Libraries across the County are being gifted complimentary copies of a collection of work by local writers to celebrate Nottingham's UNESCO City of Literature 10th birthday. Each of the 15 writers contributing to the book is giving copies of their publication to their local library in UNESCO City … [Read more...]
Splendour returns!
Huge Weekend of Live Music Announced for the Return Of Nottingham’s Splendour Festival 19-20 July 2025 Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Travis and Jake Bugg will headline Splendour this July along with Clean Bandit, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Natasha Bedingfield, Echo & The Bunnymen, Seasick Steve, The … [Read more...]
NOTTINGHAM SKATING CLUB SCORES A DOUBLE WITH TWO TEAMS PICKED TO REPRESENT GREAT BRITAIN ON THE WORLD STAGE
BRITISH Ice Skating has announced that Nottingham’s Icicles Senior team has been selected to represent Great Britain at the World Synchronised Skating Championships in Finland in April. The announcement follows the selection of sister team Icicles Junior to represent Great Britain at the World … [Read more...]
The Studio enjoy their annual Christmas Party
Beeston Community Police Officers Natasha and Chris were more-than welcome guests at The Dementia Studio’s Christmas Party. They brought 14 boxes of sandwiches for the lunch buffet, which Chris had offered to transport after meeting Administrator Fran Jefferies in the queue at Greggs. The … [Read more...]
‘Football Land’ by Steve Parker
Born in Nottingham and raised in Clifton, life-long Forest fan Steve Parker’s latest book is about the story of the Reds over the last three seasons. As the club currently flies high in the Premiership, it’s hard to recall that in 2021 they propped up the Championship league! Parker takes us … [Read more...]
Inspirational hub created to boost children’s reading for pleasure
An Inspirational Reading Hub has been created at Nottingham Trent University to give trainee teachers a broader knowledge of children’s literature and boost reading for pleasure in their future classrooms. According to the recent National Literacy Trust’s (NLT) annual survey, only 34.6% of 8 to … [Read more...]
Railwayman – Engineer – Diver – Memories of a lifelong railway engineer
Brian Maddison was born in Peterborough and at the age of 17 joined British Railways (BR) as a trainee civil engineer. Later, he moved to London Kings Cross and then to Leicester where he met and married his wife. In 1971, Brian was transferred to Nottingham and moved to Bingham where he still … [Read more...]
Michael Jackson taking cycling challenge to the USA!
Michael Jackson is a 66 year old from Beeston Rylands. In his lifetime, Michael has had a stroke and four heart procedures. Since retiring he's increased the amount of cycling he does, aiming to ride three times a week. In the summer of 2022 he cycled from Beeston to Dover and then from Calais to … [Read more...]
Christmas tree recycling scheme raises thousands
A Christmas tree recycling scheme has raised over £24,000 for local end-of-life charity, Treetops Hospice. Over three days, a team of volunteers braved the icy conditions to collect almost 1,300 trees from households across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire in the annual Treetops Treecycling … [Read more...]
School Eco Committee tackle local pollution concerns
In recent months, the pupils of Radcliffe on Trent Junior School have expressed a concern about air pollution and in particular one specific issue very close to their school. The school’s Eco Committee looked into the matter in more detail and walked out onto Cropwell Road at school pick up time. … [Read more...]
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