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A new singing group has been set up in Long Eaton - The Rockabillies Choir.

RAFA, the Royal Air Forces Association is a membership organisation and registered charity that provides welfare support to the RAF family.

Serving members of the Royal Air Force, ex members, affiliated members and friends are all eligible for membership.

Officials invite you to join them on the first Thursday of every month at 7:30pm at the Risley Park Inn, Risley. Alternatively find us at www.erewashrafa.co.uk.

Erewash Borough Council has announced that it will offer its residents FREE collections on both bulky waste and household white goods from 1 April this year.

The Ilkeston Talking Newspaper is a version of the Ilkeston Advertiser Newspaper which is provided in a recorded format and posted out to blind and partially sighted people in the area every week.

It's now even easier to find the books you want to borrow from Derbyshire County Council's ebook loan service following the introduction of a new innovation on its website.

The Alzheimers Society host a Memory Cafe in Breaston on the fourth Thursday of each month.

Erewash Sound features a tribute to popular Borrowash village barber Ron Newton - the popular hairdreser ran a salon on the main road in the village for decades, until the effects of cancer forced him into a brief retirement before leading to his sad death.

'Butterflies' was set up in the Summer of 2009 to cover the Derby and Derbyshire areas and support parents who have found it difficult to attend their local support groups. There are already 60 members and numbers are growing daily, with interest in the group from as far afield as Australia.

The Long Eaton Twinning Association involves tie-ups between the town and others in mainland Europe. Long Eaton is twinned with Romorantin-Lanthenay in France, and Langen in Germany. The Association is looking out for new members to get involved in exchanges and other related activities.

Tributes have been paid to a traditional and popular Borrowash barber who has died just a short period after ill health forced him into retirement.

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