To be honest, I think it's ridiculous that some people are talking about the manager being under a bit of pressure.

I know that's the nature of football these days, but it doesn't mean it's right.

The run we've been on has been bad, we can't shy away from that and I don't think anybody at the club is.

I'm not naive either; football is about results at the end of the day.

But I think us players have to take responsibility for our results.

I think it's time for the whole lot of us as a group to stand up and be counted, and I include myself in that.

You can only look at a manager so much before you have to start looking at the players.

We've got to shoulder the responsibility because we are better players and a better team than we are showing. Let the manager get on with his job.

He's only half a season in to what he and the chairman stated was going to be a project.

With the turnaround of players at the club last summer, things weren't going to happen overnight.

The biggest thing we need to show against Derby today is a commitment and a desire to win.

We need to wear our hearts on our sleeves, win our battles, make tackles, and let them know that they are in a game.

That's should be a prerequisite in derbies, but last season when we went there we didn't do those things and we were punished for it.

Our supporters have been magnificent all season, and you have stuck by us during some difficult spells.

We need to put in some performances and start picking up the results that we are capable of, for you, for the manager, for ourselves and for the club.

And today against our biggest rivals is the perfect opportunity to do just that.

Nottinghamshire County Council has got an injunction against large gatherings of cars at the two sites, as well as a third area near junction 27 of the M1.

Here are some videos of some of the activity that local businesses have been objecting to.

Nottinghamshire has been placed on a yellow snow and ice warning by the Met Office.

There is a chance of snowfall in the county up until noon on Saturday.

Forecasters say a band of rain, sleet and snow will spread across the area this morning, with up to 4cm of the white stuff anticipated in places above 200m.

A Met Office spokesman said: "The public should be aware of the risk of some difficult driving conditions."

The cold snap looks set to continue well into next week.

Temperatures will struggle to get over 4C on Saturday and Sunday, dipping to 2C on Monday and Tuesday and returning to 4C on Wednesday.

A light cloud cover is expected on Saturday, with sunny intervals on Sunday, but with Monday expected to be sunny but cold.

Light cloud is forecast for Tuesday but the weather will turn rainy on Wednesday.

Wind speeds were expected to be around 11mph on Saturday.

For more snow pictures click here.

HERE is Saturday morning's travel update for Nottingham.

There are temporary traffic lights and restrictions to one lane at Abbey St, near Leen Court.

Motorists from Nottinghamshire heading towards Leicester could experience disruption, with more traffic on the A6 near Quorn after reports of flooding between Sileby Road and Mountsorrel Lane, in Sileby.

According to the AA, there are delays of up to 10 minutes on the A453 southbound between the junctions with the A52 and the M1, there are currently delays of 10 mins due to ongoing roadworks .

There are no reported delays to the city's bus, tram or train network.

The term power dressing was invented in the 1980s, characterised by the oversized shoulder pads in the outfits worn in the TV soap Dynasty by Joan Collins and Linda Evans – reportedly offered £500,000 to appear in the next edition of Celebrity Big Brother.

Rival show Dallas promoted displays of wealth and success through sparkly costumes and jewellery such as large faux-gold earrings, pearl necklaces and clothing covered with sequins and diamante.

Women's fashion and business shoes also revisited the pointed toes and spiked heels that were popular in the 1950s and early 1960s. Some stores stocked canvas or satin covered fashion shoes in white and dyed them to the customer's preferred brighter colours.

Hair in the 1980s was generally big, curly, bouffant and heavily styled. This was in contrast to the long and straight styles worn in the 1970s.

Everyday fashion make-up for fashion-conscious females in the 80s often involved having light-coloured lips, dark and thick eyelashes, pink and light blue blusher.

The top fashion models of the decade were Brook Shields, Christine Brinkley, Joan Severance, Kim Alexis, Carol Alt, Renee Simonsen, Kelly Emberg and Elle Macpherson.

Some 1980s accessories for women were carryovers from the mid and late 1970s. These included thin belts, knee-high boots with thick kitten heels, sneakers, jelly shoes, mules, square-toed shoes and boots, jelly bracelets (inspired by Madonna in 1983), round-toe shoes and boots, shoes with thick heels, small, thin necklaces (in a variety of materials, such as gold and pearls), and small watches.

Punk fashion began as a reaction against the hippie movement of past decades.

Doc Marten shoes or boots with air-cushioned soles were worn by both sexes in the 1980s. They were an essential fashion accessory for the skinhead and punk subcultures.

Punk girls sometimes paired Doc Martens with miniskirts or full, Laura Ashley-style dresses.

They were an important feature of the post punk 1980s Gothic look which featured long, back-combed hair, pale skin, dark eye shadow, eyeliner, and lipstick, black nail varnish, spiked bracelets and dog-collars, black clothing, often made of gabardine, leather or velvet trimmed in lace or fishnet material.

Corsets were often worn by girls. British bands which inspired the gothic trend included The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cult. This trend would resurge in the 1990s.

Rising pop star Madonna was a big influence on female fashions. She first emerged on the dance music scene with her "street urchin" look consisting of short skirts worn over leggings, necklaces, rubber bracelets, fishnet gloves, hairbows, long layered strings of beads, bleached, untidy hair with dark roots, headbands and lace ribbons.

In her "Like a Virgin" phase, millions of young girls around the world emulated her fashion example that included brassieres worn as outerwear, huge crucifix jewellery, lace gloves, tulle skirts, and boytoy belts.

Gloves, sometimes lace or fingerless, were popularized by Madonna, as well as fishnet stockings and layers of beaded necklaces. Short, tight Lycra or leather or leather miniskirts and tubular dresses were also worn, as were cropped, bolero-style-style jackets.

Black was the preferred colour. Another club fashion for women was lingerie as outerwear.

Before the mid-1980s it had been taboo to show a slip or a bra strap in public. A visible undergarment had been a sign of social ineptness.

In the new fad's most extreme forms, young women would forgo conventional outer-garments for vintage-style bustiers with lacy slips and several large crucifixes.

For women into aerobics, Spandex leggings and bodysuits were an essential part of their wardrobe. The man to blame for this fashion 'breakthrough' was Joseph Shivers, who created a polyurethane fibre that could stretch and then magically snap back to its original shape.

Popular clothing in the early 1980s worn by men included tracksuits, v-neck sweaters, polyester and velour polo-neck shirts, sports jerseys, straight-leg jeans, polyester button-ups, cowboy, beanies and hoodies. Around this time it became acceptable for men to wear sports coats and slacks to places that previously required a suit.

And it became trendy for blokes to sport designer stubble on their chins!

Click here to view more pictures of 80s fashion.

* What was your favourite style/band/film/TV show of the '80s. Write to Bygones at Nottingham Post Media Group, 3rd Floor, City Gate, Tollhouse Hill, Nottingham, NG1 5FS or email Andrew.smart@nottinghampost.com

Stuart Pearce could target a striker before the end of the loan window – but admits it could be a tough task to land one.

The Nottingham Forest manager needs a win to quell speculation about his future, when the Reds face fierce rivals Derby County today.

But Pearce continues to plan for the longer-term – and recognises that a recent spate of injuries has left him short of options up front.

Britt Assombalonga, Matty Fryatt and Dexter Blackstock have all been fighting injuries this week, ahead of the game.

"Strikers do make the difference in games. It is fair to say we are looking at a couple of positions," said Pearce. "And we only have two positions in the squad we can fill. We will continually make phone calls and see where that takes us.

"Strikers are the hardest players to sign, because everyone wants to hold on to them. Plus, if you go and bring in a player in a certain position and, in a few weeks' time, a few of your current squad come back from injury, all of a sudden you can have too many on your books. It is something we will consider.

"We will continually look to see what is available in the loan market. If there is anyone out there we feel can improve us, we will look to do something."

Pearce (pictured) admits FFP rules – which mean Forest can only pay £10k a week in wages on a free transfer or loan signing – are prohibitive.

"We have probably missed out on players already because of that financial limitation," he said. "We know who we can and cannot go for. We have to work around that. It is something we have to deal with."

Today is the day for Nottingham Forest fans - the East Midlands derby at the iPro Stadium.

The Reds are looking to end their alarming slump in form at arch rivals Derby County at noon. Join us from 11am for all the team news and updates with Reds reporter Paul Taylor.

Nottinghamshire Police has urged van owners to be on the lookout after a spate of catalytic converter thefts in the Eastwood area.

Four took place overnight on Thursday in Kimberley and Eastwood.

DC Jennie Ellse said: "These thefts took place within a few miles of each other, all on Mercedes Sprinter vans. If you can, park in a garage or secure car park. If not try and ensure it is a well lit area. Consider fitting an alarm and always activate it when you leave the van.

"Also, please keep an eye out on your street and report any suspicious activity to us immediately."

If you have information call us on 101 or Crimestoppers.

Stuart Pearce does not fear the derby day hoodoo will strike again if Nottingham Forest lose at Derby County.

Nigel Clough, Billy Davies, John Gregory and Joe Kinnear all lost their jobs after losing in the East Midlands derby.

And current Rams boss Steve McClaren lasted barely two weeks before his Forest tenure came to an end, following defeat in the fixture.

There is growing speculation Pearce will become the latest managerial casualty if the Reds do not emerge with their dignity intact from the iPro today.

But Pearce is remaining stoic in the face of such talk and feels he still has the backing of Reds owner Fawaz Al Hasawi.

And the Forest boss even joked: "I hope Steve (McClaren) does not lose his job after this game."

"I don't go to the owner and seek reassurances from him," added Pearce. "You guys talk about speculation, but it feels as though things are not the same for me, in reality.

"The chairman is desperate for me to do well and the fans are desperate for me to do well. Don't sit here and think there is no backing."

Pearce believes the most important backing has to come from him – for his players.

"I am desperate for the players to do well," he said. "But nobody is going to get morose about things. We do not sit here and think about whether it is the last chance or not.

"It is about building a football club, however long that takes.

"I don't think this is the biggest game of my managerial career. Playing the Germans in the European under-21 Championships final was probably the biggest.

"You are probably alluding to the fact that you don't feel I have much time as a manager left in me.

"But I don't see it that way. I see a long term future at this club. It is another game for us to take on and enjoy."

Pearce says Forest must continue to be united as they head into the cauldron of the iPro.

"We are all working together, we are all united. That is what it is all about; that support. A club has to be built on that," he said. "It is a given for me. It is not unusual or a surprise. It is a given.

"The owner of this club has the same frustrations and also the same buoyancy about this club as I have, which is nice.

"Public backing, private backing – it is all water off a duck's back to me."

Two town councillors have resigned after the filming of council meetings "impacted on their lives".

Caroline Bartliff and Mark Elvin have stepped down from their roles on Stapleford Town Council.

It comes six months after Mr Elvin stopped attending meetings since members of Stapleford Community Group began filming the proceedings.

One councillor attending a full meeting of the town council on Friday night said it was "a huge shame" they felt they had to go due to new rulings over filming public meetings.

Town clerk Margaret Downie confirmed the resignations to the meeting and read out a letter from Ms Bartliff, who represented Labour after being co-opted onto the council in 2013.

It said: "It is with regret that I resign from the town council. I have made my feelings clear at the meeting we held about why I don't want to be filmed."

It adds: "Local politics of our area determines the decisions people made and I have no option but to resign.

"Thanks for all your support and understanding."

There will be no by-election or co-opting of new members onto the town council as it is too close to the General Election date.

Ms Downie told the meeting: "This is just highlighting the impact this is having on people's and individuals and professionals. We feel it's had an impact on council life."

Town council leader Jacky Williams said: "I do understand her reasons."

She paid tribute to Ms Bartliff, saying she was a "breath of fresh air on the council".

"It's a great shame we are going to lose someone of her calibre," added Ms Williams.

But Councillor Stan Heptinstall, who is also a borough and county councillor, said: "I know Mark has gone for the same reason. The reason being because of the impact on their lives - they don't want to be filmed regularly in meetings."

Mr Heptinstall added: "I think it's really, really sad that they feel they have to go because of this new ruling that allows this council to be filmed when in meetings, goodness knows why people feel it's necessary to spend all this damn film, as it were, recording these meetings.

"I don't know why people feel it's necessary to do this.

"But just look at the impact it's having when people simply feel the can no longer serve their town by being here.

"It's just a huge, huge shame and I would like the council to write to both of them to offer them our sincere thanks for what they have done for us while they have been councillors and I hope that gets unanimous support."

Ms Williams confirmed to The Post that Mr Elvin and Ms Bartliff had resigned due to the filming of meetings.

She said: "Ms Bartliff holds a professional role in her normal day-to-day life.

"She felt it was entirely inappropriate. I'm aware the same applies for Mark Elvin."

She added: "Both of them hold professional jobs and they made it clear they weren't comfortable with filming."

The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 was passed by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, in August, giving people the right to use social media from the council chambers and broadcasters to film meetings.

Before the legislation, the town council made the decision to ban filming at meetings last April, despite the Government telling local authorities to be more transparent.

Fellow Stapleford town councillor Richard MacRae is a member of Stapleford Community Group which films the meetings.

He said: "At the end of the day, the reason we film the meetings is because it's the law.

"There's lots of people locally that's interested. They can watch it in the comfort of their own home at a time to suit them because they might be unable to get to council meetings.

"People do want to see what their councillors are doing."

He said the two former councillors should have resigned sooner so someone else could have stepped into the roles.

Also at the meeting, councillors voted unanimously for no increase on Stapleford council tax.

Ms Bartliff and Mr Elvin were unavailable for comment.

TELEVISION viewers might have spotted Lisa Williamson in John Lewis' Christmas advert if they tore their eyes away from Monty the penguin and his quest for real love.

The Nottingham-born actress played the little boy's mum, gazing on as Monty met his match under the Christmas tree.

But, with Christmas over, Lisa's focus is on her new career as a writer – and the publication of her debut novel.

Aimed at the teenage market, her debut book, The Art of Being Normal, is about a 14-year-old boy who wants to be a girl.

Before the book hit the stores, all the reviews from authors and bloggers were positive – but Lisa is eager to hear what the public at large make of it.

"Everybody's said it's been really life affirming and uplifting which is really what I wanted to do. I didn't want it to be a gloomy book," says 34-year-old Lisa, who grew up in Arnold and now lives with her boyfriend Matt in north London.

"Everyone said they loved the characters and they cried – that's brilliant, they cried – so I think going out into the real world will be very interesting and hopefully the general public have the same reaction.

"Sometimes I forget it's still quite a controversial subject."

The idea came to Lisa after an office temp job at the internationally renowned NHS Tavistock Centre's Gender Identity Development Service in London, which handles 500 referrals a year.

Until she met girls and boys at the under 18s service, Lisa had never contemplated what it must be like to struggle with your identity in this way.

She was struck by the ignorance and hostility many encountered, much of it from adults in positions of authority or strangers.

"With relatively little presence in the media and no compulsory education on the subject, there seemed to be a gaping hole in understanding which in turn was creating a serious barrier to acceptance," says Lisa, who worked on and off at the centre for two years from 2010.

"During my time at GIDS I came across sad stories, triumphant stories, painful stories, hopeful stories – all of them touching and very real, all of them different.

"Until this point, my knowledge of transgender people and the difficulties they and their families face had been confined to sensationalist headlines in newspapers and magazines.

" I was, therefore, surprised at how relatable I found the patient stories and how very unshocked I was."

Boys and girls, in equal measure, were referred to the service for talking therapy and hormone treatment on the NHS and after puberty around 80% went on to live as their chosen gender.

Until now fiction for young adults has focused on gay and lesbian characters but there are very few books for transgender teens.

"It's like they're invisible in fiction so I wanted to address that and hopefully write a book that was entertaining and relevant to all young people at the same time so it had all the issues without making it too heavy and issue-based so a fun read as well," Lisa explains.

The Art of Being Normal centres around David, who has always felt like a girl trapped in the body of a boy.

His two best friends – a geek and a nerd – know his secret and his biggest fear is telling his parents.

"They just assume he's gay and it's something a lot bigger than that because it's like saying goodbye to your son or daughter," says Lisa, who has never questioned her own gender but thinking back to her adolescence at Redhill School believes there may have been some pupils struggling with theirs.

Lisa's book was published not long after the BBC's children's channel CBBC broke down some of barriers by airing a documentary about a transgender boy for the first time.

I Am Leo was screened during the channel's anti-bullying week in November.

"The main thing that changed his life was just acceptance from not only family but friends and school life. It was scary before. I think that's the main barrier, just acceptance."

To research her book Lisa spoke to transgender adults.

"I went to talk to them about their experiences as teenagers as it's important to get a reflective view from someone who has been through it and can now talk about it. They were brilliant and we spent a day with each of them just talking – they told me their entire life story, really fascinating."

They've each had a copy of the book and so have members of a transgender youth group, which Lisa recently visited.

Even though teen readers have been transfixed by Harry Potter's wizardry, post-apocalyptic sci fi thriller The Maze Runner and The Hunger Games adventures, Lisa believes contemporary fiction rooted in real life is making a comeback thanks to novels like The Fault in Our Stars about two teens with cancer.

"I think increasing amounts of young people want to read a book where they can imagine themselves in it and are really familiar with the setting so it's got the school setting that most young people can relate to, family relationships and adventures, fancying people and all that kind of thing," she says of her story.

"There is no subject that won't have been covered in a young adults book – they really push the boundaries. There hasn't been many transgender characters – it may seem a bit shocking at first but hopefully if people keep reading they'll see that these characters, they can really relate to them."

After spending Christmas at the Calverton home of her parents Danny, a retired plumber, and Dorothy, who works at Sainsbury's in Arnold, Lisa is back in London writing a second book about teenagers facing the last week of the end of the world. It's not as grim as it sounds, Lisa assures us.

"It will be quite a fun book.

"I used to do musicals and plays but I started to get the passion for writing. I've been doing a lot of TV commercials because they work well around the writing and it's nice keeping in the acting industry without the pressures of going away on tour," says Lisa, who played the Princess in Aladdin at Nottingham's Theatre Royal panto in 2006 alongside Basil Brush and Christopher Biggins, and has appeared in TV ads for Foxes biscuits, Marmite, SMA toddler milk, Asda and Ronseal.

* The Art of Being Normal, David Fickling Books, £10.99, is available from Waterstones and online.

Emergency service call handlers will have three times as long to decide whether or not to dispatch an ambulance, under new NHS rules attempting to ease pressure on services "stretched to breaking point".

Call handlers currently have only 60 seconds to make a decision, but from February this will be extended to three minutes in two pilot areas in England, covering 15 million people.

While this does not include Nottinghamshire or the East Midlands, if successful the pilot could be rolled out nationwide.

The pilots will be carried out in London and the South West. NHS England said granting call handlers more time to assess a patient on the phone will lead to fewer wasted ambulance call outs.

The most serious calls – such as a cardiac arrest or when the patient has stopped breathing – would still initiate an immediate ambulance response.

Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, said the pilots had been ordered based on "clinical advice that this will improve the chances of survival for patients".

According to NHS England, only 10 per cent of 999 calls are for genuinely life-threatening situations, despite ambulance services currently categorising 40 per cent as such. A number of conditions, including overdoses and gunshot wounds, will be upgraded into the most urgent category – Red 1 – for the pilots.

On December 30 last year, the Post revealed that the East Midlands Ambulance Service was being stretched to crisis point.

"The pressure on the service is immense," said Mike Parker, emergency operations centre manager for EMAS.

"We've seen pretty much a 25 per cent increase in calls in the last three or four days. That is huge. I was on call all weekend and we were absolutely inundated. There were no vehicles to send because they were all tied up on jobs."

Call-handlers at the EMAS operations centre in Nuthall were having to answer up to nine calls every minute and health chiefs are urging patients not to dial 999 unless it's a genuine emergency.

A 30-year-old man rang the service because he had "hurt his finger". Others also called with colds and sore throats.

Latest weekly figures from NHS England show that despite an improvement in performance, hospital A&Es fell well below the target of treating 95 per cent of patients within four hours last week, with only 84.3 per cent of patients treated within the target time.

New monthly A&E waiting times figures for Wales and Northern Ireland meanwhile show even poorer performance than in England. In December, only 76.7 per cent treated in four hours in Northern Ireland and 81 per cent in Wales.

Police have been searching river banks and woodland for missing student Euan Coulthard.

The 19-year-old was last seen in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The law student at St Mary's College, Durham, was reported missing by a friend who was concerned when he could not make contact with him.

He was last seen just after midnight leaving the Loveshack club, in the Walkergate area of the Durham, alone.

He is described as 5` 9" tall and of average build with light brown hair, which is short on the sides and longer on the top. When he was last seen he was wearing black skinny jeans, a denim jacket and a beige patterned shirt.

Inspector Dave Coxon from Durham Constabulary said: "We have serious concerns for Euan's welfare as there has been no trace of him since the early hours of Thursday morning. He hasn't responded to any attempts to contact him and his phone has not been traced.

"If anyone has seen him since then, or if they saw a young man matching his description in Durham on last night, I would ask them to contact us as soon as possible."

Shopkeepers in Durham have put up posters, scores of fellow students have joined searches, and a Facebook campaign to find the Nottingham man has been started.

Police have been searching the banks of the River Wear close to Durham city and mountain rescue experts have been involved, checking steep wooded areas.

With temperatures expected to plummet to a very chilly -2C tonight, residents are being urged to step away from the the kettle in a bid to fight the frost.

Nottingham City Council have issued a warning reminding people that using hot water to melt ice and snow can result in it re-freezing and turning to black ice, which can be  even more dangerous.

Instead it is advised that a shovel with the widest blade possible should be used instead.

The council has also confirmed they will be gritting the tonight, so check if your road is covered, click here.

Temperatures are unlikely to rise above 2C this week and snow is expected across the county on Tuesday afternoon - time to dig out the sledges and head to Wollaton Park.

Holidaymakers have been left disappointed as Eurostar announces there will be no more services on Saturday January 17 due to a lorry fire in the north tunnel.

The train company apologised on its website for the last minute cancellations: "We are sorry but we are unable to run any further trains today because Eurotunnel has been closed due to smoke detected in the north tunnel."

People have been advised to postpone their journeys and avoid travelling to stations today.

East Midlands Trains tweeted that the cancellations affected trains going both to and from the Continent.

#EMTUpdate Eurostar have suspended International services to/from the continent for more information check here http://t.co/2FjDbnqMqD

Have you been affected by the closure? Get in contact at rachel.gorman@nottinghampost.com or 01159051956

Southwell Library will close on Sunday January 18 for two months while remodelling takes place.

The building, in the Bramley Centre, King Street, will close its doors at 4pm Sunday afternoon and will not reopen until Saturday March 14.

During the closure, residents will be able to borrow books every Saturday from the mobile library which will be parked behind the Bramley Centre.

The mobile library will be open from 9am to 3pm from Saturday January 24 until Saturday March 7.

Otherwise the nearest alternative library is Farnsfield Library, in New Hill, Newark.

This will have extended opening hours from today. Monday January 19 2015

The new opening hours are: Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm, Friday, 9am to 6pm and Saturday, 9am to 12.30pm.

The library is closed on Wednesdays.

A spectacular injury time strike from Ben Osborn helped Nottingham Forest claw their way back from behind and claim a dramatic 2-1 win at Derby County, to take some of the pressure off under fire boss Stuart Pearce.

The midfielder carried the ball into the Rams penalty area, before firing an unstoppable shot into the back of the net to send the travelling fans into raptures at the iPro Stadium.

Derby had taken an early lead through an own goal from Henri Lansbury and looked to be in charge at half time.

But Pearce's side fought back after the break, with Britt Assombalonga's close range finish drawing the Reds level in the 75^th minute.

But there was more drama to come as Osborn netted a superb solo effort to earn Forest the bragging rights and, equally, to give Pearce a much needed win.

Forest made three changes to the team that had performed so poorly against Sheffield Wednesday last weekend, with Pearce naming a strong looking starting XI.

Lansbury returned from suspension to take a place in midfield, while loan signing Gary Gardner also made his full debut in the centre of the pitch, after coming off the bench last weekend. David Vaughan and Chris Burke dropped to the bench.

The final change came in defence where the more experienced Kelvin Wilson took the place of Jamaal Lascelles alongside Jack Hobbs, in the centre of the back four.

It was a nervous, scrappy start to the game, with both sides taking their time to settle in. Forest had a couple of threatening moments down the right side with Robert Tesche, playing in a more advanced role, skipping into space down the flank, before forcing a corner with a dangerous low cross.

When Osborn delivered towards the far post, Forest felt Michail Antonio had been pulled to the ground by Jake Buxton, but referee Andy Madley did not agree.

Antonio then tested Lee Grant with a low shot from the edge of the box but, in truth, the winger's effort always lacked the power to trouble the Derby keeper at his near post.

Derby's only real effort of the opening ten minutes saw Omar Mascarell fire wide of the post from 20 yards, as the Reds defence failed to close down. But, following some neat footwork on the edge of the box in the 14^th minute, Wilson had to produce an important, potentially goal saving, block after Craig Bryson had connected with a shot from 12 yards.

The game's opening goal came in the 16^th minute and, in many ways, summed up Forest's fortunes in recent months. After seeing a penalty claim turned down at one end, they then netted an own goal.

When Russell delivered from the Derby right, Wilson seemed to get the slightest of touches at the near post, which deceived Lansbury – with the midfielder steering the ball into the net at the near post, with a header that he did not seem to know a great deal about.

The visitors then had to ride out a storm of pressure, with Derby winning a flurry of four further corners, as they looked to extend their advantage. De Vries had to make an outstanding save, flicking the ball over his bar, when Jamie Ward connected crisply with a powerful shot from the edge of the box.

The Derby winger was booked, however, when fouling de Vries a few minutes later, blocking the keeper's attempts to throw the ball out quickly, in clumsy fashion.

Wilson was the first Forest player to be booked, following a tussle with Martin, in which the Derby striker appeared to be giving as good as he got.

When Hobbs stayed pushed forward following a corner, Assombalonga's lay off presented him with a shooting chance from 20-yards, but the defender's effort bounced wide.

Lansbury was having a tough time in midfield, perhaps having had his confidence dented by the own goal. A poor pass from him set up a Derby quick break, with Lichaj doing well to stamp out the threat with an important interception.

Derby almost made it 2-0 as half time approached, with Will Hughes lashing a spectacular effort just the wrong side of the post from 20 yards.

Forest's best chance came when Antonio delivered a dangerous ball to the near post, but Buxton bravely threw himself at the ball ahead of Assombalonga, to deny the striker a chance.

The £5.5m front man did almost make his mark as half time approached however, shaking off his marker with a neat turn before letting fly with a 22-yard, dipping shot that was only marginally off target.

Derby made a change at half time with Hughes replaced by Jeff Hendrick. The second period began in the same manner as the first, with both sides struggling to force any spells of dominance.

A Tesche shot did force a corner for the Reds in the 57^th minute, which almost saw the visitors make the breakthrough they craved. Grant flapped at Osborn's cross, allowing the ball to run through to Antonio on the far side. But the winger twice saw his shots charged down, with Mascerell's block from his second effort particularly important.

Antonio then somehow managed to bundle the ball through to Tesche, when he was being fouled on the edge of the box, but Buxton got a foot in to steer the ball back to his keeper. Forest were building a little pressure with Derby, for the first time, looking a little tentative.

But Forest were still finding clear chances hard to come by, with Antonio narrowly failing to make contact with a Lichaj cross to the far post, following good work from Osborn.

Forest came close when Osborn cut into the box from the right and let fly with a shot, which was carried wide of the post by a deflection.

The Reds continued to look a threat from set pieces, with a dangerous melee eventually seeing the ball fall to Wilson, but the defender's shot was pounced on by Grant, as he failed to muster sufficient power to beat the keeper.

It was not a huge surprise when Forest finally did manage to make the breakthrough, when the Derby defence failed to deal with a delivery from the flank, with Hobbs seeming to get an important touch, the ball bounced through to Assombalonga and the striker showed his finishing touch at a vital time, turning and squeezing a shot beyond Grant and into the back of the net, from a few yards out.

Forest brought on Stephen McLaughlin for the tiring Antonio, who had worked hard throughout, in the 81^st minute and the Irishman did deliver a testing ball into the box, as the Reds looked for another opening before Osborn lashed in a superb stoppage time winner after a great run, sparking wild celebrations from Pearce.

Derby: Grant, Christie, Forsyth, Bryson, Buxton, Keogh, Martin, Ward (Bent 75), Russell, Hughes (Hendrick 45), Mascarell. Subs: Roos, Naylor, Bennett, Calero, Shotton.

Forest: de Vries, Kane, Hobbs, Wilson, Lichaj, Antonio (McLaughlin 81), Gardner, Tesche, Osborn, Lansbury, Assombalonga. Subs: Darlow, Veldwijk, Lascelles, Paterson, Vaughan, Burke.

Referee: Andy Madley

Attendance: 32,705 (2000 away approx)

Goals: D Lansbury OG 16 F Assombalonga 75, Osborn 92

LIBRARY users have given their approval after a community facility began a new chapter with a £720,000 facelift.

Bingham Library has been brought into the 21st century with a refurbishment from Nottinghamshire County Council.

The building, in Eaton Place, originates from the 1970s and had become dated.

But thanks to the county council, it has been given a fresh new look with new book stock, furniture and shelving and more space.

A range of fun family events was held on Saturday to celebrate the return of the library, which had closed for seven months while it was modernised.

In a first for the county, the library has become a health hub, with a collection of health-related materials, in a partnership with the local NHS which council chiefs are hailing as "ground-breaking".

For the first time, there is a public toilet, whereas previously, visitors had to use facilities nearby or parents could take their children to use the staff toilet.

The local children's centre has also moved into the building, from its previous home in Market Place, bringing a range of family services with it.

Andrea Lowe, team manager for Rushcliffe Libraries, said the library had had around 2,000 visitors within the first two days of its relaunch.

She added: "I'm delighted with it. I think from a library point of view it's just the sheer sense of space and light. It looks much better, lighter and much more appealing and I think the layout looks great.

"It looks modern, and fit-for-purpose."

Peter Gaw, the county council's group manager of libraries, said the previous building needed bringing up to date.

He said amalgamating the children's centre into the new facility would save money in the long-term.

"It's part of our commitment to modernising libraries," he added.

"As a service we have got really good experience of new buildings and refurbishing libraries and every time we do a new one we take the learning through - there's always something we do slightly differently and slightly better, such as the health hub.

"I would say it's ground-breaking."

Bingham Health Centre has moved to an adjoining building and is now the children's centre area.

Activities on Saturday including children's craft sessions and a performance of The Brothers Grimm stories by the Babbling Vagabonds Theatre Company saw old and new visitors flock back to the library, which was formally opened by county council chairman Councillor Pauline Allan.

The Post spoke to some impressed library users.

Charmaine Johnson, 37, a part-time teacher from Bingham who was with her children Harry, six, Emily, four and seven-week-old Noah, said: "I'm really impressed with it. There's certainly lots of space and I love the big kids' area."

Bingham mother-of-three Becky Bedson, 36, who is a project administrator, said: "I like the new layout. It's fresh, bright and modern."

Mother-of-two and childminder Hannah Webster, 37, of Bingham added: "We've missed the library. This is fantastic, it's really, really good."

Stuart Pearce believes Nottingham Forest have laid down a marker for themselves with their win over arch rivals Derby County – and says they must make this result the one that kick starts their season.

Ben Osborn snatched a spectacular injury time winner to seal a 2-1 victory at the iPro and, at the same time, lift some of the pressure off the shoulders of his manager.

It was just the tonic Forest needed following a poor run of just two wins in 20 games that had left Pearce to face speculation over his future.

Forest had to produce an improved second half display after a Henri Lansbury own goal had given the Rams the lead in the 16^th minute. Britt Assombalonga showed his predatory instincts to fire the Reds level in the 75^th minute, before Osborn then stepped up with a superb goal to snatch all three points for the visitors two minutes into injury time.

With a massive three points in the bag, Pearce says it is now vital for Forest to build on this result when they head to Fulham on Wednesday night – and has told his players they have set the bar for themselves with this victory.

"We even gave Derby a goal start in the game, but managed to turn it around. I think it had been coming. We hope now that it is the catalyst to push us on for the rest of the season," said Pearce.

"I think the players put a marker down today, I really do. The last thing I said to them at our hotel this morning was that it was important for them to put down a marker; to give our fans something that they could be proud of.

"I think they did that. They set the bar for themselves now, with that performance. We have to use that as a building block. It is a great result for us, in this part of the world, against a Derby side who still want to win promotion – and will be very close to that."

Pearce told his players 'not to take a step backwards' during his half time team talk and Forest did emerge with fresh determination.

"We had a game, plan, we worked hard this week on the things we felt might nullify Derby and also on how we could have a theat. I've got to give credit to our players. To a man, they were outstanding and worked tirelessly for the team," said the manager.

"We are very pleased with the way this game has gone. But we have to be ready to back this up now, on Wednesday night. The general shape of our team in the second half was much better. We had lost it a little bit against Sheffield Wednesday.

"It was vitally important not to concede a second goal, we had to stay in the game and we did that."

A Derby fan reportedly invaded the pitch and threw punches at centre back Kelvin Wilson at the away derby between The Rams and Nottingham Forest on Saturday January 17.

Eyewitnesses were unsure if any of the punches made conatct with the player but it was reported that police dealt with the incident swiftly.

A Derby fan just came on the pitch and appeared to throw a few punches at Wilson. Not sure any landed. Police dealt with it swiftly.

— Paul Taylor (@nottmtails) January 17, 2015

Forest fans were also getting in trouble with security as one supporter took a snap shot of a screen at the match appearing to show a Forest fan put in a headlock by four stewards for celebrating a last minute goal.

Nottingham Forest fan put in a headlock by 4 stewards for celebrating a last minute goal at your local rivals.. pic.twitter.com/LPITQSzlB3

— Football Away Days (@FBAwayDays) January 17, 2015

Derby had taken an early lead through an own goal from Henri Lansbury and looked to be in charge at half time.

But a spectacular injury time strike from Ben Osborn helped Nottingham Forest claw their way back from behind and claim a dramatic 2-1 win at Derby County, to take some of the pressure off under fire boss Stuart Pearce.