Councillor funds new cup for allotment holders
MISTERTON councillor Hazel Brand has bought a new cup for allotment holders.Coun Brand has used some of her community fund to buy the cup for winners of the Best Kept Allotment competition, run as part...
View ArticlePolice crack down on fuel thefts
Police have built up quite a collection of fuel drums and barrels in their fight against fuel theft.Operation Cargo has launched across the county to disrupt diesel thieves operating on the main...
View ArticleRabbit-shaped flower tribute stolen from Retford florist
POLICE are appealing for information after thieves stole a rabbit-shaped flower tribute from a Retford florist over the weekend.It happened between 6pm on Saturday 13th October and 7.45am today (Monday...
View ArticleMaltby miners face redundancy
The future of hundreds of jobs at Maltby Colliery hang in the balance after it was announced that redundancy notices will be served on miners.Around 540 workers at the pit are to be issued with 90-day...
View ArticleEnsuring school stays bully free
AN Anston school has been given an award for all the work it does to ensure classrooms remain bully free.Sue Horton, the anti-bullying development officer for Rotherham schools, presented members of...
View ArticleAssault on neighbours
A Worksop man has admitted assaulting his next door neighbours.Christopher Browne, 43, pleaded guilty at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday to causing actual bodily harm to 69 year-old Frank Herrick and...
View ArticleDinnington man killed in Maltby pub named
The Dinnington man who died in a suspected fight in a Maltby pub on Sunday night has been named locally as Rob Hurdley.South Yorkshire Police launched a murder investigation after the 45-year-old died...
View ArticleMaltby murder update: Second man arrested
POLICE have arrested a second man in connection with the death of a Dinnington man in a Maltby pub.South Yorkshire Police launched a murder investigation after a 45-year-old Dinnington man, named...
View ArticleDinnington Rugby Club pays tribute to ‘real gentleman’ Rob Hurdley
Dinnington Rugby Club had paid tribute to former player and ‘real gentleman’ Rob Hurdley, who died in an incident in a Maltby pub on Sunday night.A statement on the club’s website reads : “It is with...
View ArticleOver 200,000 child abuse images found in Notts since 2010
The NSPCC is calling for urgent action to stamp out the illegal trade in child abuse images after figures revealed that over 200,000 have been confiscated by Notts Police in the last two years.The...
View ArticleHead ‘thrilled’ with new role
SUTTON-cUM-LOUND C of E Primary School’s new headteacher has said she is ‘thrilled’ about her new role.Miss Nadine Lacey was recently appointed as the new head at the village school and said she is...
View Articlefive years’ jail for cash machine thefts
A RETFORD man has been jailed for five years for his part in a series of cash machine thefts across the East Midlands.John Ronald Charles, 38, of Welbeck Road, was one of four men who formed a highly...
View ArticleNorth Notts National Trust Association’s winter meeting at The Crossing
NORTH Notts National Trust Association is hosting their first get-together of their Winter Programme tomorrow (Wednesday 17th October).This month’s topic is The Nine Dukes of Portland by John Taylor,...
View ArticleFamily left ‘devastated’ by death
The family of a Dinnington father-of-three who died in an incident in a Maltby pub on Sunday have a been left ‘devastated’ by his death.Robert David Hurdley died in an incident in the Don John Hotel...
View ArticleColleagues remember ‘much-loved’ director
Colleagues of Dinnington man Rob Hurdley have paid tribute to a man who went ‘above and beyond’ to help everyone he met.Naz Hassen, store director from Specsavers in Chesterfield, said: “The team and...
View ArticlePROPERTY OF THE WEEK - 28 THE QUADRANT, TOTLEY, SHEFFIELD - £279,950
THIS beautifully presented four-bedroom semi-detached property is the ideal family home, set in the heart of the tranquil suburb of Totley.THIS beautifully presented four-bedroom semi-detached property...
View ArticleJail time for arsonist
AN ARSONIST who filmed setting a Hemswell speed camera alight on his mobile phone has been jailed for 12 months.Ashley Rowland, 23, was asked to target the camera by his lorry driver neighbour, Anthony...
View ArticleA1 Housing tenants have never been happier in Bassetlaw
THE caretaking team at A1 Housing are celebrating after a new survey found that tenant satisfaction has risen to 92 per cent.The independent survey found that statisfaction was up six per cent from...
View ArticleMaltby man charged with Rob Hurdley’s murder
The 30-year-old Maltby man arrested on suspicion of Rob Hurdley’s murder has been charged.Daniel Gerrard, of Highfield Park, Maltby, has been remanded in custody until his next court appearance.South...
View ArticleNuisance Worksop residents given anti-social behaviour injunctions
Bassetlaw Council is continuing to tackle anti-social behaviour after securing three more injunctions in court.Anti-Social Behaviour Injunctions were ordered against Leonard Potts, 64, Donna Potts, 33,...
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