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Borough care home one of two sold at auction after being emptied following council budget cuts

Two closed Derbyshire care homes have been sold at auction for more than £1.7 million months after they were emptied following council budget cuts. At an auction last week, the former Briar Close Care Home in Borrowash and Thomas Colledge House in Bolsover were sold for £960,000 and £780,000 respectively. The sales come just a month after the auction of another former Derbyshire County Council care home – Castle Court in Castle Gresley – which went under the hammer for […]

2 November 2026 16

Borrowash

Arrests made and patrols stepped up following reports of knifepoint robberies

Two arrests have been made and patrols have been increased following reports of a series of knifepoint robberies in the south east of the county.Derbyshire Police officials have received five such reports of victims having their bikes stolen from them after being threatened.The incidents happened between Monday 26th and Wednesday 28th October 28 in the Borrowash, Pride Park and Elvaston Castle Country Park areas.Two boys, aged 14 and 15, have now been arrested in connection with these offences and are […]

29 October 2026 1

Borough Wide

Fifty years on – do YOU remember Derby’s cancelled concert by The Sex Pistols and The Clash?

An appeal has been issued for memories, tickets, photographs and eyewitnesses from December 1976. Specifically, on Saturday 4th December 1976, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned and Johnny Thunders’ Heartbreakers were scheduled to appear at Derby’s King’s Hall as part of the notorious Anarchy in the UK Tour. But the concert never took place. Following The Sex Pistols’ controversial appearance on national television, Derby councillors proposed that the band perform a private audition before being allowed to appear in […]

19 October 2026 45

Borough Wide

Borough care home set to be sold at auction

Two more closed Derbyshire care homes are set to be sold at auction, joining two more which have already been listed for sale for more than a month. On September 9th, auction listings for former Derbyshire County Council facilities, Briar Close House Care Home in Borrowash and Thomas Colledge House in Bolsover, were posted by BTG Eddisons. Weeks later, a council decision notice, dated October 9th, now states that the two facilities, alongside The Grange in Eckington and Rowthorne in […]

15 October 2026 55

Borrowash

Future unclear for former Borrowash pub site

The future of an historic Derbyshire pub that has been derelict for years remains unclear, following a fire and planning delays. After seven years derelict and four years after planning permission for its conversion into homes was granted, residents near the former Wilmot Arms pub in Derby Road, Borrowash, have lost faith. The former watering hole, dating back to the 1850s, had a complex history, with some residents remembering it fondly, whilst others say that a certain clientele in its […]

28 September 2026 26

Scott Bradley (Credit: Derbyshire Police)

Borrowash

Speeding driver who killed woman in head-on crash is jailed

A speeding driver who killed a woman in a head-on collision in Borrowash has been jailed. Scott Bradley’s Vauxhall Astra was seen driving at speed and mounting the pavement just before it hit a Honda Jazz head on in Nottingham Road on 10th April 2024. Kathleen O’Neill, the driver of the Honda, suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital. The 75-year-old died almost two weeks later on 23rd April. CCTV showed that just before the crash, Bradley was speeding […]

25 September 2026 14

The Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA) held public meetings to launch their Trams for Derby campaign. Image by LDRS.

Borough Wide

Trams for Derby campaigners ‘left in dark’

Campaigners looking to bring a tram network across Derby claim they have been “left in the dark” over their proposals. The Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA) launched its vision to deliver a tram system for the city in April this year. The organisation believes trams would boost Derby’s economy, reduce pollution and congestion, quicken journey times and give the city a “transformational investment”. The LRTA suggests the trams could attract approximately 75,000 passenger trips per day, with the majority coming […]

17 September 2026 51

Borough Wide

One borough care home put up for sale, another yet to be put on the market after closures

Several former Derbyshire care homes are being sold at auction after the council failed to secure a buyer to keep them running. In June, Derbyshire County Council confirmed it had emptied and closed eight care homes it had been aiming to sell to a sole provider, after determining it could no longer keep them itself. However, last December, that sale fell through – and, despite offers from other prospective buyers for a number of the individual homes, the council proceeded […]

15 September 2026 20

Deputy Mayor Linda cuts ribbon at £160k play mecca (Credit: EBC)

Borough Wide

£2m for new playgrounds to help get kids active

A record sum of almost £2million is to be spent by Erewash council on creating new playgrounds to get children more active. The borough’s leader Cllr James Dawson said the authority’s biggest ever investment in play areas will see the construction of 12 exciting fun zones where tired existing playgrounds have been identified as needing entirely new equipment. A 13th – in Sawley – will get its safety surfacing replaced along with new fencing. Cllr Dawson declared: “Happy and healthy […]

12 August 2026 45

Borrowash

Borough care home one of two sold at auction after being emptied following council budget cuts

Arrests made and patrols stepped up following reports of knifepoint robberies

Fifty years on – do YOU remember Derby’s cancelled concert by The Sex Pistols and The Clash?

Borough care home set to be sold at auction

Future unclear for former Borrowash pub site

Speeding driver who killed woman in head-on crash is jailed

Trams for Derby campaigners ‘left in dark’

One borough care home put up for sale, another yet to be put on the market after closures

£2m for new playgrounds to help get kids active

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