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Flooding causes disruption to roads in Notts
MORE than 20 flood warnings remain in place for Notts.And this morning the Environment Agency issued a flood warning for the River Trent at Sawley and Long Eaton.However, it added that river levels are...
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We need more details of city's spending cuts
IT would be both interesting and informative if the council could expand on their succinct statements of the proposed areas where cuts in funding are to be made (Post, December 19).Cuts to the...
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Doorstep danger is no laughing matter
POSTMEN getting mauled by aggressive dogs? It's comedy postcard stuff but, as we reported over Christmas, there is little to laugh about when a tetchy mutt whacks his teeth into your soft parts.However...
View ArticleQuizmaster Carl poses a Boxing Day brain teaser
1. How was Nottingham boxer William Thompson better known?2. Name the Nottingham man who founded the Salvation Army.3. Who was the first £20,000 footballer?4. Which Notts band had a USA number one with...
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Notts County: Gary Liddle ready to stuff rivals after big Christmas dinner...
AFTER driving home for Christmas, just like Chris Rea, Gary Liddle is back at Notts County and ready for two big festive away games.The Magpies players were given Christmas Day off ahead of their trip...
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'I should have been dead over 18 months ago. It's not bad, is it?'
IT'S a cold November evening but a fire is burning well in the middle of a living room in Cotgrave.Family photographs are scattered over shelves and the theme tune of Emmerdale can be heard from the...
View ArticleVHL in my family
Post journalist JEREMY LEWIS comes from a family affected by VHL …WHEN my father died in 1965, aged 43, the official cause was a brain tumour. Many more years passed before one of his four sons, my...
View ArticleCounty-based hockey club are keen to secure lasting sports legacy
Hockey: Bids worth almost £650,000 have now been made to Nottinghamshire County Council's sports legacy fund in the wake of London 2012.And one Nottinghamshire hockey club, which noticed a surge of...
View ArticleUniversity of Nottingham students hope to help victims of war in Sri Lanka
A GROUP of students at the University of Nottingham are looking to set up a centre in Sri Lanka.Future for Jaffna is a charitable organisation which aims to relieve poverty in the Jaffna area.The...
View ArticleLong Eaton's West Park leisure centre's upgrading gets under way
WORK is now under way on upgrading West Park Leisure Centre in Long Eaton over the next three months.The scheme will be in two stages and will include moving the gym to the first floor to create an...
View ArticleEastwood allotment holder to be turfed off in row over shed
AN Eastwood allotment holder is set to be turfed off his plot in a dispute over a shed.David Dimmock, 57, built the shed on his plot on Dovecote Road allotments in Eastwood, but the town council says...
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Academics, students and medics from Nottingham help disabled Ugandans
IN the Ugandan capital of Kampala it's not easy to get hold of mobility aids.While people in the UK have items like crutches and special shoes readily available, that is not the case in poorer parts of...
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Boughton flasher struck twice in just ten minutes
POLICE are hunting a man who exposed himself at around 10.40pm on Friday when he knocked on the door of a house in Clarkwoods Close, Boughton. Ten minutes later, there was a similar incident at a bus...
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Charity concert tribute to music lover Simon Dawson
AROUND £600 has been raised for charity following a concert held at County Hall in memory of a music lover who died earlier this year.Simon Dawson, of Main Street, South Muskham, was a singer with the...
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The latest news from Nottinghamshire's courts...
A WOMAN was fined £500 for a road traffic offence when she appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court. Ambreen Khan, 29, of Burford Road, Forest Fields, pleaded guilty to driving a Ford Ka in Mansfield...
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Cotgrave father of two and Von Hippel-Lindau sufferer John Pickering beats...
A MAN who was told he had only three months to live has beaten the odds and will today sit down to celebrate Boxing Day with his family.John Pickering has Von Hippel-Lindau disease, a genetic condition...
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Notts County: Lee Hughes expected back for Pompey clash
LEE Hughes is expected to be back to face Portsmouth.Notts County boss Keith Curle has revealed the striker, 36, has been signed off sick by his doctor until January 2, so he will miss their New Year's...
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Nottingham Forest must look to stop goal-ace Becchio
NOTTINGHAM Forest boss Sean O'Driscoll will be well aware that if his side can stop Luciano Becchio from playing at his very best then the Reds will be half way to achieving their aim of gaining three...
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Queen's Drive park and ride shut due to flooding
QUEEN'S Drive Park and Ride will be closed today due to flooding.There is still a flood warning in place for the park and ride site and the Environment Agency has said the area remains at risk of...
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First shoppers arrive at midnight for Boxing Day sales in Nottingham
SHOPPERS arrived as early as midnight to scoop the best bargains as part of today's Boxing Day sales.Queues at the Victoria centre, where Next was selling everything with a 50 per cent or bigger...
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