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James Dawson and Lee Lindley (Credit: EBC)

Borough Council praised as local firm wins top awards

A pioneering Erewash renewable energy company that prides itself on offering opportunities for apprentices praised Erewash Borough Council for supporting local industry – as the firm scooped two prestigious national awards. Family-owned “smart” solar panel installer LJM Solutions won the double accolade at an “Oscars” night for contractors involved in the housing sector. The annual gongs salute the “social value” that businesses deliver and are presented by the charity CHIP – Communities and Housing Investment in People. Delighted managing director […]

1 July 2026 27

Christ Church Methodist Church in Derby Road, Long Eaton. Image from Google.

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Erewash church gets a new lease of life

An historic Derbyshire church is eyeing a new future to preserve the “shabby but sacred” building and bring more people inside. The 150-year-old Christ Church Methodist Church in Derby Road, Long Eaton, a prominent building on the town’s main thoroughfare, is set for a new lease of life. Christ Church, home to the official Long Eaton town clock, is looking to divide the existing worship space into separate community facilities, alongside the sale of the neighbouring Sunday school. This will […]

18 June 2026 30

The proposed site of 150 homes in Bostocks Lane, Risley. Image from Google.

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Borough Council set to spend £1.5m on 7,000-home master-plan

A Derbyshire council is due to spend more than £1.5 million replacing a “deeply flawed” 7,000-home masterplan. In January, the Labour-run Erewash Borough Council opted to scrap its future housing plan, mandated to meet Government targets, after an ultimatum from an inspector. This had followed seven years of work through two political administrations, a blocked attempt at scrapping it, the addition of thousands more homes and months of limbo. The council must legally have or be working towards a housing […]

18 June 2026 22

The planned retirement apartment complex off Station Road, Sandiacre. Image from Corstorphine & Wright.

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Dozens of flats approved on “eyesore” derelict Erewash site, vacant for more than 15 years

Dozens of flats have been approved on an “eyesore” derelict site which has been vacant for more than 15 years – but none will be “affordable”. At an Erewash Borough Council meeting this month (Wednesday, June 10th), councillors approved plans for a four-storey block of 53 retirement apartments on vacant land next to Lidl and the Erewash Canal in Station Road, Sandiacre. The plans, from McCarthy Stone, had previously been withdrawn by the developer due to flood risk issues, after […]

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Borough councillors reject pitch for derelict former drug deal “magnet” and squat to become bedsit

Plans to turn a derelict former “magnet” for drug deals and squatters into an eight-person bedsit have been rejected by councillors. The two-storey end-of-terrace home in Oxford Street, Long Eaton, sits directly next to the former Galaxy Row Cinema site, which is undergoing regeneration. On Wednesday, June 10th, its councillors unanimously rejected plans to bring a problem property back into use as an eight-person HMO (house in multiple occupation). A “passionate” speech was delivered to the meeting by a representative […]

11 June 2026 33

Prince William and Greg James (Credit: EBC)

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Borough Council helps iconic firm make its first electric bike

An iconic company that has been celebrated for 80 years as the Rolls-Royce of bicycle makers is to debut its first ELECTRIC powered two-wheeler – thanks to help from Erewash Borough Council. Mercian Cycles – which produces hand-crafted custom-built bikes - successfully applied for a £20,000 research and development grant from the authority to add battery assistance to one of its top models. The high-tech electric version of the local company’s Ventura Allroad will be launched shortly – barely two […]

4 June 2026 25

Mayor Maskalick at The Royal Oak in Ockbrook (Credit: EBC)

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New Mayor wows rock & blues fans at charity fest

A piano virtuoso from Pittsburgh celebrated becoming Erewash’s new Mayor by taking to the stage to wow music fans at a rock and blues festival. The charity gig by teacher Cllr Greg Maskalick, 66, was his first official engagement – and came a day after he was handed the chain of office in a ceremony at Long Eaton Town Hall. He and his Roadkill Blues Band were also the headliners the following night at the free two-day music extravaganza in […]

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2026-2027 Erewash Mayor, Cllr Greg Maskalick (Credit: EBC)

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New Mayor will be a key figure in Erewash: a chance to meet Cllr Greg…

Councillor Greg Maskalick has been announced as the new Mayor of Erewash after spending the past year as Deputy to Councillor Harry Atkinson. The chains were handed over at the council’s annual meeting at Long Eaton Town Hall on Thursday 21 May. Councillor Maskalick said: “It is an honour to be elected as Mayor of Erewash. I intend to make the most of this year and take the opportunity to talk to residents and engage closely with our communities. I […]

22 May 2026 75

Artist Neil, with a blank canvas wall in Kirk Hallam (Credit: EBC)

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Eurovision artwork king sets sights on Erewash

A highly acclaimed artist famed for his large-scale Merseyside mural celebrating Eurovision has been sizing up walls in Erewash – after being commissioned by the council to bring his inspirational magic to three sites in the borough. Neil Keating, 46 – whose piece called Sound of Freedom graces the 2023 contest’s host city of Liverpool – visited Kirk Hallam, Breaston and Petersham as part of a public art initiative that the authority is launching. Erewash Borough Council has earmarked £100,000 […]

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Borough Council praised as local firm wins top awards

Erewash church gets a new lease of life

Borough Council set to spend £1.5m on 7,000-home master-plan

Dozens of flats approved on “eyesore” derelict Erewash site, vacant for more than 15 years

Borough councillors reject pitch for derelict former drug deal “magnet” and squat to become bedsit

Borough Council helps iconic firm make its first electric bike

New Mayor wows rock & blues fans at charity fest

New Mayor will be a key figure in Erewash: a chance to meet Cllr Greg…

Eurovision artwork king sets sights on Erewash

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