City and county can look forward after four years of progress
AROUND 40 per cent more students gained the benchmark GCSE results in the city and county last year than in 2008, Department of Education figures have revealed.Of students who sat last year's exams in...
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Mick's career has gone swimmingly
AFTER a remarkable 40 years for one employer, Mick Byrne can also make an unusual claim to success in the workplace.He has literally helped to keep Notts afloat.The 57-year-old has spent his entire...
View ArticleMosque plans put on hold after concerns over parking
PLANS to turn a vehicle repair garage in Sneinton into a community centre and mosque have been put on hold by councillors.Nottingham City Council's planning committee was expected to make a decision...
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Figures prove Nottingham is still a big draw for shoppers
NOTTINGHAM'S shops should have had a better Christmas in 2012 than they did the year before, new figures suggest.An analysis of shopper numbers carried out on behalf of Nottingham's retail Business...
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Snowtorbike snowman at Nottingham Yamaha dealers
Creative hands went to work on the forecourt of Nottingham Yamaha dealers CMC during this week's dump of snow. Unlike the thousands of snowmen that flourished in Nottinghamshire over the last few days,...
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Top Valley School proud of huge improvement
TOP Valley School recorded one of the biggest improvements in results across the country.While barely a third – 35 per cent – of students gained five A* to C grades including English and maths in 2011,...
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Notts County boss Keith Curle tells striker Enoch Showunmi: "It's payback time"
NOTTS County boss Keith Curle has told Enoch Showunmi: "It's payback time."The big striker has finally scored his first league goal for the Magpies five long months after arriving at Meadow Lane as the...
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Eye in the sky snaps Nottingham in the snow
A PHOTOGRAPHER used a miniature helicopter to take a panoramic picture of Nottingham in the snow.Chris Wilkinson took the photo 100 metres above Mapperley Park, looking south, on Tuesday morning.Mr...
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New group to fight for the Chase
A NEW tenants' and residents' association aims to revitalise Robin Hood Chase, in St Ann's, and protest against plans for new housing there.The St Ann's Tenants and Residents Association – Central met...
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'League tables are not the be-all and end-all, but it's a positive sign'
SOME schools and colleges saw improvements in their A-level performance while others had a drop from 2011.Trinity School in Aspley was among the best performers in the city, with its average point...
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Inspectors discover care home resident going blue from cold
CARE home inspectors found a resident lying in bed with blue lips and hands because staff had left bedroom windows wide open in sub zero temperatures.It was one of several failings inspectors...
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Missing wife Debbie Starbuck: police set to search woodland
POLICE were today waiting to search remote countryside near Calverton in a new twist in a murder probe.Officers have cordoned off an area of woodland, off Whinbush Lane, in connection with the death of...
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Murder accused denies "concealing or disposing" of dead man's body parts
A DEFENDANT who denies the murder of man whose decapitated body was found in Sneinton has also been charged with hiding or getting rid of his body parts.Peter Healy, 50, of Lord Nelson Street,...
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January transfer window: Nottingham Forest rumours- Majewski made to wait for...
Nottingham Forest are yet to offer an improved deal to their diminutive playmaker, Radoslaw Majewski. The 5ft 7" playmaker turned down Forest's offer of a one-year-extension to his contract as he looks...
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Things to do this weekend - Ten restaurants in Nottingham
Nottingham city centre has more places to eat and drink per square mile than almost all the other cities in Europe.So whether you are looking for a light lunch, a cracking curry or a Michelin-starred...
View ArticleBus firm Premiere stops operating
BUS and coach operator, Premiere Travel, has stopped operating as of 5pm today (Friday) following an unsuccessful sale of the business by an appointed administrator.Premiere Travel currently runs a...
View ArticleNew high speed rail route will go under airport
THE Government is set to confirm a station will be built at Toton Sidings as part of new 250mph high speed rail network – and the new route will also go under East Midlands Airport.Passengers will be...
View ArticleSnowman suggestion is not as daft as it sounds
WHILE the Environment Agency's call for the public to build snowmen to slow the thaw (Post, January 24) has been much derided in the media, there is sense behind the suggestion.This risk of flooding...
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New figures suggest Nottingham's shops should have had a better Christmas in 2012 than they did the year before, with four per cent more people on the city's streets during December than in the same...
View ArticleTubby or not tubby, fat is the question
OH Anna Soubry, Conservative MP for Broxtowe, we wait ages for one of your morsels of wisdom and then suddenly, you treat us to second helpings.Why, Minister, you are truly spoiling us!Fork up this...
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