Ilkeston News
22/01/2024: A wife who battled a rare genetic illness to run the London Marathon has been honoured by Erewash Borough Council at its Active Lives Awards.
22/01/2024: Northern, which runs services through Ilkeston Railway Station, has seen a 20% drop in the number of penalty fares issued in the first year since the government increased the fine to those travelling without a ticket to £100.
12/01/2024: A non-profit making shop that gave away two tons of chocolate when it was opened by a visiting beauty queen is one of the latest outlets to get a huge boost from an Erewash Borough Council crusade to keep local high streets thriving.
10/01/2024: Angelique Foster, Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner, has awarded community and voluntary groups across the county a share of more than £115k to support her efforts to combat anti-social behaviour.
08/01/2024: Northern, which runs services through Ilkeston Railway Station has begun segregating waste products across its operations into 33 different specialist categories.
05/01/2024: A pioneering club that was launched in Erewash 40 years ago has had a visit from the borough’s mayor – as the social hub marks an amazing four decades of providing invaluable help and support to survivors of strokes.
29/12/2023: Train operator Northern, which runs services through Ilkeston Railway Station, has coined the term ‘recremuter’ for its customers who now only commute to the office when there’s a recreational ‘add on’ to their day.
22/12/2023: The Government has recently announced a significant intervention to cap next year’s rail fare increase at 4.9%, considerably below the 9% July’s RPI figure on which they are historically based.
21/12/2023: A woman has been charged with murder after a man died in Ilkeston.
20/12/2023: The family of a man who died following an incident in Ilkeston have paid tribute to the talented footballer with a “heart of gold”.