Campaigns

Maggie's roll of honour

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Even though we've smashed the £500,00 target, we will continue to record donations to the appeal on our roll of honour

TOTAL: £511,990

£200 Mrs M Ellis

£100 Elle Lunch Club, Radcliffe on Trent

£107 Wives of Amber Valley

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Caring couple up for Reach Out award

Dennis Andrews and Glenise Martin (CORR), pictured at the weekly tea dance held at Sherwood Community Centre.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

IF anyone deserves a bit of good luck, it's Dennis Andrews. The pensioner's run of bad fortune began in December when he caught swine flu. A few...

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1,200 signatures for bandstand petition

Jonathan Hughes is campaigning to save the bandstand on Victoria Embankment

Friday, March 12, 2010

A PETITION to save the bandstand on the Victoria Embankment has been signed by more than 1,200 people. Jonathan Hughes, of The Meadows, started the...

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Radcliffe-on-Trent student raises fund to teach English

Friday, March 12, 2010

A 17-YEAR-OLD from Radcliffe-on-Trent is aiming to raise almost £5,000 to teach English to schoolchildren in Thailand. Frances Walker, 17, an...

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Diamond couple's gem of a gesture

Avril and Roy Nelson have donated £60 each to Maggie's to mark their 60th wedding anniversary in April.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Diamond wedding couple Avril and Roy Nelson are celebrating 60 years of marriage with a show of support for the appeal to build a Maggie's Centre in...

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Community meeting in Collingham

Thursday, March 11, 2010

A COMMUNITY meeting is open to residents at Collingham Police Contact Point on Tuesday, March 23. People should go to 71, Main Street, Collingham, at...

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Appeal for stories from Raleigh factory

grand day out: A group of smiling Raleigh workers about to leave Nottingham on a special outing during the 1950s.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A BICYCLE historian wants people to contact him with their stories about working at the original Nottingham Raleigh factory. Tony Hadland is writing a...

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Biker's appeal to trace Notts wall-of-death daredevil

QUEST ON: Biker Alan Mercer, front, wants to trace the woman called Lianne in the drawing, inset. Below: The image as it appears on the petrol tank of his Triumph Thunderbird.

Monday, March 08, 2010

FOR fairground fans the world over, braving the wall of death is the ultimate display of daredevil antics. The motorcycle act – which sees...

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Sport Relief deadline for cash grants extended

Dick and Dom are urging people to take up the grants

Friday, March 05, 2010

COMMUNITY groups in Nottingham have an extra few days to get their hands on thousands of pounds in Sport Relief cash. The original deadline was 5pm...

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Do something you love for Maggie's

GOOD CAUSE: Ruth Fish will be baking cakes to take to her work colleagues at the QMC for Love Maggie's Day. She is pictured, left, with Clare Sandon, and Sarah Macey. C020310DM6-4

Friday, March 05, 2010

MAGGIE'S supporters in Nottingham will tuck into cakes and curry for the first Love Maggie's Day. The national fund-raising day encourages people to...

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