Police were called in to help manage traffic flow while fire crews put out a car blaze in Long Eaton.
The incident occurred at around 5.10pm on Saturday October 11 at the roundabout of Derby Road and Wilsthorpe Road.
The service had received several calls from concerned passers-by.
Police and fire crews left the scene at 5.28pm.
As the county wakes up to a thick blanket of fog drivers and pedestrians are urged to be extra careful - with road visibility expected to be less than 100 metres in some low lying regions.
Areas of dense fog started forming last night but have become more widespread this morning, Sunday October 12.
As the light showers of Saturday evening faded away Nottingham was left with clear skies and light winds which is the perfect recipe for fog - it is expected to thin and lift into low cloud over the next few hours but some patches may persist as the afternoon approaches.
Got to love the day of the dead mornings. What's going to appear from the fog!? Ohhhh #Eerie#Zombieshttp://t.co/j63VWzaz86
— Adam Smith (@l0rdcardigan) October 12, 2014
Woken early. Still dark, thick fog and full moon. Looks like Victorian England
— sue (@resilientwoman8) October 12, 2014
Watching the fog close in on Nottingham ☁️
— David Carnell (@davidcarnell) October 12, 2014
A yellow warning has been put in place with difficult driving conditions and disruption to travel expected.
Temperatures will hover around a chilly 6C this morning and will reach a peak of around 13C at 4pm.
The rest of the week is looking decidedly soggy with heavy rain predicted every day up to Thursday - so remember your wellies.
FORMER teacher James Veness has combined two of his passions in a bid to help protect the planet for future generations.
Along with his business partner Richard Smith, he has launched an organisation to help educate schools about the impact of climate change.
School Energy Efficiency, which was set up two years ago, has been nominated in the Nottingham Post Environmental Awards 2014.
It is in the running in the First Steps to Sustainability category.
James, of Manor Park in Ruddington, and Richard work with head teachers, business managers and senior leaders to help them find ways to cut down schools' energy use.
This can include simple ideas such as insulation or behavioural changes, or more ambitious projects such as solar panels.
They also deliver workshops to youngsters.
James, 43, said: "It's very easy to just sit here and ignore climate change, so changing people's behaviour is significant.
"I'm thinking about my children and my children's children – are we going to leave them a world that's at breaking point?
"We want to raise awareness now and spread the word that there's a lot that we can do to help, even if it's just a simple thing."
Earlier this year, James completed a two-week expedition to the Antarctic, led by polar explorer Robert Swan.
Mr Swan was the first person in Antarctic history to survive for two weeks solely on renewable energy.
James said: "It's a brilliant story and we're trying to get it into schools. We want to inspire young people."
Recently, School Energy Efficiency has been helping environmental charity Ashden to expand its "Less CO2" programme into schools in the East Midlands.
This offers schools practical, hands-on support to help them make the changes they need to reduce their energy bills.
Business partner Richard, 46, of Matlock Avenue in Mansfield, added: "At the moment the world is in a bit of a mess, but we have got solutions now that we can all do.
"Children are the best people to start with – they're the ones who are going to be the future decision-makers.
"We need to get them engaged now."
Time is running out to enter the Nottingham Post Environmental Awards. The closing date is noon tomorrow. To enter, write a 400-word piece detailing which category you are entering and why. For category details, visit nottinghampost.com/environmental-awards. Email your entry to events manager Suzanne Bowery at suzanne.bowery@nottinghampost. com and reporter Ellie Cullen at ellie.cullen@nottinghampost. com.
NOTTINGHAM Law School students reviewed live murder and armed robbery cases on trips to the USA and India.
Five students joined organisations across the US, including a public defender's office in Savannah, Georgia.
Ryan Akhurst, a final-year law with business student, was one of two who worked for public defender Michael Edwards in Georgia, a state which still employs the death penalty.
They were trusted to review four cases, which included murder, rape, armed robbery and sexual battery, by working through the evidence and looking at police reports, witness statements and witness interviews. The students also went to interview clients in jail.
Ryan, 20, said: "The highlight for me was getting cases straightaway.
"On our visit to the jail we saw how little space and privacy each individual really has. But learning about the schemes set up to help and rehabilitate them was very insightful."
Three students also travelled to Kerala in India to work with a human rights group.
COMMUNITY activists have joined forces to create the new Burton Joyce Village Society.
Two groups – the Burton Joyce Preservation Society and the Residents' Association – have now formally merged.
They hope to provide a stronger voice for the village.
Steve Wright, lifelong village resident and chairman of the local history society, was elected chairman at the inaugural meeting at the Carnarvon Rooms.
Vice-chairman is Byron Crawford, who led opposition to plans for a new wind turbine, while accountant Richard Burton becomes treasurer.
Parish councillor Richard Fife becomes secretary and former Nottingham City Council chief executive Michael Hammond, parish magazine writer John Flynn and David Prime, ex-chairman of the Residents' Association, are also on the committee.
VICTIMS of hate crime have been told they shouldn't hold back in reporting their concerns to the police.
Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Chris Cutland spoke out as National Hate Crime Awareness Week began on Sunday.
She said: "This is a horrible crime that can cause deep distress and fear. I want to assure anyone who becomes a target that they will be taken seriously by the police, and that there is help available.
"Both the police and victim support services understand how damaging hate crime can be."
A county-wide group is to be set up to look at what support is being offered for victims of crime.
She added: "We want to see equitable services across the city and county. We are also working with the force to tackle the problem and increase confidence in reporting.
"This is not purely a police issue but one that is most successfully handled with the help of other services and agencies across Nottinghamshire."
Meanwhile, Nottinghamshire Police is tweeting statistics about hate crime throughout the week to raise awareness of the problem.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE may have stayed dry this weekend, but the wet stuff is set to return into the week.
Today is set to be the dampest day of the week with heavy rain forecast throughout the day and temperatures hovering around 11c.
The showers will continue into tomorrow morning with light rain set to fall for the remainder of the day.
Wednesday and Thursday look brighter, with both days seeing a few showers and some bright spells forecast.
Temperatures will stay fairly consistent throughout the week at between 11c and 15c.
The county is not expecting to see a repeat of the fog that lingered in the air for the majority of Sunday and winds are set to be light for the week.
54AD: Nero succeeds Claudius to become Roman Emperor.
1724: Jonathan Swift publishes last of Drapier's letters.
1917: Soviets accept Petrograd Military rule during Russian Revolution.
1941: Nazis kill 11,000 Jewish children and old people.
1943: Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany.
1960: Opponents of Fidel Castro executed in Cuba.
1963: "Beatlemania" coined after Beatles appear at Palladium.
2012: Fifteen people killed by a market suicide bombing in Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan.
2013: Stampede kills 109 people on bridge in Datia district, India.
A LAP-DANCING club has applied for a renewal of the licence which allows it to operate as a sexual entertainment venue.
The application, by Flirtz, in Friary Chambers, Friar Lane, will be considered by Nottingham City Council's regulatory and appeals committee on October 20.
The premises has operated as a lap-dancing establishment since October 2005. The current operator took over on June 25, 2007.
THE first stages of a major facelift of one of the city's gateways has been given £42,000.
Nottingham City Council is spending £700,000 on giving historic buildings in Carrington Street a makeover.
It has now spent £34,500 from its Heritage Lottery Fund grant and will contribute a further £7,500 towards the first stage of the project. The changes are part of regeneration plans including the revamped railway station, the redevelopment of the Broadmarsh Centre and investment in Nottingham Castle.
COUNCILLORS will meet next week to discuss whether a new café should be granted a licence to sell alcohol.
The Hard to Find Café in North Sherwood Street wants to sell drinks until 12.30am from Sunday to Wednesday and until 1.30am on other days of the week.
Three people have written to Nottingham City Council to object to the plans on the grounds that the extended licence hours could cause public nuisance.
The bar also wants to be able to play live and recorded music later into the evening than they can under their current licence.
The plans will be discussed in full at a licensing panel meeting on Tuesday, October 21 at 10.30am at Loxley House, Station Street.
MORE time is set to be given to sell green-belt land near Hucknall earmarked for 1,000 new homes.
The sale of the land at Top Wighay Farm has not gone through yet but Nottinghamshire County Council, which owns the land, thinks selling it to a developer is still the best plan of action.
If the homes are built, they will count toward Gedling Borough Council's target of 7,250 new homes before 2028.
Permission to sell the land was given in November last year. A report to the county inance and property committee, set for 10.30am today at County Hall, says it would take longer to find a new developer to buy the land than to extend the negotiating period.
Activists have campaigned to save green-belt land close to Hucknall, near the boundaries between Ashfield District and Gedling Borough councils.
SNAILS from southern Europe have been spotted in Nottinghamshire for the first time – and they could have got here on the train.
Tim Sexton, of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, was on the lookout for a rare spider when he stumbled across his new shelled friend – a Mediterranean girdled snail – at Attenborough Nature Reserve.
The trust is asking Notts residents to help them learn more about the 24th different snail found at Attenborough by sending them pictures.
"I was out looking for the Green Mess Weaver spider and came across this snail," said Tim. "I thought it looked different from other snails I had seen at Attenborough in the past so I took a specimen."
Mr Sexton, who admitted that he is more of a moth expert than a snail specialist, has found that the snails are more likely to exist in the south of the country but that recent warm and wet weather has coaxed them further north.
"They were first discovered in Devon in the 1950s," he said. "It's assumed it arrived here with exotic garden plants, and that's how it's been transported around the country as well," he said.
"It's quite possible that this individual could have originated somewhere nearby.
"A snail's egg on a little bit of vegetation could have easily made it's way to the nature reserve by train."
Mr Sexton explained that milder winters in recent years have seen species usually reliant on warmer climates make their way to the county.
"It's really exciting to see a popular reserve like Attenborough still producing new finds so close to its 50th year," he added.
Across Nottingham, the find has sparked interest at St Ann's
Allotments, where plot holders are sharing pictures to help track- the species.
"If you see unusual varieties or an increase in varieties of species it tells you about what's happening on the site," said heritage officer Mo Cooper. "I'm sure Attenborough are quite excited about the snail. We found a clearwing moth about ten years ago that hadn't been seen in Nottinghamshire for 100 years."
But snails in St Ann's had better watch out for one allotment holder who likes to eat them.
"He has French heritage," said Ms Cooper. "He collects them and has been looking at ways to attract more snails to his garden.
"Most allotment holders try to strike a balance because snails like to eat cabbage and lettuce, which many people are trying to grow."
PLANS for hundreds of homes on green belt land in Stapleford have been given the green light by the Government.
Developers Westerman first applied for permission to build 450 homes at Field Farm in November 2011.
Campaigners fought the plans but Broxtowe Borough Council approved them. Planning minister Brandon Lewis has now given the final go-ahead to the development on the site off Ilkeston Road.
Broxtowe MP Anna Soubry said: "New brownfield sites are coming forward but Broxtowe is determined to build on green belt first."
But Councillor David Watts says developing on two per cent of green belt in the borough would save the remaining 98 per cent.
CYCLIST Joy Dawkins is urging other riders to take care at the tram lines after she was badly hurt in a fall at Clifton.
The 52-year-old suffered a dislocated shoulder, which doctors had to force back into place.
They also discovered part of the bone had cracked off, and she is now facing an operation to repair the damage.
The incident comes just two weeks after the Post reported on the case of Terence Granger, of Ruddington, who suffered eight cracked ribs and a punctured lung in a similar accident in Clifton.
Mrs Dawkins, of Colleymoor Leys Lane in Clifton, who works as an administrator for Boots UK, was cycling on Southchurch Drive when her wheel got caught in the tram tracks.
She said: "I fell sideways and just went straight onto my shoulder. It's a very good job I had my helmet on.
"I started panicking because I couldn't move and I was worried I was going to get run over. I remember shouting 'help! help!'.
"Luckily a van driver came to help me and he called an ambulance."
Mrs Dawkins was rushed to Queen's Medical Centre after the incident, which happened at about 6am last Tuesday.
She is now recovering at home, awaiting the operation to insert a metal plate and pins into her shoulder.
She added: "The injuries were incredibly painful and I had to be sedated when they put the shoulder back into its socket.
"I still can't believe it happened – I think I'm still in shock."
She says more should be done to warn cyclists of the dangers of tram lines.
She said: "There need to be more signs around and there needs to be more awareness about how dangerous it can be.
"I just want to warn other people that they need to be very careful. I knew the tram lines were slippy, but I didn't realise how bad they were."
Husband Marc Dawkins, 40, added: "I think there should be better crossing points for cyclists as it's obviously very dangerous"
A spokesman for construction contractor Taylor Woodrow Alstom said: "We are very sorry to hear of Mrs Dawkin's accident and wish her a full and swift recovery.
"Over recent months we have been working with several local cycling groups to raise awareness of cycle safety in areas where tram tracks have recently been installed.
"We recommend that cyclists crossing tram tracks prepare early, and cross them as close to a 90 degree angle as possible, and where construction work on the tram expansion is still in progress we have consistently advised them to dismount through any roadworks."
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BIG strides have been made at a city school which was among six placed in special measures by Ofsted last year.
Inspectors conducted their third monitoring visit at Big Wood School, in Warren Hill, near Top Valley, at the start of the current term.
In a letter to head Andrea Healey, lead inspector John Peckham said the school was making "reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures".
The school had been criticised for the standard of teaching and attendance rates during its last full inspection.
The visit, in November, came at the same time as six other inspections at city schools, all graded "inadequate". Six, including Big Wood, were put in special measures, as they were not thought to be capable of improving without external help.
But Mr Peckham commended Big Wood for turning itself around. Since the damning report, the school has linked up with the Redhill Academy Trust.
He said: "Inspectors judged that the overall quality of teaching has improved since the last visit. In the lessons observed, a good proportion of students were now making better progress.
"Teachers are more consistent in lifting expectations about the care that students take over their work and it is much more regularly and consistently marked than previously."
But there was still room for improvement.
"There are, however, big variations in the skill with which teachers are able to adapt the pace of learning so that students can make faster progress."
Mrs Healey said: "We are delighted with the progress the school is making and that Ofsted recognises the changes we have been implementing are having a positive impact on the pupils of Big Wood School.
"The strong partnership the school has established with the Redhill Academy Trust, ahead of moving to academy status early in 2015, is helping to shape the future of Big Wood and we are confident at our next full inspection the school will be judged at least 'good'."
After the Ofsted blitz last year, the city council set up an Education Improvement Board to work with schools.
Councillor Sam Webster, executive assistant for schools, said: "Big Wood has been at the forefront of this by focusing on the role of its senior leadership and ensuring a consistency of teaching across the school."
He highlighted improving attendance rates. In this first month of this term, the school recorded an attendance rate of 96.5 per cent, up from 94 per cent this time last year.
He added: "I want to congratulate teachers, pupils and parents at Big Wood School for the improvements made to date. I'm hopeful that the journey of improvement will continue."
Calverton: Drink-driver Andrew Atherley was caught nearly four times over the limit. Atherley, 44, of The Hollins, was behind the wheel of a Renault Megane on August 13. He wass driving on the A46, Newark, when he had 139 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, over the limit of 35. Magistrates in Nottingham heard he admitted drink-driving, using an uninsured Renault and having no licence to drive it. Atherley was handed a four-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, with supervision from the probation service, and a requirement to spend ten days on an alcohol course. He must pay £200 compensation, an £80 victim surcharge and costs of £170. He was banned from the roads for 48 months. Separately, he admitted producing 451 grams of cannabis and was fined £110.
Hucknall: Ashley Stapleton, 27, of Bestwood Road, was bailed by magistrates in Nottingham after admitting causing criminal damage to a rear patio window in Kensbrook Road, on April 20. Stapleton must attend a sentencing hearing on October 23.
West Bridgford: Kirk Powell, 18, of Old Croft Lane, Birmingham, was fined £200 for having a flare at the City Ground, Nottingham, on April 19. He pleaded guilty to the offence under the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985. At Nottingham Magistrates' Court, Powell was ordered to pay a £20 victim surcharge and costs of £620.
Forest Fields: Angeline Bryan, 38, of Foxhall Road, pleaded guilty to stealing £449.27 worth of food, alcohol and toys from Asda, West Bridgford, on August 3. Magistrates in Nottingham handed her a community order, with an alcohol treatment requirement for six months, and supervision from the probation service for nine months. She was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £60 and costs of £85.
Sneinton: Shahid Iqbal, 34, of Kentwood Road, was bailed after denying two offences. He allegedly behaved indecently and exposed himself in Sneinton in June. His case has been listed for trial at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on December 10.
