Newly-elected PCC vows to fight for Worksop custody suite
NEWLY-ELECTED Police and Crime Commissioner for Notts Paddy Tipping has said the fight to re-open Worksop’s custody suite is one of his ‘key priorities’.Mr Tipping, who won last Friday’s elections,...
View ArticleStay healthy during winter
Older people’s charity WRVS is urging people to keep warm as winter approaches by following simple steps to stay healthy.Figures released by the Office of National Statistics show there are around...
View ArticleSisters open new Retford shop
A RETFORD family were given the honour of officially opening a new shop in the town on Friday.Laura Davies, 26, and her sister Faye, 20, cut the ribbon outside the Family Bargains store in Moorgate.The...
View ArticleMan hurt after fall from taxi
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 20-year-old Swallownest student was seriously hurt following a night out in Sheffield.The incident happened at around 1.50am on 15th November on Swallow Wood...
View ArticleWilkinsons’ staff go extra mile for charity
Team members from Wilkinsons’ Head Office store in Worksop have been going the extra mile for their local community by embarking on a sponsored walk for the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air...
View ArticleCyber safety message still ‘failing’ to get across to young people in Notts
NOTTS County Council says the message about cyber safety is still failing to get across to young people.The authority said the latest research suggests that although schools are teaching more about...
View ArticleFree training for TARAs
A FREE training session to help community groups or tenants and residents associations find out how Facebook can help their work is being held next week.The two-hour workshop at the My Place Centre...
View ArticleFlooding hits parts of Notts and Derbyshire following heavy rain overnight
PEOPLE are being urged to take care after localised flooding hit the area.Notts Police have warned motorists to be extra careful on the roads following last night’s heavy downpour.A flood warning has...
View ArticleNew leader
Owen Gleadall has been unveiled as the new president of Barnsley and Rotherham Chamber of Commerce at its annual general meeting.Mr Gleadall is managing director of Merlin Software, has been running...
View ArticleMan kicked car lights
A DRIVER who damaged another vehicle in Clumber Park must pay compensation to its owner.Richard Ashton, 40, was driving over the bridge on Lime Tree Avenue on 18th June, when a car came the other...
View ArticleTake ownership of medicine
Rother Valley MP Kevin Barron visited Weldricks Pharmacy in Maltby as part of Ask Your Pharmacist Week. Pharmacies are urging men to take a more active interest in their medicines.Pharmacist Paul...
View ArticleCraft fair a success
CRAFTY creations saw Gainsborough’s Salvation Army Citadel splitting at the seams at its first ever craft fair.All sorts of handmade wares were on sale from knitted toys and blankets, to cards,...
View ArticleNew PCC vows to fight for town custody suite
NEWLY-ELECTED Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Notts Paddy Tipping has said the fight to re-open Worksop’s custody suite is one of his ‘key priorities’.Mr Tipping, who won last Friday’s...
View ArticleExpensive takeaway
A TAKEAWAY proved costly for a Bircotes man at Worksop Magistrates’ Court last week.Jason Hesslewood, 32, of Scrooby Road, admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour on 1st...
View ArticleDaughter made threats to mum
A WORKSOP teenager has been jailed for threatening to kill her mother.Megan Ayscough, 19, made the threat in front of police officers who chased her across a field after midnight and handcuffed her....
View ArticleWhere have the flower beds gone?
Just a few short months ago Worksop high street looked the best it’s ever looked.It looked like a proper town centre should look - a bustling outdoor market, not a car to be seen, and the cherry on the...
View ArticleLeave Fatso alone
I LOVE a good yarn about a crocodile and last week’s story that a drunk had climbed into an enclosure in Australia and attempted to sit on a 16ft-long, 1,800lb saltwater croc called ‘Fatso’ was a...
View ArticleElection farce
HAVING just learnt that only 14 per cent of people in Bassetlaw bothered to vote in elections last week, I’d normally be telling you all off for being lazy and wasting your democratic right.But with...
View ArticleEscape from LA
SO David Beckham is quitting LA and most likely heading to Australia for one last ‘challenge’.Sitting in the sun and playing an occasional half a game of football for a few hundred grand a week is just...
View ArticleAnti-social ‘tache
The bloke on the right has been jailed for continually breaching his ASBO.But what I’m more interested in is that thing on his upper lip.It’s difficult to work out exactly what it is - but I think it’s...
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