Catch up: The week in news and sport

BUSY week? Haven't had the chance to catch up with the news? See what you've missed here. On Monday, we brought you the news that Shipstones Ale was aiming to be top of the tipples as the famous Nottingham brand came back to pubs, neighbours were shocked after a woman was stabbed to death in a Hucknall street, and new Forest keeper Dorus de Vries hopes to get the "good times" back to the City Ground. On Tuesday, we reported that the inventors of the MRI machine and ibuprofen became Freemen of the city, Forest and Hibernian fans clashed during a pre-season friendly in Portugal and Nottingham was gearing up for the Ashes. Wednesday saw the shocking tale of a 97-year-old who died after a series of errors at Queen's Medical Centre, plans to axe free school travel by Notts County Council were revealed and we took a closer look at plans to sort out the issue of empty shops in the city. Elaine Stokes, a bus driver for Trent Barton who hit the headlines this weekBus driver Elaine Stokes hit the headlines on Thursday with her tale of how she confronted a man who claimed he had a gun which turned out to be his fingers, a new future for Portland Leisure Centre in the Meadows was revealed and Forest made a bid to land Middlesborough's Grant Leadbitter.Plans to ban traffic from three city centre roads near the Broadmarsh were revealed on Friday, along with the story of how Netherfield McDonalds has been forced to close early owing to flies. In sport, we reported that Forest had suffered a blow after their bids for Leadbitter and Djebbour were rebuffed.