Doctor Who’s trusted time machine will be taking bargain hunters back in time this Saturday at a new charity shop in Sherwood
Visitors to Nottinghamshire Hospice’s new community shop – which opens its doors for the first time tomorrow – can step into the Tardis and try on items from the large range of retro clothing on sale.
Those into nostalgia can also browse through a wide selection of vinyl on offer and spin some discs in the store’s listening booth.
The new shop on Mansfield Road is much larger than the one previously belonging to the hospice which was based opposite.
The new store in Sherwood is being opened by Nottingham’s official Robin Hood, Tim Pollard (centre)
The charity store will be opened at 10am by Nottingham’s official Robin Hood, Tim Pollard.
Tim has a personal connection with the charity because the hospice looked after his wife Sal before she passed away last year.
Penny Cooper, area retail Manager for Nottinghamshire Hospice says: “The new shop is exciting and very different. It’s community based with a much larger selection of goods, lots of vinyl which is very popular at the moment, and if you fancy travelling back in time you can jump into our Tardis and try on clothing from our vintage and retro section.”
The Sherwood shop is one of nine shops across Nottinghamshire which bring in more than £1 million annually to benefit people with incurable or life-limiting illness. Sherwood shop takes nearly £90,000 a year. In its last week before moving to the new premises takings were £3,500.
Residents in Gedling borough who are considering buying a second-hand car are being made aware of a few simple checks to reduce the risk of buying a clocked vehicle.
All people require is the vehicle’s registration number if it is over three years old, otherwise the vehicle will not have a MOT history.
Motorists are also advised to check closely that the condition of the vehicle is consistent with the mileage displayed on the dashboard screen.
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute believes car clocking instances are on the rise as cheap clocking software is readily available and lower mileages bring in higher sale prices.
Although the Council only received 24 car clocking complaints within the last year, UK vehicle history checking company HPI estimates that potentially one in sixteen vehicles checked by them has incorrect mileage displayed.
Councillor Gordon Wheeler, Vice-Chairman of the Council’s Communities and Place Committee, said: “Although a car’s MOT history only records its mileage history after it is three years old, it does show trends in usage and will reveal it has been clocked if the displayed mileage is lower than its records.
“Consumers also need to inspect thoroughly a second-hand vehicle inside and out before buying and be suspicious of significant wear and tear when it has a low display mileage.”
Residents with more information on this problem should contact the Citizens Advice Consumer Service on 03454 04 05 06.
A scheme to improve neighbourhoods for tenants of a housing association was launched at an event in Gedling Country Park on Tuesday.
Gedling Homes unveiled its newly improved Neighbourhood ‘Mastarplans’ to partners and residents at the event in Café 1899 on Tuesday.
The star-rated ‘Mastarplans’ will help the housing association to improve local issues like anti-social behaviour, unemployment and health & wellbeing and ultimately make their neighbourhoods and communities better places to live.
The scheme has been developed in consultation with residents, partner agencies and staff. Their feedback has allowed Gedling Homes to measures performance and satisfaction in each neighbourhood against a set of actions. Using this information, the neighbourhoods are given and a star-rating system of 3, 4 and 5 stars (5 being the best), as well as a plan to improve the ratings. All 10 of the Gedling areas will have its own plan with bespoke interventions to help ‘lift’ the area.
NEW FOCUS: Mark Vasey (Neighbourhood Manager) and Jemma Davey (Neighbourhoods Apprentice) at the launch of the Gedling Homes Mastarplans.
Gedling Homes launched its first three-year neighbourhood plans in 2014 and in that time most neighbourhoods reported that they saw an improvement in their star rating.
Jason Cannon, director of Gedling Homes said: “These new neighbourhood ‘Mastarplans’ build on the work we’ve been doing over the last few years to improve the communities where we work.
“We are now focusing on new local priorities based on feedback from tenants who’ve helped us to say what work needs to be done and where.”
The ‘Mastarplans’ will also give tenants advice on how to make their money go further with handy tips and links to low-cost services.
Gedling Homes ‘Mastarplans’ are based on the system implemented by their partner New Charter Homes, a housing association based in Tameside, Greater Manchester which is also part of the Jigsaw Group. Their star-rated ‘Mastarplans’ were launched in early 2017 and they have already begun to see vast improvements in their neighbourhoods improve thanks to the plans.
A 61-year old woman has been taken to hospital after being assaulted in an Arnold street
Police said they were called following reports of an assault in Croft Road, at around 11.55am this morning (10)
The woman is being treated for facial injuries.
A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of GBH; he remains in police custody.
A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said: “If anyone saw anything or has any more information, please call us on 101, quoting incident number 322 of 10 May 2018.”
New ‘dog zones’ are set to be introduced at Gedling Country Park in a bid to help make the park accessible to all.
Gedling Borough Council is to introduce the three zones; red, yellow and green at the 240 acre country park.
The red zones will be where dogs are not allowed to enter, the yellow zones will ask owners to keep dogs on leads and the green areas are where dogs can be let off leads but must be kept under control.
The zones are being introduced to improve safety around the park most notably the children’s play area, visitor centre and car park, as well as protecting livestock and wildlife in the park enclosure.
The zones also stop owners from allowing their animals to swim in the lagoons, which can cause harm to wildfowl such as swans, which is an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
The plans will be presented to residents through the official Gedling Country Park Facebook page and the Friends of Gedling Country Park group for feedback.
NOTICES: Posters making visitors aware of the new dog zones
The park receives hundreds of visitors every month, many with dogs. The proposed zones will make sure that visitors are aware when dogs should be on leads and where they can be exercised off lead but still under control.
The green zones, where dogs can be let off their leads, accounts for a large part of the former colliery land and provides acres of natural habitat for dogs to enjoy, without damaging the ecology of the park.
The zones were introduced after incidents in the park of dogs attacking the livestock and complaints of dogs not being kept under control in the park near the children’s play area.
Councillor Michael Payne, Deputy Leader of Gedling Borough Council said: “We’re introducing these zones so that everyone who comes to the park can enjoy its fantastic views, walks and café with or without animals.
“Most visitors control their dogs exceptionally well but we have had incidents where dogs have been entering livestock enclosures, damaged the ecology and causing concerns around the play area and visitor centre, which we cannot allow.
“The zones will provide visitors with clear guidance that will improve their experience and remove any uncertainties about how users should control their pets within the park. We welcome any feedback on these proposals and we think many people will find the changes an improvement to what is already, a great destination park.”
A petition signed by more than 300 people calling for the preservation and restoration of a former railway station building has been handed over to Gedling Borough Council.
Campaigners launched the petition to demonstrate the amount of public support behind their bid to save the former Gedling Station building on Shearing Hill.
The leader of Gedling Borough Council, Cllr John Clarke was yesterday (9) handed the petition by Francis Rodrigues, who is secretary for Gedling Village Preservation Society & Friends of Gedling Station.
As well as the petition, Cllr Clarke was also shown plans by architect Simon Middlecote to create a new state-of-the-art youth and community hub on the station site for the benefit of local young people and the wider community.
The building dates back to 1875 and was used by passengers to board trains on the Great Northern Railway. It closed back in 1960.
Gedling Station in the 1930sUNDER THREAT: The former station building as it is today
Following the station closure, the building was used to house Gedling Youth Club from 1967 until 2012.
Mr Rodrigues said the petition shows there is huge public support in the local community for this ‘visionary project’.
Cllr Clarke praised the hard work of campaign group Friends of Gedling Station after receiving the petition.
He told Gedling Eye: “Yesterday I received the petition from the Friends of Gedling Station on behalf of the Mayor of Gedling.
“It’s clear that the Friends of Gedling Station are working very hard to protect the station. I personally hope they can reach an agreement that can save the building as it is an important part of Gedling’s history.”
Bonington Theatre has revealed it’s movie line-up for June – and there’s some big Hollywood blockbusters being screened at the borough’s very own cinema. (All times and dates correct when published)
Sherlock Gnomes (U)
After a string of garden gnome disappearances in London, Gnomeo & Juliet look to legendary detective Sherlock Gnomes to solve the case of their missing friends and family.
The famous detective and sworn protector of London’s garden gnomes arrives with his sidekick Watson to investigate the case. The mystery will lead our gnomes on a rollicking adventure where they will meet all new ornaments and explore an undiscovered side of the city.
Voiced by James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Johnny Depp (1hr 26 mins // UK/US 2018)
SHOWING TIMES:Friday, June 1, at 11am, 2.30pm & 5pm; Saturday, June 2, at 5pm; Sunday, June 3 at 11am, 2.30pm & 5pm; Monday, June 4 at 11am *Babies & Toddlers Screening*; Wednesday, June 6 at 5pm
Funny Cow (15)
Maxine Peake gives a formidable performance as an aspiring female comedian standing up to a violent husband and the sexist Northern England club circuit. Ill-treatment by men is something our eponymous heroine is grimly used to, from childhood beatings to an abusive husband. But using the power of laughter and the ability to transform pain into humour, Funny Cow becomes a stand-up comedienne in an all-male world.
Starring: Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine (1hr 43 mins // UK 2017)
SHOWING TIMES: Friday, June 1; Saturday, June 2 & Wednesday, June 6 at 7.30pm
John Hurt stars in That Good Night
That Good Night (12A)
In his last ever film, John Hurt plays Ralph, a once famous writer is in his seventies and terminally ill. Before he dies he wishes to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son, Michael, and to ensure he is not a burden to his devoted young wife, Anna, as he goes ‘into that good night.’
But Ralph’s hopes of reconciliation take a turn when he picks a fight with Michael’s girlfriend, Cassie. Later, and consequently alone, Ralph receives the sinister and mysterious “Visitor” whose services he has hired to provide a painless ending to his life. But the Visitor plays a devastating trick. Ralph ‘wakes up’ to face the damaged potential that life still holds for him and with his second chance he has a short window of opportunity to right some wrongs…
Starring: John Hurt, Charles Dance (1hr 32 mins // UK 2017)
SHOWING TIMES: Sunday, June 3, at 7.30pm; Monday 4, Tuesday 5, Wed 6 & Thursday, June 7 at 2.30pm
Let The Sunshine In! (15)
Isabelle is a stylish and accomplished artist living in Paris. Divorced and looking to find true love at last, she meets a handsome younger man who she thinks might finally be the one…
But when he calls their affair a mistake and returns to his wife, Isabelle must again face the issue of mid-life loneliness.Sifting through former lovers, new admirers, jealous friends and chance encounters, will she find a fulfilling match? Or will she discover a new path to happiness along the way?
Led by an outstanding performance by the incomparable Juliette Binoche, and featuring a scene-stealing appearance by Gérard Depardieu, Let the Sunshine In is a truly unique, touching and beautifully relatable piece of cinema from Claire Denis.
SUBTITLED Starring: Juliette Binoche, Gérard Depardieu (1 hr 34 mins // FRA 2018)
SHOWING TIMES: Friday, June 8, Wed 13 & Thursday, June 14 June at 2.30pm
Avengers: Infinity War (12A)
Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the Avengers unite to battle their most powerful enemy yet — the evil Thanos. On a mission to collect all six Infinity Stones, Thanos plans to use the artefacts to inflict his twisted will on reality.
The fate of the planet and existence itself has never been more uncertain as everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment. Join us for one of the most anticipated blockbusters in years!
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson (2hrs 30 mins // US 2018)
SHOWING TIMES: Friday, June 8 at 7.30pm; Sat 9 at Midday; Sun 10 at 1.30pm; Mon 11 at 4.30pm & 7.30pm; Wed 13 at 7.30pm; Thu 14, at 7.30pm
Lean on Pete
Lean On Pete (15)
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his father Ray, eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance at a local racetrack caring for an aging Horse named Lean On Pete.
The horse’s gruff owner Del Montgomery and his seasoned jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father’s absence-until he discovers that Pete is bound for slaughter, prompting him to take extreme measures to spare his new friend’s life…
Starring: Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny (2hrs 1 min // US 2018)
SHOWING TIMES: Friday, June 15 at 2.30pm; Tuesday, June 19 at 2.30pm; Wed 20 at 2.30pm & 7.30pm
A Quiet Place (15)
If they hear you, they hunt you… In John Krasinski’s brilliantly suspenseful thriller, a family must remain silent at all times to avoid the giant predators roaming their post-apocalyptic world.
Starring: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt (1hr 30 mins // US 2018)
SHOWING TIMES: Friday, June 15 & Sat 16 at 7.30pm
Rampage (12A)
Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But big meets bigger when a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size.
To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris (1hr 47 mins // US 2018)
SHOWING TIMES:Saturday, June 16 at 2.30pm
Tully
Tully (15)
Charlize Theron plays Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully.
Starring: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston (1hr 34 mins // US 2018)
SHOWING TIMES: Monday, June 18 at 2.30pm; Thu 21 at 2.30pm & 7.30pm
On Chesil Beach (15)
In 1962, England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
An entrancing adaptation of Ian McEwan’s bestselling novella, starring the brilliant Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird, Atonement, Brooklyn)
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson
1hr 50 mins // UK 2018
SHOWING TIMES:
Friday, June 22 at 2.30pm; Mon 25 at 2.30pm; Tue 26 at 2.30pm; Wed 27 at 2.30pm, 5pm & 7.30pm
Solo: A Star Wars Story (12A)
Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy.
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.
Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover (2hrs 23 mins // US 2018)
Friday, June 22 at 7.30pm; Sat 23 at 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Sunday 24 at 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Mon 25 at 7.30pm
The “Great British stiff upper lip”, “be calm”, “never let them know you are bothered” and so on. These are all messages we get about not showing our emotions to others, but realistically this is not a great thing to do, and in fact this is really bad for us.
So why don’t we show our emotions? There are many reasons and inevitably everyone is different but here are a few –
Fear of conflict – we often don’t want to upset other people, or even worse, make them angry. There is also the fear of disapproval if we say what we feel and sometimes we believe that good people/relationships don’t have disagreements
Passive/aggressive – we all have elements of this in our personality but for some people the way to deal with emotions and conflict is the ‘silent treatment’. We do this to others in the often-vain attempt to make them guilty so that they can suffer too.
Fear of weakness – we can feel that if we show our emotions or confront someone about an issue then we are weak and vulnerable. For some of us, emotions like anxiety, sadness and even anger are a sign of our vulnerability, and we feel we may be rejected or belittled if we let others know. Our culture applies this to men who have ‘to man up’.
Hopelessness – for some of us we get trapped in the thought process that there is no point in showing our emotions, as no one is listening, no-one cares and nothing will change. Of course, this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, and once we give up we establish a one down position in life and we remain hopeless.
Mind Reading – we often believe others ‘should’ know what we feel and need. How many times have we heard “if you don’t know I’m not telling you”. However, other people do not know what we feel or what we need, and all that leaves us with is a feeling of resentment and an excuse to be passive aggressive.
Burning Martyr – we don’t want the other person to know they have upset us or we are angry with them as we don’t ‘want to give them the satisfaction’. This level of control of our emotions means the other person is never aware we are being affected and we simply remain upset and resentful.
So, when we hold our emotions inside several things happen to us. Firstly we actually lose our ability to remember events. The emotions attached to an event are part of the memory process and if we deny the emotion our brain must resolve the decision to store the memory with the fact that we do not want to remember the emotion.
“Suppressing our emotions can lead to serious mental health issues, as the brain is not free to do all the processes it is designed to do”
We get tired, even exhausted, as our brains try very hard to forget the situation we don’t want to feel the emotion about. Our brain is also processing new information and emotions all the time while remembering to forget the emotion we don’t want to feel. This results in brain strain and tiredness as the more we try to ignore the emotion the more exhausted we are.
We lose sleep when we are unable to let our emotions out, as our brain remains working to forget emotions when we should be sleeping and processing. The lack of sleep will then affect the brain as it tries the following day to carry on as normal. This can result in exhaustion and a vicious circle begins.
Scarily, suppressing our emotions can lead to serious mental health issues, as the brain is not free to do all the processes it is designed to do. The brain become strained and sick, unable to see reality as suppressing emotions is not reality. A false reality has been created and we can become depressed or anxious and turn to addictive substances.
Unbelievably, when we hold our emotions inside we can put on weight as when our brain denies an emotion it puts the body into stress mode which then releases hormones to get us ready for fight/flight etc. These hormones suppress our appetites for a short period of time, then as most of the hormones dissipate Cortisol remains which will then increase our appetite to compensate. Cortisol sometimes also stores in our midsections as “visceral fat.” Visceral fat is considered the culprit of a “big belly.”
The constant stress of holding back emotions makes us physically ill. Both our immune and digestive systems are strained and we become vulnerable to diseases like coughs and cold which we simply can’t get rid of. Our digestive tract is directly connected to the brain’ In fact we have a mini brain in our gut, and as the brain is strained by stopping us feel emotions the gut is affected and IBS, Colitis and other even more serious issues develop.
The body remembers trauma and painful events too, if the emotions connected with these issues are not expressed mysterious aches and pains may follow.
Sometimes we need to re-learn how to feel and express emotions., For some people just writing down emotions may re-start the process or even ‘faking it till you make it’ can work. By writing down each day the following:
I feel angry because…
I feel sad because…
I regret…
I feel guilty because…
I feel ashamed of…
I feel happy because…
However, for some of us opening up to our feelings again is really difficult as its been too long or its just doesn’t feel safe to have them. We need counselling then, someone to guide us and help us find our feeling and somewhere to be safe to express them.
Men and women in Gedling borough are being warned about the risks of meeting potential partners online by a leading forensic psychologist from Notts.
Dr Ruth Tully recently appeared as an expert TV commentator on new documentary, Swipe Right For Murder, the brand-new and exclusive series being aired on REALLY, which lifts the lid on the terrifying side of online dating by examining some tragic, heart-breaking murder cases in the UK and worldwide.
Now the expert in her field is warning people from across the borough to meet online users with caution, after seeing some of the crimes committed when people met potential partners online.
This is something which hit the headlines last June, when Molly McLaren was stabbed to death by a man she met on Tinder after only knowing him for a few days, and the Midlands case of schoolgirl Kayleigh Haywood who was groomed online before being tragically killed, with this case featuring in the series ‘Swipe Right for Murder’.
PICTURED: Dr Ruth Tully
Dr Ruth said “I have worked hard to try to communicate to the public about forensic psychology and complex issues relating to crime and risk, and after being asked to give expert commentary for news channels like Sky and the BBC, alongside giving input to documentaries and new dramas in recent years, I was delighted to land a spot on ‘Swipe Right For Murder’, but it did make the risks seem all too real.”
“Statistics show that one in five people between the ages of 25-34 now meet their partner online. and the online dating industry has grown into an industry worth over £1.7bn.
She added: “Online dating can be a great way to meet new people, but it opens users up to huge risks if they don’t try to protect themselves.”
Ruth Tully’s top tips for online dating include:
Don’t pick a username that can identify you.
Make sure that you choose a username which doesn’t include details such as your surname, where you work, or where you live.
Set Up A New Email Address
Use a separate email for online dating so that you do not unwittingly reveal your surname. If you have a separate email address for online dating, it also makes it easier to delete should you no longer wish to talk to someone that you met online. This also works if you encounter abuse from a potential match.
Report unusual or abusive behaviour.
If you’re being pressured into revealing intimate details or being asked to do anything that you are not comfortable with, then report the person to the online dating service. This helps to not only protect yourself, but other users. A common way of sending inappropriate pictures to people is to entice them away from the dating site to messaging on WhatsApp and text, where it is easier to send inappropriate or harmful content. Be aware of this if the person is asking to message you directly.
Always Meet In A Public Place
Always meet in a public place and never go back to someone’s house on date one – or allow them back to your house. Until you know this person, be very careful about telling them where you live. It might feel as though you know the person well as you could have been chatting on the dating site for some time, however, remember that people may find it easy to lie or mislead you online, and that the details and information they have disclosed might not be genuine.
Tell A Friend Or Relative
Always tell a friend or relative where you are, who you are meeting and where, and send them a screen shot of the person’s dating profile and other contact details if you have them. Such details could save your life, should the worst happen.
Ruth continued: “Crimes related to online dating have risen by 382% between 2011 to 2016, with The National Crime Agency reporting that reports of rape have risen six-fold in the same time period. Whilst the responsibility for sexual or violent offending lies with the perpetrator, being aware and taking precautions if meeting people online is the sensible thing to do.”
More details about the closure of a council-run care home in Arnold have today been announced.
Under proposals set to be approved next week, Leivers Court in Arnold would be closed in June 2019.
The move is part of Nottinghamshire County Council’s plans to close all of its remaining care homes, as it moves towards ‘extra-care’ housing.
Rather than a care home, which houses people with intensive needs, extra care allows residents a greater degree of independence.
Residents have access to round-the-clock care and their own front door, which supporters say can help increase recovery time for older people.
The council has already closed one care home, and eventually plans to shut its other five, in a bid to save £4.346m from the council’s budget.
Its plan is to close each care home once a nearby extra care centre is opened.
For those who still need more intensive care, the council pays private care homes to provide beds.
However, concerns have been raised about the private sector’s capacity to deal with demand at a price the council can afford to pay.
CLOSURE PLAN: Leivers Court, Arnold
A council report says the independent sector believes it can meet demand if beds are booked in blocks of five, “however this is not a guarantee that the independent sector will subsequently be able to meet the specification requirements at the costs initially indicated”.
A lack of care beds can cause “bed blocking”, as seen in the recent BBC2 programme Hospital where patients are medically fit to leave hospital but can’t, because care beds can’t be found.
The decision to move towards the ‘extra care’ model was taken when Labour were in charge of the council, but is now being implemented by the Conservatives – who currently run Nottinghamshire County Council.
The report says: “The condition of the care and support centres estate is variable. Some environments are no longer fully fit for future purpose and are not an optimal model of modern provision in line with care home design principles of dementia-friendly design.”
Councillor Stuart Wallace is the chairman of the committee which is overseeing the closures, as well as being the Conservative councillor for the Newark East ward.
He said: “The closure of our remaining care and support centres was approved in February 2015 following consultation.
“At this time, a commitment was made to open ‘housing with care’ (or extra care) facilities in the same area to offer an alternative to residential care. There will be no closures until alternative accommodation is provided.
“We have a target to double our housing with care places across Nottinghamshire over the next three years from 242 places to 500.
“There are 24 long term residents in our five remaining care and support centres and we are proposing to work closely with them and their families to arrange suitable alternative accommodation prior to the closure of each centre.
“We are also planning to replace the short term respite and assessment beds we have at the centres by buying these from the independent sector or including them in the housing with care schemes.”
The proposals are due to be approved at the Adult Social Care and Public Health Committee on Monday, May 14.
