Motorist was using phone
A MAN who used his mobile phone while driving has been ordered to pay £100 and has had three points put on his licence.Thomas Librowski, 31, of Holgate Road, The Meadows, was caught using his phone...
View Article£1.3m school extension
PLANS are now in place to start the expansion of an Aspley primary school.Nottingham City Council wants to extend Rosslyn Park Primary School to help combat a shortage of primary school places in the...
View ArticleNew shop unit to be built next in heart of town
PLANS to build a two-storey shop unit in West Bridgford have been given the go-ahead.Rushcliffe Borough Council's development control committee has given the green light to the new building in Central...
View Article50 more jobs at call centre
DOMESTIC and General is increasing its call centre staff in Nottingham with 50 new jobs up for grabs.The roles will be at its Talbot Street offices, with 40 new starters being sought for July and a...
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Hyson Green park lights victory is a turn-off for vandals
COMMITTED campaigners have won a three-year battle to have lights installed at their local park after saying it had become a hot-spot for trouble-makers.People living near Bridlington Street Park, in...
View ArticleSTRIKE DAYS
MEMBERS of the Fire Brigades Union will walk out on:Monday: 6am–8am and 5pm–7pmTuesday: 6am–8am and 5pm–7pmWednesday: 6am–8am and 5pm–7pmThursday: 6am–8am and 5pm–7pmFriday: 6am–8am and...
View ArticleExtra cash to boost cycling
BUSINESSES are set to be offered advice to help their employees travel to work by bike.Nottingham City Council has been given £1.18 million from the Government's local sustainable transport fund, to...
View ArticleFopp to record a move as barbecue is set to fire up
FOPP will leave its store in Queen Street, Nottingham, a week on Monday, it has been confirmed.A barbecue restaurant is set to move into the shop's premises and Fopp's owner, HMV, has confirmed that it...
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Shock as maternity units in city close on 97 occasions
MATERNITY units at two Nottingham hospitals closed 97 times in the past year, figures revealed.On eight of those occasions, the maternity units at Nottingham City Hospital, pictured, and the Queen's...
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Notts County fan gets wedding day surprise from Charlie Palmer
Notts County fan Paul Smith fondly remembers the day he met his boyhood hero Charlie Palmer – but he never imaged he would be reunited with the former Magpies star on his wedding day.The ex-player...
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Nottinghamshire English Youth Ballet star to take to the stage after beating...
BRAVE schoolboy Harvey Woodward is preparing to take to the stage as a ballet dancer after beating two life-threatening illnesses.The real-life Billy Elliott was diagnosed with both cancer and kidney...
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'TEN COMMANDMENTS' OF THE SUNDAY ASSEMBLY
The Sunday Assembly...1. Is a 100 per cent celebration of life. We are born from nothing and go to nothing. Let's enjoy it together.2. Has no doctrine. We have no set texts so we can make use of wisdom...
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RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES
RELIGIOUS leaders in Nottingham have been positive about the Sunday Assembly's role in building community spirit in the city.Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich, pictured, of Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, accepted...
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'It's all the best bits of church but with no religion and some awesome pop...
WITH its gatherings held on a Sunday morning, a collection plate sent round for donations, group singing and tea and cake after the service, the Sunday Assembly has many of the hallmarks of a...
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Riot fears as cuts bite at Nottingham Prison
NOTTINGHAM Prison is "at breaking point" due to staff cuts, it is claimed, after a damning report.The report released yesterday by the Independent Monitoring Board says changes in operations, due to a...
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Business booming for Cotgrave greengrocers
CUSTOMERS can't get enough of the fresh fruit and vegetables at the first greengrocers' shop in Cotgrave for 20 years.Since opening, Healthy Living, in The Precinct, has been doing a roaring trade.The...
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Bestselling author, columnist and broadcaster Caitlin Moran talks sex and...
CAITLIN Moran can talk for Britain. No sooner has the first question been posed, she's off – expletives at every turn, striding out in the upbeat, confident, self-assured manner of a writer who has won...
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Hollywood stars, West End shows and getting shot in Holby City - Nottingham...
IT was the breakdown of their parents' marriage that was the catalyst for the three Grant sisters to go into showbusiness.So says Rebecca, 32, the youngest of the three."They split up when I was one....
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Warning of thunderstorms and heavy showers for Nottinghamshire
Forecasters have predicted heavy rain and thunderstorms across eastern parts of the UK including Nottinghamshire. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for the county later this afternoon and...
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Ilkeston 0, Nottingham Forest 4
SIMON Cox and Ben Osborn both netted twice as Nottingham Forest got Stuart Pearce's tenure off to a winning start at Ilkeston.The new manager was given a warm reception at the New Manor Ground from a...
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