Sweet taste of success for Di
Diane is offering one lucky Guardian reader the chance to win a chocolate-making birthday party for up to 10 children worth £45.She will come to a local venue of your choice and help the youngsters to...
View ArticlePolice to recruit PCSOs
NOTTS Police is looking to recruit dozens of PCSOs to bolster frontline neighbourhood policing.The force wants to recruit a mix of full-time and part-time PCSOs and will cap the number of applicants at...
View ArticleTeen loses his temper
A WORKSOP teen slashed his mum’s finger with a knife after an argument, magistrates heard.Scott Mellish, 19, from Royal Crescent, lost his temper on 16th February after an argument with his mum about...
View ArticleDriver of stolen car is locked up
A GAINSBOROUGH man caught driving a stolen car was jailed for 13 months at Lincoln Crown Court on Monday.Aiden McGhie, 19, was stopped in the town as he drove the stolen Nissan convertible.Jonathon...
View ArticleCigarette plea
PEOPLE in Yorkshire are being urged to back a campaign which calls for branding to be removed from tobacco packaging.Cancer Research UK this week launched The Answer is Plain campaign, which also aims...
View ArticleLincolnshire High Sheriffs Fund
GROUPS with an income of less than £200,000 can apply for grants up to £5,000 in the Lincolnshire High Sheriffs Fund. Funds can be used on projects focused on crime reduction and creating a safer...
View ArticleCatwalk queens raise charity cash
MODELS have strutted their stuff to raise vital funds for charity.The third spring fashion show in Aston helped to raise £300 for Annie’s charity.The event, at Central Methodist Church, saw women of...
View ArticleRow after dogs fight in street
A ROW between two dog owners led to a Whitwell man damaging his adversary’s van, a court heard.Bad blood between George Nixon and Daniel Walker stemmed from an incident in late January when their dogs...
View ArticleHelp check police cells
SOUTH Yorkshire Police Authority is recruiting new Independent Custody Visitors to check on the welfare of people being held in police cells.All successful applicants will receive a period of training....
View ArticleKids build up confidence
Children at Gainsborough primary schools have made friends and built their self esteem thanks to a volunteer-led project.The pupils enjoyed arts and crafts, played games and made pizzas at the Pyramid...
View ArticleCouncil discourage under age Facebook users
Parents are helping their children to set up under-age profiles on social networking site Facebook, warn Notts County Council.As a result, it fears children are getting involved in social media at too...
View ArticleSound of Music at the Majestic
MEMBERS of Retford Operatic Society are taking to the stage for their production of The Sound of Music.The society will perform at Retford’s Majestic Theatre from Wednesday 2nd to Saturday 5th May at...
View ArticleShare your Jubilee stories with us
QUEEN Elizabeth II has been on the throne for 60 years, and people all over the world will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee with an extended bank holiday weekend from 2nd - 5th June.Here in Gainsborough...
View ArticleBreathe Easy
Members of Breathe Easy Gainsborough held the group’s first official birthday party with guest of honour Jeremy Bacon from the British Lung Foundtion.Committee members were unanimously re-elected at...
View ArticleMaltby baby ‘stopped breathing’ after chicken pox
The parents of a 12-month-old baby who died suddenly following a bout of chicken pox, have given evidence at his inquest.Lewis Peter Mullins, of Burns Road, Maltby, died on 2nd April 2011.His mum Jodie...
View ArticleSuspended sentence for assault
A 22-year-old man has been handed a 120 day prison sentence suspended for 12 months for a ‘serious attack’ on another man.Benjamin Allen, from Oxton Close, Retford, assaulted Paul Bell on 29th October...
View ArticleExhibition at Bassetlaw Museum
BASSETLAW Museum is showing the wonderful works of Elaine Thompson.Elaine turns irregular-shaped wooden panels into unusual artworks by picking out details of the wood and enhancing them by burning in...
View ArticleMartial arts taster session
ENJOY a martial arts taster session at Carr Hill Primary this Friday.Lynx Black Belt Leadership Academy will be visiting the school and are encouraging people to attend.The session will run from...
View ArticleAnston pupils are entrepreneurs
GREEN-fingered pupils at an Anston school are certainly little entrepreneurs.Foundation pupils at Anston Greenlands Junior and Infant School created there own garden centre and opened it for...
View ArticleCare home boss stole
THE MANAGER of a Whitwell nursing home took a vulnerable resident’s bank card and used it ten times to steal money.Julie Bailey, who worked at the Corner House in Welbeck Street, took the card from...
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