Long Eaton

The Reform councillor in charge of special education needs provision and education in Derbyshire has resigned just months into the job.

Officers from the Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Team have spent the Summer months in partnership to tackle issues with youths causing anti-social behaviour.

Officials from the Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team have issued a statement after a period in which multiple reports have been received detailing the illegal use of E-scooters in the local area.

Three men have been jailed for their involvement in an organised drugs line that brought heroin and crack cocaine into Long Eaton.

A Derbyshire Conservative councillor has resigned to join Reform UK five months after the local elections.

A hairdresser who trained at the KH Hair Academy in Long Eaton has scooped one of the highest hairdressing accolades in the UK, winning gold in the ‘Transformation’ category at the Professionals TrendVision Awards UK & Ireland Final 2025.

CrossCountry, which runs regional railway services including routes through Long Eaton Railway Station is warning customers of significant travel disruption due to planned industrial action by the RMT union on Saturday 18th October.

Futures Housing Group and Lovell Partnerships’ colleagues have helped transform a community garden close to one of their new affordable housing developments on Bennett Street, Long Eaton.

Children in Erewash are to get a thrilling £160,000 jungle-themed play mecca – thanks to residents telling the council what the new fun park should look like.

The demolition of a major eyesore in one of Erewash’s towns has been completed by the borough council – with drone footage showing how the derelict cinema is no more.

Derbyshire County Council has confirmed discussions are underway with a care provider to take over eight of nine care homes which it controversially agreed to sell-off despite public outcry and a groundswell of opposition.

New technology which blasts dry ice onto the train tracks to clear away fallen leaves will be trialled by a regional rail operator this autumn.

A £10 million project to transform Long Eaton's High Street is set to begin next spring, marking a significant step in the town's £25million regeneration.

Long-distance train operator CrossCountry, which runs services regionally including through Long Eaton Railway Station, has announced adjustments to its timetable from 14th December, as part of the rail industry’s twice-yearly timetable review.

Martin Sykes, of the Long Eaton & District Talking Newspaper for the Sight Impaired, recently spoke to Nancy Plummer, who runs the Erewash VIPs (Visually impaired Club) and who is, in his opinion, one of the most inspirational and influential people he knows.

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.

Campaigners are calling for previously safeguarded Derbyshire land seized for HS2 to be used for a planned 37-mile powerline scheme instead of further countryside disruption.

Officials at the Long Eaton-based headquarters of a hairdressing business are celebrating after two of its stylists were named as finalists at the British Hairdressing Awards 2025.

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Derby Museums has launched a new campaign aimed at attracting visitors on ‘culture breaks’ to the city.

Police officers from the Long Eaton safer Neighbourhood Team have attended a safety and welfare event at Sawley Junior School to talk to parents and students about the importance of road safety.

Officials working for CrossCountry have warned rail passengers to expect short-notice cancellations on its services from Monday 9th June 2025 until Saturday 25th October 2025 due to planned industrial action by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT).

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People who fall victim to cardiac arrests have a better chance of survival – thanks to a new network of defibrillators installed across Erewash by the borough council.

A local school pupil is taking to local radio as part of a school project.

A borough council war on pollution across Erewash means residents are now able to get real time info on the quality of the very air they breathe.

Long Eaton Police Officers have taken to social media to issue a reminder as to how e-scooters can and cannot be used.

The next Simone Biles could come from Erewash – as the borough council backs a mission to find Olympic gymnasts of the future.

Dusk falls on a summer’s day – in magical images that capture how a much-loved Erewash park has been transformed after dark by new lighting.

Market days in Erewash are getting a boost from the borough council – with the launch of a new campaign to tempt shoppers to our town centres.

Guidance has been issued by Long Eaton Police Officers after receiving approaches by several people regarding suspicious callers offering to sell goods door to door in the area.

Both MPs elected to seats covering the Erewash borough in the July 4th General Election have, along with a number of other Derbyshire MPs, co-signed a letter to the County Council Leader to protest and appeal against plans to close care homes and day centres.

A man has been charged in connection with a sexual assault in Long Eaton.

The 12 year recipient of a letter from the King saluting his efforts to help save the planet has received fresh praise out of the blue – this time from his idol Sir David Attenborough.

A councillor with connections to Erewash has become the first member of the Sikh community to be appointed to the position of Vice Civic Chairman at Derbyshire County Council.

A new report has revealed that a £2.8m boost for Erewash clinched by the borough council from central government is putting the borough on the map as it improves the lives of residents.

A relieved DIY fan has been reunited with his precious power tools after he hid them in his wheelie bin while he took a break – forgetting it was collection day.