Ilkeston from Friday, May 9th, 2025
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Oldest hero, 110, gets Freedom of Borough
Erewash Borough Council is to salute war hero Donald Rose – who is the UK’s oldest man – by granting the 110-year-old the Freedom of the Borough.
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Reform bankruptcy claim
A new Reform UK Derbyshire county councillor has claimed the authority is “six months from bankruptcy” and that the party has “inherited an empire of dirt”.
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Plans for pub to shop conversion approved
A former Derbyshire pub will finally now be converted into a shop and flats despite congestion and road safety concerns.
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Borough council planners unanimously rejected bedsit plans for former Ilkeston pub building
Councillors have unanimously rejected plans to turn a series of historic pub buildings in a Derbyshire town centre into a 19-bed house in multiple occupation.
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Who’d have thought it? Time traveller’s local link
A Doctor Who legend who will be a VIP guest as Erewash Museum stages a sci-fi day dedicated to the Time Lord has close ties to the borough, it has been revealed.
