Missing teen Jide Badmus has returned home safe and well after going missing after his school prom.
The 15-year-old of Warton Avenue, St Ann's, went to The Nottingham Academy high school prom on Thursday night and didn't return home.
But shortly after the police launched an appeal to find Jide on Saturday, he returned to his house safe and well.
NOTTS County striker Jimmy Spencer has been ruled out for the whole of the 2014/15 season with cruciate ligament damage.
The 22-year-old picked up the injury in the Magpies' first pre-season friendly, at Arnold Town, in midweek and has been ruled out for the rest of the campaign.
Boss Shaun Derry described it as a 'major blow' to lose the front man, following his side's 3-1 defeat to Mansfield Town.
"It's not good news. We're going to lose Jimmy for the whole of the season," he said. "He's done his cruciate ligament.
"As it stands at the minute, it's not good.
"It's a major blow for us all."
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DERRICK Peterkin, 52, of Hucknall Road, Carrington, has been banned from contacting a woman after he assaulted her.
Magistrates in Nottingham have warned Peterkin not to go to her Carlton home until further order.
This month he pleaded guilty to attacking the woman in Carlton on January 11.
JPs conditionally discharged him for 18 months and ordered he pay a £15 victim surcharge and costs of £150.
BROXTOWE Borough Council has launched a What's on Where online event calendar to help families keep the kids entertained this summer.
The 'WOW' service at www.broxtowe.gov.uk/wow allows visitors to the Council's website to search for events by date or event type, giving plenty of ideas for fun days out.
Local groups and voluntary organisations can also use the calendar to share their events for free.
Events taking place over the next few weeks include an outdoor theatre performance of Treasure Island, a wildlife in the garden workshop, a pirates and princesses fun day, a circus fun day and First World War commemoration events.
GLADSTONE Street in Carlton will be closed in August for Severn Trent Water to repair a leak.
The road will be shut off between 8am and 5pm on Monday, August 4.
I WAS incredibly moved by the story of Matthew Littlewood in the Nottingham Post on July 8.
Crohn's disease, its symptoms and treatment are not easy to talk about, let alone live with.
I read this on the same morning as my 26-year-old niece was waiting to go into theatre for a six-hour operation to remove the remainder of her bowel.
Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis two years ago, she has suffered recurring flare-ups and has been in constant pain, but has shown such courage and determination, continuing to work as an occupational therapist for as long as she could (a job she loves) and planning her wedding to the fantastic fiancé who has supported her through this.
A first operation to remove her large intestine left her with a colostomy bag and this second operation will leave her without the hope of a reversal. What an ordeal for anyone to go through, but for my beautiful young niece, with her whole life ahead of her, it just seems so cruel.
Thank you, Matthew, for sharing your story and being brave enough to talk about the details. It's important we all understand more about bowel disease so sufferers feel more supported and encouraged.
As for my niece, thankfully I know she is strong enough to grab exciting opportunities and live life to the full once she feels well again. After 12 weeks of recovery the rest of the family and I will enjoy every single second of celebrating her wedding in October.
Here's to her and her fiancé. You absolutely deserve every happiness.
SARAH HEWITT
Park Row
Nottingham city centre
I READ with interest your columnist John Charles-Jones, who is a local NFU delegate and who puts forward his views on agriculture.
Mr Charles-Jones writes questioning controls reducing the number of chemicals available to UK farmers, and links his argument to feeding what he calls ''a hungry world'' which ''would already be facing food shortages were it not for the availability and use of a wide range of agrochemicals''.
I would like Mr Charles-Jones to credit your readers with a little more familiarity with scientific method and rationally-constructed argument.
Such claims as the above are entirely speculative. My own view, and that is all it is, is that further use of such chemicals – which he advocates against developing resistance to organisms unwanted by some farmers – is a race to the bottom, with unacceptable environmental consequences that many of us taxpayers want no part in subsidising.
But let's consider some of the other points he puts forward as accepted truths: There is the ''hungry world'', which suffers mostly from distribution problems exacerbated by wars and corruption, propagated by interests motivated by corporate profit and sectarian hegemony.
Then there is the idea that local UK production has something to do with it, or could somehow mitigate these effects.
Top it all by the assumption that we all are not eating far too much already, and wasting a large proportion of food produced here and imported to the UK for our consumption.
I am very interested in reading about the personal business experiences of a local farmer. However, if the newspaper chooses to represent these as true opinion rather than NFU dogma, a contrasting view should be offered alongside.
IAN ROSE
Alverstone Road
Mapperley Park
WE have just requested a reduction in our direct debit from our gas provider EON.
As we are only using about £12 worth of gas per month, we asked for a reduction from £42 per month.
''Most definitely not'', we were told. No reduction, as you have to build up a fund through summer or you won't get your discount, which we think is about £5.
All these years we thought we were in control of our finances. But no, we are now being dictated to by EON! Has anyone else experienced this?
TREVOR and LORETTA PARKER
Middlebeck Drive
Arnold
LAST week we heard that Staffordshire NHS may have to charge for some treatments in order to cope with an ageing population. Now it seems to have spread to all areas of the UK.
Don't blame an ageing population, we have always had an ageing population. The majority of today's pensioners have worked for 50 or more years and during that time, paid their national insurance contributions.
I, like many others, mistakenly believed that I was contributing not only to my NHS care for life but also to my pension. It was only in later years that I realised that my contributions were paying for the rest of the population's NHS care and the pensions of the 'ageing population'. Governments should have been planning for this and it is morally wrong to penalise today's pensioners.
Some pensioners have, during their working lives, paid extra contributions into the pension scheme in order to have a few more pounds during their retirement. The Government has now decided that all pensioners will receive £140 per week, whether or not they have paid extra contributions, and those pensioners who were born before a certain date will not receive the increase.
How can this be a fair system? A loaf of bread costs the same, no matter when we were born.
Come on Mr Cameron, look at your policies and bring this country in line with fair policies for everyone; those who have worked all their lives should receive care and a decent pension, those who have been in the country for a few months should not be handed out benefits until they have earned them, we spent 50 years working for ours and they are not benefits!
MARION CLAY
Broadway East
Carlton
NOW is the time for Nottingham City Council to take responsibility for the fiasco with the tram lines.
Who in their right mind would not have set in place a penalty clause on each phase of this project from the outset? They blame unforeseen problems with the utilities and weather, when anybody with two brain cells can tell you it's bad management. The workforce is running this shambles.
We have young children who are trying to raise £100,000 for a new ward in the hospital. I for one would rather see healthy children running down the street than a tram rattling down it.
G HATFIELD
Charlton Grove
Chilwell
AROUND Nottinghamshire one of the questions being asked is: "Do we need parish councils?"
The situation arose because of allegations about two unitary councils being part and parcel of the boundary changes. Why?
Well, to save money, to cut the number of councillors needed and to lose the district councils.
In effect, it will make the more rural areas like Newark and Sherwood very small fish in a very large pond.
Many readers won't be aware of what parish councils do so have no opinion about it.
I hope there will be some that do and appreciate that if or when the regime takes over it is even more vital to keep them.
Parish councils are the first tier of democratic governance.
We deserve to keep them.
J COCKING
Gaitskell Crescent
Edwinstowe
THE consequences of job losses due to the impending closures of the Imperial Tobacco factory and Thoresby colliery will be far-reaching throughout Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Well-paid and skilled jobs will be lost, along with opportunities for future employment and training.
But how will these losses affect the areas which are seemingly remote from the employment?
For example, Gedling Borough, which is within travel distance to work of both employers, will encounter somewhere in the region of 70 jobs lost to current residents through both these closures.
Whilst recent initiatives by Gedling Borough Council in supporting apprenticeships and enabling development at Colwick and Netherfield are to be applauded, the same cannot be said for Arnold.
This area appears to be lacking support or initiatives from local council representatives.
Indeed, new job opportunities are seemingly solely reliant upon commercial considerations, not councillor commitment or local initiatives.
PAUL KEY
Castleton Avenue
Arnold
CARS with foreign number plates are hard to penalise and make up the bulk of written off fines and untaxed vehicles.
The RAC has called on the government to curb the number of untaxed foreign vehicles in the UK, claiming the loss in tax goes into the millions.
Around 60,000 foreign vehicles are registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) each year.
But the RAC estimated a further 15,000 others were not, which is the equivalent of £3 million in uncollected tax.
Pete Williams, head of external affairs at the RAC, told the BBC that the situation was "beyond belief".
"Given the prevalence of technology such as automatic number plate recognition, it is beyond belief that in the 21st century two important government agencies – namely the UK Border Force and DVLA – are not already sharing information," he said.
"We understand that DVLA, the UK Border Force and the police are looking at how data can be used to identify foreign-registered vehicles that have been in the UK for longer than six months, so we urge the government to make finding an effective solution a priority."
A spokesman for the Department for Transport said the government will shortly announce "firm plans" to combat the problem.
TEMPORARY traffic lights will be installed in Sherwood for the City Council to carry out remedial works.
The lights will be placed at 46 Winchester Street from today until Wednesday between 9.30am and 5.30pm every day.
The council has warned drivers to expect moderate delays.
Nottingham: The city council meets this afternoon to consider the approval, among other issues, of the Late Night Levy scheme.
The levy, if approved, would allow the licensing authority to charge venues for selling alcohol after midnight.
The money would be used to help support the licensing authority and the police.
Other items include the consideration of a report from the deputy leader on Treasury management and a report from the leader on decisions taken under urgency procedures.
The meeting takes place in the Council Chamber, Council House in Old Market Square at 2pm.
Broxtowe: The cabinet will meet on Tuesday to discuss matters including an update on the future of Eastwood Cemetery Chapel, which was gutted in a fire earlier this year. The council will also be looking at the approval for the location of the borough's World War One centenary fields. The meeting takes place at 6pm at the New Council Chamber, Town Hall in Beeston.
Gedling: Councillors meet on Wednesday to look at budget carry forwards and the treasury activity report.
It will also consider changes to outside body appointments and receive questions and comments from members concerning any matters dealt with by the executive, committee or sub-committee. The meeting takes place in the Council Chamber, Gedling Civic Centre at 6pm.
Nottingham: The city council's schools forum meets on Thursday to assess several reports from the corporate director for children and adults. Items will include block funding and early assessment for children in school. The meeting takes place in the Ground Floor Committee Room, Loxley House in Station Street from 1.45pm.
Rushcliffe: The council's community development group meets on Tuesday to look through matters including reports from executive managers on encouraging economic prosperity in the borough, other annual reports and work programmes. The meeting takes place at Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Pavilion road, West Bridgford at 7pm.
Broxtowe: The development control committee is meeting on Wednesday to look at several planning applications in the borough. These include an outline application to build 20 new homes on land south of 50 Pinfold Road, Newthorpe, change of use of a ground-floor property in Derby Road, Stapleford, to a drinking establishment, and the retention of use of land for trade sales of caravans and similar vehicles at Gin Close Way in Awsworth. The meeting takes place at the New Council Chamber in Town Hall, Beeston at 7pm.
JEROME Eugene Bergan was only 27 years old when he died from a single stab wound to the neck just yards from his home in Strelley in December 2002.
Aaron Oliver, 21, was charged with murder but a jury found him unfit to plead to the charge.
A second jury found him responsible for Mr Bergan's death, despite not having pleaded. He was sent indefinitely to a secure hospital in November, 2004.
But his mental health improved and at Nottingham Crown Court in October 2006 he pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
He was then jailed for life in December of that year.
Judge Michael Stokes, QC, said at the time of sentencing that Oliver would be recalled to prison if his illness returned or he fell back into the lifestyle he was leading at the time of the killing.
Nottingham Crown Court heard the case in 2006, and the jury were told how Oliver had also attacked an inmate at a young offenders' institution, and a nurse at a secure hospital while he was being detained.
An inquest into Mr Bergan's death heard that moments before he died, he phoned his mother to say he was almost home.
FOOTBALL legends and music stars gathered to remember young people lost to knife and gun crime.
Taken Too Soon is organised by Real United FC founder Roger Henry as a memorial for those who have died, as well as the lasting struggle faced by their families.
Yesterday's event, held in Stoke Bardolph, opened with two matches from Notts County under 14s and Notts County under 18s, followed by a star-studded game of Notts Legends vs The Mercedes Benz of Nottingham All Stars.
Players included former Notts County striker Lawrie Dudfield and former Nottingham Forest defender Des Walker for the Legends team, while British band Rudimental, Mario Falcone from TV show The Only Way is Essex and BBC Radio One's DJ Friction laced up their boots for the All Stars side.
But emotions ran highest when a mourning mother made a speech to the crowd to urge them to stop gun and knife crime within their communities.
Trish Bergan is the mother of Jerome Eugene Bergan. The 27-year-old was stabbed yards from his home in Strelley back in December 2002 and died from a single wound to the neck.
She said: "I lost my son 11 years ago when he was stabbed to death with a 10-inch hunting knife.
"The perpetrator robbed my son, his mobile phone, his jewellery, his money, but that wasn't enough. They took out a knife and plunged it into my son's neck.
"No mother should ever have to bury a child. He is never going to come back. I miss him very much.
"To those of you today who are mourning loved ones, my heart goes out to you. It is the most tragic and devastating thing that can happen."
Councillor Merlita Bryan, ambassador of Real United FC, said events like this were key to tackling the problem.
She said: "This is a very important day. We shouldn't have to have it, but we do.
"We must remember the young lives that have been taken and show respect to them and their families that are left to cope."
Other stars of music and television attended the event, including TV presenter Alison Hammond, Emmerdale's Lucy Pargeter and BBC Radio One DJ Scott Mills.
The High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Graham Cartledge, also attended the event to show his support.
He said: "This event symbolises all that is good about our county. It shows the footballing heritage that we have, but also the hard work of our communities.
"I truly believe through sport we can improve the lives of deprived children and get them to a better place."
For more information about the club, visit www.therealunitedfc.co.uk/.
WORKS to build new pedestrian refuges will start today on University Boulevard.
Lane restrictions will be in use between 9.30am and 3.30pm as the phase two of the tram works continues.
Temporary traffic lights will continue to be in use at the T -junction during the next stage of the works and motorists have been asked to allow extra time when travelling through this area.
The works will take place between 8am and 6pm Monday to Saturday, until the end of the summer.
A spokesman from NET said: "We apologise in advance for any inconvenience these works may cause you, and would like to assure you we will do all that we can to keep disruption to a minimum."
PARAMEDICS were called to a three-car crash on Sunday morning.
The incident, which was reported at around 11.50am, took place in Hucknall Road, Bulwell, near Longford Crescent.
It involved a Renault Megane, a Toyota Avensis and a Peugeot.
A number of the vehicles' occupants are believed to have sustained minor injuries, one of whom was taken to hospital.
The road was closed while the scene was cleared and reopened at 1.45pm.
SUMMER holiday pool parties have been organised across the school break.
The family events are at:
West Park Leisure Centre, Long Eaton on Saturday, July 26, and Saturday, August 23. Both sessions between 3.30pm-5pm
Victoria Park Leisure Centre, on Saturday, August 9 and Saturday, August 30. Party sessions between 3.30pm-4.15pm and 4.30pm-5.15pm on both days.
Entry is £2.15 for juniors (£1.65 with a leisure card) and £3.60 for adults (£3.10) with a leisure card.
Parties are free to junior summer swim members.