Grieving son's disgust as digger is driven over his father's grave
A BULWELL man has hit out after cemetery staff drove a digger over his dad's grave.Anthony Heward, 32, of Wingborne Walk, visited his father's plot last Monday to find fencing ripped, a rose bush...
View ArticleGarry Birtles: Gareth Bale was always cued up for success, as Big 'Ead would...
BRIAN Clough can have been the only football manager to have advised his players to watch snooker, to develop their technique.He had this theory that all the best sportsmen had to have the same basic...
View ArticleBean Machine - coffee-powered car drives into Wollaton
SHOPPERS in Wollaton have been given a caffeine boost with a difference – after a coffee-powered car drove into town.The old Ford pick-up truck, nicknamed the Bean Machine, runs on coffee beans and has...
View ArticleNotts County four play waiting game
NOTTS County look set to wait until the end of the season to decide the future of key men.There are several players out of contract at Meadow Lane in the summer and they are all still in the dark about...
View ArticleGarry Birtles: I'm going to say it... Nottingham Forest will make the top six...
I AM going to put my neck on the line and say it . . . Nottingham Forest will make the top six this season.There are certainly five or six other sides on the periphery of things who will fancy their...
View ArticleDanny Parekh murder trial: Girl tells jury she thought man had been...
A 17-YEAR-OLD girl told a murder trial jury that she did not realise that Bulwell dad Danny Parekh had been stabbed during an incident in a children's play park.The girl said she thought the attacker...
View ArticleSeven-year-old Nottingham girl had tumour as big as a grapefruit in her stomach
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD who was complaining of stomach-ache had to have a tumour the size of a grapefruit removed just four days later.Ellie-Louise Lewis was taken into hospital with suspected...
View ArticleNottingham Forest are confident, but still won't mention the 'P' word, says...
NOTTINGHAM Forest are confident of extending their recent revival in form – but still cautious about mentioning the 'P' word.The Reds will be looking to record a third consecutive win for the first...
View ArticleNotts County Council to decide where £512 million budget will be spent
NOTTS County Council will meet this morning to discuss its half a billion pound budget for the next year. As part of the budget, council tax is expected to be frozen for the fourth year in a row and an...
View ArticleDrink driver banned after being more than three times the limit
A DRINK driver has been banned from the roads for two years after he admitted he was more than three times over the legal limit.Laurence Sunney, 29, of Trent Road, Sneinton, was driving a Volvo in...
View ArticleThug banned from Primark in Nottingham
A MAN has been banned from Primark for four months after he admitted he attacked a man in the shop.Adam Britain, 26, of Brandreth Avenue, St Ann's, was ordered not to go to the Long Row shop, in...
View ArticleTV show stars to visit University of Nottingham
THE stars of a Channel 4 comedy will be at the University of Nottingham as part of a Red Nose Day challenge to travel to as many universities in one day as possible.Cast from Fresh Meat, including Jack...
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Bulwell: Two men have been arrested after cannabis was found at a house. Police raided the address in Downing Gardens on Tuesday. and seized the drug. The two men were bailed pending further...
View ArticleSo close to work experience target
THE Post is closing in on its target of creating 200 work experience opportunities in the county.The Get Notts Working campaign has seen 190 candidates taken on in a variety of roles, from office-based...
View ArticleYour poems
Mum went to the MarketBuying for my sisterDainty shoes so sweetSoraya wore them proudlyDancing in the streetTwirling, singing loudlySandals on her tiny feetSqueals of playful funThe puffs of dustThe...
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A Notts college is looking to build a £70 million campus on derelict land in the city centre. Central College Nottingham, the old South Nottingham College, has unveiled its plans to build on derelict...
View ArticleHey Mr Grumpy, I enjoy the chit chat
I'M an obnoxious, sarcastic so and so. I know this. Fortunately, you'll be pleased to hear I'm getting regular therapy. Even better, I'm getting it for free.At the supermarket.If you find yourself...
View ArticleCutting police officers was an unfair disgrace
HOW can it be that Notts Police now have the money to recruit 150 new police officers ("Thousands expected to apply as recruitment begins for 150 PCs", Post February 25) when only a few months ago they...
View ArticleGirl turfed off bus after bus pass failed
BUS firm NCT has apologised after a teenage girl with a faulty bus pass was stopped from boarding one of its buses, a mile away from the scene of a brutal rape.Hannah Leigh, 17, said she was turned...
View ArticleMPs call for urgent review into powers of undercover cops
MEMBERS of the public need more protection from the 'intrusive' powers of undercover police, an influential group of MPs has warned following a controversial case in Nottingham.Striking up sexual...
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