Police search lake in Vernon Park, Old Basford, for gun
Police divers are carrying out a search of a lake in Old Basford following reports that a gun could have been discarded there. Acting on a tip-off from the public, Notts Police's underwater search team...
View ArticleMan charged over fatal A1 crash
A 43-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal crash on the A1 in Nottinghamshire. Nigel Drake, of Low Street, Carlton, in Goole, North Humberside, was driving a heavy goods vehicle when...
View ArticleLanguage no barrier to learning
OGECHUKWU Obiechefu only arrived in the UK from Italy a year ago.But the teenager went straight in at the deep end, going into Year 11 at Djanogly City Academy to study for her GCSEs – even though she...
View ArticleWaste firm gives up incinerator battle
A WASTE firm has given up its six-year battle to build an incinerator at the former Rufford Colliery site in Rainworth.Veolia Environmental Services Notts revealed plans for the incinerator in July...
View ArticleExperian worker fined for head-butting colleague on work night out
A MAN who head-butted a work colleague on a night out has been ordered to pay him £500 compensation.James McIntosh knocked Oliver Kingdon to the floor in the Rescue Rooms, in Goldsmith Street,...
View ArticleYoung mum ran off after her car careered into Beeston toy shop window
A YOUNG mum caused thousands of pounds of damage to a toy shop when her car ploughed through the front window.Nicole Busuttil was behind the wheel in a pair of slippers when she careered into...
View ArticlePolice search for head and arms of Sneinton murder victim Kevin Kennedy at...
POLICE are continuing to search a landfill site for the head and arms of a Nottingham murder victim.The decapitated body of Kevin Kennedy, 50, was found on overgrown land between Rossington Road and...
View ArticleHead teacher of Burton Joyce Primary School suspended as school is investigated
THE head teacher at Burton Joyce Primary School has been suspended.Margaret Gretton's suspension comes at a time when Notts County Council is investigating the way the school is being run.Allegations...
View ArticleFamilies left stranded at Alton Towers by coach driver 'over the drink-drive...
DAY-TRIPPERS from Notts were left stranded at Alton Towers after both their coach drivers were arrested.One of the drivers was later charged with being in charge of a vehicle while over the alcohol...
View Article'Worrying' truancy levels revealed at Nottingham schools
HIGH numbers of city schoolchildren are regularly missing classes, according to the latest Government figures.More than 2,000 pupils were persistently absent during the autumn term in 2011 and spring...
View ArticlePolice cars damaged after 'beer barrels' thrown from city centre window
TWO police cars were damaged and residents had to be evacuated as a man threw items out from a city centre building in the early hours of the morning.Roads around Fletcher Gate were closed during the...
View ArticleSt Ann's drug dealer evicted from her property
A DRUG dealer has had her home taken off her.Tracey McGill, formerly of Dunscombe Close, St Ann's, was caught with amphetamines last year.She was given a suspended prison sentence in December after...
View ArticleAlleged sex attack on girl, 14, in Nottingham's Rock City
POLICE are investigating claims that a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at Rock City.Officers were called to the club in Talbot Street after the alleged assault at about 9.30pm last Friday.The...
View ArticleBulwell teenager to appear in court on Malakai McKenzie murder charge
AN 18-year-old man is to appear in court after being charged with the murder of Malakai McKenzie. Donte Grant, of Susan Drive, in Bulwell, has also been charged with three counts of attempted murder...
View ArticleBasford firm fined £20,000 after worker's fingers are caught in blades
A BASFORD firm has been fined for safety failures – after a worker had four finger ends severed on a poorly-guarded machine.Albert McEvoy, 53, from Nottingham, lost the tips of the fingers on his right...
View ArticleSix-year-old boy out of intensive care after fall in Primark, Nottingham
A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy who fell from the first floor of a Nottingham store has left intensive care.Ryan Hooley, of Beeston, was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in a serious condition following the...
View ArticlePub Landlord Al Murray: "I'll take sausage any way I can get it"
WHETHER you're a lover of Lincolnshire sausages, a Cumberland connoisseur, a toad-in-the-hole taster or even a saveloy savourer – this is your week.For British Sausage Week has again arrived. And the...
View ArticleNews from Nottinghamshire's courts
A MOTORIST found driving while at more than twice the legal alcohol limit has been banned from the roads for two years. Przemyslaw Kowalczys, 35, of Grimston Road, Radford, had 93 micrograms of alcohol...
View ArticleAshley Eastham's loan spell at Notts County comes to an end
DEFENDER Ashley Eastham has left Notts County and returned to Blackpool.However, the Magpies still hope to bring the promising youngster back to Meadow Lane on loan.The 21-year-old's spell with Notts...
View ArticleBus firm says tram roadworks have 'decimated' Long Eaton service
A NOTTS bus company says it its Long Eaton service has been "decimated" by "horrendous" delays caused by roadworks for the new tramline and other services.Premiere has said the time it takes its Red 5...
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