Borough Wide News
18/01/2023: During the first lockdown, Nikola Nelson and Lauren Amber set up Ilkeston's Creative Hive after realising how isolated their hairdressing salon customers had become.
18/01/2023: The latest cohort of PCSOs (Police Community Support Officers) has completed the first set of shifts across a range of locations in Derbyshire including in Erewash.
17/01/2023: Thousands of illegal cigarettes and a large amount of cash have been seized by Police officers from a shop in Ilkeston.
17/01/2023: A car purchased in Ilkeston almost 50 years ago is the focus for a Derbyshire visitor attraction as part of a bid to find out more about it.
17/01/2023: The proportion of working-age people in the East Midlands who are not in jobs rose slightly from 3.3% to 3.4% in the three months to November, new figures show.
13/01/2023: Colder weather means more time indoors for all of us but this also means more time alone for many. In response, staff at The Elephant Rooms in Draycott are now offering a warm space every Tuesday from 10:00am through til 2:00pm where you can go along and enjoy a hot jacket potato and a cuppa, with an obligatory biscuit or two.
12/01/2023: The best of young business talent across the East Midlands will once again be celebrated at the Generation Next Awards – as a refreshed look is revealed for 2023.
11/01/2023: Police officers in Ilkeston are appealing for anyone who saw a collision between a car and a pedestrian in the town to come forward and help with the investigation.
11/01/2023: Ockbrook has been renamed 'Potbrook' by one social media user whilst reporting that a previously patched part of a local road had begun to break up again.
11/01/2023: Family-owned funeral directors, Wathall’s, which has an Erewash branch in Borrowash, have confirmed dates for this year’s daytime and evening free programmes designed to help people come to terms with bereavement.