Borough Wide News
19/06/2023: A flat in Ilkeston has been ordered to close following repeated reports of anti-social behaviour and drug taking.
19/06/2023: Trading standards officers at Derbyshire County Council have issued advice to anyone keeping pigs, or micropigs.
16/06/2023: A man who died in a collision on the A608 at Breadsall has been named.
16/06/2023: Visits to the heat exhaustion section of the NHS website have more than tripled in the past week – averaging one visit every six seconds.
16/06/2023: Erewash MP Maggie Throup has welcomed new figures showing that over 2 million people are in work across the East Midlands, an increase of over 250,000 since 2010, as the Conservatives mark four million more people in work since Labour left office.
16/06/2023: A far-reaching strategy to improve the health of people in Derby and Derbyshire has been agreed by partners.
16/06/2023: Derbyshire’s Chief Fire Officer/Chief Executive (CFO) Gavin Tomlinson has been awarded a Kings Fire Service Medal (KFSM) for distinguished service in His Majesty the King’s birthday honours list.
15/06/2023: Derby College Group horticulture students are winners of a magnificent Silver Gilt Medal in the professional category at Gardeners Worldat Birmingham this week. This was for their creation of the remarkable 'Restoration Garden'. This captivating show garden pays tribute to the amazing metamorphosis of Wingfield Station, once a forgotten and dilapidated Victorian gem, now beautifully restored.
14/06/2023: A growing number of East Midlands firms are creating inclusive workplace policies, new research has found – as they identified a range of business-critical benefits including higher productivity and lower staff turnover rates.
14/06/2023: The Chief Executive of the East Midlands Chamber has commented on the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showing 0.1% growth in UK GDP for the three months to April 2023.