Andre Boucaud set for his final Notts County game if no deal is done
ANDRE Boucaud could be playing his last game for Notts County today.The midfielder's short-term loan at Meadow Lane ends after their League One clash against MK Dons – and the Magpies have still not...
View ArticleWhat are Nottingham's New Year resolutions?
We asked you what you wanted to achieve this year. Here's the results.Solicitor at Bhatia Best Solicitors, Nottingham"At Bhatia Best I come into daily contact with interesting people experiencing a...
View ArticleSledgehammer used in attempted burglary at jewellery shop in Beeston
TWO men tried to break into a jewellery shop in Beeston with a sledgehammer on New Year's Eve. The men, who were masked, attacked the window of Onyx Goldsmiths, in High Road, at around 9.30am...
View ArticleOut of the shadow of old secrets
THIRTY years ago, Robin Wilson admits, our conversation would probably never have been able to happen.But the most senior Freemason in Notts is open to the slow shift taking place within his...
View ArticleMissing Sutton in Ashfield man Jason Mellors is found
A MAN reported missing from a mental health unit has been found. Notts Police launched a search and public appeal after Jason Mellors went missing from the Millbrook Unit, near King's Mill Hospital,...
View Article£5,000 for inmates who weren't released on time
TWO prisoners who were jailed in Nottingham have been given a compensation payout for being locked up for too long.Figures released by the Ministry of Justice show that, so far this financial year,...
View ArticleUniversity appeals after wind turbine plan is turned down
THE University of Nottingham has appealed after councillors rejected plans to build a wind turbine near the River Trent.The university wanted to build three 126-metre high turbines on land at Grove...
View ArticleRoad has reopened – 2 weeks after it flooded
A MAIN road through Bestwood Village has reopened more than two weeks after it was closed by flooding.Moor Road was shut on December 20 close to the junction with Mill Lane after heavy rain.It remained...
View ArticleIt's action as buyer is found to turn cinema site into new flats
WORK will now steam ahead to redevelop the former Odeon cinema site after a buyer has been found.London-based fund Aberdeen Asset has bought the site in Angel Row and plans to turn it into shops and...
View ArticleBlood donors saved my life – after I caught glandular fever
GABY Wood will be a bag of nerves when she sits her first English GCSE exam on Thursday.But without the help of blood donors in Notts, she wouldn't be here.The 15-year-old was left critically ill after...
View ArticleHospitals used 73 units a day
A UNIT of blood is roughly equivalent to a pint.But blood donations are split into red cells, platelets, plasma and frozen blood products, known as cryoprecipitate.Nottingham University Hospitals NHS...
View ArticleCrook told man she needed to check drains
POLICE are warning residents to be on their guard after two distraction burglaries took place just 30 minutes apart.In the first, a man in his 60s answered the door to a woman who claimed she was from...
View ArticleLong wait for precinct revamp
2003: Henry Boot Developments pays nearly £6 million to sign a 94-year lease with Broxtowe Borough Council for Beeston Square. Former Broxtowe MP Nick Palmer hails it as a "critical turning point" for...
View ArticleMassive day for Mansfield as FA Cup clash with Liverpool puts town on the map
FANS, shops, pubs and police are gearing up for one of the biggest days in Mansfield Town's history as they prepare to take on Liverpool in the FA Cup tomorrow.The country's media are also set to...
View ArticleBrother of getaway driver in rush hour shooting on Gregory Boulevard...
THE brother of a getaway driver involved in a rush-hour shooting dumped evidence and threatened to shoot a witness in a bid to protect his family.Remay McKenzie blasted a car with two shots from a...
View ArticleSutton in Ashfield teen told mum she was going to die - after glandular fever...
A 15-YEAR-OLD girl who was critically ill after contracting glandular fever had her life saved thanks to the help of blood donors.Gaby Wood needed between 15 and 20 pints of blood – double the amount...
View ArticleLast year was the wettest on record in Notts and could be sign of things to come
NOTTS officially had its wettest year on record in 2012, according to new figures from the Met Office.A total of 910.6mm of rain fell across the county last year, with April being the wettest month...
View ArticleFirst glimpse of new-look Beeston Square
THESE pictures show the future of shopping in Beeston.Ten years after developer Henry Boot purchased the lease for Beeston Square, plans have finally gone on show.A public consultation was held at...
View ArticleMansfield Town groundsman Michael 'Mez' Merriman relishing big day against...
THE festive period has not seem much respite for Mansfield Town's groundsman and kitman, Michael Merriman.But while days off have been hard to come by over Christmas and New Year as he has battled...
View ArticleNottingham Forest will play good football under Alex McLeish, says Andy Reid
NOTTINGHAM Forest will be given a license to continue playing good football under Alex McLeish, predicted Andy Reid today.The Reds winger says the new manager has not implemented a host of changes...
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