Opera is a winner at Trent Bridge
MORE than 3,000 opera fans descended on Trent Bridge on Tuesday evening to see a live screening from the Royal Opera House.Opera fans were invited to picnic on the outfield while many chose to take in...
View ArticleOne call-out for fire crews during strike
BACK-UP crews only dealt with one incident while members of the Fire Brigades Union went on strike yesterday morning.The strike is taking place because of a dispute between the union and the...
View ArticleNottingham's tram hardship fund could be increased
A DECISION is to be made today on whether to boost a fund for traders hit by tram works.Nottinghamshire County Council is expected to approve its third cash injection of £25,000 to a "special hardship"...
View ArticleFuneral flowers are stolen during wake
THIEVES raided a garden of funeral flowers while the family of the deceased attended the wake.Nottinghamshire Police were called to Crompton Road, Bilsthorpe, on Tuesday, June 24 after reports of a...
View ArticleGrange Care Home, Sandiacre - an apology
IN yesterday's Post, we reported on a tribunal in which nurse Edward Prowse was accused of failing to provide adequate care for elderly residents in a care home.The report incorrectly stated that Mr...
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Widow has doubts over ashes after label confusion
A DISTRAUGHT widow says that she can never be sure the ashes she was given by a funeral home are really those of her late husband.Anthony Green, known as Tony, died at the start of May after suffering...
View ArticleNottingham Imam gets apology over 'jihad' insult
A NATIONAL newspaper has apologised after describing a well-known Nottingham imam as a "jihad cleric".The Daily Star Sunday said Dr Musharraf Hussain, chief executive and chief imam at the Karimia...
View ArticleNottingham court listings: Who has been appearing before magistrates?
PEOPLE who dropped litter in Nottingham have had to pay out hundreds of pounds. The latest cases to be dealt with at Nottingham Magistrates' Court were:Thomas Drerton, 53, of Wigman Road, Bilborough,...
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Fined £50 on Nottingham's tram - for not swiping ticket
NOTTINGHAM'S tram operators have fined a local mum for boarding the tram despite having a fully-paid up travel card.It was one of a number of complaints that have been received by the Post over the...
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Nottinghamshire cuckoos fly 5,000 miles to the Congo
THREE cuckoos captured in Nottinghamshire woodland are being tracked as they fly more than 5,000 miles to the depths of the African rainforest.In a bid to understand their migration habits, two native...
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Crackdown on taxis parked illegally outside Nottingham station
ILLEGAL parking by renegade taxi drivers outside Nottingham railway station is being targeted in a clampdown.The city council is accusing cabbies of "flouting" the double yellow line restrictions in...
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Nottingham property market on boil as more homes are sold and prices rise
THE number of houses sold in Nottinghamshire has jumped 13 per cent in one year, according to new figures from the Land Registry.The latest data shows that 905 homes were sold in March, compared to 800...
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Fitness queen Rosemary Conley's £3.75m country estate up for sale as...
Rosemary Conley is a household name. Having built her fitness and diet empire over the past 42 years, her classes, DVDs, and books sold millions, she had her own food line and even picked up a CBE...
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Firefighters tackle city care home blaze
Firefighters tackled a blaze at a city care home late last night. Two crews from Central fire station were called to the home, in Carlton Avenue, Carrington, at 11.42pm. The blaze had started in a...
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Three led to safety from St Ann's flat fire
Three people were led to safety by firefighters during a flat blaze in St Ann's. The fire started in the ground floor flat in Albany House, Alfred Street North, at 11.45pm on Wednesday. Crews from...
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Was missing David spotted in park?
OFFICERS believe a missing man may have been spotted in a park in Dunkirk.David Willoughby has now been missing for more than a week.The 30-year-old left his home in Clifton Lane, Clifton, at just...
View ArticleAll staff at school to get living wage
BLUE Bell Hill Primary has become the first living wage accredited school in Nottinghamshire.The living wage commitment will ensure that every member of staff at the St Ann's school earns at least...
View ArticleOld memorials set to be replaced
SEVERAL memorials are to be removed from a city cemetery to make way for a larger one.The Sisters of Mercy applied to Nottingham City Council for permission to remove the nine memorials at St Barnabas...
View ArticleCastle painting on show across UK
A PAINTING on display at Nottingham Castle will be shown on 30,000 billboards across the country in the UK's biggest ever art show.Ivon Hitchens' oil painting A River Pool will join 24 other paintings...
View ArticleTwo more big names at our recruitment fair
MCDONALD'S and Next are the latest companies to sign up to the Nottingham Post's final summer recruitment fair.The event, organised in partnership with Nottinghamshire County Council, will take place...
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