Long Eaton News
24/10/2018: The Secretary of State for Education, The Rt. Hon. Damian Hinds MP was in Long Eaton on Monday 22nd October, to officially open the new £15 million Wilsthorpe Community School.
24/10/2018: Borough and county bus passengers are to benefit from better information as ‘live’ journey time technology is rolled out.
24/10/2018: A 34-year-old man who robbed an elderly relative has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
17/10/2018: All Police Safer Neighbourhood teams in Erewash are now on Facebook to keep residents informed of policing issues in the borough.
13/10/2018: Local MP Maggie Throup has given her initial reactions following the publication of two new consultations on the working draft environmental statement and Equality Impact Assessment Report for HS2 Phase 2b.
13/10/2018: The Stop HS2 campaign has dismissed the route proposed for Phase 2b of HS2 is the “most destructive and cheapest option”, stating that the proposed scheme would displace more jobs than it creates, knock down over 1,000 homes and businesses, and go through 12 miles of flood risk areas and 12 SSSIs and 9 ancient woodlands, which has prompted the Woodland Trust to respond by saying “This is far worse than we were expecting”.
13/10/2018: Derby County mascot Ewie cheered on hundreds of primary pupils who took part in a girls’ football festival organised by Erewash School Sport Partnership.
13/10/2018: Detectives are appealing for information following a late-night robbery at a filling station in Breaston.
27/09/2018: Work has started on the project to upgrade the glass houses at Erewash Borough Council’s West Park nursery complex in Long Eaton.
27/09/2018: On Friday 21 September 2018, Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service welcomed 19 new Wholetime Firefighters at a Pass-Out Ceremony attended by over 100 of their closest family and friends including a number from the Erewash area.