Baby boom on busiest day ever at city maternity unit
IT was a day that went down in history for the nurses, mums and midwives at the City Hospital.Almost immediately after a shift handover, the babies started to flow.The first to arrive was at 6.40am and...
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Old Basford: Fundraisers taking part in Cancer Research UK's Relay for Life event will next meet on Tuesday. The latest developments will be discussed and any money already collected should be handed...
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Man jailed for threatening to shoot bailiffs with a toy lizard
A MAN has been jailed for eight months after he pointed a toy lizard at two bailiffs and threatened to shoot them.Shane Burton picked up the nearest thing to hand and threatened the men from a window...
View ArticleCity gets into Red Nose Day spirit
Just some of the Red Nose Day events taking place today...Staff of Nottingham City Council in Loxley House, Station Street, are taking part in an event called Hats for Hilarity. They can wear a silly...
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Caring Ben goes the distance for Comic Relief
EIGHT-year-old Ben Storer knew he wanted to do something funny for money this Red Nose Day as soon as he heard that his favourite pop star was shaving her hair off.Ben, who attends Arnold View Primary...
View ArticleThe great red nose bake-off
CHILDREN at a city school swapped their pencils and pens for spatulas and spoons as they baked hundreds of cakes to raise money for Comic Relief.Each day this week, a different class at Blue Bell Hill...
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£1.7 million investment to help protect our children
FORTY new social work jobs are to be created in Notts to cope with the increasing number of vulnerable children.The county council is spending £1.7 million on beefing up its social services...
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One born every 13 minutes: Midwives run ragged during Nottingham baby boom
MIDWIVES at Nottingham City Hospital have faced their busiest ever shift.They said they had never known anything like it as nine babies were born in the space of just two hectic hours.At one point,...
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Man humiliated ex with Facebook pics of her in underwear
A MAN posted pictures of his ex-girlfriend in her underwear on her Facebook account and bombarded her with e-mails and telephone calls when they split up.Andrew Bird left the pictures of his ex on the...
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LIVE: Red Nose Day in Nottingham
We're covering Red Nose Day LIVE here all day. Tweet your pictures with #rednosedaynotts or to @ThisIsNottm, email them to newsdesk@nottinghampostgroup.co.uk, or upload them here and we'll include them...
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Battle of the towns as residents vote for their favourite location
THEY are both popular with families. Both have an array of shops and amenities. And they have some good pubs.But which is the best place to live – West Bridgford and Bingham?Well, according to the...
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Case dropped against Bestwood man accused of assault
NO evidence has been offered against a man from the Bestwood Estate, charged with assaulting a female on Christmas Day.Prosecutors abandoned proceedings against 44-year-old Kevin Warsop, of Raymede...
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Bilborough man to have trial after dog thrown against wall in Bestwood
A MAN has denied cruelty to a Staffordshire Bull Terrier after allegedly punching, kicking and throwing him against a wall in Bestwood.Clifford Fletcher, 36, of Bracebridge Drive, Bilborough, is said...
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£4,000 raised in memory of pilot Pete Barnes killed in London...
MORE than £4,000 has been raised in memory of a helicopter pilot from Nottingham who died in a London crash.Captain Pete Barnes, 50, was the only person in the helicopter when it hit a crane on top of...
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Union slams school's plan to make nine teaching assistants redundant
TEACHING assistants at a city academy are to lose their jobs.The cuts by Southwark Primary School in Basford have led to an outcry from Unison.The public sector trade union said nine staff who help...
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A day of strange goings-on to support fantastic cause
FROM a gruelling all-day exercise to baking hundreds of cakes, the people of Notts got right behind Red Nose Day yesterday in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for charity.Staff at the Barker and...
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CHLOE Salisbury's letter nominating grandad Martin Gregg is full of simple love – complete with a gorgeous drawing of him working on their house extension.The six-year-old writes: "My grandad is really...
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IT'S a case of double delight for one Nottingham family after the results of our heartwarming Grandparent of the Year competition were announced yesterday.We asked schoolchildren throughout the city to...
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Newlywed man loses leg as workmate runs him over
A NEWLYWED who was run down by another man as both travelled to work at Boots has launched a court bid for more than £300,000 compensation.The accident in Lenton partly severed one of Klodian Sulcja's...
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Man, 51, faces trial over knife attack on four-year-old boy
A 51-YEAR-OLD man appeared in court yesterday accused of the attempted murder of a four-year-old boy.Steven Frogg, of Frederick Street, Mansfield, attended Nottingham Crown Court for his custody time...
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