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Thorntons: Britain's last big chocolate brand

PRODUCTION LINE: Line runner Alison Marshall checks the frambois ganache chocolates. C290110ML9-1

Monday, February 01, 2010

IT IS a familiar sight to a whole community – a red-brick factory set against terrace-striped hills.

And the sweet smell of chocolate that fills the air is equally well-known to the people who have lived near, and worked at, the factory.

While names like...

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'I won gold medal with a broken wrist'

Saturday, January 30, 2010

One of Notts' brightest prospects for the 2012 Olympics is teenage gymnast Sam Oldham from Keyworth. Just 18 months ago Sam helped Britain to team...

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Interview: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star Darren Bennett

Rave reviews Darren Bennett plays Caractacus Potts in a lavish production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which can be seen at the Theatre Royal next week.

Friday, January 29, 2010

LET'S make one thing clear, the Darren Bennett who stars in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Theatre Royal next week has nothing to do with Strictly...

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Becky Downie's determination ahead of 2012 Olympics

schedule: Becky trains for three hours in the morning before going to school, then goes back to the gym for another four hours after classes.

Friday, January 29, 2010

THE room is a massive, industrial-looking, football pitch-sized space. Iron girders project from the ceiling, the floor is a nest of crash mats...

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Strictly champ: Why I'm a hit with the blue rinse brigade

Show winners Chris Hollins and dance partner Ola Jordan get close during a dress rehearsal.

Friday, January 22, 2010

IKNOW nothing about breakfast television (some of us have jobs to go to, of a morning). So, until recently, I assumed Chris Hollins was just "that...

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My Weekend: The Thick Of It's Will Smith

Screen games Will is a big fan of his Xbox, left, and particularly the game Crackdown, above.

Friday, December 18, 2009

I HAVE a new baby. My first. He's only a few weeks old so I'm still at that stage where I'm happy to be up all night looking at him. I'm sure that...

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Grant on the frontline

Veteran Eddy Grant will play with UB40 at the Arena on December 16 ,

Friday, December 11, 2009

BORN in Guyana but raised in London, Eddy Grant's upbringing has given him a unique perspective on music. Mixed together with his time in New York...

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'I was ready to die until Framework helped'

new life: Margaret Ross says she was ready to die until Framework stepped in. She now speaks on mental health issues for the charity C021109DAM1-4

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Six years ago, Margaret Ross had retreated into her house to die, weighed down by the terrible burden of alcoholism. Now she's a bright-eyed, bustling...

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How Sorcha picked herself up after mental breakdown

HELPING HAND: Sorcha Whitehouse at Framework with her mentor, senior support worker Cliff White. Picture: Andy Lowe <I>POSTPHOTO C181109AJL1-2</I>

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Notts charity Framework supports vulnerable people via a network of floating support workers, who travel out to people's homes and talk through their...

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