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BBC News
4 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Woman takes legal action for chlorine exposure at spa
A woman has said she is taking legal action after being exposed to excess levels of chlorine while swimming at a pool in Derbyshire. Enid Hollingworth, 71, is one of four people taken to hospital after a chemical leak at Clifford's Gym and Spa in Regent Street, Long Eaton, on 7 Hollingworth said she was awaiting surgery on her eye as a consequence of the exposure and added "lessons need to be learned".The owner of the gym, Mark Clifford said internal investigations remained ongoing and it was "not therefore appropriate to provide any further comment". "I think it's important for everybody to feel safe when they go for a swim, when they think they are doing something healthy."People are dealing with very dangerous chemicals, chlorine is a very dangerous chemical, and I think it needs to be thoroughly looked into."It just can't be allowed to happen again to anyone else," Mrs Hollingworth said. Clifford Health Club and Spa said the leak in January happened after staff had failed to follow correct said there had been a build-up of dry chlorine in the pipework of a hydrotherapy pool which was undergoing Hollingworth is one of three people who are now seeking compensation. 'Held accountable' Ahmed Jarad, associate solicitor at Express Solicitors, said: "We were approached by three clients to take legal action under common law negligence and breach of section two of the Occupiers Liability Act 1957."Ultimately it's to make sure that this doesn't happen again to anyone else to make sure that the health club are held accountable."People expect to go to their local health club to better their health, not damage it, and I think unfortunately on this occasion that wasn't the case."Mrs Hollingworth, said she was struggling to get back into a swimming pool after the chlorine exposure left her with a four-month-long cough and problems with her left eye."I don't know how I'm going to react when I smell the chlorine, so I really don't have the confidence to go back to swimming and that was a big part of my fitness regime."I suffer from back pain and I have osteoarthritis arthritis and the swimming was really good but I still feel that I haven't got the courage to go back."Erewash Borough Council said its investigation into the leak was continuing.
BBC News
5 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Long Eaton regeneration projects face further delays
Several multimillion-pound regeneration projects in Long Eaton have been delayed by several Borough Council was given £25m of government funding to rejuvenate the town more than five years all but one of the projects are still in their pre-construction for all of the schemes in the Town Deal must be spent by March 2026 or it faces being pulled back by central government. They must be completed in full by March 2027. A meeting of the Long Eaton Town Board heard that construction of the listed building next to Long Eaton Town Hall has been extended by four months because of defective designs, with completion now set for August rather than Stable Block building is set to become a modern working hub with new office and workshop space. The Britannia Mills Bridge, which will form part of an improved pedestrian and cycling network, now faces a six-month delay and will begin in September this year, with completion set for March 2026. Starting works at Broad Street Bridge, connecting West Park with the town centre over Erewash Canal, also faces delays. Work was originally mooted to begin in January but has been delayed again from July to August while further cost benefit analysis is completed but with no knock-on delay to completion expected. The project to revitalise Long Eaton's high street has faced "unexpected queries" from Derbyshire Highway Authority, according to the council, resulting in of works, estimated to cost about £10m, will not happen until July 2026, instead of June. This date however has been bought forward than the original October 2026 estimate for will begin in September this year. Meanwhile the former Galaxy Row cinema, where demolition work began in May, has also faced another round of will begin its development stage in September this year, a month after the time it was originally mooted to be latest slowdown will see the project, which will see the site turned into shops and flats, now expected to be completed in December 2026 instead of October.A project to improve lighting in West Park to encourage walking and cycling was completed last year. 'Challenges to overcome' The leader of Erewash Conservatives Wayne Major said the delays were "a real concern"."While it's positive that there's now some leeway from government on deadlines, that flexibility should be used to get projects over the line, not to drift further behind."Keeping to budget and timeline is essential if we're going to make the most of this funding." A spokesperson for Erewash Borough Council said: "The Town Deal continues to be a massive project for the borough council. Like almost all the other such schemes across the country we have had challenges to overcome along the way."The conditions set by the Towns Fund is for all projects to be in contract by the end of March 2026 – with projects completed by the end of March 2027. We are well on track to achieve this."
BBC News
5 days ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Erewash Mayor might be the youngest in the country
"I always get two comments, 'Aren't you a little bit young to be the mayor?' or 'Are you the mayor's son?'"At 25-years-old, Councillor Harry Atkinson is Erewash's youngest ever mayor, and might even be the youngest in the spending a year as deputy mayor to Councillor Kate Kennelly, Harry was handed the chain of office at Long Eaton Town Hall on Thursday 15 does not see his age as a "big deal" but hopes it helps younger people in his constituency feel represented. "We're quite lucky at Erewash, we've got a few young councillors and I think that's really important," he said."That your elected representatives are a broad representation of who's in your community."We should absolutely have people from the age of 18 all the way up to 180 and with different experiences and backgrounds."Harry grew up in Long Eaton and works as an engineer at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station where he started as an apprentice and is now working to help decommission the a scout leader, he raised £27,000 for his local group to install solar panels and battery storage and says when he is not involved in local politics he enjoys hill walking and restoring his friends Reliant Robin. Harry, who was elected Labour councillor for Sawley in 2023, jokes that the best part of his new role is wearing his civic regalia."But on a serious note, it's the visiting people, I didn't quite realise the vast nature of organisations that are out there."There is so many good people giving up their time and learning about those people has been really nice." He civic role has seen him tackle various public appearances from wielding a sledgehammer at the demolition of a disused cinema, to opening a duck race."I enjoy everything I go to, I really do, you only get one shot at this so I want to put as much enthusiasm and effort in as I can."
BBC News
23-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Demolition begins at town's historic cinema
The demolition of a former cinema in Long Eaton has begun as part of a multimillion-pound project to rejuvenate the Galaxy Row cinema on Derby Road, which opened in 1907, has been derelict for more than a building, and a former nightclub next door, will be replaced by 20 homes and space for chairman of Long Eaton's Town Board, Richard Ledger, said it would be a "fabulous" addition to the town centre. Much-needed homes 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 new housing at Galaxy Row will be provided by Tuntum Housing chief executive, Charmaine Simei, said they were "incredibly proud" to be said the project would "bring this long-derelict site back into action and bring some much-needed homes to the area." Mr Ledger said it was probably "the most visible of all the town deal projects".He said: "The old cinema on Derby Road, Galaxy Row, has been an eyesore in the town for over a decade, and commercially it was never, ever going to get sorted out."It needed something like the Town Deal to come along so we could address this problem."What was a derelict cinema is going to be a fabulous housing right in the town centre, with affordable housing as well."The demolition is expected to be completed by September 2025, with construction of the new building starting immediately is expected to be complete in October 2026.
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'Scruffy' shops to be tackled across Erewash towns
Erewash Borough Council says it is launching a "blitz" on run down shops which "blight" Ilkeston and Long Eaton town Derbyshire authority said teams were inspecting shopping streets to identify "scruffy or neglected" empty and trading units could face action, warned the council, which said while it will work with owners it can also "compel" repairs to orders have already been issued to unnamed property owners in Long Eaton, the authority said. Curtis Howard, councillor for town centres, regeneration and planning, said legal notices could be served on buildings in a poor don't want to do that but we have a duty to act on behalf of residents where buildings have become an eyesore that blight the town centre," he said. 'Take action' The action follows government-funded schemes in Long Eaton including town centre work to build a new square along High Street, added seating and green spaces, additional parking and a trail in tribute to artist Dame Laura in Long Eaton also includes a scheme to build a new canal bridge, and the demolition of the former Galaxy Cinema to make way for new shops and Ilkeston, the council said it was working with the owner of the former Argos in Bath Street to secure funding to convert the site into two retail units and 11 said: "One of the priorities is to take action to improve our town centres."That includes ensuring that the best use is made of the opportunities for new businesses to move in – while encouraging property owners to maintain their buildings."
