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Tipping point: smouldering rubbish is hosed down – sparking reminder to Erewash residents that batteries need to be taken for recycling and not chucked in bin (Credit: EBC)

Ilkeston

Bin lorry with smouldering load gets fire engine escort

Two fire engines have escorted a bin lorry back to its Erewash depot after its load began smouldering from something in the rubbish. The borough council’s eagle-eyed refuse crew spotted smoke so pulled over and immediately summoned help. Firefighters decided the safest way to deal with the emergency – and potentially save the lorry – was for the truck to return to base and tip its contents out. The convoy with one of the fire engines following behind made its […]

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The proposed HMO at 7 Nuthall Circle, Kirk Hallam. Image from Google.

Borough Wide

Events described as “bizarre”, “peculiar” and “silly” after borough councillors decide not to decide a planning application

By Eddie Bisknell - Local Democracy Reporting Service Derbyshire councillors have decided not to decide a planning application in a move branded “bizarre”, “peculiar” and “silly”. At an Erewash Borough Council meeting last night (Wednesday, March 11th), councillors refused to make a decision on a planning application for a five-bedroom HMO, which did not require planning permission under permitted development rights. After extensive discussions, including legal and planning advice, openly bemused councillors with self-confessed “headaches” voted in favour of non-determination […]

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Mayor Cllr Harry Atkinson taking to the river

Borough Wide

Mayor supports rowing club expansion

A rowing club that was launched 15 years ago as the only one in Erewash has thanked the borough council for backing it with a £3,438 grant amid a continuing boom in membership. The popularity of the Devil’s Elbow Rowing Club had led to it running out of space to store boats until it asked the town hall for help. Mayor Cllr Harry Atkinson championed its application for a grant so more craft can be kept on new racks outside […]

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