Ockbrook News
03/02/2020: A local apprentice will represent their employer and Derby College Group (DCG) in a new national competition for trainee hairdressers and barbers next week.
11/01/2020: Erewash Sound is pleased to present the latest round up of news from the Ockbrook Redhill branch of the WI from Susan Maclaine.
09/12/2019: Enterprising groups across Derbyshire are showing that a little can go a long way following their successful applications to Derbyshire County Council’s Action Grants scheme to help with their activities.
25/10/2019: The borough council’s community household waste collection service is returning following a successful trial in 2018/19.
22/09/2019: Erewash has once again swept the medal tally board with their best year yet, after their outstanding successes at the prestigious East Midlands in Bloom competition – with Long Eaton and Ilkeston both winning gold medals in the Large Town category section after being nominated by Erewash Borough Council’s parks team.
07/09/2019: After nearly 10 years of delivering a truly local radio service to the residents of Erewash, Erewash Sound is delighted that the broadcast regulator, OFCOM has agreed to allow a second transmitter and a second frequency for the radio station to reach homes across Long Eaton and the south of the borough which currently experience poor reception of the 96.8FM service.
28/02/2019: Tributes are being paid to a long serving Ockbrook landlady who has died aged 92.
15/11/2018: Derbyshire County Council is warning road users to take care on the borough's highways after a spate of thefts of metal grates from roadside gutters.
17/10/2018: All Police Safer Neighbourhood teams in Erewash are now on Facebook to keep residents informed of policing issues in the borough.
08/10/2018: A man has tragically died after being hit by a car on the A6096 Dale Road in Ockbrook on Thursday evening.