Detectives investigating the death of Mapperley man Stephen Walsh have been granted more time to question a man arrested on suspicion of murder.
Police officers have now been granted another 36 hours to question the 21-year old man arrested yesterday.
Thirty-seven-year-old Stephen Walsh was found dead at his home in Blenheim Avenue, Mapperley, at 5.55am on Monday (30 July).
He had been assaulted by a man who turned up at his house the previous night after Mr Walsh left the scene of a road traffic collision in nearby Newstead Avenue, Mapperley.
Officers attended Nottingham Magistrates’ Court this morning to apply for the extension.
Plans for a new medical centre and pharmacy in Netherfield will be put forward to the Gedling Borough Council’s planning committee for approval next week.
The plans for the new surgery, which would be based on Ashwell Street, would see ‘ the construction of a new medical centre and pharmacy, including associated car and cycle parking facilities, sub-station and landscaping.
The planning application will go to Gedling Borough Council’s planning committee on Wednesday, August 8.
Officers have recommended approval.
Assura, has been chosen as the developer who will construct the new surgery.
Senior development manager, Andrew Cooper, said: “With more patients using this surgery and with significant new housing growth expected to continue, the GPs need a building which can offer them flexibility and more space for the future – especially given the NHS’ strong focus on delivering a bigger range of services closer to home.”
A recent survey shows that 35% of people feel stressed at work, and over 480,000 people in the UK reported that work-related stress was making them ill. That’s nearly 40% of all work-related sickness.
Some are anxious, unable to remain calm, panicked, depressed or they have the physical symptoms of stress such as stomach related issues (IBS), heart disease and back problems. It’s quite a shocking statistic isn’t it.
So, what causes stress at work?
If we start with looking at the demands of the job, we can become overloaded with the amount or type of work we are given. Work just gets loaded on to us for a variety of reasons such as we can do it or someone has left, it is urgent or we are the only person who can do the work.
When our managers aren’t supportive or we feel we cannot tell them how we feel, we often find ourselves keeping these issues to ourselves and not raising problems. For some of us, we seek out fellow stressed teammates and start to moan about the situation and, therefore, we end up making each other feel much worse as well.
The level of control and autonomy we have over work will affect our stress levels if we feel we have no say in our workload or work type and we feel unheard or unappreciated. Then, over time, this can lead to us to not performing as well as we could, or becoming stressed at our feeling of powerlessness.
Bullying, harassment, favouritism and bad behaviour (homophobia, misogyny etc) all lead to stress and even fear at work.
All businesses and services have to change to remain viable, but how that change is handled by the company has a massive effect on us. Uncertainty and insecurity are massive drivers of stress and depression.
Not knowing what is expected from us or how we fit in to our workplace is also a cause for stress and confusion.
We can tell when a workplace has a stressful culture as there is a high staff turnover, arguments, high levels of sickness, complaints, long hours and grievances. Both ourselves and our colleagues will be withdrawn, moody, unmotivated and quick to become emotional such as angry or tearful etc.
There are of course many more reasons for us to become stressed at work and these issues will affect our physical and mental health. So, what should we do?
Firstly, from a practical point of view, our employer has a legal obligation to ensure the health, safety and welfare of its employees. As part of this, they must conduct risk assessments for work-related stress and take actions to prevent us from experiencing a stress-related illness because of our work. We need to speak up about the levels of stress we are feeling and report them to our manager, HR or trade union. Our employer needs to put a plan in place to support us through the stress, remove the stress or deal with the issues that are causing the stress. But we must tell someone first.
PICTURED: Elaine Bond is a counsellor based in Gedling
Once we recognise that we have work-related stress we can start to act to look after ourselves. Some really good strategies are –
We need to sit down and really look at what makes us stressed, how much is driven by our workplace and what do we drive ourselves? Does everything have to be perfect? Does everything have to be done by us? Can we say no? Then we can look as to how much we contribute to our own stress.
Work-life balance is important. How many of us work at a place where there is a long hour’s culture? We need to develop our boundaries by finishing on time and taking our breaks, no matter what others may say or do. We should claim back any extra time we put in order to complete a particular project, and we should always remember to reward ourselves for a job well done and not just move on to the next item on the to do list.
Holidays and breaks are important to all of us to recharge our batteries. We are entitled to paid holidays and should take them throughout the year.
We have a life outside of work, hobbies, family, friends etc. so we do not become our job.
At the end of today we can make our to do list for tomorrow and then we can turn off work until tomorrow
Using mindfulness will keep us in the moment by no worrying about the past or the future. Check out You tube for some easy mindfulness techniques.
Develop supportive relationships outside of work so there are others who can supports us who have nothing to do with our job.
Of course, this will only work if your stress is short term or is dealt with by the company pretty quickly. If your workplace does not accept or recognise the issue the stress will continue and eventually you will see the physical and emotional side effects.
Then it’s time to consult your GP or get some help from a counsellor or even better, do both!
Look at your options even if you feel you have no choice, check out what you can do, what control you can take of the situation and what you can do long term. Even leaving your role for another role.
If you feel you want some help with stress check out my new website or drop me an email/message
Local historian and raconteur Bob Massey has announced another series of history walks, talks and free courses across the borough following the success of similar events during the recent heritage festival.
On September 9, Bob will be hosting another free evening of stories from Mapperley’s past. The talk, titled ‘Mayhem, Murder and the Mundane (the sequel)’ will take place in the bar of the Bread and Bitter in Mapperley from 8pm.
Why not drop into Bob’s Arnold History Hub from Friday, September 14 at Eagle’s Nest Community Centre. Over four weeks, Bob will share stories from Arnold’s rich history between 7-9pm.
AUTHOR: Bob Massey
Bob is hosting a walk around Arnot Hill Park on Saturday, September 15 from 2pm. Take a stroll around one of this beautiful park and hear stories from its eventful past. Those wanting to attend should meet at 2pm at the park’s cafe.
A new history course will be on offer covering Arnold’s Clubs and Societies. Old and new students are welcome to attend and no previous knowledge is required. The courses take place on September 17 and 24 and October 1 and 8. They run between 7.15 – 9.15pm at Arnold Library meeting room
Get into the spirit of Hallowe’en with one of Bob’s free talks in Arnold.
The free talk titled ‘Hallowe’en, Murder, Ghosts and The Like’ takes place at the Robin Hood and Little John pub in Arnold on Tuesday, October 30 from 7pm in the lounge.
For more detail about these events contact Bob Massey at b.massey@virgin.net
Bus services from Gedling borough using Upper Parliament Street will face disruption later this month as the road closes over a weekend for repairs.
Services from the borough will stop on surrounding streets while it is closed for vital maintenance work from 8pm on Friday, August 10 until 5am on Monday, August 13.
Nottingham City Council say the works have been scheduled for the school holidays when traffic is lighter, to cause less disruption to traffic and shoppers.
The council’s highways teams will work 24 hours to ensure the job is completed as quickly as possible.
Buses in the borough will have only one stop in the city centre, as shown in this diagram, during the roadworks
Councillor Dave Liversidge, Nottingham City Council’s Portfolio Holder for Transport said: “The sheer number of buses that operate on Upper Parliament has meant that the surface is in need of repair. We will be reinforcing the bus stop bays with an extra durable material which will be able to better withstand the weight of the buses.
“Our teams will be working overnight and throughout the weekend to get the job done as quickly as possible, but we know that this will be disruptive and apologise for any inconvenience that these works cause.
“These works will have a significant effect on taxis and bus services using this route, with buses diverted to alternative stops on the surrounding streets and no pick-up or drop-off points for taxi passengers within the works area. Bus passengers should follow NCT, trentbarton or CT4N for specific stop information.”
Access to properties and businesses will be maintained via Lower Parliament Street. Pavements will be unaffected, and the pedestrian crossing at the top of King Street will be in use as normal for the duration of the works.
Gedling Eye now has a Whatsapp group so you can keep up to date with the latest news from across the borough. We will send you one message a day with our main headlines, as well as the big breaking news alerts. To sign up text NEWS to 07958532672. Make sure you add the number to your contacts as ‘Gedling Eye’. We won’t share your phone number or use it anywhere else.
A pensioner from Arnold with a passion for coaching holidays has now racked up over 300 trips with one Notts firm
Pamela Quigley (80), has remained loyal to Skills Holidays since first catching the travel bug back in 1938 on an excursion with her parents.
Her first memory of travelling on a coach was when she was 10 years old, going on day outings to start with and meeting up with the motor bike club of which her father was a member.
Family holidays then turned into weekend trips with Skills Holidays, and Pamela fondly remembers fun family weekends away with her parents, and then younger brother to places such a Skegness, Bridlington and Matlock.
After meeting her husband, Pamela has continued with her love of coach holidays and the two have travelled all over the UK as a couple.
Even after 80 years of coach holidays, Pamela isn’t ready to slow down. The pair have been on three trips already this year, the latest one to Chester with a visit to Chester Zoo earlier this month and they have three ore trips booked in already for the rest of the year.
Pamela said: “We like to travel with Skills because of the great range of two-day breaks they offer.”
PICTURED: Some of the Skills coaches that Pamela has travelled on over the years
“It’s great that they offer places like Scarborough (one of my favourites) and Yorkshire but that there is always something to do on that second day, an activity like visiting the zoo or old railway.”
Although she has travelled abroad with Skills Holidays to Austria and Ireland once or twice, Pamela is much keener on seeing all the great places on offer in the UK and has even started going on the Skills city breaks and visited Leeds for the first time recently.
The early memories of happy family coach holidays to the seaside have stuck with Pamela though and Scarborough is still her coach trip of choice when asked.
“The coaches are a lot more modern now obviously than when I travelled as a child, but not much else has changed. We like the coach holidays for convenience, we mostly get picked up in Arnold and we get to see and experience so many different places and activities.” added Pamela.
“In the early days we used to recognise some familiar faces, but people are changing jobs more and more often now. There is one lady coach driver Alexandria who took us to Ireland who we still recognise and speak to, especially if we ever visit the garage for meetings or open days.”
Skills will be celebrating its centenary next year.
Police have arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of murder following the death of Mapperley father-of-two Stephen Walsh.
Mr Walsh, 37, was found dead at his home in Blenheim Avenue at around 5.55am on Monday (July 30).
He had been assaulted at his home the previous night (Sunday) shortly after being involved in a road traffic collision in Newstead Avenue, Mapperley, and leaving the scene.
He suffered serious head injuries in the assault.
Nottinghamshire Police said they have recovered a silver Vauxhall Astra for forensic examination as part of the investigation.
Residents on Blenheim Avenue talk to BBC East Midlands (Video courtesy of BBC)
A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said: “Detectives would still like to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision, or saw anything suspicious in Blenheim Avenue at around the time of the assault. ”
Anyone with information can call police on 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting incident number 100 of 30 July 2018.
A First World War centenary project being run by an arts group based in Arnold has received a cash boost from the National Lottery.
Arnold’s Flying High Expressive Arts CIC (Flying High) has received £10,000 from First World War: Then and Now, a grant programme supported by National Lottery players, to fund its project which is called ‘Then & Now: Rebuilding lives after the Great War.’
Run in partnership with Gedling Borough Council and Inspire Youth Arts, the project will investigate 1918 onwards and the impact of the aftermath on local communities and families who tried to rebuild their lives with or without those returning from the war.
Carrie Bird, director of Flying High, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded this grant from HLF to support our project exploring and commemorating the changing lives of people all over the country after the First World War 100 years ago.
“It will help us enormously to work on this project, which can be used in the future to help people better understand what is a hugely important event in our history.
“Thank you to the National Lottery for making this possible.”
Recently discovered letters written from six men on the front line to a young woman at home will act as a catalyst for all strands of the project. These include letters from the young woman’s fiancé and brother who both died in the last three months of the war.
The project will include workshops for both young and elderly people in local schools and sheltered accommodation, a four-day summer course for 8 – 16 year olds, a piece of professional theatre and the creation of an online learning resource.
The activities will help the community share their understanding of the heritage of the First World War using the letters as a catalyst.
A piece of professional theatre called ‘Dear Lucy…’ will be created to be performed locally and taken to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest arts festival, during August.
The funding application was made in partnership with Gedling Borough Council and Inspire Youth Arts who are supporting Flying High in this venture.
Police investigating the murder of a man in Mapperley have released a picture of a van they want to trace.
Police have said the silver Vauxhall Astra van may have been involved in a collision with with a Lexus car in Newstead Avenue, Mapperley, before the driver of the Lexus was attacked in his home Blenheim Avenue, Mapperley, and subsequently died.
The collision happened at some time between 10pm and 10.30pm on Sunday (July 29).
He suffered serious head injuries and was found dead the next morning (Monday).
SEARCH: The van police are hoping to trace
Detective Chief Inspector Hayley Williams, of East Midlands Special Operations Unit – Major Crime Nottinghamshire, said: “A number of witnesses have already come forward and I would like to thank the local community for their support so far.
“As a result of the information we have received we are now extremely keen to trace the driver of this silver Astra van. I would again appeal to the driver of the car involved in the collision to come forward now.
“We would also like to speak to anyone who has dash-cam footage of vehicles in the area at the time.
“Please call us on 101, quoting incident number 100 of 30 July 2018, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”
A man has been jailed for eight years after he stabbed two men in Arnold
Jarrelle Hayden, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent, grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article at Nottingham Crown Court today (Tuesday, July 31).
The incident happened on Oxengate back in March 2017.
Police received a report from the ambulance service that two men had been stabbed near to Tesco Express at around 11.10pm on Monday, March 62017.
JAILED: Jarrelle Hayden
One man was stabbed in the back and needed stitches, the other suffered a serious wound to his stomach which required an operation.
The court heard that the victims had been at a friend’s house when an unknown man took offence to them and became aggressive, he dragged one of them outside and when the other tried to intervene, he was stabbed in the back. Hayden then stabbed the other man twice before running off.
Detectives identified Hayden as the offender through witness accounts and CCTV evidence but he evaded capture for nearly a year, and was arrested in February 2018.
Detective Sergeant Roni Isembert said: “This case shows exactly what can happen to those who carry a knife and the people around them.
“Hayden had been at a house party where things had started to get out of hand, if he hadn’t had the knife, it would have been a different story.
“It is completely unacceptable to carry a knife and use it against another human being and I hope this sentencing result shows just how seriously we take knife crime. It will not be tolerated in Nottinghamshire and we’ll do everything we can to bring such offender’s to justice.”
