Furniture giant IKEA has issued a recall notice for two of its ceiling lamps after receiving customer reports of the glass lamp shades falling.

The firm has urged customers who have a LOCK or HYBY ceiling lamp to immediately remove it and bring it back to the nearest IKEA store where they will receive a full refund.

The LOCK and HYBY ceiling lamps have been sold in all markets, LOCK since 2002 and HYBY since 2012.

The notice, issued on Wednesday afternoon, confirms that IKEA has received customer reports of the ceiling lamp glass shades falling. In a few cases medical treatment was required and one customer reportedly needed stitches.

For more information, concerned customers are advised to visit www.IKEA.co.uk or contact 0203 645 0010.

A supermarket chain is selling the ‘food of love’ for just 25p in the run up to Valentine’s Day.

Morrisons is selling Oysters - a known romantic stimulant - which retail for around £5 in Harrods, at the same price as a cod fish finger until Monday, February 14.

The supermarket launched the scheme to tie in with Valentine’s Day next week and because it claims research has identified nearly two thirds of Brits have never eaten an oyster, even though 2,300 tonnes will be harvested in Britain this year.

Oysters are known as an aphrodisiac and contain amino acids that trigger the production of sex hormones.

Morrisons says its is expected the product - sold in packs of six - will be “bought by couples wishing to prepare a romantic dinner for a night in.”

The chain store’s research revealed that 25 per cent of people they asked said they’d never tried an oyster due to the perceived ‘expensive’ price.

Also, 44 per cent of respondents said they didn’t want to waste money on something they may not like, while a fifth of people thought they’d never shopped anywhere that sold them.

Currently 50 percent of Britain’s oyster harvest is now exported to the continent every 12 months.

The perceived romantic qualities of the oyster stretch back into history, and in the 18th Century legend has it that adventurer and lothario Giacomo Casanova consumed more than 50 of them day.

Here’s how to prepare an oyster:

Begin at your sink. Clean your oysters thoroughly under cold running water.

Get a tea towel. Wrap it completely around one hand and use this hand to firmly hold the oyster.

Get a shucking knife. Put it in the other hand. Put the knife’s tip at the base of the oyster shell hinge and use pressure to twist the knife. Then move the knife upwards to prise the shell open.

Parents in Worksop are being warned to be vigilant after a man “exposed” himself to schoolchildren - the third incident of this type in the last month.

Redlands Primary School sent out a text message to parents on Wednesday, alerting them to the latest incident which happened on Monday.

It read: “A man in a blue Peugeot exposed himself to children in the Sparken Hill area. Be aware.”

It comes after a similar incident in which a 17-year-old girl was walking home from Outwood Academy Valley Post-16 Centre on Raines Avenue on January 26 at around 3.30pm. After exposing himself to the teenager, the man followed her in his car onto Prospect Drive where she managed to escape onto the estate before running home.

And on January 13, an Outwood Academy Portland pupil was followed home by two men in a car.

At the time of the last incident, police said there was nothing to suggest they were linked.

Mansfield has been named as one of the top ten greenest towns in the country, according to new figures.

The town is tenth in the country in the list of places which generate the most electricity from solar, wind, biomass and landfill gas.

According to Green Alliance thinktank, Mansfield makes almost nine per cent of the electricity is uses from these renewable sources.

First on the list is Grimsby, which creates 28 per cent of it’s energy using green sources.

Most of this energy is made by sources such as solar panels and wind turbines.

As Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching us this weekend, we want to know your idea of the ideal date.

Is there a particular place you always walk past and think it would be nice for a date? Do you have romantic memories of anywhere in the area?

Or is there a place you might rather not tell us about?

We would love to hear your stories. Get in touch by emailing danielle.hayden@jpress.co.uk or messase us on our Facebook page.

“You could see the evil in his eyes”.

These are the words of a former neighbour of Sutton terrorist Adeel Ul Haq, who was jailed this for six years this week.

The 21-year-old, who grew up on Westbourne Road, was found guilty of funding terrorism - sending money to an ISIS fighter.

Following news of his sentence, neighbours who had known Adeel and his family for years have spoken out.

One neighbour, who lives just a few doors away but did not want to be named for fear of reprisals, said: “You could see the evil in his eyes, one time he came out with a Yasser Arafat scarf on his head - I told my husband ‘there’s something not quite right about him’.

“I don’t think it was enough years in jail what they gave him, but I wasn’t shocked that he was involved with this.

“There was always something fishy about the house, there was always a lot of comings and goings late at night.

“When they arrested him there were about 30 police officers and cars everywhere.

“We could see it all from our front window, they had gloves on and they were taking bags of stuff away all day.

“Then they brought him out in handcuffs, and his mother, but they let her go.

“I never spoke to him, and we used to say ‘good morning’ to the family but not after that.

“After he was arrested everybody around here was frightened to say anything in case anything happened to them.”

Other neighbours said Adeel had been one of five children and had lived at the house with their parents, attending local schools.

One said they saw him pass by every day on his way to school but was never seen speaking to anyone.

Ul Haq was just 19 when police swooped on his house to arrest him.

The revelations sent shock waves through the community, and following major interest from the press, it led to a right-wing anti-Muslim demonstration being held on the street and outside his family’s home.

A woman who lived opposite the property said she regularly spoke to the Adeel’s mother.

The woman, who also did not want to give her name, said: “I knew her quite well, she said that he had been falsely accused.

“She said that he’d been sending money for poorly children and that it was just £200 that had fallen into the wrong hands.

“She said that when he was let off, they were going to hold their own march outside in the street.”

Despite his arrest and the resulting backlash, the family remained at the address until before Christmas last year.

Several residents on Westbourne Road said they left suddenly in the middle of the night.

Adeel Ul Haq was one of three young men found guilty at the Old Bailey in London for helping to fund terrorism.

Kristen Brekke, 19, of Grangetown, Cardiff and Forhad Rahman, 21, of Cirencester were also jailed alongside him for assisting Cardiff teenager, Aseel Muthana, to flee to Syria.

The investigation discovered that, collectively, all three of the offenders assisted Muthana in a number of ways including research into travelling to worn-torn countries and purchasing of items such as a passport, flights to Cyprus and military clothing.

Nottinghamshire Police and the North East CTU’s investigation showed that Ul Haq had sent money to an ISIS fighter in Syria and had participated in fundraising for Syrian aid.

DCC Peter Goodman said: “Ul Haq sent money to a foreign fighter overseas and was using his own social media account to raise funds for Syria.

“Ul Haq was also in contact with the others involved in this case, offering advice in online discussions with Muthana, demonstrating knowledge about crossing borders, and armed conflict in Syria.”

The Charity Commission later froze Ul Haq’s account and paid the money he had raised to a suitable registered charity.

The new Midlands Engine for Growth strategy has been announced, with major spending proposals that will connect the Midlands to HS2 - but the plan has nothing for Bassetlaw.

I’m not really surprised at all by this because it’s exactly what I have been warning of.

There is no reference to connectivity with the A1, the East Coast Mainline, the proposed HS2 station at Sheffield or Meadowhall, or to Robin Hood Airport.

If our money goes with the proposed North Midlands Deal, run from Nottingham and Derby, we will be left in no man’s land.

Under this plan, Bassetlaw travellers will be expected to access HS2 by stopping over in Mansfield whilst people in Sheffield will have reached London before our people are even on the train.

Our future transport and economic prosperity can only be secured through combining with South Yorkshire, which is where our trains and roads go.

It is the A57 and the Retford/Worksop Sheffield service that need improvements, and Rotherham and Doncaster where we need the buses to go to.

The Government has released plans to cut funding for community pharmacies in England by six per cent.

Although the exact implications of this remain unclear, it appears that up to one-in-four pharmacies could close if the proposals go ahead.

I have been contacted by local pharmacies and concerned individuals who understand how dangerous these closures could be.

Studies consistently show that pharmacies provide accessible healthcare to most people and save the NHS money in the long-run through preventative treatment.

The co-chairman of NHS Alliance has called the plans “quite astonishing” and suggested that they are “likely to widen health inequalities in the most deprived areas.”

I am calling on the Government to protect the face-to-face healthcare advice that community pharmacies provide.

I am asking the Secretary of State for Health to explain his actions and have arranged briefings with industry experts to work out a plan of action.

Following pressure from MPs, the Government’s announcement this week that it was to award ‘transitional funding’ to county councils at last provided some acknowledgement about the dire financial position facing the authority after many years of catastrophic cuts.

Whilst all councils have suffered huge cuts in funding from the Government, county councils have been disproportionately affected.

This is because no allowance has been made for the increasing demand for the social care services we provide to the most vulnerable, which is accounting for more and more of what remains of our budgets,

Whilst any support is welcome, the £2 million in transitional funding that Nottinghamshire will receive comes too little, too late for many people, whose services have been cut or jobs lost.

Even with this new funding, Nottinghamshire is still £7 million short of the ‘worst case scenario’ financial position we envisaged when drawing up our budget for next year.

And there appears to be no end to the funding crisis the authority faces.

That’s despite the council already consulting on a range of proposals for 2016-17 to save more than £20 million, in addition to the £212 million in savings we have already made since 2010.

A lot of questions still remain unanswered about how the council is going to have the funds it needs, just to deliver its basic statutory functions in the years to come.

It’s all the more disheartening when you see how this new transitional funding has been divided up.

A much greater share is going to affluent areas in the south than is being allocated to counties in the midlands and north.

In addition to Nottinghamshire’s £2 million allocation, county councils in Derbyshire and Lancashire will only receive a further £1.1 million each.

Compare that to the £4.5 million per year for Oxfordshire, £7.8 million for Hertfordshire, £7 million per year for Essex and £11.9 million for Surrey.

At a time when we are in advanced discussions on devolution, which aims to re-balance the country’s economy and spread prosperity beyond the south-east, it’s depressing to see that funding allocated to affluent counties far outstrips that given to areas of greatest need.

For now, it seems, the Government is determined to preserve the north-south divide.

Keep up to date with the county council at www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk

Plans for a new £200 million employment park – including shops, a hotel and creating up to 3,500 jobs – have moved a step closer, but not without controversy.

Outline planning permission was granted for the development of 2.5 million sq feet of business units at a Bassetlaw District Council planning committee meeting in Worksop this week.

However, there were heated discussions about which area – Harworth or Styrrup – it falls into and if all neighbouring parish councils and residents had been consulted fully.

The 81-hectare site is listed as at Sunny Nook Farm, Blyth Road, Harworth, but the meeting resolved it is in Styrrup.

The number of jobs it would create was also questioned, while there was also concerns over the height of the buildings.

Councillor June Evans, a member of Harworth and Bircotes Town Council and the district council, said: “In the 1990s, the loss of three major employers in Harworth and more than 4,000 jobs had a devastating effect on the township and nearby settlements.

“This proposal offers in the longer term, more than 3,000 jobs, jobs people in this area need.”

A new road will link Bawtry Road and Blyth Road, and would include a “gateway” set aside for a pub, hotel or nursery.

A total of 131 letters of objection were received.

Coun Barry Bowles, district councillor for Blyth, said: “This proposed development is not in the parish of Harworth, it is in Styrrup. It has the biggest impact on the parish of Blyth and its residents.

“These parishes have been excluded from the consultation process.

“The developer only consulted Harworth council.”

Dan Mitchell, of Barton Willmore, representing the developer Howard (Retford), said: “The application has been subject to rigorous consultation and a lot of letters have gone out to the groups.

“What we want to demonstrate is the A1 corridor of Harworth, Bircotes and Bassetlaw is open for business.”

Plans for a new employment park which could create up to 250 jobs at the old Welbeck Colliery site have been given the green light.

A hybrid application for outline and full planning permission was granted at a Bassetlaw District Council planning committee meeting at Worksop Town Hall on Wednesday night.

The blueprints also include proposals for 65 dwellings, at a maximum of three stories, new offices, a country park and food and drink facilities.

Bassetlaw district councillor, Graham Oxby, said: “Some of us still bemoan the loss of the mining industry.

“There is no reason to object to this application.

“The only thing that might be appropriate would be to talk to local residents because the history means a lot to the local people.

“Sometimes all it takes is a plaque for people to still feel connected to the history.”

The 29.7 hectare site, on Budby Road, Cuckney, is bounded by the A616 to the north, agricultural land to the east, existing residential development and a solar farm to the south, and a restoration project together with further agricultural land to the west.

The site is wholly brownfield and is located outside of any development boundary as defined in the Bassetlaw Local Development Framework but is adjacent to Meden Vale where there are key services and facilities such as a school, church, recreational ground and shops.

Councillor Scott Scotthorne, Bassetlaw district council member for housing, said: “After being up to the site today it is clear to see that it is crying out for this sort of development on it.

“I cannot see why anyone would not want it to go ahead.”

Councillors voted in unanimous favour of the plans.

Learn more about apprenticeships and the opportunities they can create at Nottingham shopping centre.

Paid to Learn, a dedicated service for apprenticeship vacancies and careers advice, will be at the intu Broadmarsh shopping centre in Nottingham on Saturday, February 20, and Sunday, February 21.

There will be an information stand staffed by Paid to Learn engagement officers, who will be imparting their knowledge and apprenticeship experience to prospective candidates.

Joint managing directing of Positive Outcomes, the organisation behind Paid to Learn, Ryan Longmate, said: “Thanks to Government backing and with more and more businesses implementing apprenticeship schemes, awareness of their advantages is ever increasing.

“However, there’s still a lot of work to be done when it comes to raising awareness amongst apprenticeship candidates.

“Unfortunately, there’s a level of stigma associated with them, which is completely unjustified.

“We’re looking to dispel these apprenticeship myths and convince youngsters of their worth as a career path.”

This Valentine’s Day Jerry Green Dog Rescue will be acting as matchmaker for each of the 70 dogs currently in its care to help them find the perfect ‘forever home’.

The charity, which has a centre in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, is hopeful that Valentine’s Day will remind potential adopters that all you need is love... and a dog.

Top of the list of eligible dogs at another centre in the north is eight-year old Lurcher, Cooper, who arrived in October 2015.

With his athletic build, boy next door good looks and flowing auburn mane Cooper is seeking a long-term relationship with a food fanatic and lover of nap times.

Emma Cook, centre support officer, said: “Cooper is your typical lovely, silly, sleepy Lurcher who loves to cuddle.

“He is housetrained, walks well on the lead and loves to be around people.

“He is an absolute treasure and when his forever home does come along, they’ll wonder why they waited to so long to meet such a fantastic dog.”

Since coming into the rescue centre Cooper has been working hard to attract the attention of his pawfect match.

For more information about Cooper or any of the dogs currently looking for a forever home in the Nottinghamshire centre, visit www.jerrygreendogs.org.uk/RescueCentres.

Seventies disco star Gloria Gaynor dropped in to Mansfield recently, just to get nutritional advice from a stranger.

The ‘I Will Survive’ American singer had been due to perform in Somerset last weekend and had been staying in Essex, but took a detour to visit life coaches John Mason and his partner Zoe Melvin, who live on Curbar Close.

John, a 61-year-old former PE teacher at Manor School, explained: “I was totally gobsmacked, we have a mutual friend and Gloria phoned me up on the Wednesday and said she wanted to see me.

“It was surreal, having someone that famous come round your house.

“I was really nervous but she was lovely, she was here for over two hours and we got on like a house on fire.”

The 66-year-old Grammy Award-winning singer has struggled with her weight and back problems in recent years, having fallen off stage during a performance.

Having been driven to Mansfield by her sound engineer, she spoke at length with John and Zoe about nutrition, before they showed her a few exercises to help her.

“You could see she was in pain, but she was so happy when she left- she even said a prayer for us,” added John.

“She even asked us how much we owed her, and I told her nothing.”

Having swapped contact details, they are now going to keep in touch using Skype.

This Valentine’s Day Jerry Green Dog Rescue will be acting as matchmaker for each of the 70 dogs currently in its care to help them find the perfect ‘forever home’.

The charity, which has a centres in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire, is hopeful that Valentine’s Day will remind potential adopters that all you need is love... and a dog.

Top of the list of eligible dogs at another centre in the north is eight-year old Lurcher, Cooper, who arrived in October 2015.

With his athletic build, boy next door good looks and flowing auburn mane Cooper is seeking a long-term relationship with a food fanatic and lover of nap times.

Emma Cook, centre support officer, said: “Cooper is your typical lovely, silly, sleepy Lurcher who loves to cuddle.

“He is housetrained, walks well on the lead and loves to be around people.

“He is an absolute treasure and when his forever home does come along, they’ll wonder why they waited to so long to meet such a fantastic dog.”

Since coming into the rescue centre Cooper has been working hard to attract the attention of his pawfect match.

For more information about Cooper or any of the dogs currently looking for a forever home visit www.jerrygreendogs.org.uk/RescueCentres.

2016 is the year that the Government must deliver for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, a conference into the future of business in the East Midlands has declared.

Thousands of manufacturing and logistics jobs could be created due to improved roads and rail infrastructure, with plans for the region to play a pivotal role in the development of HS2 over the next two decades.

But manufacturing in the county is struggling to find appropriately qualified and skilled applicants, and more needs to be done to retrain people to fill gaps in the labour market, the conference organised by East Midlands Chamber heard today (February 11)

The Chamber - which represents businesses across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire - also said that growth in the manufacturing sector has slowed, which it says should “serve as a wake-up call” to Government policy makers.

In a report also published today, the Chamber has analysed the findings of its quarterly economic surveys of the past two years to determine the current health of the region’s manufacturing and engineering sectors.

It found that during 2014, there was a strengthening in growth in the sector, which slowed down in 2015.

And the organisation warned that if the trend continues through 2016, it would prompt serious concerns that Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire’s production sectors were again contracting, following the economic meltdown in 2008.

Chamber CEO Scott Knowles told the conference: “Business policy needs to be reviewed and barriers to future growth removed. There are things that can be done and 2016 must be the year that the Government starts to deliver.”

The conference also heard that it is expected that the Government will rubber-stamp Toton, near Nottingham, as the preferred location for the HS2 hub later this year.

Separate freight rail infrastructure is also being planned, along with the creation of a 6m square-metre business hub near East Midlands Airport, which could create 7,000 new jobs.

Additionally, Marks and Spencer and Aldi are both increasing their presence in the south of Derbyshire - with the latter planning to build a 1.2m square-metre regional distribution hub close to Long Eaton.

Plans are also being mooted to extend Nottingham’s tram network out beyond the HS2 hub down to the new freight park - which would link in to other freight hubs being built around the UK, taking the pressure off the region’s roads.

Carol Stanfield, from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, said that whilst the region had a buoyant labour market, many employers were reporting that they were experiencing difficulty finding employees with the right skills.

She added that manufacturing was a particular problem area, with a rising skills shortage - particularly amongst professionals and skilled trade positions, but also semi-skilled occupations such as machine operators.

“Ninety per cent of the workforce of 2025 are working at the moment,” she said. “We can’t rely on the schools and colleges to train our workforce of tomorrow - we must do it ourselves.”

Meanwhile, Alistair Cunningham, from the Bank of England, said that the region’s economy had shown growth for the past three years, but there had been a slowdown, with a fall-off in export activity to China, as well as Russia and Brazil.

He added that there had been a reduction in the manufacturing sectors, but an increase in construction and business services in recent years, with employment levels back to those of 2008, when the UK first tumbled into recession.

Chris Hobson, the Chamber’s director of policy, said: “The findings of this report suggest that much more needs to be done in terms of delivering sustainable and balanced growth.

“In particular, there needs to be greater support for manufacturers that are looking to use a strong domestic base to grow overseas markets in difficult conditions, and for the sector as a whole to ensure the right skills and attributes in potential staff members are available as it continues to invest to grow.

“The East Midlands provides the UK with its spine of manufacturing and engineering. Developing and delivering policy that helps support conditions for these sectors to flourish in this region will ensure the country as a whole can also succeed.”

Police chiefs believe that a number of incidents in which a man has “exposed” himself to children in Worksop are linked to the same person and are now increasing patrols.

Nottinghamshire Police say they are investigating the latest incident, in which a man was acting suspiciously towards two children in Sparken Hill, at around 3.30pm on Monday (February 8).

A similar incident, which has only just come to light, happened on Friday, February 5 on Retford Road at about 8pm, and follows another occurrence on Raines Avenue in Worksop at about 3.30pm on January 26 when a 17-year-old girl from Outwood Academy Valley Post 16 Centre was walking home.

In each instance, the offender has been described as a white man, believed to be in his 20s or 30s with short dark hair, driving a dark-coloured car.

Bassetlaw district commander, Inspector Neil Bellamy, said: “We do suspect now that we have an offender who has been seen acting suspiciously in the presence of children on more than one occasion in recent weeks.

“We must make it clear that there has been no reported attempt to make physical contact with a child. However, his actions are clearly causing some distress and concern and I would urge anyone who may know who is doing this or recognise the description of the offender to contact us immediately on 101.

”We are increasing patrols in key areas of the town at pertinent times. Members of the public with information or concerns should feel free to speak to our officers when they encounter them on patrol.”

A Nottinghamshire Police statement said: “Nottinghamshire Police can confirm we are investigating a report of a man acting suspiciously towards two children in Sparken Hill at around 3.30pm on Monday (8 February 2016).

“We believe this may be linked to another report received on Friday 5 February, describing a similar incident in Retford Road at about 8pm, as well as a previous occurrence which happened in Raines Avenue at around 3.30pm on 26 January.”

When calling 101, quote the incident number 608 of 10 February 2015.

Eastwood’s Jade Jones is still looking for love on ITV dating programme, Take Me Out, despite leaving her light on for somebody last week.

But with Valentine’s Day being just around the corner, will she get a date this weekend?

The popular matchmaking show will air its seventh episode of the series on Saturday night, and so far, 24-year-old barmaid has not managed to bag herself a man from the ‘love lift’.

On last weeks show, she was one of the remaining two in the competition for John from Manchester, but he ended up picking Leanne instead.

Jade said going on the show was a “once in a lifetime opportunity”.

And although she already knows the outcome of the show, Jade won’t tell us whether or not she ever actually managed to bag a date.

Click here to read about her take on the show, including Paddy McGuinness and become a celebrity in Eastwood.

Watch the latest episode on ITV 1 at 8pm on Saturday.

Get that Friday feeling with this week’s fabulous freebie offer – courtesy of the popular Chip Inn at Whitwell.

Your Guardian has teamed up with the village chippy to offer our readers a potato scallop and chips with your choice of peas, beans, curry or gravy, worth £2.70, for FREE.

Not only that, but you can also take advantage of a second fantastic offer – buy a mini fish meal worth £3.25 and get another absolutely free.

The Chip Inn has decided to run this special offer with us after receiving a food hygiene rating of five – the highest possible score.

To claim your freebie, simply cut out the vouchers on this page and present them at the Hangar Hill shop from Friday, February 12, 2016, to Thursday, February 18, 2016.

Owner Tim Moncaster, said: “We are delighted to get a score of five for food hygiene because we work so hard.

“We have always got a five and it is a good pat on the back for us.”

The shop is open from 11.30am to 1.30pm and 4.30pm to 9pm, Mondays to Fridays, and from 11.30am to 1.30pm and 4.30pm to 8pm on Saturdays. The Chip Inn welcomes telephone orders by calling 01909 721975.

n Is your firm interested an offer with the Guardian? Call 01909 500500 or email newsroom@worksop-guardian.co.uk to run an offer with us which is worth more than £300 in advertising.

Scientists at Sheffield University have helped to make one of the biggest space discoveries of all time which looks set to herald a new type of astronomy and unlock wonders of the universe.

They have helped to prove the existence of space distorting gravitational waves - first predicted 100-years ago by Albert Einstein, but never before seen until now.

Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time, which carry information about space phenomena never before observed.

Boffins hope, unlike using a traditional telescope, Gravitational Wave astronomy will now help us to understand some of the most violent events in the cosmos, including exploding stars, colliding black holes, perhaps even the Big Bang itself.

When microwave observations first found faint imprints of the Big Bang, Stephen Hawking called it the "greatest discovery of the century, if not all time". Today's announcement is another giant leap for mankind.

Dr Ed Daw, of the Physics Department at the University of Sheffield, helped with the research leading to the history making global announcement this afternoon at simultaneous press conferences in Washington DC, Louisiana, London and Paris,

Before joining Sheffield he worked for five years at LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory), in the USA and for his PhD he worked on the American axion search experiment looking for dark matter.

Dr Daw has been working on gravitational wave data analysis, as a member of the LIGO scientific collaboration.

Explaining today's announcement - watch our video report sooon- he said: "Today is a great day for the type of science I do.

"LIGO and the collaborators working on it, including the University of Sheffield, are announcing the discovery of gravitational waves for the first time - from a source which went off more than 100 million years ago. We couldn't be more thrilled with this great announcement. We look forward to the future of the science of the field."

VIDEO: Watch the embedded YouTube video to see Gravitational wave astronomy explained by Martin Hendry, Professor of Gravitational Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Glasgow.

MORE VIDEO: Gravitational Waves Explained - watch Physicists Umberto Cannella and Daniel Whiteson explain what they are and why they'll cause a big ripple in our understanding of the Universe - CLICK HERE.

Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity first predicted the existence of the mysterious waves in 1916. He believed that cataclysmic events such as two black holes colliding would create the waves, which allow massive objects in space to become curved.

But only now has super sensitive equipment been developed to detect them.

LIGO uses 4km-long pipes to detect the waves, 3000 kilometres apart, in Washington and Louisiana. They pick up passing gravitational waves by measuring how space-time stretches and contracts – by as little as one ten-thousandth the diameter of a proton.

It confirms that massive objects like black holes and neutron stars warp space-time around themselves, and when two collide the distortions ripple outward at the speed of light.

Police watchdogs have found Nottinghamshire officer use of tasers to be fair, and that people were treated fairly and respectfully.

The conclusions were drawn in the latest report from the Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) into police practice.

During the inspection, which took place last year but was only recently published, said it found the force they complied well to the stop and search scheme, staff had a good awareness of the force’s values, that they dealt with complaints well and were improving methods to engage with people.

HMI Zoe Billingham said: “Overall, Nottinghamshire Police treats people fairly and respectfully. The chief officer team is committed to securing an ethical workforce, and staff have a good awareness of how these values influence the way they carry out their roles.

“We found good examples of how the force engages with members of the public, but there is room for improvement here.

“Officers and staff have a good understanding of the people they serve; although this understanding is not recorded which means it cannot be shared across the organisation. There are some teams who see the benefits of engaging with communities but this is not widespread across all roles.

“Nottinghamshire Police is complying with the Home Office’s best use of stop and search scheme.

“The views of young people, including those within black, Asian and minority ethnic communities are captured and there are effective systems to record and analyse stop and search encounters with the relevant figures published on the force website.”