Weekly News From Ilkeston, Derbyshire

AN ILKESTON couple have opened up two new shops on Bath Street as a joint business venture.

A SUSPECTED flasher has been arrested on the Nutbrook Trail, police in Ilkeston have said.

A GRIEVING dad was found dead at a friends house after drinking and taking morphine just three weeks after the death of his uncle.

CALLS have been made for an investigation into emergency service response times in Derbyshire after the death of a teenager in Ilkeston.

BUSINESS leaders from Erewash and Broxtowe boroughs have the chance to quiz the Business and Enterprise Minister this week.

DERBYSHIRE police have come out on top after the latest crime reduction figures were released.

FOR another year running, league tables showing how our secondary schools fared at last year’s exams show a wide range across the region.

A MAN has appeared in court charged with firearms offences after allegedly entering an Ilkeston house wielding a firearm.

ILKESTON police station is to have its opening hours slashed as the county’s force tries to save cash.

AN RSPCA inspector described the squalid conditions in which he found 11 cats and three dogs at an Ilkeston home as ‘one of the worst’ he has seen in 30 years of doing the job.

SCHOOLCHILDREN from village schools in and around West Hallam gave their own special gifts in memory of a church rector whose will has benefited them.

A COUNCILLOR went to Westminster this week to lobby the Government over controversial housing plans, which could result in 450 homes being built between Trowell and Stapleford.

A DELIVERY driver has been fined £200 for fly tipping on the Cossall Industrial Estate.

ILKESTON’S history will be brought to life at a screening of vintage footage on Friday.

DRINKERS at an Ilkeston pub can get cash off food when they show their bus discount card.

School pupils in Ilkeston will learn the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling rubbish with the help of a play being funded by Derbyshire County Council through workshops and a theatre group performance.

AN ILKESTON couple have told the Advertiser of their lucky escape after a tree, blown over by strong winds, crashed through their windscreen as they headed to Derby on a shopping trip.

AN AWSWORTH man is set to captain a cruise ship around the Scottish islands.

Metal thefts fell across Derbyshire during a three-month operation and more than 60 people were arrested.

FORMER Woolworths workers have been granted their redundancy pay – three years after the collapse of the high street chain.