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Threat to A453 improvement plans

MULTI-MILLION pound plans to upgrade one of Nottingham's busiest roads are under threat, former chancellor Ken Clarke said today. The Rushcliffe MP...

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One rescued in Hyson Green flat fire

Fire crews tackled a blaze in Hyson Green

ONE person was rescued from a fire at a flat in Hyson Green which broke out just after 9.35pm yesterday. They were taken to hospital by...

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War memorial could honour Clifton soldier

honour:   Kieron who was killed in a blast

A MEMORIAL to fallen soldier Kieron Hill could be created in Clifton. Kieron, 20, a lance corporal, was killed in an explosion while on...

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Court to sort grot spot

A FOUNTAIN clogged with rubbish opposite Nottingham Magistrates' Court will be cleaned this month. People who have been arrested and then released from the Bridewell custody suite have been...

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Civic Society in plaque plea

POOR STATE:  From left,  John Rhodes, Hilary Silvester, Ian Wells, Kurt Hatton and Ken Brand of the Civic Society, at one the information stands  they would like to see replaced on Low Pavement. Inset: Lord Byron's plaque which is considered  too high up the Victoria Stree Pelham Street junction in Hockley.   C300609JC3-8

CAMPAIGNERS are calling on council and business chiefs to make the most of the city's rich history by using plaques to greater effect....

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New stadium will be Nottingham's biggest challenge

THE biggest challenge Nottingham may face in mounting a successful bid to be a host city in the 2018 World Cup is delivering the stadium. However, it is a challenge faced by all the other...

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Nottingham launches bid for 2018 world cup

Nottingham launches bid for 2018 world cup

TODAY we launch Nottingham's bid to become a host city for the football World Cup. Nottingham is competing to become one of 12 cities,...

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Robin Hood is slain - by the BBC

ON ThE WAY OUT:  End of the road for Robin and gang

ROBBING from the rich and giving to the poor apparently doesn't pull in the TV ratings like it used to. The BBC announced yesterday the...

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Dogs found inside box in soaring heat

Dumped dogs Scooby and Scrappy

TWO dogs were found sealed inside a cardboard box as temperatures reached 30°C on Tuesday. The two Jack Russell terrier-cross dogs were...

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Peace to leave Experian for Standard Chartered

John Peace has helped turn Experian into a company with a turnover of £2.4bn

Notts-born John Peace is leaving Experian after nearly 30 years. He has led a team which has created a $4bn business. Here, Mr Peace...

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Four appear in court over gamekeeper murder

Nigel Bacon

FOUR people have appeared at Nottingham Crown Court in connection with the murder of gamekeeper Nigel Bacon. Mr Bacon died at Keeper's...








Robin Hood, alias Tony Rotherham

Nottingham's Robin on set with Russell Crowe

He's the man who has fought a lone battle to put "Robin Hood" into Nottingham. Now, as he joins a cast of hundreds to film epic battle scenes on the...

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Katherine Jenkins - the Primark shopper

Katherine Jenkins - not in a Primark dress

THE last time she was in the city, at the Royal Concert Hall, Katherine Jenkins made a quip to the audience about her dress being from...

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Film: Ice Age 3

Film: Ice Age 3

DINOSAURS ruled the Earth for more than 100 million years, but the third instalment of the computer-animated Ice Age series will strugg...

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Rhod Gilbert scraps gig

RISING Welsh stand-up star Rhod Gilbert has pulled his appearance at The Maze in Mansfield Road. The sell-out show scheduled for Tuesday July 14 has been scrapped "due to TV recording...

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ScreenLit report: Masterful Schrader gets lifetime achievement award

Paul Schrader is presented the ScreenLit Lifetime Achievement Award in Screenwriting by Shane Meadows.

"EAST meets East" they called it - as in East Midlands meets the East Side of New York City. Whatever else, it was certainly a case of...

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Eating Out: Dad's Kitchen, Alfreton Road

Family business:    Dad's Kitchen restaurant.

EACH of Abaina and Denval McKenzie's businesses – current and planned – is for one of their children. Their first business,...

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This Is Live at Splendour

Oh Deer:   Love Ends Disaster! will be playing the second stage at Splendour.

THIS Is Live will be coming to you live from the Splendour Festival. We'll be opening the second stage at the Wollaton Park music all-d...

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Review: Emma, Nottingham Castle

Review: Emma, Nottingham Castle

There are a lots of good things about this Heartbreak Productions adaptation of the Jane Austen classic. But adaptor/writer Peter Mimma...

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Books: Essential summer reads

Books: Essential summer reads

Bookshelves at airports and stations will be brimming with hot holiday reads this year, with a host of best-sellers from the likes of...

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LazyTown on stage

FIGHTING FIT:    LazyTown Live

IF you're not looking forward to spending six weeks with your kids moping around the house, complaining there's nothing to do all day,...

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Highlights of the next week's telly

Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder at the O2, BBC2, 11.35pm Motown's "other" former child star performs some of his biggest hits in a critically acclaimed...

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  Not a bad signing. Hopefully we can now get Gunter, Blackstock, McKenna, a goalkeeper - don't care who it is!  
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