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A D-Day hero who was Britain’s oldest man when he died last year aged 110 is to have his wartime courage memorialised in a huge permanent artwork – on the wall of Ilkeston Town Hall. Brave Donald Rose was wounded during the Normandy landings but shrugged off the bullet to his leg to fight his way into Germany, where he helped to liberate the Nazi death camp at Belsen. He was the country’s oldest World War Two veteran and a […]
A “stunning” seven-metre-tall mural in memory of the UK’s oldest WW2 veteran, who died last year aged 110, is set to be painted onto a Derbyshire council headquarters. Erewash Borough Council is set to approve its own plans for a mural of Donald Rose, aged 110, who died last year and was the UK’s oldest surviving Second World War veteran. The council wants to paint a seven-metre-tall (23 foot) mural on the side of the finance block on the western […]
Police officers from Long Eaton have partnered with Trading Standards officials to carry out a visit to a shop in the town. The operation on Friday 19th September came after numerous reports were received from members of the public that the shop had been selling illegal products. During the visit, officers located numerous packs of illegal cigarettes and tobacco, all of which were seized as part of an investigation. A statement from the Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Team said: "We […]
The East Midlands Mayor has welcomed moves by the new Labour Government Prime Minister to give more control to mayors across England in the drive for economic growth, housing and job creation. Mayor Claire Ward, of the East Midlands Combined County Authority, was pleased to see Prime Minister Andy Burnham visit the region twice during his first three weeks in power while he recently stated that political power had become too centralised so he would be making devolution powers available […]
From Sunday 20th September 2026, passengers whose trains are cancelled will be able to use other services free of charge – ending limbo at stations and the need for costly re-bookings. Currently passengers are paying the price for a system which prioritises shareholders when trains are cancelled. People are left to wait on platforms for operators to agree ticket acceptance, rush to catch another service across the station, buy a new ticket, or abandon their journey altogether - with countless […]
Erewash MP Adam Thompson has written an open letter to Cllr Charlotte Hill, Reform’s Highways Lead at Derbyshire County Council to demand answers on what work is being done to make Ilkeston Market Place safer. The action follows a meeting, held in the town in April 2026, between Adam, Cllr Hill, and family members of Samuel Wilson, but Mr. Thompson has said that whilst the meeting had seemed like a pragmatic cross-party discussion, it was followed by "...months of silence […]
Police officers in Ilkeston are appealing for video footage to help tackle the issue of anti-social driving in the town. A Problem Management Plan has been put into place after reports were received about groups of cars being driven in an anti-social manner on several occasions on Chalons Way throughout August. Work will be carried out with Erewash Borough Council and the Community Safety Partnership with a Public Spaces Protection Order being implemented in the town which gives authorities powers […]
A man has suffered serious injuries following a collision during a police pursuit. Officers had been pursuing a Volkswagen Golf which had failed to stop on the A6007 in Heanor just after 12.15pm on Tuesday 8th September. As the Golf reached Hardy Barn in Shipley, travelling towards Ilkeston, it was in collision with a VW T-Cross travelling in the opposite direction. The driver of the Golf suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital where he remains. The driver and […]
An Ilkeston man has been jailed for more than two decades for sexually abusing three children. Ralph Fletcher, 35, of Barclay Court, was found guilty of 14 sexual offences against the children during a trial in May this year. The offences included rape, assault by penetration, and sexual touching. Ronald Fletcher, 37, of Welwyndale Road, Sutton Coldfield was also found guilty of two counts of sexual touching against one of the children, during the same trial A third defendant, Zoe […]
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