Lindsey Inger Hucknall tram tragedy: MP calling for safety checks
ANOTHER Notts MP has joined calls for more safety checks at a pedestrian crossing where a teenage girl was fatally injured by a tram.Chris Leslie, MP for Nottingham East, said he was "saddened" by the...
View ArticlePolice in appeal to catch bag-snatcher in Langley Mill
DETECTIVES are making a fresh appeal for information after a 74-year-old woman had her handbag snatched.The robbery took place as the woman got out of her car in Turner Avenue, Langley Mill, on Monday,...
View ArticleGavin Mahon will assess his future at Notts County again in new year
GAVIN Mahon says the next month will decide his future at Notts County.The 35-year-old midfielder turned down the chance to join Port Vale or Bristol Rovers on loan just 13 days ago.But he has dropped...
View ArticleJudge us on the present, not the past – says Nottingham Forest's Chris...
IT is almost five-and-a-half years since Chris Cohen arrived at Nottingham Forest from Yeovil Town.And yet, the midfielder is still just 25 years of age, having made well over 200 appearances from the...
View ArticleRelive George Osborne's Autumn Statement with our live blog
Welcome to our live blog of George Osborne's Autumn Statement. We'll be providing coverage of the Chancellor's statement, as well as comments from Notts residents and businesses.Chancellor George...
View ArticleNo snow yet but will Nottingham see white Christmas?
Bing Crosby sang about it, children hope for it and the idyllic image dominates festive cards and movies the world over – a white Christmas. For many of us, snow is synonymous with the Yuletide season,...
View ArticleWinter vomiting bug norovirus: what you need to know
More than 650,000 people across the UK have this year been struck down with the vomiting bug norovirus, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revealed. The highly contagious bug which causes vomiting...
View ArticleTwelve-year-old 'shaken' after man tries to grab her off the street in Gedling
A 12-year-old girl was left shaken after a man approached her in a Gedling street and tried to carry her off. Police are trying to trace the man, who targeted the girl on Perlethorpe Avenue on Monday...
View ArticleBingham man hit by train on East Coast Main Line: Victim named as Robert Roy...
A man who was hit by a train on the railway line near Peascliffe tunnel, in Grantham, has been named as 51-year-old Robert Roy Poole, from Bingham.Mr Poole's body was found on Monday afternoon near the...
View ArticleTonight: Hucknall's Christmas Carnival and lights switch-on
Thousands of people are expected to turn out for Hucknall's Christmas carnival and light switch-on tonight. The Carnival, which is now in its 18th year, starts from 6pm, with a funfair, entertainment...
View ArticleVideo: Nottingham Panthers' charity Christmas song
Nottingham Panthers have launched a Christmas Charity music video. The Panthers collaborated with the Phil Rostance and the Marshall Band and shot a video of their take on 'I wish It Could Be Christmas...
View ArticlePanthers sign Canadian winger
NOTTINGHAM Panthers have signed former Continental Cup winner Kelsey Wilson, who will be joining the team when his paperwork is finalised. The 6ft 1in 26-year-old Canadian winger made his name in the...
View ArticlePanthers sign former AHL winger Kelsey Wilson
NOTTINGHAM Panthers have signed former Continental Cup winner Kelsey Wilson, who will be joining the team when his paperwork is finalised. The 6ft 1in 26-year-old Canadian winger made his name in the...
View ArticleCCTV: Do you recognise these two men - caught on camera after thefts from a...
Thousands of pounds worth of goods, including clothes and Christmas lights were stolen from a Mapperley garden centre. Police are now trying to trace the men in CCTV footage taken from Brookfields...
View ArticleMan who attempted to rob Mansfield store with fake gun jailed for five years
A man who threatened a shop assistant with a fake gun as he tried to rob a Mansfield store has been jailed for a total of five years. Steven Mark Smith burst into Athishaya Stores, in Ladybrook Place,...
View ArticleThousands fought off the cold to attend Hucknall's Christmas Carnival
A frosty Hucknall town centre was the scene for a Christmas wonderland as its annual carnival came to town.The cold snap didn't stop thousands of townspeople line the streets to oversee the arrival of...
View ArticleMore patrols after 12-year-old girl is grabbed in Carlton
POLICE are searching for a man who grabbed a 12-year-old girl in a Carlton street.The victim was walking near the junction of South View Road and Heather Road on Monday night when the man approached...
View ArticleSecond woman tells court how Gedling man Andrew Crane abused her at 11 years old
A SECOND woman has told a court how she was allegedly indecently assaulted and raped by a man when she was just a child.Nottingham Crown Court heard how she told police that she was first abused by...
View ArticleSix-year-old Abbie Baker saves mum in Aspley house blaze
A DEVOTED mum has told how her six-year-old daughter saved her life in a devastating house fire.Little Abbie Baker was sleeping on the top bunk of her bed when she was woken up by the smell of thick,...
View ArticleNick Clegg visits Nottingham to announce £350 million boost for economy
DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg will come to Nottingham today to announce a £350 million boost for Britain's biggest cities.City leaders will hope to claim a share of the cash from the Government's...
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