News
Ambulance service fined £3.5m
East Midlands Ambulance Service has been fined for a third successive year after it failed to meet national targets for patients involved in life-threatening emergencies.
Cafe gets business award
The owner of a health food eaterie in Eastwood has won a prestigious business award.
Packed programme for annual festival
The Underwood Gala has been renamed to the Underwood Festival this year because there are so many events taking place.
Brewery plan given go-ahead
Kimberley is getting 22 fresh homes amid hopes they can revive a historic part of the town.
Bank Holiday beer festival at the local
A beer festival is being held at a pub in Giltbrook this Bank Holiday weekend.
Sport
VIDEO: cricket slideshow, Kimberley v Clifton Village video
Catch some of the action shots captured by photographer Brian Eyre at the Kimberley v Clifton Village clash.
Sheikh stuns Clifton and Aldred hits a double ton
Kimberley’s first XI produced an incredible end to the match to sneak a one-run victory over visitors Clifton Village on Saturday.
Millers edged out by Sandiacre
Langley Mill’s first team produced a spirited fightback but ultimately fell to defeat at Sandiacre on Saturday.
Fifty horses to follow -- as the countdown to the Epsom Derby Festival and Royal Ascot begins
The new Flat season is well and truly in full swing. And two of the highlights of the year -- the Epsom Derby Festival (May 31 and June 1) and Royal Ascot (June 18-22) -- are just around the corner.
Bowls club to host annual doubles event
Belper Meadows Bowls Club will holds its annual Spring Bank Holiday Doubles Competition on Monday, May 27, from 9.30am.
VIDEO: Action from Saturday’s Derbyshire cricket matches video
Here is a selection of photos taken by our photographers at some of last weekend’s Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire County Cricket matches.
Lifestyle
Bands galore at the Victoria Inn
The Victoria Inn in Derby is the setting on Friday, May 24, for a gig by The Vibrators, Apocalypse Babies and The Atoms.
Triple bill of comedians
Jongleurs in Nottingham will feature stand-up sets by three leading acts on both Friday, May 24, and Saturday, May 25.
Dot To Dot at Rock City
Rock City in Nottingham welcomes The Summer Set on Friday, May 24, plus Action Item and Natives.
Four more bands are set to play The Venue
The Venue in Derby plays host to four more acts on Thursday, May 23, as part of its ongoing series of RadarLove gigs.
Nightingale sings at Theatre Royal
An acclaimed new musical celebrating scandal and showbiz will be at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, from Thursday, May 23 to Saturday, May 25 as part of a 12-week UK tour.
All Creatures duo team up for Mellor comedy
Lynda Bellingham and Christopher Timothy are to star in Kay Mellor’s comedy A Passionate Woman, to be performed at Derby’s Assembly Rooms from October 14-19.
Community
The day shift at Collaro, Langley Mill
This is a picture of the staff at Collaro Ltd in Eastwood - a company established during World War Two to make ammunition boxes.
More than 30 million read a local paper each week
Local newspapers are more than twice as trusted as any other media channel.
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.
At the machine
A happy seamstress works away at the former Booth’s hosiery factory in Ilkeston in this photograph.
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.
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Weather for Eastwood
Thursday 23 May 2013
Today
Light showers
Temperature: 3 C to 8 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: North west
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Temperature: 4 C to 9 C
Wind Speed: 24 mph
Wind direction: North east
