Borough Wide News
02/02/2022: Derbyshire and Derby have been recognised as national ‘Levelling Up’ leaders with the Government having announced that they had secured a County Deal set to bring substantial investment to the area.
02/02/2022: The government have released their Levelling Up White Paper, which outlines plans for devolution. Nottinghamshire and Nottingham have been named as one of the first nine areas in England invited to seek a devolution deal.
02/02/2022: NHS vaccination teams across Derbyshire have begun to vaccinate children aged between 5 and 11 who are most at risk of Covid-19.
02/02/2022: Derbyshire County Council has welcomed news that the county is one of the areas to be included in new Government plans to transform education.
02/02/2022: After securing 11 National Community Radio Awards in 5 years, and being declared 'Radio Station of the Year' in Derbyshire in 2018, the East Midlands in 2019, and with similar accolades in two separate awards in 2020 and 2021, Erewash Sound has picked up yet another honour.
01/02/2022: Erewash MP and Vaccines Minister Maggie Throup is leading a call for parents and guardians to ensure that their children are up to date with the measels, mumps and rubella vaccine and all other routine childhood immunisations.
31/01/2022: Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique Foster has welcomed the work of a city-based service providing rough sleepers with a ‘safe space' to get support and overnight accommodation.
31/01/2022: Urgent action is required to improve trade between the UK and Europe, says East Midlands Chamber on the second anniversary of Brexit.
29/01/2022: A fond farewell is being given to one of the most loyal Police Community Support Officers in the borough - PCSO Adrian Harper.
28/01/2022: The number of prescriptions for drugs to treat alcohol misuse was 167,000 in 2020/21, according to newly published data from NHS Digital.