Patients at the Queen's Medical Centre have been beating the heatwave thanks to a Gamston-based crematorium As temperatures across the country soared in the last month,so did the heat inside the city's biggest hospital. Nottingham Pet Crematorium owners, John and Rita Harbury-Carlisle, donated 10 … [Read more...]
Gamston’s Penny Briscoe confirmed as ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission for Tokyo 2020
The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has announced the appointment of Gamston’s Penny Briscoe OBE as Chef de Mission for Tokyo 2020. Briscoe carried out the role when ParalympicsGB achieved an historic 147 medals including 64 golds to finish second in the medal table at Rio 2016. More … [Read more...]
Breakfast club a huge hit for Rushcliffe’s Armed Forces Community Covenant
A breakfast club is proving to be a huge hit with veterans and serving members of the forces thanks to Rushcliffe Borough Council’s Armed Forces Community Covenant. Its monthly meet ups at the Goose at Gamston welcome all members and families of current and former Armed Forces based in the … [Read more...]
RNLI’s West Bridgford spring fair raises over £1,000
By Graham Christian The West Bridgford branch of the RNLI held their annual spring fair on the morning of Saturday 24th March 2018. The morning started slightly damp. Two weeks before the fair there had been at least 15cm of snow on the ground, which soon melted only to be replaced with about … [Read more...]
Permission granted for new Gamston hotel
Rushcliffe Borough Council has granted planning permission, subject to conditions, for 27-bed hotel at the site of the current Gamston Lock pub on the A52. The application has been put forward by the Marston’s pub chain. A hotel would be built on the part of the existing car park and would sit … [Read more...]
RNLI off to a flying start
The West Bridgford branch of the RNLI held a one day collection at Morrisons supermarket in Gamston. This collection coincided with an Arctic blast which swept down the country. Despite this, the shoppers were warm hearted and donated £776. Some people regard Friday the 13th as an unlucky day, … [Read more...]
Young Gamston volunteer comes out top in international photography competition
Arran Willott, 20, from Gamston, has been named the winner of the ‘Environment’ category in the annual International Citizen Service (ICS) Photography Competition – seeing off competition from more than 300 photographers from 22 other countries around the world. Arran took the winning shot while … [Read more...]
Photo competition in Bridgford
Rushcliffe Photographic Society are running a community-based competition, in conjunction with St Luke’s Church, West Bridgford, on the theme of ‘Beauty in the Ordinary’. The community is invited to participate by taking pictures throughout the summer to illustrate everyday and ordinary scenes … [Read more...]
PERFECT A-GRADES FOR GAMSTON YOUNGSTER
Gamston youngster and Nottingham High School student Andreas Halner is celebrating after perfection in his A Level results. The teenager achieved five A*s in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Further Mathematics and has been accepted by Oxford University to study Medicine. This is on … [Read more...]
GAMSTON CYCLIST COMPLETES COVETED JOGLE CHALLENGE
By Pam Garget A local cycling enthusiast has successfully completed the JOGLE - John o' Groats to Lands End - country-long route, raising nearly £2,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support in the process. David Garget from Gamston completed the 930-mile feat, widely regarded to be the biggest cycling … [Read more...]