A Chilwell soldier has been deployed to West Africa as part of the fight against ebola.
Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Adam Marshall has been sent to
SSgt Marshall is a military plant foreman who is helping to build an ebola treatment unit in Kerry Town. When complete, the unit will offer clinical help to the local population.
The 36-year-old - who is a keen motorcylist and skiing instructor - said: "The people here are extremely friendly and very pro-British. It is a good feeling to know that our help is appreciated and that we are doing a worthwhile job".
Adam's wife Nadine and their three children, Ruby, 23, Megan, 20, and Keenan, 7, have been left behind at home.
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This local Eastwood flag was spotted on ITV1 during England and Estonia's Euro 2016 qualifier.
The flag travelled over 1,000 miles to the Le Coq Arena in Estonia to watch England beat the Northern European side 0-1.
It was Wayne Rooney's free-kick in the 73rd minute which saw England take the lead against a 10-man Estonia.
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Nottingham viewers are being invited to have their say on what hits their screens – for cash.
Telly fans in the Nottingham area can earn up to £70 for talking about TV thanks to new research panel theviewers.co.uk.
Informal group discussions held on behalf of key UK broadcasters and programme makers will give TV lovers the chance to voice their opinions.
Participants may also be given a sneak peek of upcoming programmes, invited to help develop new programme ideas or even create brand new channels.
The discussions take place during the day and evening and typically last for two hours.
They will involve 6-8 people and will be led by a trained interviewer.
Contributors will be paid £40-£70 for their time and free refreshments are usually on offer.
Dean Richardson, founder of Inquisi Research Ltd, the agency behind theviewers.co.uk, said: "Everybody has an opinion on TV. We shout at our screens, we talk about it at work the next day, it's a natural part of everyday conversation.
"We set up theviewers.co.uk to attract anyone over 16 who quite fancies being paid to share these opinions in an informal setting but isn't necessarily interested in being offered every piece of research going from insurance to utilities."
Signing up to the programme is completely free and open to anyone aged over 16.
The signing up process involves completing a short questionnaire on TV viewing habits to match members to certain projects.
For further information and to sign up, visit theviewers.co.uk.
The autumn chill has descended upon us and the sun will begin setting earlier and rising later.
The sun will go down at 6:14pm on Monday October 13, and it will rise again on Tuesday morning at 7:28.
Don't forget that the clocks will go back one hour on Sunday October 26 at 2am.
Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has said Nottingham City Council should look at compensation for residents impacted by tram works.
Mr McLoughlin visited Beeston to look at the impact of the works on residents and businesses.
But while he expressed sympathy for the impact of the works, the Derbyshire Dales MP added the tram could have a "very positive impact" in the town.
Construction work is continuing on the line, which will run to Toton, and is expected to finish in the first part of next year.
He said: "I am disturbed and disappointed with what I have been hearing about the liaison.
"We had one lady who is on the liaison committee and says she often learns things from in the paper.
"It's not really acceptable for someone who is going to the trouble of trying to be involved and contributing."
Mr McLoughlin also said he understood the frustration of people with the delays to the project.
The original plans would have seen the road closed partly for 18 months, but this was switched to a 12 month full closure in December 2012.
The road shut last March and has still not reopened.
Mr McLoughlin said: "If they had stuck to the 12 months, I think people would have said 'ok, 12 months, we don't like it but we'll put up with it'.
"But it's the 'neverendingness' of it.
"One of the things I am picking up from talking to people is the lack of information about exactly when things are happening.
"They get told part of the road will be closed and the whole road is closed, but I think that is part of the lessons that need to be learnt from a project like this.
"When you do large infrastructure projects, they always come with some inconvenience but these people should know what is happening."
The Transport secretary visited residents on Lower and Fletcher Road as well as businesses on Chilwell Road at the request of Broxtowe MP Anna Soubry.
Ms Soubry said: "People have got to learn the lessons. I'm delighted that Patrick takes the view that the city council should look at compensating residents because they should.
"Their argument may be they didn't do it for Line One so why should they do it here, but they should look at it very seriously because people have been through hell for two years."
NET Team Leader Steve Tough said: "While we are able to compensate small businesses where they can demonstrate loss of earnings resulting from the tram works, nationwide there is no such mechanism for compensating residents.
"However, we recognise that the works have been disruptive and are very grateful for the patience people have shown. We will be looking for opportunities to recognise this for those most affected after the most disruptive works are finished in a few weeks. "
FOOTBALL pitches at a school could be pulled up if plans for a £32.4 million relief road are given permission.
Carlton le Willows Academy, in Gedling, is objecting to proposals for the Gedling Access Road on the grounds of student safety, noise pollution and loss of land.
The 3.8km road is still open for planning consultation and if permission is granted it would run through the school's playing fields on its route between Burton Joyce and Mapperley Plains.
The road is intended to drive traffic out of Gedling village and could provide the transport links for plans for 150 new homes.
Craig Weaver, head at the academy, in Wood Lane, said: "This application proposes cutting through our playing fields, taking a stretch of land equivalent to the size of around two full-sized football pitches.
"These are used every day of the week, including weekends, by both our students and other members of the community. They are a vital aspect of school and community life."
The school is objecting now, having been contacted during the summer holidays.
"At no stage has the academy been approached by the developer to discuss the proposal," said Mr Weaver. "The construction and operation of the Gedling Access Road would have serious detrimental effects on the operation of the academy."
He fears cul-de-sac Whitworth Drive will become a three-lane bypass if the road is built.
"When students come out of school en masse, how are they going to get across that road safely?," he asked. "The seizure of that flat land may also curtail any plans for future development should the academy need to expand in the future."
Plans for the road are still open to consultation and Gedling Borough Council says it will consider all objections before the deadline of October 31.
Consultants White Young Green submitted the plans on behalf of the Homes and Communities Agency in August and a decision is expected in the coming weeks.
The 150 houses planned at Spring Lane, which would form part of Gedling's 7,250 Government-set new homes target for 2028, would have more access if the relief road was built. The road would also offer further access to Gedling Country Park, set to open in spring 2015.
A spokesman for Gedling Borough Council said: "All representations are reviewed and given consideration. Representations received will be outlined within the report that will be prepared for the Planning Committee who will consider the planning issues raised and whether or not the plans can be approved."
NOTTINGHAM'S assault on Hollywood continues with electro duo OneGirlOneBoy providing the soundtrack to new crime drama Gotham.
America's latest TV export is set before the caped crusader's reign and delves into the back stories of Gotham's most infamous villains.
The Batman prequel airs on Channel 5 tonight and rising musical stars Chris Howarth and Natasha Miller say they will be poised with popcorn hoping to hear their tune, Dirty Town, showcased in front of a TV audience.
Their song was scouted after they uploaded it to the internet and the unsigned duo say the "surreal experience" is a dream come true.
Natasha, 26, who lives with Chris, also 26, in Regent Mews, Wollaton Street, said: "It feels extra special because there is that Nottingham connection with Batman already.
"Since they filmed at Wollaton Park (for the 2012 Batman film The Dark Knight Rises), I feel like he is ours now; Nottingham has claimed him."
Natasha and Chris formed OneGirlOneBoy two years ago and have performed at Splendour, at Wollaton Park, and the Dot to Dot Festival in the city.
They hope that this global exposure will be the start of something big.
Chris, who works at coffee shop Wired, in Pelham Street, said: "We actually got some money for it – although I've already spent it.
"It doesn't get much better than getting paid for doing something you love."
The pair found out six weeks ago that their song had been picked to appear on the show, which stars Ben McKenzie and Jaden Pinkett Smith, but had been reluctant to believe it "until the i's had been dotted and t's crossed".
Chris explains: "The song was picked up by Sentric Music Publishing who passed it on to the American equivalents, who then put it in their music library. They knew Gotham needed music for its soundtrack and that was that really."
Natasha added: "Chris told me by text message and I was by myself so I had to hold in all my excitement for about ten minutes before I got home and could let out my squeal.
"I have a million scenarios in my head about the scene it could be used for. It is pretty moody and melancholic."
The band's debut album Beautiful Mess is out now. They will also play live at the Bodega in Pelham Street on November 7.
To see a video showcasing the song, visit nottinghampost.com
FORMER Nottingham Forest assistant manager Ned Kelly has teamed up with Mark Robins at Scunthorpe United.
The 48-year-old was today named as Robins' number two after the latter was officially unveiled as the Iron's new boss.
Kelly has previously worked alongside Billy Davies at the City Ground, as well as at Derby County and Preston North End.
He and Robins take charge of the League One club, following the sacking of Russ Wilcox.
POPULAR American burger chain Five Guys is looking to take over the former Pizza Hut in the city centre.
The restaurant has applied for permission to open its doors on Long Row facing the Old Market Square.
Morrisons wanted to open a shop at the former Pizza Hut building but Nottingham City Council refused to shop a licence to sell alcohol.
And Nottingham's burger fans have given the new restaurant the thumbs-up.
Jack Blanchard, 29, a bar worker of Brightmoor Street, Hockley, said: "This is amazing – I tried their food when I was in America and it's just so good.
"There's so many great places for a burger around Nottingham now with Annie's and Bill's.
"It's a great location for them too and it's always good news when an old empty store gets filled."
Graham Stevens, 21, of Lawrence House, said: "There's a lot of places to get a burger already, but if places like Birmingham and London have them already, it would be good to have them here too."
And Jolene Ward, supervisor at Arden News on Long Row said: "Bring on the burgers!
"I hope they have good options for veggies, but it's good to have empty shops filled up.
"But there's already McDonalds and Burger King quite close, so there's lots of choice for people who want to have a burger."
Five Guys started in the States and then set up restaurants in Canada.
The company opened its first restaurant in the UK in Covent Garden in 2013 and is set to have 20 by the end of the year.
It claims that owing to the different toppings on offer, there are 250,000 different ways of ordering a burger.
Nottingham City Council's planning department will now look at the proposals.
CAMPAIGNERS have raised concerns that mental health patients "could have nowhere to turn" as health professionals announce half of the inpatient beds in the county are to close.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has confirmed - after a six week consultation - that the A42 and A43 wards at the Queen's Medical Centre and Daybrook and Bestwood wards at the City Hospital are all to close.
Enright Close rehabilitation unit in Newark has also been axed with the total change halving the number of inpatient beds in the county from 80 to 40.
Despite criticism of the changes, health bosses say their efforts will be focused on care being given in the community rather than in hospital wards.
Albert Godfrey - who has bipolar disorder - was admitted to Daybrook Ward for five weeks in 2006 after having a nervous breakdown and said he was looked after like "a king".
The 78-year-old from Arnold, who now runs the Coping with Anxiety self-help group in Sherwood, said: "It does worry me that people may have nowhere to turn.
"I was a patient in Daybrook ward for four or five weeks and I received the treatment of a king. What they want to do is turn it all out to home care and to me that's entirely wrong for a mental health patient. Face to face, one to one care in hospital is more beneficial.
"The carers at home don't have sufficient professional knowledge that they would have in a ward environment controlled by a psychiatrist and trained nurses. The help I had was extremely good."
Girish Ravat is manager of mental health charity Central Notts Mind and described the decision as "an absolute headache".
He said: "The demand produced in the area is going up but they are closing all the wards. It does not make sense what's happening. It looks like we can't support the community in the way that they deserve.
"Crisis care is absolutely essential. If you break a leg you are taken to Accident and Emergency and they will treat you there and then. But with mental health it seems to be the case that they just put you on drugs rather than taking people in. We need to get to people at the time of their need."
The changes come after a six week consultation which saw 144 people attend 14 public events across the county and 80 written responses with feedback.
To replace the inpatient beds, the trust is planning to provide an enhanced crisis and home treatment service for adults available all the time, a crisis house in the city providing short-term support - which will be run by an external provider, an additional community rehabilitation team for adults and more community services for older people.
Further details and timescales for the changes are to be agreed with health commissioners and Notts Healthcare say no changes will be made before community services are in place.
Simon Smith, Executive Director for Local Services at the Trust, said: "These changes have been informed by our patients and carers who tell us that they would prefer to be treated in their own home rather than hospital, and the evidence shows that community-based services can improve recovery outcomes for patients. We are confident that these changes will ensure that we offer people the right care in the right place at the right time.
"Thank you to everyone who shared their views as part of the engagement period, we have acknowledged all comments received and any concerns raised have been addressed and used to inform our proposals. We will now work with patients and carers affected by these changes to ensure that they receive the most appropriate care to meet their needs and that any transition is as smooth as possible, we will also provide support to our staff during this period of change."
A WOMAN claims she was sexually abused as a child in Bulwell by a former policeman who "mauled and touched" her, a jury has heard.
Last July, she tearfully described to a female officer her alleged ordeal in the 1970s, claiming she was indecently assaulted by Alan Martin, then a policeman.
None of the charges relate to Martin's work as an officer, but the woman, now in her forties, remembered his job and seeing his old-fashioned uniform.
Martin, 71, of Teesbrook Drive, Wollaton, contests her claims before a jury at Nottingham Crown Court.
He has pleaded not guilty to eight charges of indecently assaulting the woman, who cannot be identified, when she was a young girl.
The woman's account of what happened to her was recorded on DVD and played to the jury yesterday on the first day of Martin's trial.
She tearfully claimed that the first time he sexually touched her, he repeatedly told her to "shush".
She further alleged assaults happened when she was aged six, seven and eight years old.
"Not at any time did I cry out or tell anyone," she alleged on the DVD recording.
"I was just too scared of him. He just frightened me and scared me."
She used the word "mauling" after one particular incident when she described how she was allegedly assaulted by Martin.
A few years later, she told another adult that the defendant used to touch her.
This resulted in the child being visited by a policewoman but she recalled how she felt "embarrassed and uncomfortable" and could not tell her.
She kept what apparently happened to her for 35 years, saying that at the time she knew it was wrong and she was really scared.
"It has always been at the forefront and, not realising it, has had an impact; being a child, an adult being in a relationship," she said.
The trial continues.
East Midlands Airport seems to have upped and moved - to Birmingham.
A map on their website shows the airport located around 65 miles south-west of its actual destination.
The map shows the airport to be situated between Birmingham and Worcester – in the West Midlands - instead of its actual location in Castle Donington.
The error can be seen on the airport's destination map which shows where East Midlands airlines fly to.
An East Midlands Airport spokesperson said: "We have been notified of a technical error with regards to the location of East Midlands Airport on the destination map on our website.
"We are currently rectifying this situation and will have East Midlands Airport firmly back in the correct place in due course."
