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All shapes and sizes - from left to right - Pete Wearn, Barbara James, Paul Wilcox, Pauline Wilcock and some of the restored bikes being sold for charity
01/08/2023: Local charity volunteer Pete Wearn has driven 10,000 miles to collect and deliver over 1,000 unwanted bikes – and helped raise £100,000 for charity in the process.
01/08/2023: When you are behind the wheel things can change in a second, so Derbyshire Police officers are calling on drivers to be ready for whatever the road throws at them with a new campaign.
01/08/2023: The Long Eaton and District Arts Council which runs the Chatsworth Arts Centre and Duchess Theatre in Long Eaton has been awarded grant funding of £5,000.
31/07/2023: A borough-based peer support group for men's health based in Draycott has taken on a new facilitator to continue work carried out locally.
Lucy Robinson from East Midlands Chamber
31/07/2023: The HR lead for the East Midlands Chamber has said that flexible working policies can help businesses to attract and retain employees - that is as new research shined a spotlight on its prevalence. 
28/07/2023: Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service (DFRS) has published a document celebrating the Service’s key achievements and data from the last financial year.
28/07/2023: Erewash residents with broken treasures are being urged to contact TV producers for cherished items in need of restoration to get them transformed in time for Christmas.
Maggie Throup MP
28/07/2023: Maggie Throup, Member of Parliament for Erewash, is calling for greater awareness of group B Strep, the leading cause of severe infection in babies, during Group B Strep Awareness Month. 
Stolen Range Rover recovered in Sandiacre - man arrested (Credit: Derbyshire Police)
28/07/2023: An arrest has been made after a call was received regarding an abandoned and suspicious vehicle in Sandiacre.
27/07/2023: A man has been charged in connection with a series of robberies at shops in Sandiacre, Long Eaton and, elsewhere, in Spondon, just inside the Derby City boundary.

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