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BBC News
05-08-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Rare cloud formation spotted during Storm Floris
A rare and striking cloud formation has been photographed over is a thick, wave-like pattern which was only added to official lists in recent Webster, a keen photographer of natural phenomena, captured the spectacle over Long Eaton as Storm Floris swept across the UK on said: "It was super eye-catching. It was just something I had never seen before." Mr Webster added: "I am an astronomer and I keep an eye on what is going on up there."I like nature at its most extreme. I like going out to see the volcanoes in Iceland, or when there is a thunderstorm, I'll do my best to safely witness that."My motivation lies in the awesome, almost incomprehensible power of nature."Humans, no matter how hard we try, could never compare to the power that made those clouds." Meteorologist Kaye Forster said: "Asperitas clouds are fairly rare and newly recognised clouds. "They were officially named by the World Meteorological Organisation in 2017 and are spotted in the UK only a few times a year."It is not fully understood how these clouds are formed but like any 'wave-like' clouds they take their shape by vertical, up-and-down motions in the atmosphere, such as gravity waves. "They need an unstable atmosphere where the air can rise and fall quickly, allowing rapid change. "So it is no wonder that these clouds were formed around Storm Floris on Monday, when the atmosphere was very volatile."
BBC News
05-08-2025
- General
- BBC News
'We balance on-call firefighting with our day jobs'
"One night I jumped out of bed and turned up to the station with odd socks and a t-shirt on inside-out."As one of Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service's (DFRS) newest on-call recruits, James Lawson has learned that emergencies can strike anytime, even when he is in the shower with shampoo still in his 27 July, DFRS welcomed 15 on-call firefighters after they completed initial ready to respond at a moment's notice, the service said they will start their careers at stations across the county, some while balancing other employment. Niomi Hudspith, from Long Eaton, said she was inspired to sign up after her school friend also became an on-call she could not commit to a full-time role because of her young son, Niomi said: "We have a system where we make our availability known and I can fit them around socialising with my son."Niomi, who also works for a cleaning business, said she has sometimes had to attend an emergency outside her preferred hours at the drop of a hat."I did get a call when I took my mum shopping and we had lots of meats in the car, so unfortunately it all went off and we had to bin it all because I had to go," Niomi said."You are really proud of yourself at the end of the day when you go home and then it rears you up for the next day to go back in and do it all over again. It's really fun." James, who is also head of IT governance and audit for an insurance company, said: "Most of my time is spent doing my day job but I am available when the pager goes off."Since joining the fire service, James said while his colleagues fully supported his new part-time role, they have jokingly asked how many cats he has saved from trees."When I work at home I am now prepped by wearing my blue uniform so I can just grab my keys and be off," James added."I think I've only been in one meeting where I've had to close my laptop and run out."James, who is based at Matlock fire station, said despite trying to be as organised as possible, he can still sometimes be caught off-guard."I've been in the shower with shampoo in my hair and then the pager goes off again and I thought 'that can't be another shout', so I just turned up at the station with wet turning up in odd-socks and a back-to-front t-shirt on one occasion, James said he now keeps a spare set of uniform in his locker.
BBC News
18-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Major progress on demolition of former Long Eaton cinema
Major progress is being made on the demolition of the former Galaxy Cinema in Long venue in Derby Road, which opened in 1907, had stood derelict for more than a decade before demolition began in May as part of a multi-million-pound project to rejuvenate the building and a former nightclub next door will eventually be replaced by 20 homes and space for Reclaims Demolition is dismantling the site in Derbyshire, with about 250,000 bricks being reclaimed for future projects. Erewash lead councillor for town centres, regeneration and planning, Curtis Howard, said: "I am thrilled to see how far this project has come and it is even more of a bonus that the historic cinema's legacy will live on by its bricks being used for future builds."Erewash Borough Council said demolition is expected to be completed by September 2025, with construction of the new buildings due to be completed in October the following year. The scheme is part of Long Eaton's £25m town deal, which was announced in 2021 and will see several regeneration projects funded by the elements include a new footbridge over the Erewash Canal and the remodelling of the town's high Ledger, chair of the Long Eaton Town Deal Board, said: "I'm sure everyone in Long Eaton will be as delighted as I am to see the progress being made."
BBC News
16-07-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Council vows to tackle graffiti in Long Eaton and Ilkeston
Erewash Borough Council has declared "a war on graffiti" in Long Eaton and Ilkeston after a recent spate of vandalism, some of which was highlighted as being offensive or racist in two towns are to receive £20,000 from the authority for graffiti kits that will be available for businesses and community "anti-graffiti action plan" will also be developed to target problem money is part of an overall package of £2m which forms part of the Erewash Investment Fund. The deputy Labour leader of the council Rebecca Everett said the council had been contacted by the public expressing concerns about the nature of some of the graffiti."We've seen recently in some spots in Erewash however much it gets cleaned, it keeps cropping up. If we don't have this takes a lot longer to get it cleaned," she said."The graffiti is quite wide-ranging but before the election there was some graffiti that highlighted Reform UK. There was also some some people found to be offensive, such as racism, and we wanted to get rid of that as quickly as possible."I don't think anyone likes graffiti and especially when it's offensive it needs to be cleaned as quickly as possible. The general idea is to make Erewash a nicer place to live." Phrases such as "no room for mosques" and "illegals out" have appeared around the town centres. Graffiti relating to the Gaza conflict has also been an walls in Long Eaton town centre in particular have been repeatedly targeted for the graffiti. The kits will be made available for local businesses and community groups so they can clean graffiti quickly if it staff have to gain the permission to remove graffiti from business and property owners who are not always based in the is hoped that giving kits to shop managers will ensure offensive graffiti is tackled sooner. The funding forms part of £700,000 allocated as part of the first phase of investing £2m into the projects include £210,000 for street cleanliness and £135,000 to increase the capacity of Erewash's Neighbourhood Wardens service, which deals with issues such as fly-tipping, graffiti and town centre town centre will also receive £101,000 for replacing street furniture and the council will abe investing £50,000 to partner with local artists to commission street art murals.
The Sun
03-07-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Major furniture maker that supplies ‘leading brands' across UK abruptly ceases trading with ALL workers to lose jobs
A MAJOR manufacturer has suddenly shut down due to "very difficult" market conditions. Andrew Paul Furniture, which supplied "leading brands" across the UK, had to cease trading. 1 The major furniture maker, which manufactured chairs and sofas for well-known brands, has closed down after a decline in sales. Andrew Paul Furniture employs 178 highly skilled wood machinists, frame makers and upholsterers in Long Eaton who will now lose their livelihood. The firm stopped trading on June 26 after 15 years on the market and is about to go into liquidation. This means that all employees will be let off and the company's assets will be liquidated in an effort to pay off its debts. Post-Covid struggles According to the company's financial records for 2024, Andrew Paul Furniture has provided goods to "leading brands" and is a part of the "recognised centre of excellence for upholstered furniture" in Long Eaton. The furniture maker produced "modern designs to high specifications" by combining traditional craft and the latest technology. But the firm struggled with a challenging market climate following Covid-19. In the report, bosses said: "Like all manufacturers in the furniture trade, business has been very difficult and cutbacks in all areas of the business have had to be made. "The company has experienced a slight downturn in trade and in recent years has made losses." The firm owes £2million in debt The financial filings have also revealed that the firm owes creditors over £2million over the course of the next year. The lion's share of this money, around £1million, is owed to other businesses which had worked with the furniture maker. The company had implemented a restructuring programme in a bid to save itself from bankruptcy and even moved its production to Meadow Lane premises to reduce costs. However, in the same financial report the firm had admitted that its future was uncertain. Despite the efforts, Andrew Paul Furniture saw a decrease in turnover from £14,242,283 in 2023 to £12,944,655 in the previous year. RETAIL PAIN IN 2025 The British Retail Consortium has predicted that the Treasury's hike to employer NICs will cost the retail sector £2.3billion. Research by the British Chambers of Commerce shows that more than half of companies plan to raise prices by early April. A survey of more than 4,800 firms found that 55% expect prices to increase in the next three months, up from 39% in a similar poll conducted in the latter half of 2024. Three-quarters of companies cited the cost of employing people as their primary financial pressure. The Centre for Retail Research (CRR) has also warned that around 17,350 retail sites are expected to shut down this year. It comes on the back of a tough 2024 when 13,000 shops closed their doors for good, already a 28% increase on the previous year. Professor Joshua Bamfield, director of the CRR said: "The results for 2024 show that although the outcomes for store closures overall were not as poor as in either 2020 or 2022, they are still disconcerting, with worse set to come in 2025." Professor Bamfield has also warned of a bleak outlook for 2025, predicting that as many as 202,000 jobs could be lost in the sector. "By increasing both the costs of running stores and the costs on each consumer's household it is highly likely that we will see retail job losses eclipse the height of the pandemic in 2020."
