Police are appealing for witnesses after a pensioner sustained serious injuries when his car crashed into a bollard in Netherfield.
The 80-year-old male driver was taken to hospital after the collision in the early hours of Monday morning.
Police say the incident took place at 1.15am.
A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said: “We were called to reports that a silver Hyundai 4×4 had collided with a bollard on the Colwick Loop Road today
“If you saw the collision or have any information that could help please call us on 101 quoting incident 24 of 18 February 2019.
“Investigators are particularly keen to hear from any drivers in the area around the time it happened who may have dashcam footage.”
Anyone with information can also contact Crimestoppers
A hair and beauty salon in Gedling is in the running for a prestigious award.
Snips and Tips on Main Road in the village is a finalist in the annual English Hair and Beauty Awards.
The salon has been nominated in the Beauty Team of the Year category – as voted by their clients and public ‘for providing outstanding and exceptional customer service’.
Snips and Tips owner Kirsty York said she was honoured to receive the nomination.
She said: “I’m so proud of our team for all their hard work and it’s lovely to receive recognition for our achievements and services”.
“We are a friendly and relaxed salon based in Gedling. We offer an outstanding range of treatments and products from some of the leading ranges in the professional beauty and hair industry”.
“My team believes in giving professional honest advice on the best treatments and home care for your individual needs”.
“We are open five days a week with two late evenings until 8pm for your convenience.”
Spa Therapist Madi Dhillon said: “It’s been a privilege working at Snips And Tips, I’m excited for our award ceremony and we are very grateful for our lovely clients’ votes.
Plans to create a shared headquarters for Nottinghamshire police and fire services in Arnold are moving forward.
Members of Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority today agreed to sign up to a new legal partnership for the new joint headquarters at Sherwood Lodge.
The agreement to form a new Limited Liability Partnership means detailed design work will now get underway on the new facilities – which subject to planning approval, are expected to be completed in mid to late 2021.
The major project will see the modification and refurbishment of existing buildings alongside some new-build construction where required. It will also see the current fire HQ at Bestwood Lodge decommissioned and sold.
Among the new facilities will be a police control room, a joint multi-agency incident command room, a new training facility relocating the Police training centre from the current Watnall and Hucknall sites, joint office accommodation, shared meeting and conference facilities, welfare resources, a canteen and a gym.
A tendering process to appoint a contractor is due to be launched this October, ensuring construction and refurbishment work can begin as early as March next year. Staff will transfer to the new facility once all building/refurbishment work is complete.
BACKING: Paddy Tipping
Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping said: “Today is a huge leap forward and brings us even closer to realising our ambitions for a new state-of-the-art base for these two forward-thinking organisations.
“Now that an agreement to develop a legal framework is in place, the real work can begin to design these exciting new facilities and cementing the strong partnership that already exists to improve our blue light services and increase our impact on public safety in the future.”
The Chair of the Fire Authority, Councillor Brian Grocock, said: “We have an absolute commitment to drive the collaboration agenda forward between the two Services, to improve efficiency and effectiveness. These new headquarters will act as a catalyst for a more effective exchange of information, which will ultimately benefit both the communities that our organisations serve, as well as our employees.”
Chief Constable Craig Guildford said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for us to work together and further share our estate, to allow us to provide an even better service to the public. Being in the same place will ensure we have full interoperability on site for an immediate response.
“There will be huge benefits to the public from a joint HQ when tackling community safety and prevention issues, and the improved facilities for our officers and staff, as well as those at Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue, will reinforce my ambition that we are an employer of choice and a commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of those who work at Nottinghamshire Police.”
The estate of the three main emergency services – Police, Fire & Rescue and Ambulance – has been reviewed across the county to identify sites suitable for joint projects and those which are under-utilised, out-dated or no longer needed.
The move is part of a drive by emergency services organisations nationally to work more closely together and create efficiencies to put back into frontline response and improving the service to the public.
The council will be working alongside Waypoint, who manage Carlton Square shopping precinct, to improve the facilities at the site, and also the visual appearance and parking areas.
The cost of the scheme is anticipated to be funded by Local Retail Fund (advised by Waypoint), Gedling Borough Council and supported by grant funding from Nottinghamshire Pre Development fund and, subject to an application, the D2N2 N2 Town Centre Fund.
The project is part of a wider regeneration programme for Carlton to deliver the Gedling Plan objectives of improving the image and facilities available in the area.
Carlton Square (PICTURE: Gedling Eye)
Works would also include improved legibility of pedestrian and vehicular routes within the site, along with new access to customer parking and service only areas.
The council will be seeking resident’s views though consultations at both draft and design stages of the development and if approved, regeneration of the site is expected to be completed by the end of October 2020.
Leader of Gedling Borough Council, Councillor John Clarke said: “This is great news for the residents of Carlton and it’s something which will be very beneficial to the borough. It’s really going to improve the square and give it a much needed lift. We’re working with the owners to turn this into an exciting business hub that will attract shoppers and retailers.”
Chris Moulden from Waypoint Asset Management said: “We’re pleased to be working with Gedling Borough Council to bring forward real improvements to Carlton Square Shopping Centre.”
Arnold has gained a new post office – and it’s open all hours
The town’s brand new Post Office opened yesterday (February 14) at Gedling Road News & Off Licence on Gedling Road.
The new branch offers customers a wide range of Post Office services, from posting letters and parcels to collecting and returning online shopping items.
Customers can also take advantage of a wide range of banking services including cash withdrawals and balance enquiries for customers of all the main UK banks.
OPEN ALL HOURS: The new Post Office will be located inside Gedling Road News & Off Licence store
The new Post Office services are available seven days a week throughout the store’s opening hours: Monday – Saturday: 7am – 8.30pm; Sunday: 7am – 12 noon, offering customers 62 hours and 30minutes of Post Office service a week.
Post Office services are offered from a low-screened, open-plan Post Office counter that is integrated into the retail counter, enabling customers to carry out a wide range of Post Office transactions alongside retail purchases.
The new branch joins Arnold, Woodthorpe Drive and Killisick Estate in bringing vital services to the area.
Ian Johnson, area network change manager for the Post Office, said: “We want to make it as easy as possible for customers to pay their bills, withdraw cash from their bank accounts, and send and collect their mail at a time and place that suits them best.
“We know how important our services are to customers, and are confident that this brand new Post Office that this brand new Post Office alongside the other branches in the area at Arnold, Woodthorpe Drive and Killisick Estate will ensure that people in this area of Arnold have easy access to our services.”
A nature reserve in Netherfield is throwing open its doors for a series of guided walks over the spring and summer months.
People can learn more about the plant life and also wild inhabitants at Netherfield Lagoons by joining one of the walks, which are being run by site manager Pete Smith
The meeting point for them all is the same: the footbridge over the Ouse Dyke onto the reserve that is reached using the footpath from Teal Close.
Here’s the schedule of walks taking place over the next few months…
Sunday, March 17, 2pm
Wildlife Walk
Come and see what life is stirring at the lagoons.
Tuesday, March 19, 2pm
Wildlife Walk
Come and see what life is stirring at the lagoons.
Tuesday, April 16, 2pm
Bird Walk – Migrants
See what migrants are going through. We may be lucky and get a Redstart.
Sunday, April 21, 9am
Bird Walk – Migrants
See what migrants are going through. We may be lucky and get a Redstart.
Tuesday, May 14, 2pm
Warbler Walk
There should be ten species of warbler singing. Get to grips with the songs and calls.
Sunday, May 19, 9am
Warbler Walk
There should be ten species of warbler singing. Get to grips with the songs and calls.
Friday, May 24, 2pm
Wildlife Walk
Enjoy the sheer exuberance of spring at the lagoons.
Sunday, May 26, 9am
Wildlife Walk
Enjoy the sheer exuberance of spring at the lagoons.
PICTURED: Netherfield Lagoons
Sunday, June 2nd, 9am
Orchid Walk
There are five species to see – if they are all in flower together.
Monday, June 3, 2pm
Orchid Walk
There are five species to see – if they are all in flower together.
Tuesday, June 11, 2pm
Wildlife Walk
The birds will be nesting. Flowers will be out and insects buzzing.
Sunday, June 16th, 9am
Wildlife Walk
The birds will be nesting. Flowers will be out and insects buzzing.
Friday, June 21, 2pm
Insect Safari
A chance to visit some areas off the path to see what is lurking there. Be prepared for mud and brambles.
Sunday, June 23, 9am
Insect Safari
A chance to visit some areas off the path to see what is lurking there. Be prepared for mud and brambles.
Sunday, July 7, 9am
Butterfly Walk
Learn to identify ‘Browns’ and ‘Whites’.
Tuesday, July 9, 2pm
Butterfly Walk
Learn to identify ‘Browns’ and ‘Whites’.
Friday, July 19, 2pm
Insect Safari
A chance to visit some areas off the path to see what is lurking there. Be prepared for mud and brambles.
Chris Pearson is inspector for Gedling’s neighbourhood policing team. His officers help uphold the law across the entire borough. Here he provides an update on policing activities in the area…
New shift patterns
Firstly the local Neighbourhood Policing teams across the force have now moved to a new shift pattern. This will allow us to have a real focus on our priorities.
I have already seen the benefits of this with a greater number of officers on duty at the weekends for example in order to increase our proactive work and respond to reported incidents. There will always be one of the local teams on duty at a time giving greater coverage across the Gedling Borough.
I’m hopeful that this approach will lead to further reductions around crime and anti-social behaviour. We continue to be supported by a team of Special Constables and our Neighbourhood Warden colleagues.
Knife Crime
Knife crime continues to be a real community concern and I know that there have been two further knife incidents reported in the media. The first was on Coppice Road in Arnold and the second a knife incident in Daybrook.
We have made arrests and investigations are ongoing. If you have any information that might assist with our enquiries then please get in touch.
I want to reassure you that we are doing all we can to address this issue locally and across the force. This type of behaviour will simply not be tolerated. Our Local teams have been continuing their proactive work in order to identify and deal with those individuals carrying knives and weapons on the streets and we are supported by resources from across the force.
We are working closely with partner agencies in order to deter those carrying or thinking of carrying knives. Education is also a large part of this and our schools officers are working with local academies to provide education as to the dangers.
Going forwards I have been successful in a funding application to purchase equipment to help with detecting weapons on our streets and I hope to report on that shortly.
As ever if you have concerns about an individual carrying a knife or other weapon then please let us know or consider reporting it to us through ‘Crimestoppers’. I would really like to prevent individuals from carrying knives on our streets and as I’ve said before we will be very robust in our approach to that.
There is lots of advice on our force website under the ‘Knife Crime’ section. This also talks about the #livesnotknives campaign which we are supporting.
We are also to support ‘Operation Sceptre’ again this year which is a national knife crime operation. I’ll talk more about that next month but it will see us engaged in even more activity around knife crime.
I will of course keep you updated around this issue and I am grateful for the support we have received.
Priority Crime/Overview
Sadly on January 24, a burglary was reported on Dalton Drive in Arnold. The victim is 91 years old. His property was entered and searched by two men who demanded money before leaving the house empty handed. This investigation is very much ongoing but I would urge anyone with any information to contact us quoting incident 743 24/01/2019 or contact Crimestoppers.
We are continuing to support the victim and we have increased patrols in the area to reassure the community. I would urge you all to be vigilant and to consider any vulnerable neighbours particularly at this time of year.
Burglary continues to be a priority for us and I know that local teams are working alongside our County Burglary team to try and reduce these offences.
We are running ‘Op Kinkle’ which has focused on Burglary offences particularly in the Porchester and Colwick areas. This has involved late night patrols with assistance from Neighbourhood Wardens and I’m pleased to report that 3 x maleshave now been charged following a burglary prior to Christmas and they will appear in court later this month.
Over the last year we have seen some really good reductions around Burglary across the Gedling Borough.
We have also seen some reductions around autocrime. We are conducting high-visibility patrols linked to Op Kinkle. A number of arrests have been made around autocrime and I will update you once those investigations are complete.
Please remember to consider your home security arrangements and ensure that doors/windows are locked and that security alarms and lighting are used.
We have seen a rise in Shed and Garage burglaries particularly across the Colwick area. We have put extra patrols in place and officers have been reviewing CCTV footage in the area. A number of items have been stolen such as power tools and pedal cycles.
We have circulated the following advice around securing shed’s and garages:
We have seen an overall reduction in Shop Theft across the Gedling Borough and we will now be focusing on Criminal Damage and Anti-social behaviour going forwards.
We have made a small number of arrests following Anti-Social behaviour in Arnold town centre and we will continue to take positive action to reduce this type of behaviour.
Engagement
You may have seen some of our Special Constabulary colleagues out in Arnold and Netherfield over the last few weekends. They have carried out a number of engagement events to gain community feedback. They have also taken the opportunity to publicise the Cadet scheme and I would urge you to have a chat with the officers if you have any concerns.
Roads
Unsurprisingly we have dealt with an increased number of road traffic collisions across the Gedling Borough throughout January. Please take care on the roads particularly during the cold, unpredictable weather and leave extra time for journeys.
Sadly we are continuing to see drink drive cases reported across Gedling despite the Christmas drink drive campaign. We will continue to take positive action and track down those who are putting themselves and other road users at risk.
On another note I met with the fire service this week and we are looking at ways that we can jointly raise awareness of some of the causes of serious collisions in the Gedling Borough including speeding. I’ll update more on this over the coming months as this work progresses.
Teams from the Environment Agency and Trent Rivers Trust spent yesterday planting over 1,700 trees on farmland near Lambley and Lowdham to help protect the villages from flooding.
The green-fingered team were planting the native trees to support a £1million Natural Flood Management (NFM) scheme. The project aims to use a mixture of oak, alder, cherry and hawthorn trees to naturally slow the flow of surface water in times of flood, reducing the amount of water entering the Cocker Beck.
Work on the ground started in November and will continue across 15 sites upstream of Lowdham.
Measures include constructing ‘leaky’ wooden barriers to help reduce the amount of water that enters the Cocker Beck. The barriers slow and store water within the existing ditch network, reducing the rate it travels to the downstream communities. They will also help to trap sediment to improve water quality downstream.
The project runs until March 2021, with partners from the Environment Agency, Trent Rivers Trust and Nottinghamshire County Council monitoring how effective the NFM features are. It is hoped it will complement a wider flood management scheme in Lowdham.
Environment Agency area flood and coastal risk manager, Paul Lockhart, said: “We’re delighted to have secured a Natural Flood Management scheme with our partners, Trent Rivers Trust and Nottinghamshire County Council. This scheme will allow us to manage flood risk using innovative solutions that are sustainable and cost-effective and, as part of the project, we will be looking at how the measures are contributing to flood risk reduction.”
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A project to breath new life into Carlton Square has been given the green light by councillors.
The scheme was today (14) approved by Gedling Borough Council this afternoon – and will see around £790,000 spent on improving what one councillor today described as ‘an eyesore’.
The final bill we split by the borough council, the D2N2 local enterprise partnership, and the owner of building BNP Paribas.
As part of the improvements, there will be upgrades to the entrance areas, new paving and lighting, changes to the car park layout, new street furniture and ‘unattractive’ service areas will be screened.
It is currently hoped the improvements will be finished in time for Christmas 2020.
Detailed designs of exactly what the new scheme will look like have not yet been finalised – a consultation will now be sent out to the public, looking for opinions about what changes people want to see on the site.
Council leaders say the scheme is a positive step in improving the town centre.
Cllr David Ellis represents the Ernehale ward for Labour, and said: “We know it’s an eyesore and that something needs doing.
“I’m pleased that we’re taking a proportional approach, and this is not going to be all singing all dancing, this is still going to be recognising the problems there are in retail.
UNDERWAY: Builders have already started transforming DBH House in Carlton Square (PICTURE: Gedling Eye)
A consultation will now be sent out to the public, looking for opinions about what changes people want to see on the site.
Michael Payne is the deputy leader of Gedling Borough Council and also represents the Redhill ward for Labour.
He said: “This was a top manifesto commitment, revitalising our town centres and breathing life back into them.
“There were an awful lot of naysayers that said we would never be able to do anything about Carlton Square, and I think what is remarkable about this, is that this is not publicly-owned, this is largely privately owned and this is about – exactly as has happened with Arnold Market – the council intervening where the market is failing and stepping in to do something about it.
“This will undoubtedly make a massive difference and I’m really proud.”
Jo Davies is the council’s regeneration chief, and said without the redevelopment there was: “Concern that the are will fall into decline, and that this crucial community asset will be lost.”
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