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Elaine Bond: Time to take away the shame and fear from eating disorders

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Elaine Bond: Time to take away the shame and fear from eating disorders

This week is eating disorder week, which is a time to take away the shame and fear from eating disorders and, as someone who spent a long time battling an eating disorder, I feel that we really need to do this.

There are a lot of assumptions about eating disorders – we all think of it as being represented by a skinny young woman but you don’t have to be female, or thin, to have one. Many people strive to keep their weight at a ‘healthy’ level using an eating disorder like bulimia, and many overweight people have an obsessive eating disorder.

There are many types of eating disorders but anorexia is the first one that comes to mind for most of us. This is a serious mental health issue, as sufferers limit their intake of food and often increase their exercise to lose weight. They do not see themselves as we would and cannot see their weight-loss, but only see that they need to lose weight. They develop a deep and obsessive fear of gaining weight and will not accept that they are thin.

Food is often the only thing an anorexic can control, while they perceive they have no power in other areas of their life. There is always an underlying reason why people develop anorexia and it usually doubles up with self-harm, addiction and low self-esteem.

Physically, the effects can quickly become serious as the body becomes starved and starts to close down its non-essential functions, such as reproduction (no menstruation or low sperm count), heat regulation (the body grows a layer of hair to retain heat as the body does not have the energy to do it normally) and muscles and bones lose their strength.

Binge eating disorder is often just labelled as people being greedy, but it is actually an obsessive and compulsive need to eat large amounts of food in a short period of time. Sufferers will eat unconsciously, until they cannot eat any more, and it’s not over indulgence but is actually quite painful and very shameful. Often binge eaters cannot remember what they ate or when. Again, this disorder is linked to a lack of control in areas of the sufferer’s life or a deep self-loathing.

Food is often the only thing an anorexic can control, while they perceive they have no power in other areas of their life.

Binges, over time, become ritualistic involving special plates, cooking methods and particular foods. It is a very private ritual and the binge eater will hide any evidence, often eating a normal meal with family before or after a binge. Binges create shame and disgust and both are so strong that a vicious circle begins, as the binge eater feels so bad they need something to stop the feelings and will binge again as soon as they can to temporarily stop the feelings.

Binge eating can lead to obesity, diabetes (as sweet foods are easy to binge on) and all the issues associated with being overweight. Binge eating is usually accompanied by anxiety, depression and low self-esteem.

Bulimia is a binge and purge issue, where the sufferer eats large amounts of food and then purges it out by vomiting or extreme use of laxatives. Similar to binge eating, the bulimic feels very little control over the binge part of the illness, but then regains the control by purging out the food. Binges involve any food, or in severe cases, other substances if food isn’t available like soap and shampoo.

The obsession with the binge purge cycle will disrupt the sufferer’s life, as they have to plan them so that the binge and purge can take place within the right time frames to be successful and remain a secret. Like the binge eater the bulimic feels great shame and disgust at the binge, and like the anorexic, the bulimic feels they are overweight even when they usually appear to be of an average or low weight.

The vomiting usually included in bulimia causes physical damage to the teeth, larynx, and stomach, while the laxatives cause damage to the heart, stomach, intestines and colon. The sufferer will have severe tiredness, bloating, digestive issues and pain as the stomach becomes damaged and more sensitive over time.

Bulimics are often suffering with anxiety or self-harm and feel out of control in all areas of their life. The bulimia allows them to dull their feelings and then gain control as they binge and purge.

Orthorexia is another obsessive disorder where the sufferer is concerned about eating only pure or clean food. This again is based around control as it is being able to control food and its perceived quality.

Often the sufferer’s belief on what is healthy and what is not is very extreme and unrealistic. So, the sufferer will cut out entire food groups, nutrients or even colours of food.  Eating food that is not considered healthy will lead to shame, disgust and in some case self-harm as a punishment.

Physically, the orthorexic will lose weight, be tired, lose muscle mass and become very weak very quickly. Often sufferers will be depressed and anxious as well as obsessed with food.

As we can see, eating disorders are the symptom of an underlying issue around self-esteem, abuse or lack of control etc. They are all based around an obsession about food in one way or another and there are more than listed here.

They can be scary and upsetting for others who are trying to support the sufferer as the obsession is normally really strong and dominates their lives. The first place to go is the GP who will be able to refer the sufferer on to services that can help.

Check out BEAT the eating disorder website that has a lot of support and details of helplines – https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/recovery-information/early-intervention

Know these signs of eating disorders in others:

  • becoming obsessive about food
  • having distorted beliefs about body size
  • disappearing to the toilet after meals
  • starting to exercise excessively

As early intervention is the best chance to recovered from an eating disorder.

Talking about the underlying issue at the same time as working with professionals around the eating disorder will help speed up the recovery. But the first step is to tell someone.

https://www.facebook.com/ElaineTerryCounsellingServcies/

email: ng4counselling@gmail.com

Tel: 07769 152 951

https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/elaine-bond

Tony Cave Column: Peak-time service improvements being proposed

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Tony Cave Column: Peak-time service improvements being proposed

NETHERFIELD

Off peak fares are not available until 09.00 during the winter (Mon.to Fri.) but should be available from May 19th on the 08.51 Skegness service. Anytime Day Return is £38.30 and Off peak £24.00. The £24.00 fare is available on the 09.05 from Carlton and 09.55 Nottingham to Skegness. –

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Network Rail will spend £16.8m upgrading the line between Nottingham and Newark between 2019 and 2024. This should increase line speeds and also increase capacity and be more reliable and cost efficient. The Skegness line will also have a lot spent on it, as will most lines in our region.

Passenger numbers are increasing and on Wednesday, January 24, 41 joined the 08.08 at Carlton. However we have reached ‘saturation point’ on the 17.21 Nottingham to Lincoln, except when four coaches are provided, so there isn’t much scope for increasing numbers at peak times.

A half-hourly peak service should be provided at Carlton. This could be done if the 06.46 from Lincoln called at around 07.34 and the Sleaford to Leicester called at 08.26. Also if the 07.35 from Nottingham to Skegness called at Netherfield at 07.41, this would give a service for commuters into our area from the Nottingham direction and also provide a service to Bingham, Grantham etc. Evening is more difficult, but if the 17.50 Nottingham to Lincoln called it would give a connection out of the 16.37 from Matlock. Let me know if any of the above times would suit your requirements.

Off-peak numbers seem to be steadily increasing in the Nottingham direction, but less so towards Newark. Partly this is due to those going to Lincoln preferring to catch the train to Nottingham where they can get a through train and avoid a 30 minute wait at Newark. The 09.05 Matlock is a popular service and in the first week of February this year 61 joined over the five weekdays. In 2017 it was 41 and 2016, 28. This May it will be three years since the Matlock service was extended to Newark. It was initially sponsored for 3 years, but it has been successful with extra trains on Saturdays introduced in May 2016. So it will continue.

NEW TEA ROOM ADJACENT CARLTON STATION

The Fox & Hounds public house has opened an attractive tea room which is open llam to 5pm Monday to Friday. Main entrance, turn left. Good selection of drinks and snacks, tea or coffee from £1.00 and takeaway drinks available. Free wi-fi and you can also pick up local train timetables.

CONSEQUENCES OF THE FIRE AT NOTTINGHAM STATION

I arrived at Carlton station at 07.50 on Friday, January 12 to find two trains in the Nottingham side platform and some passengers and train crews standing around. The first train was the 06.38 from Carlton which reached the entrance to Nottingham station, but being unable to enter was returned to Carlton. The second was the 07.11 to Matlock which had terminated. For the rest of the day there were no trains and on Saturday a limited service operated with just the Lincoln trains at Carlton (5 one way and 4 the other) as two platforms at Nottingham could not be used. Normal service resumed on Sunday.

At Netherfield there were also 2 trains when I arrived at 08.30, the 06.10 from Grantham and 06.13 from Boston. These combined and crossed over to platform 2 to return to Grantham at around 08.55, with a number of passengers deciding to return home. A normal service ran from here on the Saturday.

Train crews at Carlton were doing their best to arrange taxis and provide drinks for those still waiting. 28 coffees were sourced from ‘Number 1 snack bar’ in Netherfield. So it was good to see the following in the ‘Good deed’ section of the Metro newspaper on 17th January: “A BIG thank you to all the East Midlands Trains staff at Carlton station on Friday morning. You were all amazing. A special thanks to the one who brought everyone a coffee and for sorting a taxi”.

On February 12th one of the High Speed Train power cars No. 43467 was named in honour of the emergency services who dealt with the fire and evacuation. One side of the loco. has been named ‘British Transport Police Nottingham’ and the other ‘Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service’.

DERBY STATION UPGRADE THIS SUMMER

Between July 22 and October 7, major works will be taking place in and around Derby station. This will involve building a new platform, replacing 17 kilometres of track and installing 79 new sets of points and new signals. The result will be the removal of the bottleneck which currently causes delays to some trains entering the station and replacement of the signalling which was installed nearly 50 years ago. So, if you are travelling to or through Derby there will be some disruption while the work is taking place.

The through Newark to Matlock service will run as normal from Newark to Nottingham. From July 30 to September 2 a bus and coach replacement service between Nottingham and Derby. From 25th August to 7th October a bus and coach replacement between Derby and Matlock.

Cross Country services through Derby will be diverted calling at Burton-on-Trent and Chesterfield. Trains from Nottingham to Birmingham and Cardiff will run but use a diversionary route. Between July 22 and 2nd September 2 Derby to Crewe services are replaced by a bus or coach between Derby and Uttoxeter and train from there to Crewe. Revised time-tables should be issued shortly.

For further info. visit dby2018.co.uk

NEWS IN BRIEF

A planning application has been made for up to 40 homes on land off Meadow Road in Netherfield, the site bordering the railway and including the former StationMaster’s House, which would be renovated. This building can be seen from the Platform 2 side, through the bridge at Netherfield station

Changes in the May timetable will include the London services from Nottingham departing at 45 mins. past the hour instead of 32 mins. This is because of extra Thameslink services south of Bedford

11.24am Saturday Carlton to Leicester train most weeks is full and standing, so best to use the 11.08 to Nottingham

Robin Hood season tickets can now be scanned on trains, also recording from which station the card is being used

Nottinghamshire County Show at Newark Showground is taking place on May 12 and 13th. Usually a free bus runs from Newark Castle station every hour. Advance booking 01636 705796 or nottinghamshirecountyshow.com

Gedling station buildings latest. Currently it has been taken off the market. I went to a presentation at Carlton library on Feb 1 where the Friends of Gedling Station (www.gedlingstation.com) showed the history of the station and the plans they have to develop the area and restore the buildings to provide a community asset. There was a good turn-out. The next Youth Centre Management committee meeting is on 21st March at 19.30 in the Willowbrook, Main Road

A railcard for 26-30 year olds is to be introduced this Spring.

FINALLY In 2008 when EMT took over the franchise borrowed a class 158 railcar from South West Trains. It included 1st class and was working the morning it was used on the Lincoln train calling at Carlton one day. Passengers joined, except one who I knew was going to Lincoln. So I said “this is your train”. “Oh” she said, “it looks too posh for a Lincoln train.”

  • You can contact Tony for more information or to share your news and views about our local railway by emailing him at tonycavedbs@hotmail.com

 

Freezing weather disrupting bin collections in Gedling borough

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Freezing weather disrupting bin collections in Gedling borough

Residents in Gedling borough may now face a wait until Monday before bin collections as cold weather impacts the council-run service.

Gedling Borough Council is urging those still awaiting a collection to take in their bins over the weekend and put them out again on Monday.

Council workers have been battling the cold snap to collect as many bins as possible, but some rounds still haven’t been completed because of the weather.

A spokesman for Gedling Borough Council said: “If we’ve not collected your bin today, please take your bin in over the weekend and put it out again by 6am on Monday and we will try and come back then.

They added: “We will not be collecting over the weekend and we cannot guarantee collection on Monday but we will try. We will know more on Monday morning.

The council has now cleared some of Carlton, Woodborough, Woodthorpe and Gedling from yesterday, and will return early next week for the rest weather permitting

Missed roads today :

Burton Joyce

Padleys Lane

Foxhill Road and surrounding streets

Wellington Road

Shaftesbury Avenue

Gordon Rod

Winifred Road

Colwick

Ravina Drive

Sands Close

New Vale Road

Lambley

Chartwell Grove

Brideford

Clovelly

Dawlish

Hatherleigh

Cromwell

Spring Lane, Water works

Flamstead Avenue

Orchard Rise

Flamstead House Farm – car blocking gate in the snow

Stockhill Farm and 3 neighbouring properties – snow drift

99 – 107 Lambley Lane – can’t get up drive

Gedling

Exeter Close

Wykes Avenue

Lorimer Avenue no 4- 34

York Close

Ullswater Close

Axforth Close

Glebe Farm View

Earl Crescent

Green Farm Lane

Wood Lane

Carlton

Elm Drive

Midland Crescent

Netherfield

Garnet Street 2 – 18 – parked cars

Kozi Kots 13, 15 – parked cars

The Elms – parked cars

Carnarvon Street – parked cars

You can sign up for bin collection alerts from Gedling Borough Council. They will email you directly to tell you if they can’t collect your bin and, more importantly, when they can.

 

Council reveal which roads have been selected for repair work in Gedling borough

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Council reveal which roads have been selected for repair work in Gedling borough

Details of the residential roads set to benefit from the first slice of new highways funding in Gedling borough have been announced.

Nottinghamshire County Council revealed last month they would be spending an extra £20m to help upgrade roads in the region.

The first batch of improvements in 2018/9 – worth £3.25m – are due to begin in the spring, with 111 locations being targeted across the county.

These repairs will include resurfacing and surface dressing work. This is in addition to £15.7m due to be spent as part of the county’s annual roads maintenance budget.

This additional programme of repairs is due to get formal approval by councillors at next Thursday’s Community and Place committee (March 8) when the county’s overall highways plans and budgets for 2018/9 is also due to be discussed.

Nottinghamshire County Councillor John Cottee, Community and Place committee chairman said: “This extra money is being used to mainly target roads in residential areas, some of which have been neglected for many years.

“We have taken on-board feedback from residents when drawing this list together as many of these locations have been suggested by local council councillors, on behalf of their communities, and then closely assessed by our highways team.

“We’ve found these particular 111 roads are likely to deteriorate in the next few years, so it makes good sense to invest in them now to avoid larger repair bills in years to come.

“Our plan is to make the right repair at the right time. However, with 2,600 miles of roads in our network, we know this money won’t solve every problem and we can’t approve every request, but this additional programme of repairs will make a good start when it comes to getting the quality, safer road network for Nottinghamshire we all want.”

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This extra investment will come from savings made to the Council’s capital programme, taking the total capital budget for highways to £142m over the next four years – the most spent on roads in Nottinghamshire in more than a decade.

Details of a further 97 locations where £2.17m worth of Department of Transport pothole funding will be spent in 2018/9 was also published today, subject to final assessments.
Councillor Cottee added: “We know that potholes continue to be the number one highways concern for many of our residents.
“We also have £2m available via our annual national funding to specifically prioritise potholes in most need of repair to help ensure our roads are safe.

“Via East Midlands, which manages highways services on behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council, regularly check the County’s roads for safety defects such as potholes but, for some roads this is only practical every year.
“We really appreciate the way that hundreds of local residents are playing their part by getting in touch with us directly online or ringing us to give us location details and in some cases, a photo, where they have spotted a pothole. This has helped us put together the programme for 2018/9 but this list is by no means exhaustive and will be reviewed throughout the year.”

For more information about potholes, including when and how they are fixed, visit Nottinghamshire County Council’s pothole FAQs page. http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/transport/roads/potholes

Work will take place on following roads as agreed today:

C167 Main Road junction with C166 Westdale Lane, Gedling – Resurfacing
Cromwell Street, Carlton – Resurfacing
First Avenue, Carlton – Resurfacing
Hallam Road, Mapperley – Resurfacing
Cromwell Street, Carlton – Resurfacing
First Avenue, Carlton – Resurfacing
Hallam Road, Mapperley – Resurfacing
Fraser Road, Carlton – Resurfacing
Haywood Road, Mapperley – Resurfacing
High Street, Arnold – Resurfacing
Kent Road, Mapperley – Micro Asphalt
Main Street, Burton Joyce – Micro Asphalt
Mays Avenue, Carlton – Resurfacing
Moore Road, Mapperley – Micro Asphalt
Park Road, Calverton – Surface Dressing
Pierrepont Avenue, Gedling – Resurfacing
Sandford Road, Mapperley – Micro Asphalt
Woodside Drive, Arnold – Micro Asphalt

These roads will get extra surface dressing to add protection to the road and enhance skid resistance:

B6011 Main Street, Linby – Surface Dressing
Baker Avenue, Arnold – Micro Asphalt
Birchfield Road, Arnold – Micro Asphalt
Cedar Grove, Arnold – Micro Asphalt
Chestnut Grove, Arnold – Micro Asphalt
Coronation Road / Bonington Road, Woodthorpe – Micro Asphalt
Dalbeattie Close, Arnold – Micro Asphalt
Gleneagles Drive, Arnold – Micro Asphalt
Hawthorn Crescent, Arnold – Micro Asphalt
Hillside Avenue, Mapperley – Micro Asphalt
Jenned Road, Arnold – Micro Asphalt
Kilbourne Road, Arnold – Micro Asphalt
Kirkley Gardens, Arnold – Micro Asphalt
Larkspur Avenue, Arnold – Micro Asphalt
Marwood Road, Carlton – Micro Asphalt

Network structural patching/DfT Pothole fund

This programme is over subscribed given predicted funding available for this budget block. Final programme will be determined through site assessment and those sites not delivered during 2018/19 will be considered for delivery during 2019/20

Addison Road, Carlton Hill (TBD)
Albert Street, Gedling (£25k-50k)
Bennett Road, Mapperley (TBD)
Birch Avenue, Carlton (£10k-£25k)
Cantley Avenue, Gedling (£10k-£25k)
Hickling Road, Mapperley (£10k)
Hilton Road, Mapperley (£10k-£25k)
Kenrick Road, Mapperley (TBD)
Kensington Gardens, Carlton (£10k – £25k)
Lodge Farm Lane, Arnold (TBD)
Marshall Hill Drive, Mapperley (£25k – £50k)
Milton Drive, Ravenshead (TBD)
Morris Street, Netherfield (TBD)
Oakfieldwood Drive, Ravenshead (TBD)
Priory Avenue, Ravenshead (TBD)
Robinson Road, Mapperley (£25k-£50k)
Roundwood Road, Daybrook (TBD)
Rowan Avenue, Ravenshead (£10k)
Somersby Road, Woodthorpe (TBD)
Standhill Road, Carlton (TBD)
Towes Mount, Carlton (£10k-£25k)
Welbeck Avenue, Gedling (£10k-£25k)
Whittingham Road, Mapperley (£10k-£25k)
Wood End Drive, Ravenshead (£10k)

Brave teams win praise for snow battle from chief of hospice in Mapperley

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Brave teams win praise for snow battle from chief of hospice in Mapperley

The head of a hospice in Mapperley today paid tribute to the dedication of its staff braving the weather out in the community after snow forced it to close its doors for the first time in 30 years.

Rowena Naylor-Morrell, CEO of Nottinghamshire Hospice, in Woodborough Road, praised the charity’s 70-strong Hospice at Home team, who continued to visit patients and their families in their homes throughout today’s (TMarch 1) unseasonably bad weather.

The hospice provides day-care for 27 people but was forced to close because the deteriorating snowy conditions raised fears for the safety of staff and users on their journeys home.

It is believed to be the first time that the hospice has sent people home early shut for the day since a similar snowfall forced it to close early during the 1980s.

But Naylor-Morrell said its Hospice at Home team, which is made up of nurses and palliative healthcare assistants supporting up to 70 patients and their families across the city and county, continued to pull on their boots and head out into the snow in order to continue their work.

She said: “We hear a lot about the dedication of the emergency services carrying on their work during the terrible snowy conditions and I’d like to thank every one of our incredibly committed Hospice at Home team for braving the conditions in order to deliver our community nursing service.

“For people in need of end-of-life care and their families, our nurses are superheroes, especially at this time of year. They stay in patients’ homes overnight to give them nursing care, which ensures that they are comfortable and gives their families much-needed respite care.

“It is extremely unusual for our hospice to have to close but we felt that we had no choice. Not many of our staff can remember it having happened before, but we think you have to go back 30 years for the last time snowy weather forced us to shut for the day.”

The Hospice at Home service is offered 365 days a year and is completely free of charge to the patients. It costs the hospice £300 to provide a member of staff overnight, while the hospice needs to raise £2.7m annually in order to continue its work.

Angling fans welcome new images selected for Environment Agency fishing licence

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Angling fans welcome new images selected for Environment Agency fishing licence

Angling fans in Gedling borough will be delighted by new images chosen for the new-look fishing licences unveiled by the Environment Agency today.

Clarissa the Carp (Cyprinus carpio) – for 28 years a UK record weighing Carp – has been selected to be represented on the front of the Environment Agency’s fishing coarse & trout licence.

Clarissa was chosen to mark the centenary birth of renowned angler Richard “Dick” Walker, who, on September 13 1952, landed a carp of 44lb which beat the previous record by nearly 13lb. The fish, caught from Redmire Pool, was taken to London Zoo aquarium.

In the 1950’s fish were routinely killed to establish their weight and often put in a glass cases. Walker hated the idea of killing such a magnificent creature and persuaded the aquarium’s curator to take her on. She was there named Clarissa the Carp – although Dick Walker himself called her Ravioli.

The choice for this year’s image will be welcomed by coarse fish anglers who have campaigned for Walker’s contribution to angling to be acknowledged.

His record catch stood until 1980 when it was beaten by a fish of 51½ lb from the same water. As the inventor of ‘Arlesey bomb’ angling weight, the first electronic bite alarms and because of his involvement in the development of carbon fibre fishing rods, he is considered a pioneer.

This year’s image will be a carp and was designed by renowned angling and wildlife artist, David Miller. The other fishing licence images unveiled today are the gudgeon (Gobio gobio) and the salmon (Salmo salar).

Sales of fishing licences for the 2016/17 season raised £21 million. The money was used to restock rivers with 6,335,000 fish, encourage over 35,000 people to try angling for the first time and bring 2,330 successful prosecutions against crimes like poaching.

Kevin Austin, Director of Fisheries at the Environment Agency, said: We’re delighted to reveal these new images as part of our continued drive to encourage people to give fishing a go. All the money raised from rod licence sales is used to protect and improve fish stocks and fisheries benefiting anglers.

David Miller, the artist who designed the rod licence, said: “Designing this year’s fishing licence combines two of my passions: fishing and art. The Environment Agency does a fantastic job and I’m proud to be supporting rod licence sales with my artwork.

He added: “It’s been great to be able to capture a fish that has such historical significance in the fishing world.”

The fishing licence lasts for 12 months from the day it is bought, rather than expiring at the end of March each year. People are required to buy a fishing licence in order to fish legally in England, Wales and along the Border Esk in Scotland.

Anyone fishing illegally is cheating other licence paying anglers and can expect to be prosecuted and face a substantial fine. In 2016/ 2017 the Environment Agency checked 80,000 rod licences and prosecuted 2,795 anglers for fishing without a licence. Anyone can buy a fishing licence online from GOV.UK   

New era starts today for Netherfield Primary School as it becomes academy

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New era starts today for Netherfield Primary School as it becomes academy

A new chapter in the life of a primary school in Netherfield began today.

Netherfield Primary School officially became an academy today after joining the Greater Nottingham Education Trust (GNET).

Netherfield joins founder school Carlton le Willows in the local Multi Academy Trust after the Department of Education gave the green light to the move earlier last year.

Since the go-ahead for conversion, the partnership between Carlton le Willows and Netherfield Primary has gone from strength to strength. Staff have said that they are now working together with a shared vision and ambition to work for the benefit of children in both schools.

Netherfield Primary School head teacher Peter Hardern said: “Today is the day we officially join the Greater Nottingham Education Trust but we have actually been working closely with Carlton le Willows for many months now and the results of this collaboration are clear: better teaching, better learning and greater consistency on policy, such as attendance and governance.

“We look forward to an even closer, child focused, partnership which will serve the needs of our children from the age of three right until they are eighteen.”

GNET CEO Craig Weaver said: “I’m delighted that Netherfield Primary has officially joined GNET, which was formed with a view to creating a formal union of primary and secondary schools.

“Our aim is to be a local multi academy trust for local people, ensuring younger children in our community a smooth, effective and beneficial transition through their education.

“Netherfield Primary is already a feeder school for the Academy so formalising an existing relationship in this way will only strengthen links for the betterment of children and families in our community.”

ARNOLD: dispersal order issued for tonight

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ARNOLD: dispersal order issued for tonight

A Section 35 dispersal order has been put in place for Arnold town centre following recent reports of anti-social behaviour and robberies

The 36-hour dispersal order will starting this evening (March 1) at 6pm (under section 35 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014). The order will end at 6am on Saturday (March 3).

The designated areas include: Coppice Road, Leivers Avenue, Bonington Drive, Hallam’s Lane, Nottingham Road, St Albans Road, Furlong Street and streets and car parks within including the area around McDonalds on Sir John Robinson Way.

Nottinghamshire Police say this action is intended to prevent any further incidents from taking place.

The order provides police officers and community support officers with the powers to direct anyone 10 years or older to leave this specified area if they are involved in or likely to be involved anti-social behaviour, crime or disorder. If they return to that area after being moved on, they face being arrested.

ORDER: Coppice Road, Arnold.

Inspector Steven O’Neill said: “In response to recent incidents in Arnold and in order to pass a clear message out to the local community additional officers from Nottinghamshire Police and Neighbourhood Wardens from Gedling Borough Council are tasked to patrol the Town Centre area during this period and make full use of these dispersal powers they have been authorised to use.”

Park to reopen in Colwick after £50k revamp

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Park to reopen in Colwick after £50k revamp

A newly refurbished children’s play area in Colwick is set to be officially opened this weekend following  a £49,999 investment.

A funding bid was jointly made by Gedling Borough Council and Colwick Parish Council to WREN, a not-for-profit business that awards grants for community, conservation and heritage projects, from funds donated by waste and resource management company FCC Environment through the Landfill Communities Fund.

The new play area will feature a timber trail, swings, slides and toddler multi-unit climbing apparatus.

The Deputy Mayor of Gedling, Cllr Barbara Miller, Portfolio Holder for Environment, Councillor Peter Barnes will be attending the opening along with local children.

Cllr Peter Barnes, Portfolio Holder for Environment said: “We’re very pleased to be able to open the refurbished play area at Valeside Gardens and I’m sure the children will be delighted with all the new equipment. I’d like to thank Colwick Parish Council for all their hard work and to WREN for funding the project.”

Alison Nunn, Chair of Colwick Parish Council said: “The Parish Council would like to thank firstly WREN for the grant money that made this possible, Gedling Borough Council Parks Team for their support in every aspect of the funding application and their work on the park and especially the residents of Colwick Village who came together to turn a neglected space into an up-to-date area for people to meet and where children can play safely on new equipment.”

Cheryl Raynor, WREN’s grant manager for Nottinghamshire, said: “It’s wonderful to see something we have funded finally open and ready to make such a difference to children in the local area. WREN is always happy to consider grant applications for projects that benefit local communities and this is a great example of what can be achieved.”

Cash boost for Gedling Access Road as new council budget revealed

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Cash boost for Gedling Access Road as new council budget revealed

The Gedling Access Road is one of the projects set to benefit from extra spending on infrastructure announced today by Nottinghamshire County Council.

The Authority today confirmed they would provide a further £5.4m on the new Gedling Access Road after the new budget was agreed by councillors today.

The Gedling Access Road is a new 3.8km single carriageway road which will run from the A612 at the junction of Burton Road/Nottingham Road and Trent Valley Way to Mapperley Plains.

Main construction works are scheduled to start in winter 2018, subject to completion of statutory procedures, with the road anticipated to open by Spring 2020

The council also revealed they are to spend an extra £20m on highway spending in their new budget, which will see £142m in capital spending on the county’s roads between April 1 this year and 31 March 2022 – an increase of £20m on the previous allocation.

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PLANNED ROUTE: Gedling Access Road

The council say the extra money has been allocated to road improvements as a direct response to concerns raised by Nottinghamshire residents and will be particularly targeted at improvements to safety and the condition of roads in residential areas – those used by people every day.

The roads selected for investment will be those assessed as being likely to deteriorate in the next few years, with a view to saving money that would have been required for repairs in the longer term.

Over 100 roads across the county will be targeted using the new funding in the first 12 months and the roads selected will be announced tomorrow.

Councillor Richard Jackson, chairman of Finance and Major Contracts Management Committee, presented today’s budget to Full Council.

He said: “Comments and complaints about the condition of our roads dominate the mailbags of councillors from every part of the county.

“The extra £20m for highways capital improvements will take total spending to £142m over the next four years and is the biggest single increase ever made by the Council to roads spending. We’ve found a way of doing this whilst still being able to deliver the existing commitment to provide 1,015 housing with care places by 2021 as part of our strategy of helping older people live independently at home as long as possible with reduced care needs.”

The extra spending on roads forms part of a £390m capital programme focused on infrastructure improvements in every part of Nottinghamshire.

Other schemes in Gedling borough which will benefit include:

  • Brooke Farm in Linby, a training hub for adults with disabilities to learn skills for employment which will get an £353,000 investment to improve facilities.
  • £5.8m for a new school in Bestwood as part of £15m for new school places countywide

 

The budget report is available to download from the Nottinghamshire County Council website

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