Top marks for Notts Council
Nottinghamshire County Council is celebrating after being rated as ‘good’ in an Ofsted report following an inspection of its learning and skills provision. Ofsted inspectors looked at two areas of work...
View ArticleA1 staff back campaign
STAFF at A1 Housing have made their pledge to be ‘Man Enough’ to say no to domestic violence.They join thousands of other men across Notts who have signed up to the campaign, which is raising awareness...
View ArticlePremier Foods fined £15,000
THE UK’s largest food manufacturer Premier Foods has been fined £15,000 for discharging an excessive amount of effluent into the sewage system in Worksop.Premier Foods Group Limited was prosecuted by...
View ArticleChocolate beer, cheers!
Chocolate beer is on tap for the first time in the UK at the Mallard in Worksop.Welbeck Abbey Brewery launched the 5.5 per cent Christmas beer, Cocoa Noel, which contains Duffy’s cocoa nibs earlier...
View ArticleNew Year wishes from council chairman
NOTTS County Council chairman Coun Carol Pepper has issued a New Year message for 2013 to the people of Worksop and the surrounding area:“Since being elected as Chairman in May, I have had the pleasure...
View ArticlePCC Paddy gets the grand tour...
WALKING round Worksop on one of the busiest days of the year - the Friday before Christmas - was new Notts police and crime commissioner (PCC) Paddy Tipping.He took a tour of the town accompanied by...
View ArticleVerdict into Dinnington woman’s tragic death
A YOUNG Dinnington woman died after drinking alcohol and consuming the heroin substitute methadone, an inquest was told.Sade Russell, 21, died at her home on Addison Square in the early hours of 12th...
View ArticleNew home for Bassetlaw CAB
A new year and a new start for the Bassetlaw Citizens Advice Bureau in Worksop which will move to bigger premises in January.After 37 years in its current iconic 1930 town centre premises, the bureau...
View ArticleSade’s family will fight to find out what happened
The family of ‘bubbly’ Dinnington party girl Sade Russell have branded the inquest into the cause of her death ‘a farce’.Speaking after the verdict on Thursday afternoon at Doncaster Coroner’s Court,...
View ArticleLatest cuts announced
‘CHALLENGING’ Government cuts and land development plans were on the agenda at Bassetlaw Council’s December meeting.Council leader Simon Greaves outlined how the latest Local Government Finance...
View ArticleBassetlaw plants final tree to mark Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
CHILDREN from Sir Edmund Hillard School took part in the planting of more than 6,000 trees in Bassetlaw to mark the end of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.Hundreds of children from five schools across the...
View ArticleRanby House pupils are ‘feline fine’ with special Nativity production
Children at a Ranby pre-prep school wowed the audience with their performance of The Landlord’s Cat - a captivating version of the Nativity Story. The annual Christmas production took place in the...
View ArticleVicious attack on deaf Worksop man
A WORKSOP police chief has condemned a brutal town centre attack which left a deaf man with horrific facial injuries.Michael Boyle, 52, suffered a broken eye socket and fractured jaw after he was...
View ArticlePolice ‘tweet’ incidents
IT was always going to be one of the busiest nights for South Yorkshire Police.The Friday before Christmas, known by many as Mad Friday, is when works traditionally celebrate the festivities.It is also...
View ArticleVIDEO: No quick fixes, says PM in New Year message
PRIME Minister David Cameron today used his New Year’s message to declare that Britain is “heading in the right direction” on all the big issues and can look forward to 2013 with “realism and...
View ArticleTechnicolour performance
Students from Outwood Academy Portland took to the stage when they hosted an extra special festive performance of Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat - The Musical.The Christmas Concert was performed...
View ArticleVolunteer to help in battle against cancer
WORKSOP residents from all walks of life are being urged to volunteer as cancer campaigners with Bassetlaw Health Partnerships (BHP).Volunteers are needed to help remove barriers and raise awareness of...
View ArticlePrayers held for tragic crash victim
Prayers were said for Krystian Piotr Namlik at a Polish Mass at St Joseph’s Church in Worksop on Sunday.Krystian, 21, was tragically killed in a car accident near Carburton on Tuesday 18th December.The...
View ArticleTrade electric blanket offer
TRADING Standards officers are offering over 55s and those with a disability the chance to replace their old electric blanket free of charge in a bid to prevent fires.Faulty electric blankets have...
View ArticleAmbulances set for busy Christmas
AMBULANCES across Worksop and the East Midlands have been experiencing their busiest Christmas ever.The busy times started for EMAS frontline crews on Friday 21st December when it dealt with 2,384...
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