Three brothers who all started driving buses in the 1980s have clocked up a combined 100 years of service behind the wheel. Lakhbir Singh Sandhu, Kulvir Singh and Raghbir Singh joined the then Barton Transport more than 30 years ago and are still driving for trentbarton today. The youngest … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2021
Nottingham Playhouse Family Fest returns for February half term!
Nottingham Playhouse reveals online activities for February half term Nottingham Playhouse have announced another of its famous Family Fests, and will be providing a whole week of fun-filled activities for February half term. The new programme continues the Playhouse’s reputation for original … [Read more...]
Rugby Club plans for The Dan Sutton Memorial Terrace
In memory of Dan Sutton, the West Bridgford RFC would like to create a sheltered area with seating for members of the club and the other community organisations such as West Bridgfordians Cricket Club, exercise classes and other community groups who use the facility. Dan spent much of his … [Read more...]
Mysterious Nottingham: Nan Scott’s Chamber
Joanna Cowell from Cotgrave, has recently released her book titled Travels with the Reluctant Ghost Hunter, featuring a collection of her own experiences travelling around Nottingham and the UK visiting various mysterious or haunted locations. Here she tells us about, "Nan Scott's Chamber": Due … [Read more...]
Volunteer Opportunity At Think Children
Local children’s charity Think Children is currently looking for a Treasurer to join their board of Trustees. The Newark-based charity offers effective support for children across Nottinghamshire who may be struggling to cope with emerging emotional, social and/or behavioural issues. The … [Read more...]
Y Dough Pizza booming during lockdown!
A pub in Wilford that lost 75% of its trade since the pandemic has bounced back with flying colours after launching a pizza takeaway from the premises. Y Dough Pizza serves 12-inch sourdough pizzas with a choice of 8 different toppings plus a dessert Nutella pizza. Offering a slightly different … [Read more...]
NG11 Clean Champions – February update
Last year, 2020 was certainly a challenging year on so many fronts. And although Nottingham Clean Champions were not allowed to pick litter for some months due to COVID-19, the total of bags collected for the year is 758! An amazing team effort; thank you. A special thank you, to Angie and … [Read more...]
Mighty Meals partnership distributes ‘over 1 million meals’ across the Midlands
In response to the pandemic, FareShare Midlands and Muslim Hands formed a partnership to collaboratively fight food poverty and waste across the Midlands. As a result of this alliance, the Mighty Meals initiative was created. Since its inception, surplus food equivalent to over 1 million … [Read more...]
Community service in Calverton gets funding boost
A community centre in the heart of Calverton has received £1,000 from a housebuilder to help maintain its services. Calverton Core was awarded the funds by Persimmon Homes Nottingham, thanks to its Community Champions scheme. For the past 25 years, the all-encompassing charity has supported the … [Read more...]
11-year-old karting ace set to race with promising new team
An 11-year old karter from Nottingham has signed to race with a newly launched kart team in 2021. Jacob Jukes, who is currently in year 7 at Toothill School in Bingham, signed for Team X-Kart in November, a new team formed to race in the Italian-made ‘TB Kart’ go-kart, which has been re-branded … [Read more...]
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