BROAD CHARITY APPEAL
SUPPORTERS at Trent Bridge have been asked to dig deep to help find a cure for motor neurone disease in memory of the step-mother of England and Nottinghamshire star Stuart Broad.A stall, pictured, was...
View ArticleFANS CHEER ON TEAMS IN THE SQUARE
BARELY a couple of miles from Trent Bridge, fans have been cheering India and England on in the Old Market Square.The Nottingham Riviera bar has opened two weeks early – and is showing the Test match...
View ArticleExtra cash to boost cycling
BUSINESSES are set to be offered advice to help their employees travel to work by bike.Nottingham City Council has been given £1.18 million from the Government's local sustainable transport fund, to...
View ArticleRiot fears as cuts bite at city prison
NOTTINGHAM Prison is "at breaking point" due to staff cuts, it is claimed, after a damning report.The report released yesterday by the Independent Monitoring Board says changes in operations, due to a...
View ArticleFopp to record a move as barbecue is set to fire up
FOPP will leave its store in Queen Street, Nottingham, a week on Monday, it has been confirmed.A barbecue restaurant is set to move into the shop's premises and Fopp's owner, HMV, has confirmed that it...
View ArticleShock as maternity units in city close on 97 occasions
MATERNITY units at two Nottingham hospitals closed 97 times in the past year, figures revealed.On eight of those occasions, the maternity units at Nottingham City Hospital, pictured, and the Queen's...
View ArticleCharlie's the darling at match of the day
NOTTS County fan Paul Smith fondly remembers the day he met his boyhood hero Charlie Palmer – but he never imaged he would be reunited with the former Magpies star on his wedding day.The ex-player...
View ArticleNottinghamshire's English Youth Ballet star to take to the stage after...
BRAVE schoolboy Harvey Woodward is preparing to take to the stage as a ballet dancer after beating two life-threatening illnesses.The real-life Billy Elliott was diagnosed with both cancer and kidney...
View ArticleBusiness booming for Cotgrave greengrocers
CUSTOMERS can't get enough of the fresh fruit and vegetables at the first greengrocers' shop in Cotgrave for 20 years.Since opening, Healthy Living, in The Precinct, has been doing a roaring trade.The...
View ArticleBestselling author, columnist and broadcaster Caitlin Moran talks sex and...
CAITLIN Moran can talk for Britain. No sooner has the first question been posed, she's off – expletives at every turn, striding out in the upbeat, confident, self-assured manner of a writer who has won...
View ArticleHollywood stars, West End shows and getting shot in Holby City - Nottingham...
IT was the breakdown of their parents' marriage that was the catalyst for the three Grant sisters to go into showbusiness.So says Rebecca, 32, the youngest of the three."They split up when I was one....
View ArticleWarning of thunderstorms and heavy showers for Nottinghamshire
Forecasters have predicted heavy rain and thunderstorms across eastern parts of the UK including Nottinghamshire. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for the county later this afternoon and...
View ArticleIlkeston 0, Nottingham Forest 4
SIMON Cox and Ben Osborn both netted twice as Nottingham Forest got Stuart Pearce's tenure off to a winning start at Ilkeston.The new manager was given a warm reception at the New Manor Ground from a...
View ArticleEating out: Riverbank is perfect for Trent Bridge
WHILE the Bridge Sandwich Bar caters for passers-by at the western end of Victoria Embankment, Riverbank's pitch at the eastern end makes it a natural destination for a quick lunch during the 1st Test...
View ArticleParty vibes fill the streets at the annual Beeston Carnival
Streets filled with balloons and echoing with music - the mood of this year's Beeston Carnival shone from every corner of the town at the weekend. The carnival, which is in its 9th year, saw crowds...
View ArticleWest Bridgford children take on the Summer Reading Challenge
CHILDREN in West Bridgford were encouraged to get their noses into a good book over the holidays at the launch of this year's Summer Reading Challenge.Now in its 15th year, the nation-wide event is...
View ArticleEating out: Bridge Sandwich Bar, Victoria Embankment
THE porky aroma of bangers on the griddle has commuters and factory workers scurrying to the curious red-brick building on the city end of Wilford Bridge.It was here that Victorian coachmen once...
View ArticleTemperature in Nottingham higher than in Brazil as history is made at Trent...
The temperature in Nottingham was higher than in Rio de Janeiro as England cricketers made history. The mercury rose to 26C at 2pm on Saturday making it 3C higher than in Brazil. The news comes after a...
View ArticleMansfield Town 3 Notts County 1
MANSFIELD Town made a winning start to their pre-season, beating near neighbours Notts County 3-1.The Stags were forced to come from behind at the One Call Stadium after Brad McGowan put the visitors...
View ArticlePolice searching for missing St Ann's teen who never came home from prom
Police are searching for a teenager from St Ann's after he didn't return home from his school prom.Jide Badmus, 15, of Warton Avenue, went to The Nottingham Academy high school prom on Thursday...
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