Transports of delight as beloved trolleybuses are remembered in city
IT was always something of an adventure back in the 1950s visiting my grandparents in The Meadows.Not only did it usually mean a trip from West Bridgford into the city centre on the fondly remembered...
View ArticlePupils dress up to bring town's past history back to life
HUNDREDS of pupils dressed to impress as they celebrated their school's diamond anniversary.Round Hill Primary, in Foster Avenue, Beeston, marked its 60th anniversary with a look back at how the town...
View ArticleSophie, 10, smashes through her charity target before the big day
A TEN-year-old girl who is organising a charity bike ride to support her terminally-ill grandma has smashed her fundraising target.Sophie Doughty, of Church Crescent, Daybrook, decided to raise money...
View ArticleEnd of the line for athletics club in training ground row?
A MANSFIELD running and athletics club may be forced to disband after being kicked off the site where they have trained since the 1950s.The Mansfield Harriers and Athletics Club, who have about 300...
View ArticleHow lost jobs hit hopes of young in Nottingham
A LACK of basic labour jobs has been blamed for a surge in the number of young Notts people out of work for more than a year.Although overall youth joblessness is falling, figures show that last month...
View ArticleSave the green economy
A CALL for more investment in green industries to break the "cycle of decline" facing the UK has been backed by green energy experts in Notts. Frances O'Grady, general secretary designate of the TUC,...
View ArticleReady, steady, no... 100 are still waiting for missing Ikano Robin Hood Half...
MORE than 100 people who completed the Ikano Robin Hood Half Marathon are still waiting for their medals – nearly a month after crossing the finishing line.A nurse has complained to race organiser...
View ArticleNottingham actors and musicians put the war on domestic violence under film...
YOUNG actors and musicians from across the city are hoping to raise awareness of domestic violence with a new film.Beats And Brains will be shown at schools across Notts to draw attention to the issue...
View ArticleEnd of an era at historic Old Radford Mill set for demolition
PARTS of an old Victorian mill complex in Radford are set to be demolished in the next few months.Old Radford Mill, off Ilkeston Road, has long been earmarked as a potential site for housing.While...
View ArticleIn the courts of Nottingham...
OMID Beyraghdar-Ghoushon, 40, of Sherbrook Road, Daybrook, pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman in St Ann's between June 11 and June 14. Magistrates in Nottingham imposed a community order, with...
View ArticleMatch report: Notts County 3, Bournemouth 3
THE question mark still hangs over Meadow Lane, just like the fog did last night.Notts County threw away victory against Bournemouth in League One not once, but twice. Leading 2-0 and 3-2, they drew...
View ArticlePolice 'followed noses' to sniff out drugs haul at house in Broxtowe Estate,...
POLICE investigating a burglary discovered more than £8,500 worth of drugs and £4,200 in cash when they "followed their noses" after smelling cannabis from the house next door, a jury heard.The...
View ArticleSpice Girls hits are not what Lenton neighbours really, really want
A MAN who drove neighbours mad by blaring out loud music has been given a suspended prison sentence.Gavin Townroe played songs, including Viva Forever, by the Spice Girls, so loud that one neighbour at...
View ArticleFake designer goods seized in Radford raid 'could have been dangerous'
A MAN has been fined more than £800 after being caught selling fake designer clothes from the back of a car in Radford.Andrew Hayden, 40, of Kirkstead Garden, Hyson Green, was caught out by trading...
View ArticleTeenager 'smashed with brick after refusing to have sex', Nottingham court told
A MAN smashed a teenager over the head with a brick and beat her unconscious before sexually assaulting her, a court was told.Prosecutors claim Jermaine Robinson, 27, of Basford Road, Basford, leapt...
View ArticleJeff Hughes stunned at how Notts County threw away victory
JEFF Hughes said he had no idea how Notts County failed to see off Bournemouth last night.The Magpies scored twice in 11 minutes in the first half through Jeff Hughes and leading scorer Yoann Arquin to...
View ArticleAshes ticket touts to be banned from matches at Trent Bridge
TOUTS who sell Ashes tickets online for extortionate prices are to be banned from matches at Trent Bridge.Bosses at the ground are working with sites like eBay and Seatwave to track down people who try...
View ArticleNottingham Forest rescue a point after Dexter nets late leveller against...
PRIOR to this game, Sean O'Driscoll had spoken of the fine margins that exist between success and failure in the Championship.And the Nottingham Forest manager's nerves will have been frayed as he saw...
View ArticleAndy Reid: Vital we all buy into O'Driscoll's blueprint for success at...
ANDY Reid says it is vital Nottingham Forest's players buy into Sean O'Driscoll's blueprint for success.The Reds manager has spoken this week about the need to instil a 'culture' at the club, where...
View ArticleChildren flee crying as Cineworld plays Paranormal Activity 4 instead of...
CHILDREN preparing to watch Madagascar 3 at a Nottingham cinema fled in terror after staff put on hair-raising horror film Paranormal Activity 4 by mistake.Cineworld magazine describes the film, in the...
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