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Excitement builds as landmark construction works are completed at Nottingham Castle

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Nottingham Castle is a step closer to becoming a world-class visitor destination and heritage site following the completion of major improvement works. As part of the £30m transformation of Nottingham Castle - specialist restoration works and a brand-new visitors centre has now been handed over … [Read more...]

Council urges people to follow stricter guidelines on Covid-19

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Nottingham City Council is urging people in Nottingham to follower stricter guidelines to help stop the spread of Covid-19. It follows a dramatic increase in positive cases of Covid-19 in Nottingham as well as a rise in the rate of infection. The city is expecting the Government to introduce … [Read more...]

Bonfire Night is cancelled for 2020 following Covid restrictions

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Nottingham City Council has today announced the cancellation of its annual Bonfire Night and fireworks display. The popular annual event was due to be staged at its regular home of the Forest Recreation Ground on Thursday 5 November. It follows previous Covid-related event cancellations of … [Read more...]

Woodthorpe Park’s new and improved facilities unveiled

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Several revamped areas have opened in Woodthorpe Park after over £100k of improvements were carried out at the popular park. The works, carried out by the Nottingham City Council parks and neighbourhood teams, have been funded jointly by FCC Communities and Nottingham City Council, following … [Read more...]

Goose Fair is cancelled for 2020 following Covid restrictions

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Nottingham City Council and the Showmen’s Guild have announced the cancellation of the 729th Goose Fair. The popular annual event was due to be staged at its regular home of the Forest Recreation Ground from Wednesday 30 September to Sunday 4 October. Despite current Government regulations … [Read more...]

Planning granted for multi-million-pound Nottingham Guildhall Development

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Planning permission has been granted by Nottingham City Council for the highly anticipated multi-million-pound development of Nottingham’s Guildhall, which brings the currently vacant building into its next lifetime and will create more than 250 jobs for the city.  The planning application … [Read more...]

Next chapter for Nottingham’s Central Library

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While the progression for the new Central Library continues at pace as part of the new Broadmarsh Car Park, Bus Station and retail development, a decision has been made to not re-open the Nottingham Central Library at its current location on Angel Row, since its closure on Friday 20 March following … [Read more...]

Alfresco dining area to give city-centre businesses a boost

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A ‘pop-up’ outdoor dining space is coming to Nottingham’s Old Market Square from Friday. The area, organised by Nottingham City Council and supported by Nottingham BID, has been designed to support local food and drink outlets as part of the city’s reopening strategy from the Covid lockdown … [Read more...]

Imagination Library delivers 250,000 books to children in Nottingham

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PROUD: Cllr David Mellen, Leader of Nottingham City Council, has welcomed the milestone for free books for children A scheme that gives free books to children has reached a major milestone in Nottingham. A total of 250,000 books have now been delivered to children aged 0-5 in Nottingham … [Read more...]