Set your sights on street food, German beer, mulled wine and boozy hot chocolate! If you’re looking for something a bit different to celebrate this Christmas season, you should be heading to Beeston to get into the festive spirit. Pop-up events venue The Garage, host of a nationally acclaimed … [Read more...]
Come to Calverton Christmas Fayre!
Come along to the Calverton Christmas Fayre taking place on Sunday 5th December from 10am - 4pm. The Fayre will be held at Calverton Village Gall on Park Road. There will be School Choirs from St Wilfrids from 11am, Sir John Sherbrooke from 12pm and Manor Park from 2pm. Over 20 stalls will be … [Read more...]
West Bridgford resident puts on Christmas display for charity
It’s that time of year again! West Bridgford resident David Carter will be lighting up his home with a fantastic Christmas display to raise money for charity. For 9 years now, David has been putting on a mesmerizingly festive annual Christmas display outside his home to raise money for charity. … [Read more...]
Take part in the Nottingham Christmas shoe box appeal
Sewa Day Nottingham have launched a shoebox appeal this Christmas. Sewa Day Nottingham is a charity which focused on doing acts of kindness selflessly. Over the last 18 months in response to the pandemic, we have supported various foodbanks with over 100 tonnes of food, cooked over 50,000 hot … [Read more...]
Would you like to join Santa’s little helpers this Christmas?
Cards for Good Causes, the charity Christmas card and gift retailer, are back in Nottingham and have opened its pop-up shop and are currently looking for a shop manager to join their festive team. The Nottingham pop-up shop is always buzzing with Christmas spirit, do-gooding and tills ringing … [Read more...]
Christmas at Wollaton tickets go on sale!
Having sold out in 2020, Christmas at Wollaton 2021 go on general sale from today (Monday 28th June)! Last year Nottingham’s Wollaton Hall & Deer Park was transformed into Christmas at Wollaton Hall an enchanting, unique, outdoor festive installation, the first ever such event held in … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New(s) Year to our readers
This year has undoubtedly been a very challenging one. But despite the negatives, at the Local News we have been in the unique position to witness many wonderful acts of kindness across Nottinghamshire throughout 2020. The Community spirit never seems to falter. We have printed some heart-warming … [Read more...]
School pupils dance in the snow for kids across the globe
Rushcliffe pupils raise money for charity and enjoy some well-deserved Christmas celebrations. Christmas celebrations have been very different in schools this year due to COVID restrictions but that didn't stop the children of Robert Miles Infant School in Bingham from finishing the end of term … [Read more...]
Beeston Homebuilder supports local Foodbank during Christmas period
Hope Foodbank in Beeston has received a £1,000 donation from Nottinghamshire homebuilder Barratt Homes to support those in need during the Christmas period. Based at Hope House on Boundary Road, the foodbank distributes food and essentials across the county. The funding, which comes as part of … [Read more...]
Magical lights at Wollaton Hall
If you didn't know, Wollaton Hall has been transformed this year with an amazing Light Trail Spectacle, so Carly and her family went along and they certainly wasn't disappointed! Wollaton Hall has been transformed into an enchanting light spectacle and WOW it's amazing! We followed a trail … [Read more...]