Fast internet
The Government is putting £4.25 million towards Notts County Council’s plans to give residents and businesses access to superfast broadband. The authority is leading on the project and providing £2.15...
View Article‘Nearly New’
BASSETLAW NCT are set to hold a fun Nearly New Sales. All profits from the sale help to provide support to parents in Bassetlaw and nationally. The Nearly New Sale will be on Saturday 28th April at the...
View ArticleCharity jump
Charity Children Today is looking for daredevils to jump out of an aeroplane at 10,000 feet to raise funds to help disabled youngsters.The challenge takes place on most weekends throughout the year....
View ArticleFooty star takes on The Cube
A JUBILANT former Worksop football player is celebrating after taking home thousands of pounds following an appearing on hit TV show The Cube.Matt Thorpe is well-known in the town, having recently...
View ArticleTable tennis team up for top award
ASPIRING table tennis stars from Redlands Primary School have been nominated for the Best Sports Team in this year’s Best In Schools Awards.The five boys Tom McIntosh, Lewis Comley, Mathew Mudd, Regan...
View ArticleWitnesses to theft from car
Notts Police are seeking witnesses after a catalytic converter was stolen from a Peugeot 406 at the Celtic Point car park.The incident happened between 12-1pm on Sunday 25th March.Anyone with...
View ArticleDrought? What drought is that?
WE are told that Worksop is on the verge of a drought.In fact, if you look at a map of the drought affected areas in the UK you will see that Worksop is at its very fringes.The drought is skirting the...
View ArticleA leaflet lapse?
HERE’S a snippet from an election leaflet that’s doing the rounds for a Labour Bassetlaw Council candidate. ‘Labour kept its promise and stopped the proposals to move hospital services to Bassetlaw.’...
View ArticleSt Gxxxxx’s Day
IT was Saint George’s Day on Monday, but you could be forgiven for not noticing.We’re not allowed to celebrate it, you see. It wouldn’t be politically correct.Celebrating our national heritage might...
View ArticleNo problem with CCTV
SOME people don’t let the true facts get in the way of a good moan.Take what happened last week, for example. Loads of Worksop parents got into a rabid frenzy of indignation on Facebook after it was...
View ArticleWe need to keep fighting for services
Our campaign for a bus station is beginning to pay dividends as officials at County Hall in Nottingham have been fired into action and are acquiring land that could be used. They now need to agree the...
View ArticleDedication paid off
We already know there are a great team of police officers and staff here at Worksop, but this week I’d like to commend the excellent and tenacious work of one particular officer.Thanks to 18 months of...
View ArticleBook night
Around 26 of Notts County Council libraries are taking part in World Book Night on Monday.World Book Night is a nationwide initiative to celebrate adult books and reading. Staff will hand out hundreds...
View ArticleYour chance to enter our Cute Kids contest
Do you think YOUR child is the cutest kid in Worksop?Then you have until Saturday 28th April to enter this year’s Cute Kids competition at Worksop’s Matalan.The competition is for age categories 0-1...
View ArticleBrave boy off to Disneyland
A DINNINGTON company has raised cash to send a child suffering with leukaemia to Euro Disney.South Yorkshire Motorhomes and Caravans (SYMC) held a competition during its open day event, which raised...
View ArticleTown council by-election
A BY-ELECTION is under way today (Thursday) as voters go to the polls to elect a town councillor for the North West seat.Polling stations at North County Primary School and Sea Cadet Scout HQ on Love...
View ArticlePicture yourself in an apprenticeship
Thousands of youngsters will leave school this summer faced with the choice of whether to stay on in education or find a job.Many, however, are finding that they can combine the two and are getting the...
View ArticleTransport users action group
BUS and rail users in the Gainsborough area are invited to have their say at the first meeting of a new passengers group.Gainsborough Rail and Bus group (GRaB) will meet at Morton Village Hall, Mill...
View ArticleMake a will to help hospice
Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People has teamed up with Notts solicitors to encourage people to write or update their will this May.When visiting their chosen solicitor people will have the...
View ArticleLock sheds and garages
POLICE are warning people to keep sheds and garages secure after a spate of break-ins and cycle thefts.Overnight between Sunday 22nd - Monday 23rd April two distinctive Kona road bikes were stolen from...
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