Updated: East Mids Airport - now open
EAST Midlands Airport is now open. Despite heavy overnight snowfall which forced the airport to close this morning and six flights to be cancelled, the runways were declared open 1pm. There have been...
View ArticleHouse fire in Cotgrave
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a house fire in Cotgrave on Saturday. Crews from West Bridgford fire station attended the blaze in Woodland Close at around 7.30pm. They spent around half an hour putting...
View ArticleVolunteers required to clear snow at Mansfield Town
MANSFIELD Town's Head Groundsman Michael Merriman has issued a fresh appeal for volunteers as efforts to clear the snow from the pitch and surrounding areas begin in earnest on Monday. Willing...
View ArticleNorth Notts "one of the best places for golf"
NORTH Notts has been named by a national newspaper as one of the best places for golf fanatics to live.The Sunday Times - which last week named Bingham as one of the best places to live in the Midlands...
View ArticleNotts Olympic champ Becky Adlington gets engaged
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has got engaged to her boyfriend, swimmer Harry Needs. He Tweeted "Popped the big question to the wifey @BeckAdlington & were now #engaged #shesaidyes...
View ArticleWarning from Notts County Council over scare-tactic e-mail scam
A WARNING has gone out to residents about e-mail scams after Trading Standards officers at Notts County Council recently received an increased number of complaints. The e-mails plead for money from...
View ArticleFans brave the snow to hail Nottingham Panthers as champs
HARDENED fans of the country's best ice hockey team braved sleet and snow to watch the Panthers players raise the championship cup on the balcony of the council house on Saturday.Arriving on a yellow...
View ArticleBig freeze leaves sunseekers from Nottingham not hot but bothered at East...
THE weather in the Canary Islands was a balmy 20 degrees Celsius – or 68 degrees Fahrenheit – yesterday. But that only made it worse for the hundreds of passengers left stranded at East Midlands...
View ArticleTweets reveal Olympic champion Becky Adlington is engaged
DOUBLE Olympic champion Becky Adlington is celebrating again – but this time her happy tweeting is about a ring, not a medal. Twenty-four-year-old Becky told her 323,000 Twitter followers yesterday...
View ArticleNottinghamshire's police and crime chief looks to cut senior officers to save...
THE Police and Crime Commissioner for Notts has said he wants to cut the number of senior officers to save cash. Paddy Tipping's comments came as new figures showed the force lost more than 300...
View ArticleStreet party as Beeston road shuts for work to extend tram network
MILLIONS of journeys will be diverted in Beeston as a road closes today for work to extend Nottingham's tram network. Chilwell Road will be closed to traffic for 12 months while the work takes place....
View ArticleFans brave the snow to hail Nottingham Panthers as champs
HARDENED fans of the country's best ice hockey team braved sleet and snow to watch the Panthers players raise the championship cup on the balcony of the council house on Saturday. Arriving on a yellow...
View ArticleNotts County: Weekend hero Bart spent Friday night in QMC at bedside of sick...
NOTTS County hero Bartosz Bialkowski has revealed he almost didn't play at Swindon Town. The Pole spent a sleepless Friday night in the Queen's Medical Centre at the bedside of his baby daughter Nadia,...
View ArticleDefensive resolve can be catalyst for continued success at Nottingham Forest,...
ELLIOTT Ward believes Nottingham Forest's new-found defensive resilience can be the fulcrum for their continued climb up the Championship table. The Reds have conceded only four goals in seven games...
View ArticleNotts County: The magnificent seven of keeper Bart after sleepless night
HE WAS, quite simply, a Pole apart. Bartosz Bialkowski was the hero for Notts County in a 0-0 draw at Swindon Town in League One and, even more amazingly, he produced his best performance for the club...
View ArticleKenny Burns: San Marino are as laughable as Rio Ferdinand
ENGLAND face Montenegro tomorrow night and it will be a far tougher test than San Marino posed. But, even so, a country like England should still sweep them aside in their World Cup qualifier. But 8-0...
View ArticleKenny Burns: There's no need to panic if Nottingham Forest don't add to their...
SHOULD Nottingham Forest bring in a player on loan before the deadline on Thursday? That's the question a lot of fans will be asking but personally, I don't think it matters if Billy Davies does not...
View ArticleMansfield Town now have to beat the elements, as well as their rivals, to...
IT WAS the rain in midweek and by the weekend, it was snow that was wreaking havoc with Mansfield Town's promotion charge. The bus was turned around near Stoke when the game at Wrexham was called off...
View ArticleBravery award for pint-sized Notts PC who tackled knife killer
A POLICE officer has won a bravery award for chasing down and arresting a 6ft-plus knife murderer. PC Helen Burdett, who is only 5ft 2in, was among officers who rushed to a flat in Hyson Green after...
View ArticleNottingham Forest trio honoured at Football League Awards
NOTTINGHAM Forest players past, present and future were honoured at the Football League Awards 2013 last night. Simon Cox, Peter Shilton and Dimitar Evtimov picked up gongs on a night where a total of...
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