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Alfreton Town Council are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty, The Queen.

Town Mayor, Councillor John Walker said “I would like to extend our deepest condolences to the Royal Family. We hope we can speak on behalf of Alfreton residents in showing our respect at this time to our nations’ Royal Family.”

A Book of Condolence is now available for the local community to sign to pay their respects in the foyer, Alfreton House, High Street, Alfreton, DE55 7HH

Monday – Friday 9:30am – 2:30pm, Saturday 10:00am – 3:00pm

Please note that floral tributes may be laid in front of the large tree on the lawn of Alfreton House.

As per national guidance we respectfully request that any flowers should be unwrapped and not left in cellophane.

Display in Severn Square by Alfreton & District u3a

On Saturday 24^th September

This year the u3a nationwide is celebrating 40 years of laughter, learning and meeting new friends. Here in Alfreton we are approaching our 10^th anniversary.

Our members enjoy the u3a so much that we are having gazebos with displays of our Interest Groups in Severn Square, from 10am to 3pm on Saturday 24^th September.

Our Interest Groups are contributing to the day and the Ukulele Group will play several times and hope to recruit a few players. Do come along to see and stay for a chat.

The u3a is aimed at people who, if not yet retired, have some free time in the day to enjoy themselves legally, possibly learn something different and even improve their fitness. Certainly they will have the opportunity to meet a wide range of people and the chance to form new friendships.

Our 24 Interest Groups reflect the current members. New members may have their own enthusiasms and will almost certainly find a few like-minded folk to start a new Group.

We have a monthly meeting on the 2^nd Thursday in the month, at 2pm in the Church Hall next to Christ the King Church along Nottingham Road, Alfreton DE55 7GL. We usually have an interesting speaker, time to chat, and a cup of tea or coffee.

Alfreton Town Council

NOTICE OF VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF TOWN COUNCILLOR

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a vacancy has occurred in the office of Councillor for the West Ward of the Parish of Alfreton, resulting from Councillor Christian Dale ceasing to be a member.

The vacancy will be filled by election if, within 14 days after the date of this notice*, 10 electors for the West Ward give notice in writing to the Executive Director, Amber Valley Borough

Council, Town Hall, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3XE asking for an election to be held to fill the vacancy.

If an election is not requested, the vacancy will be filled by Alfreton Town Council.

Dated 21^st July 2022

Signed

T Crookes

Joint Town Clerk

*(Note: by end 10^th August 2022.  The period of 14 days referred to EXCLUDES Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays)

Due to the unprecedented weather warning and rising covid rates, the Council meeting on Tuesday 19th July 2022 will now be held in the hall at Woodbridge Junior School.

Grange Street

Alfreton

DE55 7JA

After accepting an invite from the Town Council, representatives from Network Rail attended the full council meeting on Tuesday evening to explain to members why there has been a further delay to the schemes to provide step free access to platform 2. Members heard how the scheme had been deferred in 2019 due to Government cuts, but had been due to start construction at the start of this year. A combination of inflationary pressures, budget challenges set by the government, and the pandemic were cited as the reasons for the most recent delays. Network Rail apologised to the Council and wider community for the latest delays.

The meeting pressed for some assurances the project would still go ahead and was advised that a design review and tendering process would consume much of this year, and with a construction period of up to nine months completion by early 2024 was now anticipated. The meeting was also informed that the agreed taxi provision by the rail companies for disabled passengers unable to reach platform 2 was not widely advertised, and that a councillor had witnessed a disabled passengers being misadvised by train staff to proceed to Langley Mill to change trains.

Councillor Scott Walker said ‘it is clear that the root cause of the delays rest with central government and I urge our local MP Nigel Mills to turn his repeated broken promises into firm action with his government colleagues. Levelling up for Alfreton has so far seen our direct London Services cut, our regional services reduced by around 35% with 48 hours notes, threats of closure to our ticket office, and promised funds for the access scheme spent in Market Harborough.” The meeting resolved to write to Gary Walsh, East Midlands Route Director for Network Rail pressing for urgent progress, and share the latest update with the Derbyshire Law Society asking them to bring litigation against Network Rail under the Equalities Act. The meeting further agreed to write to East Midlands Railway and Northern Rail seeking confirmation of their provision for disabled passengers, and details of the training provided to station and train staff for these arrangements.

Full details of the Network Rail update can be found here: Network Rail update on Alfreton Station May 2022