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Roadworks
CityHockley: High Cross Street, Broad Street and Old Lenton Street closed until August 2, for resurfacing works.Top Valley: Road closure in Bakewell Drive today for footway and carriageway...
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CARL Copson, 24, of Howbeck Road, Arnold, is accused of touching a 14-year-old girl sexually. The offence allegedly happened in Carlton on or about October 6. He is on conditional bail to attend...
View ArticleTalented amateurs set to hit big time
A LITTLE after 5pm today, nearly 700 volunteer singers will rehearse together for the third time, and the first time with an orchestra.At 6pm, it's show time.The Royal Concert Hall tonight hosts the...
View ArticleTime to make tracks as town stages fun festival of walking
HIKERS can get their boots out for the sunny weather with a summer walking festival in Bulwell.The festival aims to get residents active and also to get to know their area better.The event has been...
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Pupils make Far East trip a reality
TEENAGERS have raised over £4,000 so they can jet to Malaysia for a field trip.With backs aching from car-washing and bag-packing they've now organised a massive fireworks display for their...
View ArticleKickboxing trio with a Fighting Chance of making it to Rio
THREE young athletes could be fighting their way to gold at the next Olympics.Taekwondo hopefuls Nicole Huntington, 16, Tony Stephenson, 21, and Darren Chapman, 23, have just completed the Fighting...
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Blind people get 10 hours of news from talking 'newspaper'
A TALKING newspaper is celebrating its 35th birthday thanks to a huge charity grant.The Long Eaton Talking Newspaper now provides ten hours of news and magazines every fortnight for the blind and...
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Giggle doctor gives children tons of laughter rather than medicine
A NOTTS woman helps to bring smiles to over 2,500 sick children a year by clowning around as a hospital "giggle doctor".Helen Jones, 43, a former pupil at Hucknall's National School, is the only giggle...
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Former pupils descend on city for school's 500th anniversary
OLD boys have travelled from across the globe to attend the grand finale of Nottingham High School's 500th anniversary celebrations.A weekend of festivities to mark the landmark anniversary begins with...
View ArticleFive of the best: Old boys who learnt the ropes at historic High School
NOTTINGHAM High School has a long and illustrious list of famous former students. They include:Henry Garnett The earliest pupil of whom anything is known. He was the son of the fifth master of the...
View ArticleBeat the recession – get an igloo in the workplace
IN A world where most of us are used to a desk, a phone and a computer, an office where there are seaside huts and an igloo is going to seem more than a little strange.But it looks like strange is good...
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Community 'shocked and appalled' by fatal stabbing of 22-year-old
AN MP and a council leader say Gedling has been left "shocked and appalled" after the fatal stabbing of Joshua Strumskyte.The 22-year-old, who was from Gedling, was attacked in Wollaton Avenue just...
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Special guests at city celebrations
THREE Chelsea pensioners will be heading to Nottingham to join in with the celebrations for Armed Forces Day.The trio have been invited by the Nottingham Royal Artillery Association and will march...
View ArticleWork hard, play hard
Stuart Mather, 35, is currently community relations manager at Capital One.He started in January 2000 in the main call centre, having previously worked in telesales for other firms."I did that for...
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Snowballs and beach huts at country's top workplace
HAVE you ever had a business meeting inside an igloo or a brainstorming session at the bottom of a scale model of a lighthouse?If the answer to either of these questions is "no" or "What on earth are...
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Bus lane hope to avoid traffic chaos
THE latest move to keep commuters on the go during the summer disruption at Nottingham Station has been completed – and all it took was a tin of paint.A new bus lane has been put in place in Sheriffs...
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'He was shouting 'let me go' and then I saw him fall'
A NURSE has recalled the moment he lost grip of 55-year-old patient who plummeted to his death from a hospital window at the Queen's Medical Centre.Joseph Tauya smashed a window on the Neuro Spinal...
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Paedophile predator pressurised girl to cut herself online
A PREDATORY paedophile pressured a teenage girl into cutting herself while he watched on a webcam.Lee Christie, 43, of Barnby Gate, Newark, told the girl he would send indecent pictures of her to her...
View ArticleON THE UP!
EXPERTS think Nottingham's economy has turned a corner after a dramatic drop in people filing for bankruptcy.Just 299 people have filed for bankruptcy at Nottingham County Court so far this year, with...
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Robber with knife injures man in city fashion store
A MAN was cut on the hand after a knife-wielding robber attempted to steal his jewellery in a city centre clothes store yesterday.Police cordoned off the front of USC, on the corner of Lower Parliament...
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