place on The Fellowship for British Hairdressing's ‘Project Colour’ mentoring programme.
30/01/2024: Angelique Foster, Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner, is to examine the progress being made against her Police and Crime Plan priority to improve road safety and tackle dangerous driving in her next performance meeting.