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Mayor Claire working to protect bus services following bus operator closure

The Mayor of the East Midlands is working with partners and bus operators following the closure of CT4N, which has affected several bus services across Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, including parts of Erewash. The closure of CT4N is sad news for the region, resulting in job losses and uncertainty for employees and their families. It has also understandably caused concern for passengers who rely on these services to get to work, school, appointments and other essential destinations. As the Local […]

14 August 2026 5

Borough Wide

Major repair scheme for Harrington Bridge over the River Trent

Major structural repairs to Harrington Bridge which crosses the River Trent at Sawley will start in August, as part of Derbyshire County Council’s £70 million capital programme, which is delivering safer, stronger and more resilient highways and infrastructure across the county. The county council is investing £760,000 this year as part of the final phase of a £1.4 million project to refurbish the 116-year-old bridge, which carries the B6540 Tamworth Road over the River Trent. Work runs from on Monday […]

31 July 2026 36

The location for the works and diversion (Credit: EBC)

Borough Wide

Southbound closure for Tamworth Road traffic

Drivers using a busy route through one of Erewash’s towns face detours until December – as it becomes one-way while contractors crack on with giving Long Eaton a huge £10million revamp. Tamworth Road north of Long Eaton Station is already traffic calmed to encourage vehicles to use either Wilsthorpe Road or Fields Farm Road as through routes. The temporary closure of its southbound lane means traffic will have to use those alternatives. Northbound vehicles will continue to be able to […]

30 July 2026 43

Sawley

Sixth-generation farming family faces the prospect selling cattle over sale of land for new “nature haven”

A sixth-generation Derbyshire farming family faces the prospect of having to sell dozens of cattle amid the fallout over a new “nature haven” in the area. The Grammer family – the last farming family in the area – have farmed 93 acres of agricultural land around Sawley, alongside the River Trent, including their current herd of 280 cattle, for 100 years, through six generations. However, Erewash Borough Council (EBC) recently ended the six-generation tenancy of four acres of land off […]

30 April 2026 95

Borough Wide

Borough Council to turn meadow into new nature haven

A new beauty spot is to be created by Erewash Borough Council on grassland it owns – with the potential for it to be turned into a wood that would be a haven for wildlife. The proposed transformation is at Bothe Meadows next to Sawley’s All Saints Church. Re-fencing is currently taking place at the site on Tamworth Road, which was formerly rented out for grazing. Existing trees that are dying and in need of removal are being dealt with. […]

16 April 2026 24

Sawley

Derelict loo block to become coffee shop and workshop

By Eddie Bisknell - Local Democracy Reporting Service A derelict toilet block in a car park is set to be converted into a coffee shop and workshop after councillors gave plans the go-ahead. At an Erewash Borough Council meeting this month, councillors gave their unanimous support for plans from Nichol Dexter to give the former public loos in Sawley’s Trent Lock car park a new lease of life. The toilets have been disused for around a year, and the area […]

16 March 2026 49

Sawley

Mayor Claire working to protect bus services following bus operator closure

Major repair scheme for Harrington Bridge over the River Trent

Southbound closure for Tamworth Road traffic

Sixth-generation farming family faces the prospect selling cattle over sale of land for new “nature haven”

Borough Council to turn meadow into new nature haven

Derelict loo block to become coffee shop and workshop

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