Pub burned down by arsonists gets planning permission for new homes
A Nottingham pub burned down in a suspected arson attack will be demolished almost immediately. The Bakersfield on Oakdale Road went up in flames on Wednesday, 11 September in what police suspect was a...
View ArticleCall for Blue Plaque to celebrate 250 years since canal rerouted through...
Two Councillors have donated £544 towards a Blue Plaque that celebrates 250 years of the Chesterfield Canal being rerouted to run through Retford. The original route of the canal was intended to go...
View ArticleAn eight-year-old boy has died after falling from window in Nottingham
At 7:15 pm this evening 18 September, Nottinghamshire Police was called to Costock Avenue, Sherwood, by paramedics after a child was reported to have fallen from a window. The child, an eight-year-old...
View ArticleNottinghamshire weather for Thursday 19 September
Nottinghamshire weather forecast for Thursday 19 September. Cloudy conditions dominate from 08:00 until 13:00, with a mix of cloud and sunshine from 14:00 to 18:00. From 19:00 onwards, the skies return...
View ArticleNottinghamshire County Council faces £3.5m budget overspend
Nottinghamshire County Council is currently grappling with a projected £3.5 million overspend for the 2024/25 financial year, as detailed in the latest Financial Monitoring Report. This forecast, based...
View ArticleGreater Lincolnshire devolution gets the go-ahead
Devolution for Greater Lincolnshire is to go-ahead, following successful meetings between local authority leaders and the new Government. In a joint announcement, delighted leaders of the three lead...
View ArticleTree removal works to take place at Keyworth Leisure Centre
Tree works are set to take place in Keyworth Leisure Centre’s grounds as part of Rushcliffe Borough Council’s (RBC) wider tree management of its sites. From September 26, its Streetwise team will trim...
View ArticleFloating digger to tackle Floating Pennywort on Nottingham and Beeston canal
The Canal and River Trust uses a floating digger to remove Floating Pennyworth, a harmful invasive weed, on the Nottingham & Beeston Canal this week as part of a major community effort to protect...
View ArticleEdwalton Fields: Two-thirds of new homes completed on urban extension
Edwalton has received a £5.5 million investment in infrastructure from Vistry Group, which has built more than 370 homes within a major urban extension. The housebuilder has completed around two thirds...
View ArticleMP visits development of new geothermal ‘living laboratory’ in Rushcliffe
The British Geological Survey has reached the halfway mark on its ambitious ground-source heat pump project at its headquarters in Keyworth. James Naish, MP for Rushcliffe, visited the British...
View Article89 Flashing amber lights and 183 school signs installed around Nottingham
A Nottingham City Council Levelling Up-funded project to improve road safety around schools is now complete. In total 89 flashing amber lights and 183 school signs have been installed. This creates a...
View ArticleService affected after car and tram involved in collision in Nottingham
There is no service between Wilkinson Street and The Forest either ways, says NET. 2 pm damaged tram cleared and all services running AA Roadwatch: ‘Road blocked and queueing traffic due to crash, a...
View ArticleChecks by police on A1 pick up 25 commercial vehicle safety offences out of...
Lincolnshire Police Roads Policing Unit (RPU) joined forces with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) at Gonerby Moor on the A1 last week and checked over 30 vehicles which were either...
View ArticleWorksop: Attempted murder arrest after woman hit by a van
Police are appealing for additional witnesses to come forward after a woman was struck by a van in Worksop. The incident happened in Eastgate shortly before 8pm yesterday (Wednesday) and a 30-year-old...
View ArticleGrower jailed after £50,000 cannabis factory found in Nottingham home
A cannabis grower has been jailed after police dismantled a drugs factory operating inside a Nottingham home. Response officers raided the property in Hendon Rise, St Ann’s, around 9am on Tuesday (17...
View ArticleImage shared after gold bracelets stolen from jeweller
Police investigating the theft of thousands of pounds worth of jewellery have released images of two men they would like to speak with. The gold bracelets were stolen from a shop in West Gate,...
View ArticleMan threw brick through patrol car windscreen at police station car park
A man who threw a brick at a police car windscreen has been jailed. Sean Barnett, aged 38, targeted the vehicle in the car park of Beeston Police Station while still serving a suspended prison...
View ArticleImmediate Justice programme transforms war memorial
A war memorial has been given a much-needed makeover thanks to a new scheme allowing Nottinghamshire residents to identify public spaces that can be cleaned up by people doing community reparation. The...
View ArticleCouncil secures two Closure Orders to tackle ASB and alleged drug-related crime
The District Council has taken further enforcement action to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB) and purported drug-dealing in and around the Yorke Drive estate in Newark by obtaining two Closure Orders...
View ArticleFamily pay tribute to victim as Nottingham petrol station killer sentenced to...
The family of a young man who was stabbed to death at a petrol station have paid a loving tribute to their ‘ray of sunshine’ as his killer was handed a life sentence. Haseeb Majid must serve at least...
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