Come along to the Annual Clifton All Whites Firework display, bonfire and funfair night taking place on Saturday 9th November 2019! Gates will open at 5pm, the mini fireworks display, perfect for the younger family members, begins at 6:30pm and the main display will be at 8:30pm. The evening is … [Read more...]
NG11 Clean Champs take on Clifton A453
On the 9th October the NG11 Clean Champions joined with Highways England for another incredible and successful collaborative event, cleaning up the Clifton A453 and beyond with Poppies! Yet again with the sun on our backs, 45 wonderful NG11 Clean Champions plus 7 fantastic junior litter … [Read more...]
The Clifton Good Companions are searching for volunteers
Clifton Good Companions is a charity supporting isolated, vulnerable and lonely older people in the Clifton, Wilford and Silverdale areas of Nottingham. We have been in operation for almost 20 years and now provide 4 drop-in friendship groups around Clifton each week plus we offer a home-visiting … [Read more...]
Clifton Doves WI
On a warm summer evening in July 2017, around 40 women gathered at Clifton Village Hall and expressed an interest in forming a new WI group. Much of what I knew of the WI came from my frequent viewing of Calendar Girls (I suspect I was not the only one), but the diversity of the women there that … [Read more...]
New initiative supports Clifton pupils’ transition to secondary school through the joy of reading
Read On Nottingham has teamed up with the leading independent children’s publisher in the UK, Usborne Books, to gift every single child starting Year 7 at The Nottingham Emmanuel School and The Farnborough Academy a copy of Scavengers by Darren Simpson. The literacy-focused project aims make … [Read more...]
Clients pledge over £3.35 million for Cancer Research
The clients of Nottingham law firm Curtis Parkinson have been recognised by Cancer Research UK for supporting their Free Will Service for almost 20 years. Since 1999, the generosity of their clients means that over £3.35 million worth of gifts have been pledged by those choosing to leave a legacy to … [Read more...]
Schools have Fin-tastic fun in October
Pupils across Nottinghamshire will join thousands of others at schools throughout the country in learning about whales and dolphins and the threats that they face. ORCA, one of the UK’s leading marine conservation charities, is running Whale Education Month in October to coincide with World … [Read more...]
Local Street Food chef is European Street Food Awards Champion
Pete Hewitt, 30, runs a local street food business under the name Homeboys, based in Nottingham Street Food Club in the Victoria Centre, Nottingham. He also trades at festivals and events in Nottingham, Derby, Birmingham, Sheffield and Leicester from his converted 1978 Chevrolet truck which is … [Read more...]
Appeal to help find Gotham fly-tippers caught on camera
Rushcliffe Borough Council is appealing to members of the public for help to identify individuals involved in an alleged fly-tipping incident in Gotham. Two males in a white Peugeot van were caught on CCTV reversing into a layby on Gypsum Way in the village and in less than two minutes, dumping an … [Read more...]
Clifton mum finds used needles outside church where children play
Used and dirty needles were found by a Clifton mum who speaks of her disgust and anger as she found them dumped outside a church, an area where children often play. 40-year-old Elizabeth Arnold discovered the used needles on Thursday 12th September. They were left on the ground outside the Clifton … [Read more...]