Residents whose homes were hit by flooding in Arnold over the past few days are being offered help to clean up their properties by the local council.
Gedling Borough Council are sending teams to the town to help those who need help removing damaged items from their gardens and properties.
A number of staff and crew will be on the two main roads were the damaged was caused, Bentwell Avenue and Bonington Drive tomorrow (Wednesday, 19) from 9am to offer assistance.
Several properties were damaged by the rainfall that occurred on Wednesday 12 causing large scale damage to gardens and severe flooding in a handful of properties.
Sandbags were used to help protect properties from flooding (IMAGE:GBC)
Six
large skips will be provided by the council as part of its responsibility to
help support clear up operations after flooding incidents.
The
council officers will help move large, heavy items that can be moved safely,
assist with dismantling of garden sheds, remove broken glass and stack fence
posts. All homeowners are advised to talk to their insurers before moving any
items.
Deputy Leader of Gedling Borough Council, Cllr Michael Payne said: “A number of households have been affected by the floods and we want to do what we can to try and alleviate the task of getting their homes and gardens back to normal.
“We will be there from tomorrow morning to help lift heavy items, remove damaged goods and get the clear up started.
“We are doing everything we can to support the families dealing with this terrible situation and we are calling on any residents who want to offer their support to come along tomorrow morning and help out.”
Two rare insects have been discovered at a nature reserve in Netherfield.
A rare Black Colonel Soldier Fly, Odontomyia tigrina,has been found at the Netherfield Lagoons Local Nature Reserve.
Local
experts say this is probably the first record of this patchily distributed fly
species for Nottinghamshire.
This
important find follows the discovery of a rare moth, the Light Knot-grass, at
the site.
PICTURED: The Light Knot-grass
This moth has not been recorded in
Nottinghamshire since before 1916. The only official Notts record being of 2
larvae found amongst heather at Sherwood Forest in 1858 and another of 7 larvae
near Edwinstowe in 1897.
PICTURED: The Black Colonel Soldier Fly
Mark Glover, Chair of the Gedling Conservation Trust, that owns and manages the Netherfield Lagoons said the finds underline the huge importance of the nature reserve.
He said: “The
site is Gedling’s most important site for wildlife and one of the best habitats
in the County.
“More than
1000 invertebrates have been recorded at the reserve so far, as well as
hundreds of plants, birds, mammals and amphibians.’
For more
information please contact Mark Glover 0n 07850 768337
Police incidents in Arnold and Carlton will feature in tonight’s
latest instalment of Cops UK: Bodycam Squad.
Broxtowe officers PCs Keith Parkes and Joe Tennyson are in
pursuit but the driver isn’t stopping, What happens next? You’ll have to tune
into the Really Channel at 9pm on Monday (17 June 2019) to find out.
PCs James Gill and Richard Elliott are called to a crash
involving five cars in Carlton
Officers are also called to a pub in Arnold to make arrests
after reports of a disturbance
Cops are also called out to a domestic-related disturbance
in Carlton.
Tune in at 9pm tonight Monday (June 17) to the Really
Channel (on Sky 142 or Freeview 17) to catch the new episode.
The rainy weather didn’t stop the crowds from getting in the carnival spirit as the town of Arnold was brought to life at the weekend.
Families from all over Gedling borough gathered to enjoy the carnival, despite the cold and wet weather.
Gedling Borough Council remained steadfast and refused to let the rain and wind put a dampener on the three-day event, which included live music, fairground rides, food stalls and craft tents.
Liz Banks from Carlton said: “We’re so glad it’s on. We come every year and thought it might be off due to the rain. Luckily it’s not a mudbath like the Download Festival.
Crowds brave the rain to watch live entertainment (PIC: Gedling Eye)The event was plastic free
Brian Simpson from Lowdham said: “As good as ever. Good music and a nice pint of Guinness. What a great way to spend a weekend.”
Tony Phillips from Netherfield didn’t think the event would take place.
“We thought it would be off, he said.
“But we were really glad it was on. The kids love it and can go on the park afterwards. They’ve all had ice creams and loved the fair. Nice food too.
“It was nice to see Vernon Coaker the MP here too. I said ‘hello’. It’s good he supported the event.”
Lucy Jones from Mapperley thought the weather had put people off.
She said: “I don’t think they are as many stalls or people as last time. It’s probably the poor weather.
The year’s event, for the first time, was plastic clever.
The aim was to reduce the big plastic polluters – plastic stirrers, drinking straws, cutlery and single use plastic cups.
This includes using a returnable cup deposit scheme for the bar and asking all catering teams to consider suitable replacements such as wooden straws, cutlery and food containers.
This scheme is part of Gedling Borough Council’s plastic clever council initiative.
Police are appealing to the public for help in tracking down three men broke into a house in Burton Joyce and attacked the occupant with a stick when he confronted them.
Officers are investigating the burglary, which happened in Church Road at about 7.30pm on Friday (June 14, 2019), and are appealing for anyone who saw anything or who has any information to get in touch.
The victim was awoken by some banging noises coming from downstairs. He was then confronted in the house by three men in the house, one of whom hit him with a wooden stick, causing minor injuries.
The occupant then shut his bedroom door, climbed out of his window onto the garage and alerted a neighbour.
The offenders, whose faces were covered, then ran out the property through the front door, taking a walking stick with them. No other items were taken.
The offenders are believed to be white and aged in their early 20s.
Detective Sergeant Matt Scott, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Our enquiries are ongoing, including carrying out house-to-house enquiries and checking any CCTV opportunities, and we’re asking anyone who saw anything suspicious around the time of the incident to get in contact with us.
“Did you see or hear anything? Did you see a group of men running from the scene? If you have any information please come forward as it could be crucial to our investigation.
“This was a distressing incident for the victim. Thankfully he wasn’t seriously injured but he has been left very shaken by what happened.
“We’d like to reassure people that officers are working very hard on this investigation and we are doing everything we can to find those responsible and bring them to justice.”
Anyone who has any information about the burglary is asked to contact Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 859 of 14 June 2019, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Four have been arrested after police were called following reports of a fight in Mapperley Park.
Police say the incident took place during the early hours of this morning (June 15).
Officers were called to Ebers Road just before 5.40am.
A man was taken to hospital with a suspected broken ankle.
It’s not believed any injuries were inflicted with a knife but officers recovered two knives from the scene.
The men, aged 53, 36, 28 and 23, were arrested on suspicion of affray and remain in police custody.
Anyone who has any information about the incident is asked to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 169 of 15 June 2019, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.Incident Number: 000169-15062019
Grab your brollies and macs because despite the heavy rainfall – Arnold Carnival is ON!
Festival-goers had voiced concerns that the three-day event in Arnot Park, which begins tonight (14), could be cancelled due to heavy rain, but the council have now confirmed in a tweet that the event is still going ahead.
IT IS ON! The Arnold Carnival is going ahead, we won't let a few showers get in the way of a good time. The stage is up and it all kicks off at 6pm tonight. Obviously, we are watching the weather and we will update you if anything changes. Full line up https://t.co/hpjoKr8SL9pic.twitter.com/TLCxW5R4hh
There were medals galore for young boxers from Phoenix ABC who recently took part in a prestigious regional tournament.
The youngsters earned two golds and two silvers for the Burton Road club at the East Midlands Box Cup in Grantham.
More than 400 boxers took part in the three-day tournament with finalists being awarded gold and silver.
Current national junior champion and Phoenix ABC fighter Sinead Willbye, 14, boxed in the final against Tilly Hymers, of Guildford City ABC.
This turned out to be one the best and most talked about contests of the day with both boxers giving their all.
After three hard-fought rounds, Sinead was declared winner by a unanimous decision and was awarded the gold medal.
15-year-old Lyas Smith 15 was also in fine form over the weekend, winning by unanimous decision in the quarters and semis.
In the final he took on local rival Jack Smith of Bad Boys ABC in Clifton.
Lyas was much shorter and boxed a very smart fight, moving in and out to Jack miss before landing his own shots.
Lyas was declared the winner by unanimous decision and awarded the gold medal.
14-year-old Paddy Smith took on Diljah Singh of Islington ABC from London.
Both boxers were evenly matched and the bout was a real chess match.
After three rounds, Singh was named victor after a split decision in a very close contest. Paddy was awarded the sliver medal.
Darragh Walsh, 13, took on Cole Weston of Ingles Gym in Sheffield.
Again another closely matched contest with both boxers giving everything. Weston was declared the winner by split decision and Darragh was awarded the sliver medal.
There is a theory used in counselling which states that we decide how our life will turn out by the age of seven.
We make self-limiting decisions in childhood in the interest of survival. This plan is called a life script, as it’s a story we have made up for us on how life will be.
Children brought up in the same environment will make different life script decisions. Although, initially it’s a conscious story it soon becomes unconscious and so becomes natural and our normality. It’s based on what we learn from the adults in our lives very early on in our childhood and how and what they communicate both verbally and implied.
By the time we are four years old we have the basic essential details in place, and by the age of seven all the main and important details have been created.
Then for about five years, until we are twelve, we polish our script up and add characters which are both the heroes and villains. Finally, we the spend ten years looking for experiences that reinforce our script and prove us right.
Our life plan
is complete (beginning, middle and end) and will be directed towards a payoff, which
is either good or bad, based on messages from our parents or parental figures
on how we will end up or what they attribute to us like ‘you are naughty’ or ‘you
are useless like your dad’.
It’s now
completely outside of our awareness, and the only way we would have any clue
about it is through our dreams or if we have therapy. We redefine our reality
to fit the script and create our own frame of reference and bearing in mind
that four-year olds don’t make the same kind of decisions as adults, you can
image how our realities can be distorted.
As you wrote this script as a child, you can re-write it, so how would your life story look if you could change it?
Although there
are many types of life scripts and everyone will be different, we can split
them in to four types –
Until
– this means we can never be happy until we have…or life begins at 40, but when
we get there it may be 50
After
–there is always a price to pay for everything, we cannot be too happy as
something bad will happen after
Always
– the generalisation that we always will be the one to suffer or win
Never
– this one is when we know we will never get what we want, we will never
succeed or fail
Almost
– we almost make it; we can see what we want we can only get close to it never
obtain it
Our life script therefore limits our freedom, takes away our
free will and we don’t know about it. It’s just how life is – we all know the
‘life is always hard’ kind of person.
PICTURED: Local counsellor Elaine Bond
So, what are the messages we get that create our life script
so early in our lives? These are called injunctions and there are lots of them.
They start when we are pre-verbal, and these are often implied by adult’s
behaviour towards us and not said outright. We often get more than one that
forms the basis of your script
Don’t be – we hear messages like ‘I’ll kill you’, ‘I wish I’d not had you’ or we develop this injunction as a child after hearing that our birth has caused trauma or upset. Sometimes the adult feels deprived of attention or love and blames us. We end up with a script that makes us feel worthless, useless, and unloved.
Don’t be who you are – we know that the adults in our lives wanted someone different as child, being told ’I wish I’d had a boy not a girl’ or we have a favoured sibling. Or we are compared to some other child who is felt to be better than us or the ideal non-existent child. As adults we may struggle with who we are or where we belong in life.
Don’t be a child – The adults in our lives feel threatened by having a child in the family, an adult feels ‘there is only room for one kid in this house and it’s me’. We feel like we can only stay if we act like a grown up. Or If we are an only child and the adults argue we know there is only us here, so we are the cause and we better grow up and be good, similarly the eldest child takes responsibility for their siblings when the adults don’t. This makes us awkward adults who can’t loosen up and have fun.
Don’t grow up – when the adults in our lives do not want to let go of having a child in the family , they get their value from us as children, or it can be that we are victims of being told ‘don’t leave me’ on a regular basis, or we are carers for the adults as a child. This can sometimes lead to us to be helpless or infantile as adults.
Don’t be important – the message is given that we will be tolerated only if we do not have any wants or needs. As adults we turn into people pleasers, we sacrifice ourselves for others and often do not even know what we want or need.
Don’t be close – the adults in our lives rarely touch or show affection, or feelings are not spoken about in our family. Our script will have us constantly looking for any signs of rejection, and we will test a relationship to destruction. We can’t trust people and we often end up saying ‘I told you so’ as we destroy yet another relationship.
There are more and each one will
present itself differently depending on our parents, family and upbringing, but
they all create our life script.
A good way to start to identify your life script is to write your lifeline, by getting a large piece of paper and draw a line for each decade.Then plot by age the significant events, losses, relationship and themes in your life.
You can often pick up patterns from this, repeating issues, the roles you have played and messages you received. You can try observing yourself and reveal the beliefs that you hear yourself repeating all the time that cause you to make certain choices. (life is hard, why bother I won’t get it right, if it’s not perfect why bother…)
Look for recurring patterns relating to your beliefs, desires and decisions.
As you wrote this script as a
child, you can re-write it, so how would your life story look if you could
change it? Write it out and look at what’s stopping you, what’s helpful in
current life script and what is not? You can now re-write your childhood script
as an adult with much more knowledge that you had at four years old!
This is not an easy process and means facing up to things that were difficult in our childhoods, things that were missing or adults who made mistakes in our lives. We often need help to go through that process and I recommend counselling or the help of a good friend/partner to start this process.
