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7-year old Esme clocks up the miles for charity
30/09/2022: A 7-year old from Kirk Hallam who came into the world prematurely and spent two weeks in intensive care has completed a marathon well within the space of a month in aid of charity.
30/09/2022: Derbyshire County Council is in discussions with Government about establishing an investment zone in Derbyshire to encourage investment, support economic growth and create jobs.
30/09/2022: Erewash is celebrating another set of fantastic results at this year’s East Midlands in Bloom Awards.
29/09/2022: The number of people accessing talking therapies for conditions such as anxiety and depression through the NHS increased by 21.5% from 2020-21 to 2021-22, a new report shows. 
29/09/2022: Coverage for all routine childhood vaccinations administered to children under five in England in 2021-22 has been published. 
448k organ donation decisions registered for the first time via the NHS App
28/09/2022: The NHS App has now recorded more than 30 million sign-ups, and almost 450,000 new organ donation decisions have been registered via the app.
70 year old David Stevenson from Chaddeden, Derby
26/09/2022: A Derbyshire pensioner and registered sex offender who paid to live stream the sexual abuse of children has been jailed.
26/09/2022: Demand for occupational therapy in children's services across the UK has risen sharply, the findings of a survey by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) show. 85% of those surveyed said that there had been an increase in demand for their services over the last year. This is already on top of an 80% increase reported July 2021.
Leaf busting technology being deployed to Northern trains
26/09/2022: Northern Rail which runs services through Ilkeston Railway Station, is fitting new technology to a number of its trains to help combat leaves on the line and stop disruption for passengers during Autumn.  
Chris Hobson from the East Midlands Chamber
23/09/2022: A Sustainability Summit organised by the East Midlands Chamber has concluded that moving from net-zero aspirations to the net-zero being embedded in every business strand will be crucial to taking meaningful strides forward in green growth.

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