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Millers beat Staveley - and the downpour
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Powerhouse blues trio at the Flowerpot
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News
Check out this rock extravaganza
Journey, Whitesnake and Thunder are set to appear onstage together for the first time ever next year, stopping off at Capital FM Arena Nottingham on May 25.
Wildlife lovers win a battle over bats
Wildlife lovers won a battle for bats over plans to build 20 homes on a paddock.
Brewery plan given go-ahead
Kimberley is getting 22 fresh homes amid hopes they can revive a historic part of the town.
VIDEO: Dambusters flypast on 70th anniversary of the raid video
Hundreds of onlookers gathered as a Lancaster bomber flew over Derbyshire to mark the 70th anniversary of the daring Dambusters raid.
Cub Scout gets a top award
Cub Scouts cycled around Carsington Water to raise money and help one of the boys in the group achieve his Silver Award.
Sport
Millers beat Staveley - and the downpour
Langley Mill’s first team entertained Staveley Welfare at Station Road on Saturday with the rain clouds looming.
Under-10s in an eight-goal thriller
On Saturday Priory’s U10 Whites had the opportunity to claim runners-up spot in the third Division.
Swimmers star in Open
Kimberley SC were in action at the Arnold and Mansfield Open Meet last weekend and members achieved several top three spots.
Joint-manager Hawkins keen to build a positive future
New Eastwood Town joint-manager Nick Hawkins has expressed his excitement at taking on the role and a determination to put smiles back on faces at Coronation Park.
Millers are too strong
Langley Mill’s first team entertained Staveley Welfare at Station Road on Saturday with the rain clouds looming but which held off enough for a home win.
Distinctions for quartet
Four youngsters from Phoenixwood Gymnastics Club in Eastwood have produced great displays at the East Midlands Regional Club Grades 13 and 14 in Leicester.
Lifestyle
Hairspray tickets are on sale
TICKETS are now on sale to the smash-hit musical Hairspray, when it comes to Nottingham’s Theatre Royal from July 2-13, 2013.
Summer fun is on the way
The Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Nottingham’s forthcoming June to August season promises some long-awaited summer fun.
3 Pingle Close, Shireoaks. £225,000
A five bedroomed, detached property with accommodation on 3 floors, situated on this sought after development in Shireoaks, within easy walking distance of the village centre with good local shops, schools, transport facilities etc.
Labour of love for TV’s Gavin
You would have thought that when he moved to a new house in Wicklow, known as the Garden of Ireland, Diarmuid Gavin, the enfant terrible of the gardening fraternity, would have wasted no time hauling in the diggers, landscaping materials, amazing plants and architectural altars.
Paradise found for gourmets
As I lie in bed, sunlight drenches the Southern Ocean stretched out in front of me. Colours shifting, the horizon slowly melts into the sky as the sun rises over an endless expanse of white empty beach.
Four comics at Just The Tonic
Gareth Richards, Fin Taylor, Jojo Smith, Chris Mayo, are to perform at the latest Saturday Night Comedy night event, to be held at Just The Tonic’s Nottingham club - The Forum - on Saturday, May 18.
Community
Turn-of-the-century butchers shop
Two young women stand in front of a former Ilkeston butchers in this photograph which looks to have been taken around the turn of the century.
Former town vicar
This photograph of an Ilkeston vicar was submitted by a 92-year-old former Hallam Fields resident.
Party time
In another photograph from former Ilkeston Junior Rams chairman David Grimley, there seem sto be a celebration going on.
At the machine
A happy seamstress works away at the former Booth’s hosiery factory in Ilkeston in this photograph.
VIDEO: Trip down Memory Lane video
Here are some of the latest pictures of times gone by in the area.
Cafe break-in
Peckish thieves helped themselves to cheese and chocolate cake at a Langley Mill cafe.
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Weather for Eastwood
Saturday 18 May 2013
Today
Light rain
Temperature: 6 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: West
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Cloudy
Temperature: 8 C to 16 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North east
