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Activity at Rutland Sports Park (Credit: EBC)

Gym’s £60k refurbishment sees it boast 100 virtual terrains

A gym at one of Erewash Borough Council’s leisure centres has been beefed up at a cost of over £60,000 with state-of-the art cardio equipment – featuring “immersive on-demand workouts” and an app that can be downloaded to track fitness levels. Sixteen-inch touchscreens mean gymgoers at Ilkeston’s Rutland Sports Park can experience more than 100 virtual terrains. The investment – which has seen the gym redecorated and all its cardio fitness machines replaced – is the latest by the company […]

27 February 2026 3

Walton Street, Long Eaton (Credit: Google Maps)

Borough Wide

Borough Council vows to take stronger action to curb HMOs

An increase in Erewash homes being bought to house multiple tenants is seeing the borough council having to seek a legal dispensation so it can properly crack down on those getting converted under the radar, concerned councillors have been told. The town hall is on a mission to stem the proliferation of unregulated HMOs – houses in multiple occupation – but has been hamstrung by national rules exempting smaller ones from needing planning consent. Owners of properties that are rented […]

27 February 2026 10

Borough Wide

Google Maps to stop telling people to drive over Ilkeston Market Place

Currently, online mapping providers like Google Maps and Apple Maps will sometimes direct people to cut across the market place from Pimlico to South Street – driving directly in front of Ilkeston town hall and the John Warren pub. That entrance to the Market Place has a ‘no motor vehicles’ sign, with the clarification below ‘except for access’. The relevant traffic regulation order (TRO) provided by Derbyshire County Council also makes clear that this route, from Pimlico to South Street, […]

26 February 2026 48

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Couple die after suspected gas leak in Ilkeston

Residents of an Ilkeston property have lost their lives after a suspected gas leak. Police officers were reports that a couple had been found unconscious at a house in The Spinney in the town shortly after 10:10am on Friday 20th February. At the scene, a married couple, a man, 89, and a woman, 90, were found but were pronounced dead by the ambulance service. Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service subsequently made the area safe, and after the property was ventilated, […]

20 February 2026 27

Derby

Appeal to identify man selling items door-to-door

Derbyshire Police are appealing for information to try and identify the man pictured after reports of a man selling items door-to-door in Ilkeston as well as Derby. Two separate incidents of door-to-door selling have been reported - both targeting elderly individuals – and in one instance where a man entered the home of a man in his 90s in Hazel Drive, Spondon, on 1st February at around 12.45pm. The incident in Ilkeston took place on Friday 23rd January at approximately […]

11 February 2026 12

Ilkeston

Appeal after motorcycle stolen from home before being found abandoned

Officers investigating the theft of a motorcycle in Ilkeston are appealing for the public’s help. The red Kawasaki EN500 motorcycle was stolen from a house in Park Road, at around 1am on 8th January. The bike was found later the same day dumped on the Pewitt Golf Course and has subsequently been returned to its owner. CCTV from the area where the bike was stolen captured two people stealing the bike. While the pair pictured are not able to be […]

4 February 2026 30

Ilkeston

DCG champions next generation of nature-minded leaders through conservation and land-based education

As the urgency of nature recovery and sustainable land management grows across the UK, Derby College Group (DCG) is celebrating the role its Broomfield Hall (Morley) campus plays in preparing students for careers that directly support the future of the environment. Broomfield Hall, DCG’s working estate in the Derwent Valley, equips learners with hands-on experience in land and wildlife management, conservation, ecological surveying and habitat stewardship, skills that are increasingly vital amid nationwide efforts to protect and enhance biodiversity. At […]

4 February 2026 12

Community Notices

Garden group embrace romance with random Valentines bouquet drop

Valentine’s Day is not just a commercial day for couples to declare their love according to volunteers at Shipley Community Garden. For the last five years, during the month of February, members have randomly dropped handmade bouquets of flowers, seed bombs and seed paper and lavender fabric hearts on random doorsteps in Shipley, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston and Heanor. As the annual celebration of romance approaches, Kay Kearton from the Shipley Community Garden said: "Everyone deserves appreciation and a little token of […]

3 February 2026 14

Liam Derrett (Credit: Family/Derbyshire Police)

Ilkeston

Two men given jail sentences over attack on teenager who later died

Two men have been given jail sentences for attacking a teenager on a night out who later died from his injuries in Ilkeston. Liam Derrett was enjoying an evening out with friends when he was assaulted in the Market Place in the early hours of Sunday 1st June 2025. The 19-year-old, of Kirk Hallam, died in hospital from his injuries two days later. Prior to the incident that led to Liam’s death, two groups of young men - who had […]

3 February 2026 20

Ilkeston

Gym’s £60k refurbishment sees it boast 100 virtual terrains

Borough Council vows to take stronger action to curb HMOs

Google Maps to stop telling people to drive over Ilkeston Market Place

Couple die after suspected gas leak in Ilkeston

Appeal to identify man selling items door-to-door

Appeal after motorcycle stolen from home before being found abandoned

DCG champions next generation of nature-minded leaders through conservation and land-based education

Garden group embrace romance with random Valentines bouquet drop

Two men given jail sentences over attack on teenager who later died

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