- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- GPs 'overpaid for ghost patients'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
- 'MP' held after Commons disturbance
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
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Leader hands deputy power
THE LEADER of Broxtowe Borough Council has stepped down after being charged with a £45,000 benefit fraud.
Supermarket plan for college campus
AN ILKESTON college has revealed plans to move to the centre of town and build a supermarket and homes on its current site.
Tax freeze explained
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.
Plan for thirteen homes refused
VILLAGERS have breathed a sigh of relief this week, after planning permission was refused for 13 homes in Stanley Common and Stanley.
Green light to homes at former site
A PLAN to turn a former college in Ilkeston into an estate of 53 homes has been given a unanimous thumbs-up by councillors.
Greenbelt is protected: MP
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.
Council to fund 60 places to sit
To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this summer, Erewash Borough Council is to provide 60 new benches across the borough.
Signature reminders
MORE than 6,000 borough residents have received letters from the council this week asking for them to update their signature.
Plan to build 53 homes on college site
COUNCILLORS will vote on a plan to build 53 homes on a former college site in Ilkeston next week.
Business leaders to quiz Minister
BUSINESS leaders from Erewash and Broxtowe boroughs have the chance to quiz the Business and Enterprise Minister this week.
‘Flasher’ arrested after indecent exposure on trail
A SUSPECTED flasher has been arrested on the Nutbrook Trail, police in Ilkeston have said.
Minister is quizzed over housing plans
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.
Homes set to be approved
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build 11 homes on greenbelt in Stanley Common has been recommended for approval by council planners.
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Weather for Ilkeston
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 10 C to 16 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 3 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: West
