A DOG was rescued by firefighters after getting stuck under a garden shed.

Crews from Edwinstowe fire station attended the incident in Thornhill Drive, Boughton, at about 10.20am yesterday .

Firefighters use garden tools and a shovel during the rescue, which took about 30 minutes.

The dog was unhurt.

PLANS to build a new shop in West Bridgford have been criticised by traders from the farmers' market and community groups.

Mansfield Road Properties wants to create a two-storey building with shop and office space at the back of the Halifax Bank, off Central Avenue.

The Post understands that the developer is in discussion with companies that could operate there, including Yo Sushi and Patisserie Valerie.

But West Bridgford Farmers' Market says it would lead to three stallholders being turfed off their sites.

The market operates around the edge of the Croquet Lawn, besides the Halifax, twice a month. Part of this land, owned by Rushcliffe Borough Council, would need to be clear at all times to give access to the new building.

The council says it is only "a small fraction" of the space used for the farmers' market but Ruth Wakeling, who co-ordinates the event, said: "It's going to affect us tremendously.

"It is a small part but it has an impact on the whole market – the three traders that stand there have been with the market from the off. Where I will move them I don't know because I'm very conscious the Croquet Lawn grass is protected. I think it's very short-sighted using that piece of ground."

Plans for the new building have not yet been submitted . However, councillors will tonight decide whether to allow access rights over the land where the traders stand.

If permission is given, the plans must still be submitted and approved by the council.

Ben Tebbutt, director of FHP, which is working on behalf of the developer to secure tenants for the property, said: "West Bridgford is now seen as a major opportunity by retail and leisure operators, who want to bring in money and jobs.

"This is a very high-quality development which will benefit all. We are happy to work and meet with any people who have concerns.

"I am a West Bridgford resident who uses the park and the farmers' market and am sure that this development will not affect either.

"Similar developments have worked well in Bridgford and I am sure that 99 per cent of residents would welcome it."

Concerns have also been raised by the Friends of Bridgford Park, which is next to the site, and Central West Bridgford Community Association.

Linda Phillips, of the Friends, said: "Everybody I've spoken to is against it. They don't want a shop front on the Croquet Lawn – it's a unique space. We've got empty shops in West Bridgford, we've got 15 cafés and restaurants, nine charity shops and ten banks and you can count on two hands the number of independent businesses we've got."

Central West Bridgford Community Association has written to councillors, urging them not to grant access rights.

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A HUCKNALL market trader has been handed a ten-month prison sentence after he was caught with 800 counterfeit DVDs.

Paul Lawrence, 38, was caught with the DVDs at the market in April during an inspection by Trading Standards officers from Notts County Council.

Nottingham Crown Court heard DVD titles for sale included John Carter, a box set of Glee and a quantity of uncertified DVDs of a pornographic nature. Lawrence's home in Blackstone Close, Alfreton, was also raided where photocopying equipment and DVDs were seized.

Lawrence pleaded guilty to two charges under the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988 and seven charges under the Trademarks Act 1994 at Nottingham Crown Court yesterday.

He was previously ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work for selling counterfeit DVDs in September 2011.

A 42-YEAR-OLD man was arrested after cannabis was discovered at a house in Codnor.

On Thursday, November 1, at 11am officers raided a house on Alfreton Road where a number of cannabis plants were found.

The man was arrested on suspicion of producing of Class B drug.

He was released on police bail pending further enquiries.

Anyone with information about drugs in their community should contact the police on the non-emergency number 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

THE annual Movember event, which takes place across the world throughout the month sees men of all ages – or "Mo Bros" as they are known – cultivating a furry upper lip. No beards allowed!

By collecting sponsorship, the funds raised go towards men's health charities including prostate and testicular cancer groups.

Nottingham City Homes has plenty of fellas styling out their facial hair.

Clerical assistant Hayley Bow says: "The guys are taking pictures each week as their moustaches grow. Their team name is: 'Moustache I'm in a hurry!'."

Over at Wilford Industrial Estate, software company Serif has a team of nine "Mo" growers.

Marketing Communications Specialist, Mark Mauloni says: "This is the fifth year we've joined Movember; we are aiming to raise £1000.

"This year I'm dedicating my moustache to my uncle, who has just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. I haven't decided on a style yet, but I'm thinking of something big.

"My top three moustache growing tips are: Shape it early on, to create a style. Use a sharp razor to keep the edges defined and comb it a few times a day to keep it looking neat – use hair wax if you need to.

Nottingham-based Boots are represented by John Newstead, 39.

"Movember is a great cause to raise awareness for men's health as most men don't really give it a second thought," says John.

"I don't really have a strategy; I will probably end up with an Amazon rain forest perched on my top lip, perhaps even a Hulk Hogan look?

"My fantastic colleagues at Boots have promised to sponsor me and 'take the Michael' every day between now and the end of November. I think everyone should join in the good cause and have a little fun along the way."

Tesco worker Paul Whydall is aiming to raise £300. "I'm going for an American cop style 'tache. Friends and family are giving me loads of support and lots of money too.

"They know how important raising awareness is.

"I had a beard for three years and realise I look thinner without it, so my self esteem has improved too."

Nottingham City Council is taking things very seriously with over 50 staff members getting involved. Glenn Formoy from their communications and marketing department reveals: "Our 'Wall of Mo' pictures are detailing everyone's progress. So far we've raised a massive £1,008, which as a team ranks us 114 out of 18,981 in the UK.

"We've also got our first 'Mo Sista', a female supporter of Movember. Commercial development manager Amanda Thorley will be wearing a different stick-on moustache every day in November."

Are you, your place of work or community getting involved in Movember? Send in your best moustache pictures to katherine.taylor@nottinghampost.co.uk.

We'll have an online gallery at www.thisisnottingham.co.uk. of your best Movember moustaches, with regular updates and features throughout the month.

For more information about Movember go to uk.movember.com. The website includes men's health advice

A BUS service to Long Eaton has been cut.

Premiere Travel has reduced the frequency of its Red 5 service from Nottingham to Long Eaton and New Sawley from every ten minutes during peak times to every 20 minutes.

A spokesman said: "Feedback from our customers is that they would much prefer the timetable to be less frequent, but if we had longer layovers at each end of the route at least trips would leave the terminus on time.

"People just want to know there is a bus coming around the time it should do. So we are taking urgent action."

A KNIFE-WIELDING attacker demanded money from a 20-year-old man as he walked home.

The victim was in Wall Street, Ripley, when the incident happened at about 12.45am on Sunday.

There was a struggle before the robber ran off.

Nothing was stolen.

He is described as white, between 22 and 25 years old, around 5ft 10in and of slim build. He was wearing a black hooded top, a black baseball cap, dark-coloured Adidas tracksuit bottoms and black trainers.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information about it should call Amber Valley CID on 101. Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

NEARLY 30 elderly people were moved out of a care home after the owners shut it following "serious concerns" about standards.

Nottingham City Council said it found new homes for residents of Autumn Grange Residential Home, Sherwood Rise, after the owners said on Saturday that they would shut it on Monday.

All 28 people were moved over the weekend to other homes and an investigation involving the council, police and Care Quality Commission is under way.

City council director of adult social services Ian Curryer said: "We had no alternative but to take the drastic step of moving all residents over the weekend to alternative placements, wherever possible keeping them within friendship groups and the locality."

A meeting was due to be held last night between the council and relatives of residents.

Mr Curryer added: "Due to serious concerns about the standard of care and the wellbeing of residents at the home, we suspended our contract with the private provider and put in a team of our own staff to manage the care of the residents over the weekend.

"However, the council had to enact emergency procedures to protect residents once the owners told us on Saturday that they were going to close the home on Monday."

The Post was contacted by a woman whose 74-year-old father was moved out.

The woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, said: "My sister got calls asking where we wanted him to go. No-one told us why this was happening."

According to the Care Quality Commission website, the Herbert Road home had room for 52 people aged over 65. The most recent information on the site shows the home was meeting all but one of five Government standards – but a further inspection had taken place. The website also said care at the home was provided by Sherwood Rise Ltd. No-one from the company could be reached to comment.

A police spokesman said: "An investigation has been launched after concerns were raised about the standard of care provided to residents at Autumn Grange.

"We will be speaking to former residents and their families and will work closely with partner agencies to establish if any criminal offences have taken place."

The commission said: "We carried out an inspection at Autumn Grange on Friday following concerns that had been highlighted regarding the service. Following the inspection CQC shared its findings with Nottingham City Council."

A HOSPITAL has apologised after a woman was given the wrong test results three times – before being diagnosed with cancer.

Tanya De Sousa had three smear tests over eight years, all of which were later found out to have given incorrect results.

When she later had a hysterectomy for unrelated reasons, she was found to have cervical cancer and had to have an operation to remove the cancerous cells.

A review of her previous smear test results at King's Mill Hospital was carried out – revealing she had been given the wrong result three times.

In 2003, her test was reported as negative, but later reviewed as inadequate – meaning an accurate result could not be read. The normal procedure would be to have the test repeated.

In 2007, a test was again reported as negative but was later found to be borderline abnormal, meaning slight changes to cells had occurred. Again, she should have been recalled.

In 2010, the test detected the possibility of pre-cancerous cells but Mrs De Sousa was given the all-clear. By the time of the hysterectomy, the cells were cancerous.

The 39-year-old, of Eakring Road, Bilsthorpe, said: "I've found it very difficult to get over. What I want to know now is what happens during their screening process, whether they've learned from the mistakes they've made with me, and what they are doing as a result. I don't want it to happen to anyone else."

Mrs De Sousa had her hysterectomy in May 2011 to remove fibroids – non-cancerous tumours on the womb.

Surgery to remove lymph nodes – as a precaution to stop the cancer spreading – took place three months later in August. She did not need further treatment and the same procedure would have been carried out had the correct results from the test been given in 2010.

A formal complaint has been made to Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust by Mrs De Sousa and her husband, Jan.

They have met with directors at the trust and received an apology but are not satisfied with what they have been told is being done. Since the trust was contacted by the Post, a second meeting has been arranged for next week.

Mrs De Sousa said: "I'm angry at them. The thing is, I've only asked them for a little bit of reassurance and a little bit of information, and they've just fobbed me off.

"I know everyone is human and makes mistakes but it's unforgivable that they've got this wrong so many times.

"I've always gone for my smear tests and never been called back. You take it for granted the results are right."

Dr Nabeel Ali, Sherwood Forest Hospitals' medical director, said the case did not indicate a wider problem. He said: "Inaccuracies over tests is certainly not a common occurrence, as the quality and safety of patient care is always our top priority. Since March 2011, our screening tests have been analysed at a regional centre for cytology at Royal Derby hospital. This follows a decision made by the East Midlands Commissioning Group and relates to several hospitals.

"We have met with Mrs De Sousa and have apologised to her verbally and in writing. We are contacting Mrs De Sousa to offer to meet her again to discuss directly any further concerns she may have."

Nicki Embleton, of Cancer Research UK, said: "It's estimated that cervical screening saves around 5,000 lives each year in the UK."

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MORE police need to be out of their cars and offices and on the streets, say the candidates battling to become Notts' Police and Crime Commissioner.

The four people standing for the powerful new role went face-to-face at Nottingham Trent University last night.

About 150 members of the public turned up to hear where the candidates stood on key issues 10 days before Notts people go to the polls.

The November 15 election will decide on the first commissioner for the county and effectively scrap Notts Police Authority.

The commissioner will set Notts Police's crime-fighting targets and budgets.

Last night's event, planned by the university's School of Social Sciences, was chaired by the Post.

How to increase the amount of time police spend on the beat was top of the agenda discussed by Conservative candidate Tony Roberts, Labour's Paddy Tipping and independents Dr Raj Chandran and Malcolm Spencer.

Mr Spencer, a former police officer, said: "In my 30 years as a police officer, I saw the way policing changed – it's become more vehicle-focused.

"Some police officers have lost the art of communication.

"I'd cut bureaucracy; after some arrests it changed from filling in three forms to now, I think, there are something like 33 forms."

He said more needed to be done to make sure young people trusted the force.

Dr Chandran said: "When you saw a police officer in the past, it was warm and comforting. When you see one now, it's different – you don't know who the officer is and where he is going."

But Mr Roberts cautioned: "Running a police force in the 21st century is not about Heartbeat (the TV series) – the world has changed and moved on."

The four candidates also debated what impact a small turn-out for the election would have on the strength of the role, with some experts predicting as few as one in ten people in Notts would vote next Thursday. But Mr Tipping said: "There are about 800,000 voters in Notts and if you get 10 per cent that's 80,000 people – that's a bigger mandate than any other politician in Notts."

Mr Chandran said it would be the commissioner's job to make the relationship between police and the public better.

The £42m in cuts police are having to make were also discussed.

Mr Tipping said he would "unwind" the structure of senior officers to see if more cash could be put into the front line.

More effort would have to be made to find savings, Mr Roberts said.

Mr Spencer said: "We should push on with collaboration plans (sharing some services with other forces). There's a lot of wastage."

Dr Chandran said that if elected, he would use the £75,000 salary to pay for consultants to find efficiency savings.

A FATHER-of-three died from natural causes a week after a road accident, an inquest heard.

Trevor Goff, 66, of Larwood Grove, Sherwood, died at the Queen's Medical Centre on October 13. A post-mortem examination carried out by Dr Ian Scott revealed he died from heart failure.

Mr Goff, who leaves wife Julie and three daughter, was driving a Ford Focus along the A617 Kelham Road towards Newark when it was involved in a crash with two other vehicles.

Coroner Mairin Casey said: "An internal examination of Mr Goff's body during the post-mortem showed a number of abnormalities in his cardio vascular system.

"His heart was enlarged and weighed 721 grams. The cause of death was recorded as cardiac failure.

"Despite the collision, there was no traumatic component to the death. It was a low-velocity 30mph traffic collision."

A PRIMARY school in The Meadows could double in size as the city council aims to increase the number of places for the start of term.

The council is proposing to double the capacity of Riverside Primary School from 210 to 420 places.

This will mean there will be two forms in each year group, instead of the current one form.

If this proposal is approved, work will take place at the school to expand the current building to accommodate the increase in numbers.

It is estimated work will start during the summer holidays next year and be completed for the autumn term 2014.

It will cost around £1m to £1.5m.

Councillor David Mellen, the council's portfolio holder for children's services, said: "We began reorganising primary education in the city ten years ago and have saved over £10 million, which has been re-invested in the remaining schools to improve teaching and learning environments.

"Over the past two years, there have been an extra 1,000 pupils accessing primary education across the city, which has meant a number of schools have long waiting lists and parents are finding it difficult to get their children in to the school of their choice.

"By expanding Riverside Primary School, we can ensure that places are available where pupils live and where parents wish them to go to school.

"There's no point pretending there won't be disruption but it's short-term pain for long-term gain. We'll make sure it's kept to a minimum."

Jamie Tee, head teacher at Riverside Primary, said: "I am excited about the proposal to expand our school which is very significant for the children of The Meadows. The school has worked hard over the years to improve educational standards and this expansion will enable more local children to be offered places at a Meadows school."

The council has launched a formal consultation on the proposal. Parents, carers and other interested parties are invited to a meeting at the school tomorrow from 5.30pm to 6.30pm, to find out more about the plan.

The consultation closes on Monday, December 17.

NOTTS County are now in talks with a Championship club over a striker, boss Keith Curle has revealed to the Post.

The Magpies have wasted no time in their search for more firepower as they chase promotion in League One, after ex-Chelsea hitman Mikael Forssell turned down a move to Meadow Lane last week.

And even though their leading scorer Yoann Arquin scored his sixth goal of the season to fire Notts into the second round of the FA Cup, Curle has still made an approach for another forward ahead of their league game at Colchester United tonight (7.45pm).

"It's getting closer," he said. "We're talking to another manager now and they have been promising talks.

"We haven't got to stage of speaking to the player yet.

"It would be a loan deal initially, but nothing will happen before tonight's game.

"In my own mind the sooner we can get another striker in the better, purely to give us another attacking option.

"That is what we need and then we'll be finished, but we've still got room for another midfielder and probably a full-back."

Arquin is not the only Magpies player bang in form in front of goal.

Curle also has Ivorian forward Francois Zoko, who has netted five goals and Lee Hughes, Jamal Campbell-Ryce, Jeff Hughes and Alan Judge – and even captain Neal Bishop has scored three times this season.

But he is adamant he needs one more striker to make his side an even more formidable attacking force.

"We are still going to sign another striker, no matter if they keep on scoring goals because it's a long season," added Curle.

"In my own mind we are one piece short of the jigsaw in the front area, not necessarily because of the goals, but the build-up play.

"We need somebody that other players can link up with and play off to give us another prong to our attack."