Ilkeston from Friday, September 5th, 2025

A life-saving council mission to add emergency “bleed kits” to newly-installed defibrillators across Erewash means more than a dozen locations now boast both – as it emerged some of the gear has already been used.

Wreath-laying ceremonies have been held in both of towns as part of the national Merchant Navy Association's commemorations 80 years after the end of World War Two.