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Seized in Sandiacre (Credit: Derbyshire Police)

Police seize vehicle in Sandiacre for potentially being involved in crime

Police officers from Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Team have taken action after an alert was flagged up on the Derbyshire Police ANPR (automatic numberplate recognition) system for potentially being involved in crime. The swoop was carried out on Tuesday 31st March when the van was brought to a stop on Station Road, Sandiacre. Checks showed that the driver was found to have no driving licence and no insurance, and, as a result, the vehicle was seized under 165 of the […]

4 April 2026 4

Sandiacre

Plans for 100 homes submitted for land between the M1 and Sandiacre

By Eddie Bisknell - Local Democracy Reporting Service Plans for 100 homes on land between the M1 and a Derbyshire town have emerged – just months after a housing blueprint including the plot was scrapped. Peveril Homes has filed plans for 100 houses off Larch Drive, Sandiacre, between the town and the M1, including a footpath across the Green Belt fields which leads to a motorway footbridge. The developer has argued that the Green Belt plot, protected from inappropriate development […]

31 March 2026 3

Thomas Stark (Credit: Derbyshire Police)

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Appeal launched to trace man wanted in connection with making threats to kill

Erewash Police officers are appealing for the public’s help to trace a man who is wanted for questioning in relation to an incident of making threats to kill. Despite extensive enquiries, officers have been unable to locate 31-year-old Thomas Stark, who is from Sandiacre, leading to the appeal and the release of a photograph of the wanted man. Members of the public are asked not to approach him if you see him and to ring 999 immediately quoting the reference […]

18 March 2026 15

Councillor Carol Wood, pictured centre, surrounded by newly planted trees with Tibshelf landowner Cat Howourth, right, and woodland creation officer Iaian Stafford

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Tree planting gathers pace as Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest branches out

Thousands of trees are being planted across Derbyshire now the second planting season of the county’s ambitious Derbyshire's Heartwood Community Forest is well underway. Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest is a long term programme led by Derbyshire County Council to increase tree cover across eastern and southern Derbyshire and Derby. Tree planting helps to improve biodiversity, prevent flooding, provide soil stability and shelter for livestock, and create healthier, greener places for people to live, work and visit. Through a Government funded […]

12 March 2026 24

Sandiacre

Developer scraps plans for Erewash apartment block over high-level flood risk

By Eddie Bisknell - Local Democracy Reporting Service A developer has scrapped plans to build a four-storey apartment block in a Derbyshire town after the site’s flood risk was increased to the highest level. McCarthy Stone’s plans for a four-storey block of retirement apartments for the over 55s were submitted last October for land off Station Road, Sandiacre, next to Lidl and the Erewash Canal. At the time, paperwork with the planning application, filed to Erewash Borough Council, showed the […]

3 March 2026 12

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Local pub helps 7-year-old Amealia Kolpa in bid to break UK birthday card record

By Esther Ogonya and Helen Purcell A seven-year-old girl battling cancer is aiming to break a UK record and a Sandiacre pub is helping her do it. Amealia Kolpa, from Rowley Regis in the Black Country, has announced her dream of receiving 8,000 birthday cards for her eighth birthday on March 3. She hopes to break the UK record for opening the most birthday cards. Amealia has been in and out of hospital since she was two and a half, […]

2 March 2026 32

Walton Street, Long Eaton (Credit: Google Maps)

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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 26

The Best Western hotel in Bostocks Lane, Sandiacre. Image from Google.

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Home Office insists it will close every asylum seeker hotel after County Council demands timeline

By Jon Cooper - Local Democracy Reporting Service The Government’s Home Office has insisted it will close every single asylum seeker hotel after Derbyshire County Council has called for a clear timeline on the Government’s plans to shut down the controversial system which houses a worrying number of immigrants seeking asylum in UK communities. Derbyshire County Council, which is led by a Reform UK administration, voted by a majority at a meeting on February 11th to approve Cllr Paul Maginnis’s […]

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Derbyshire County Council calls for timeline on plans for asylum seeker hotel closure

By Jon Cooper - Local Democracy Reporting Service Derbyshire County Council has agreed to call upon MPs to demand a clear timeline on the Government’s plans to shut down its controversial asylum seeker hotel system which the authority says currently allows for as many as 565 men to be housed in three areas of the county. The council, which is led by a Reform UK administration, voted by a majority at a meeting on February 11th to approve Cllr Paul […]

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Sandiacre

Police seize vehicle in Sandiacre for potentially being involved in crime

Plans for 100 homes submitted for land between the M1 and Sandiacre

Appeal launched to trace man wanted in connection with making threats to kill

Tree planting gathers pace as Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest branches out

Developer scraps plans for Erewash apartment block over high-level flood risk

Local pub helps 7-year-old Amealia Kolpa in bid to break UK birthday card record

Borough Council vows to take stronger action to curb HMOs

Home Office insists it will close every asylum seeker hotel after County Council demands timeline

Derbyshire County Council calls for timeline on plans for asylum seeker hotel closure

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