ARMED police blocked off a Long Eaton street on Tuesday in a bid to find a ‘dangerous’ wanted man.

A SCHEME which sees new businesses setting up in Erewash handed £1,000 will be doubled if councillors agree to Conservative proposals next month.

ILKESTON residents will be able to pay council bills at the Post Office and PayPoint shops, if councillors give the go-ahead to plans next week.

KIDS spent half-term getting crafty at activities organised across the area.

AN INQUEST into the death of a retired furnace worker found that his death was caused by industrial disease.

AN ILKESTON college has revealed plans to move to the centre of town and build a supermarket and homes on its current site.

Off licence owners have been warned about the dangers of selling counterfeit alcohol and cigarettes after a rise in cases across the region.

THE LEADER of Broxtowe Borough Council has stepped down after being charged with a £45,000 benefit fraud.

CARE homes in Cotmanhay, West Hallam and Sandiacre could be among the first in the county to be closed if plans to inject £200m into adult care are given the go-ahead next week.

Members of Derbyshire Police Authority will set the budget for 2012/13 at a meeting on Thursday, February 23.

THE TORY leading group at the council plans to freeze council tax for a third year during budget discussions next month, it was announced this week.

VILLAGERS have breathed a sigh of relief this week, after planning permission was refused for 13 homes in Stanley Common and Stanley.

AN ASTON Martin, a Porsche and paying off their parents’ mortgages are at the top of a young Stapleford couple’s shopping list after they scooped £45m on the EuroMillions.

A GOVERNMENT Minister has confirmed that greenbelt has special protection, giving extra fuel to the fight to stop 450 homes being built between Trowell and Stapleford.

NEIGHBOURS told the Advertiser that police were called to the EuroMillions winners’ home in Stapleford after an attempted break-in.

AN EREWASH youth councillor is in Brussels this week on a trip to the European Parliament.

A PLAN to turn a former college in Ilkeston into an estate of 53 homes has been given a unanimous thumbs-up by councillors.

THREE teenagers are bucking the national youth unemployment trend by working at an Ilkeston gym.

OPPOSITION councillors have launched an attack on the Highways Agency over its failure to tackle graffiti inside a nature reserve.

THREE Valleys Housing (TVH) has said it is not responsible for a problem area featured in last week’s Advertiser.