Lark Hill Retirement Village in Clifton has been chosen for the return of Channel 4’s BAFTA-nominated Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds. The series will create a nursery within the village - the largest retirement community in the UK and home to more than 420 residents ranging in age from 60-102. … [Read more...]
Clifton campus creates new crime scene training facility
By Thomas Hewitt A former two-storey student accommodation at Nottingham Trent University’s Clifton campus has been converted into a training crime scene which can be configured to look like a house, bar or shop. The new building will help to ensure students are as prepared as possible for work … [Read more...]
Potential new homes proposed for Clifton West site
By Thomas Hewitt An outline planning application for 285 new houses on the Clifton West site which lies between Barton Green and Clifton Woods to the south of Yew Tree Grange has been submitted to the City Council. The site, which covers approximately an area of 9.58 hectares, currently comprises … [Read more...]
New Clifton East and West wards announced
Final recommendations for changes to the Nottingham City Council ward boundaries have been announced. The Local News can reveal confirmation by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, that Nottingham will now have 15 wards with three councillors and five wards with two. All but four … [Read more...]
Clifton community donate Easter eggs
The Clifton community held their Easter Egg Appeal for a fourth successive year, run by the Clifton Donation Group on Facebook. One of the organisers, Maria Watson, told the Clifton Local News: “We ran this appeal for weeks and asked members of the community group if they would like to be … [Read more...]
School pupils have specialist training in rugby
A total of 120 pupils from three Nottingham academies were joined by top coaches from Leicester Tigers Rugby Club for a day of specialist training in Arnold.Boys and girls from Arnold Hill Academy, Farnborough Academy in Clifton and Rushcliffe School in West Bridgford - all part of the Trent … [Read more...]
Clifton Campus hosts 1in2 Day fundraising event for cancer
By Thomas HewittNottingham Trent University hosted its annual 1in2 Day in aid of its Cancer Research Centre at Clifton Campus.The campaign, currently in its third year, is named in recognition of the statistic that at least one in two of us are now predicted to be diagnosed with cancer at … [Read more...]
Students given tour of Nottingham in a vintage bus
By Thomas HewittA group of students at Nottingham Trent University’s Clifton Campus were given a rare opportunity to tour around the area’s historical monuments in a vintage double decker bus.Last month, a London Routemaster bus, dubbed as the Robin Hood Express, arrived at the campus to … [Read more...]
Clifton’s Evie wins County Championship swimming
Clifton youngster Evie Johnson is already making a name for herself in the sport of swimming after becoming a champion in Nottinghamshire.Evie, who turned 11 in March, attends Glapton Academy, won the recent County Championship.Her dad, Martyn, takes up the story about how she became a … [Read more...]
Clifton pupils’ career ambitions go sky high at East Midlands Airport
Students from the Farnborough Academy in Clifton have be3n given a rare opportunity to get a close-up view of the world of aviation.It’s all thanks to a two-year-long employability project launched by the school in partnership with East Midlands Airport, aimed at getting pupils excited about the … [Read more...]