A clothing and homewares store on Southchurch Drive in Clifton has closed its doors following months of uncertainty. Since February earlier this year, residents have noticed the Store Twenty One shop to be open and closed during various periods, with a legal notice posted on the shutters at the … [Read more...]

Peter Foster of Ruddington, along with former pupils who attended Fairham School, Clifton are coming together to hold a Cross Country Reunion Run. Peter wanted to give former pupils the chance to remember their time at the school, through facing the dreaded cross country course, once … [Read more...]

Clifton councillor Andrew Rule has called for speed bumps on two main roads in Clifton to be removed in order to encourage more people to shop in the area. Mr Rule suggested at a council meeting that removing the bumps on Farnborough Road and Green Lane will help to increase the appeal of shops … [Read more...]

A major fire hit the disused site of the old Fairham School in Clifton last night. Six appliances and over 40 firefighters attended the blaze, including the aerial ladder platform from Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue. The school closed in 2009 and the disused building was also hit by fire back … [Read more...]

A scheme led by Notts County Football Club has managed to successfully secure £50,000 in funding. Primary Goals 2 (PG2), run by the club's Football in the Community (FITC) initiative, won the money from the Big Lottery through ITV's The People's Projects. The project managed to beat off stiff … [Read more...]

Nottingham City Council have now granted outline planning permission for developers to build eight new homes on the site of the Winning Post pub on Farnborough Road. Grace Machin Planning and Property have recently submitted an application to demolish the pub, which closed in December last year, … [Read more...]

Two local boys, Jack Pearson and Musa Moyo, from Nottingham Moderns Colts are off to play rugby in Australia. Both boys joined Nottingham Moderns Juniors after they played in a City Schools festival at Moderns, when they were at secondary school. Jack is a Clifton boy who attended Farnborough … [Read more...]

Youngsters from Clifton took part in a ‘Night Walk’, exploring nature and wildlife in the countryside as the sun was setting. The walk was part of a project run by Ignite! - a local not-for-profit company founded in 2007 - in partnership with Dovecote Primary in Clifton, Rushcliffe Country Park, … [Read more...]

Social media is often seen as a negative influence in the lives of young people, but schoolchildren from Clifton have been using it in a positive way to build long-lasting friendships with French penpals. Year 9 and 10 students from the Farnborough Academy have been busy corresponding with … [Read more...]