Borrowash

A GP surgery in Derby is set to close due to it “no longer being fit for purpose” – prompting anger and shock from councillors.

The East Midlands’ Mayor has played down the potential cost issues of building a tram link between Derby and Nottingham.

The Borough of Erewash has a new Mayor – who, at just 25, is the borough’s youngest ever.

A union has revealed that Derbyshire County Council began negotiations with a care provider just before the recent local county elections as part of the previous administration’s plans to sell-off eight care homes.

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People who fall victim to cardiac arrests have a better chance of survival – thanks to a new network of defibrillators installed across Erewash by the borough council.

Campaigners opposing development on an area of public open space in Borrowash which is subject to a planning application have been distributing leaflets to local residents referencing that it is 'highly contaminated.'

New proposals have been released, for homes on an area of public green open space that has been used for decades in Borrowash.

The site of a former community hall which was put up for sale and subsequently sold has been cleared and sealed after it became blighted by fly-tippers and break-ins.

A borough councillor has taken to social media to update Borrowash residents on the future of land known locally as 'Harrington Green'.

Derbyshire Police have used the arrival of the Tour of Britain road race in the county to remind both motorists and cyclists of the rules of the road.

Independent councillors representing Ockbrook and Borrowash have taken to their social media page in a call for residents to give a collective 'NO' message to National Grid proposals for pylons through the two villages.

A parish council in the borough is leading a petition to gather signatures to support a proposal to counter National Grid plans to run a new pylon route through the borough.

Ockbrook & Borrowash Parish Councillor Greg Maskalick has crossed the political floor from being "one lone Independent" to join Labour at Erewash Borough Council.

Both MPs elected to seats covering the Erewash borough in the July 4th General Election have, along with a number of other Derbyshire MPs, co-signed a letter to the County Council Leader to protest and appeal against plans to close care homes and day centres.