DONT LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE

Erewash Borough Council has issued a final reminder to local residents that they MUST be registered by next Monday 19th April to have their right to vote in next month’s local elections. Anyone old enough to vote who is not on the Council’s Register of Electors by the deadline day will lose their vote. The deadline for new applications to vote by post is the following day - 5pm on Tuesday 20th April. Residents will go to the polls on Thursday 6th May to vote in the Derbyshire County Council elections and to elect a Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire. Nine county councillors will be elected to represent Erewash on the county council. The Register of Electors is checked and updated every year but anyone who has recently moved house or just moved to the borough – or young people who have celebrated their 18th birthday over the last year – need to ensure their details are registered.

It is quick and easy to register online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote Residents who want to check that they are registered to vote in Erewash can ask via an online form at www.erewash.gov.uk - click on ‘The Council’ and ‘Elections’ to find the form that will be responded to within one working day. This year’s elections will be held in covid-secure polling stations with a range of safety measures in place, including the mandatory requirement that voters wear face masks and are encouraged to take their own pencils/pens to mark their ballot paper. Anyone who needs to apply for a postal vote should email electreg@erewash.gov.uk  or call 0115 907 1190. The deadline for new applications to vote by proxy is 5pm on Tuesday 27th April. Erewash Borough Council’s elections team can help with any enquiries. Email electreg@erewash.gov.uk or call 0115 907 1190. Royal Mail has 35,000 Priority Post Boxes with late collection times, some also including collections at weekends, that were introduced to help with the delivery of Covid Test Kits. This service may help postal voters. Visit www.royalmail.com/priority-postboxes to find a priority box in the local area.

SUSPICIOUS MAN SEEN CLIMBING INTO GARDENS

Police are questioning a suspect after receiving multiple reports of a man jumping over fences into people’s gardens and looking into sheds and outbuildings in Toton. Officers were called to the Kirkham Drive area at around 6.20pm on Tuesday 13th April 2021 and carried out an extensive search of the area after members of the public had given a description of the man. A man matching the description was later seen in Orpean Way and was swiftly stopped and questioned. After checking police systems officers quickly established he was suspected to have stolen a bicycle from an address in Long Eaton on Monday and arrested him on suspicion of theft. Further enquiries led to officers searching his home in Chilwell where they found a quantity of cannabis. Another bicycle, believed to have been stolen from a property in Beeston, was also found nearby.

The 38-year-old suspect, who was further arrested on suspicion of theft and possession of cannabis, remains in police custody. Sergeant David Wardle, of Nottinghamshire Police's Tactical Support Group, said: “This incident attracted a lot of attention in the area, with multiple reports being received of a man climbing into people’s gardens and looking into sheds. I’d like to thank members of the public who passed on information to us which led to us making an arrest and recovering a stolen bicycle. Bike theft is totally unacceptable. We will always investigate reports and look to take action against suspected offenders. While we have made an arrest in relation to this case our enquiries are ongoing and we are still keen to hear from anyone who may have been in the area at the time and who saw a man acting suspiciously or who has any other information that may help us. If you have any information please call Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 592 of 13th April 2021, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”

Incident Number: 
0592_13042021

GRANTS TO HELP RESTARTS

Erewash Borough Council has now made Restart Grants available online to help businesses  re-open safely following the easing of coronavirus measures this week. They are aimed at businesses such as shops, pubs and gyms who can open their doors again from this week in the latest phase of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown. There are two types of grant payments available:

·         Restart Grants for non-essential retail businesses. Payments are £2,667, £4,000 or £6,000 depending on rateable value.

·         Restart Grants for hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym businesses. Again, depending on rateable value, grants will be £8,000, £12,000 or £18,000.

More information about which types of businesses fall into the eligible categories is on the Covid Grants page at www.erewash.gov.uk An online application form for the Restart Grant is required from all eligible applicants.  Businesses are advised to register for a My Erewash business account on the council’s website, if they have not done so previously, where full details of the criteria and the online application form are available. 

 

EREWASH PAYS ITS RESPECTS

The Mayor of Erewash, Councillor Sue Beardsley, has sent a message of condolence to the Queen on behalf of local residents following the announcement of the passing of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Erewash Borough Council has lowered the flags to half-mast at Ilkeston and Long Eaton Town Halls as a mark of respect and has also opened a Book of Condolence for anyone wishing to pay their own respects. Residents can email condolences@erewash.gov.uk  Those unable to use the online condolence facility can send letters or cards to the Civic Office, Ilkeston Town Hall, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston. DE7 5RP.  In a speech during her Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2010, the Queen referred to Prince Philip as her ‘constant strength and guide’. His time as royal consort exceeds that of any other consort in British history. Councillor Beardsley said that it was with deep sadness that the country learned that Prince Philip had died at the age of 99.

“He was at the Queen’s side throughout and we can only imagine the sense of loss she is feeling. On behalf of Erewash Borough Council and our residents I send our condolences to the Queen and all her family.”

Messages sent to the council will be collated with the online condolences. In accordance with protocol, the Book of Condolence was open until the day after Prince Philip’s funeral.

CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED

Voters will go to the polls to elect nine county councillors in total to represent the nine divisions that make up the Erewash area. One candidate will be elected for each division – Breadsall and West Hallam; Breaston; Ilkeston East; Ilkeston South; Ilkeston West; Long Eaton; Petersham; Sandiacre; and Sawley. In addition, by-elections are taking place in two Erewash Borough Council wards following the resignation of two councillors. In Ilkeston’s Hallam Fields ward, the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats will each field one candidate – while in Long Eaton’s Nottingham Road ward, the Conservatives, Labour, Green Party and Liberal Democrats have each nominated one candidate. Voters in the parish wards of Borrowash East and Borrowash West will also receive ballot papers to elect a parish councillor– where there will be one Conservative candidate in each ward and one Ockbrook & Borrowash Neighbourhood Network Independent caThere will be 37 candidates standing in the Erewash area at next month’s Derbyshire County Council elections, which take place on Thursday 6th May. After the close of nominations on Thursday 8th April, it was confirmed that the Conservative Party and Labour Party each have nine candidates, the Green Party and Liberal Democrats each have eight and Reform has three candidates standing in the Erewash division.ndidate in each ward. Four candidates have been confirmed for the role of Derbyshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner. Full details of all candidates can be found on the council’s website www.erewash.gov.uk