Council unveils new plans to tackle child poverty problem across Notts

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Council unveils new plans to tackle child poverty problem across Notts

New plans to help reduce poverty for the county’s 26,000 children whose future life chances are at a disadvantage in terms of their health, education and finding work, are set to get the go ahead by Nottinghamshire County Council’s children and young people’s committee on Monday.

Government data, at the time these plans were being drawn up, highlight that 15.9 per cent of children (ages 0-18) are living in poverty in Nottinghamshire, slightly below the national average of 18 per cent and 17 per cent across the East Midlands.

However child poverty levels are higher than the national average in Ashfield (21.5%) and Mansfield (21.8%)

The council’s plans include offering more employment support for adults with mental health issues, piloting ways to help take the stigma out of poverty in schools and ensuring that next year’s universal free childcare for three and four year olds has a high take-up.

All the schemes are in Nottinghamshire County Council’s ( NCC) latest Child Poverty and Life Chances Action Plan.

More than 20 actions are being proposed as part of Nottinghamshire County Council’s ( NCC) latest Child Poverty and Life Chances Action Plan – underlining its commitment to continuing to tackle the causes and mitigating the effects of poverty especially in the areas of highest need.

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Mellish RFC weekly round-up

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Mellish RFC weekly round-up

Here’s Matt Bright’s weekly round-up from all the Mellish RFC teams…

Mellish 1st XV 47 v 3 Ollerton 1st XV
Mellish 1st XV collected another impressive victory and bounced back from a narrow defeat last week to Moderns, over a game Ollerton 1st XV.

Taking advantage of the opportunities created by the free flowing attacking rugby they are keen to play this season they lead 26-3 at half time with tries from Dave Mason, TJ Austin, Ben Archer and Craig Spencer, with 3 conversions from the boot of Ross Pickering.

Mellish continued to push hard in the 2nd half with a brace of tries from Will Creswell and TJ Austin collecting his 2nd of the game. All three conversions were a success for Ross Pickering giving Mellish a 47-3 victory and the perfect build up to their cup game at home vs Trentham this weekend.

Mellish 2nd XV 43 v 3 Ollerton 2nd XV

Mellish 2nd XV travelled to Ollerton in the Pennant buoyed by last week’s win over Moderns. With a much changed side for Mellish 2’s as well. However, players gelled quickly and an all-round team performance was capped off with a victory away from home for the 1st time this season. Tries came from Billy Page (2), Jon Riekstins, Nick Gil, James Colton, Ryan Clarke and Sibu. Kevin Welsh added 4 conversions from 7.

Mellish Under 16’s 19 v 5 Ashfield Under 16’s

The U-16s welcomed Ashfield to Mellish and in a hard fought game gained their first win of the season. Both teams started well and with 20 mins gone, Ashfield broke the deadlock with a well worked break down the wing. 5-0 to Ashfield. With it being a close encounter this is how it stayed until half time.
The lads matched Ashfield in every department and soon got on the score sheet, when half time sub, Ollie made a powerful run and break to cross the line. Adam converted to make the score 7-5 to Mellish. With tough tackling and great defensive work the lads battled hard to stay in front. Everyone put a hard shift in and where a credit to each other. With a clever kick, Mellish pushed Ashfield back deep into their 22, from the lineout, Ashfield made a mistake and Henry was first to the ball for a try. Again the team pushed on, and with the best move of the game, Mellish where awarded a free kick. With the opponents expecting a charge from the forwards into the corner, Jude quickly out thought them ran across field to score under the posts. A great try. Adam converted, 19-5. A great all round performance from the lads, the best they have played this season.
Well done to the U-16s

Mellish Under 15’s 5 v 34 Ashby Under 15’s

Mellish Under 15’s shuffled the deck against Ashby this weekend with a few players missing and started brightly taking a deserved lead through Curtis (getting his maiden try for the side). However, this just woke up the Ashby side and they played with more shape and structure against our rotated side, and once they hit their stride never looked back eventually running out victorious in the game. A big thanks to the players that stepped in and also played out of position. It will make selection more difficult for next week’s game vs Long Eaton away.

Mellish Under 14’s 80 v 10 Chesterfield Under 14’s

Mellish under 14’s continued their fine start to the season extending their unbeaten run in emphatic style against a game side from Chesterfield. Mellish under 14’s are building up an impressive squad and really moved into high gear to earn a big victory over Chesterfield.

Mellish Under 11’s

Mellish under 11’s travelled to Nottingham Casuals to take on the hosts under 11’s and Moderns under 11’s. Mellish proved too strong on the day by beating both sides with a great team performance on the day.

This Weekends Fixture’s (Saturday 15th & Sunday the 16th of October):
15.10.2016: Mellish 1st XV vs Trentham 1st XV (RFU Junior Vase) 3pm Kick Off
15.10.2016: Mellish 2nd XV vs Newark 4th XV (Pennant League) 3pm Kick Off
16:10:2016 Mellish U16’s vs Long Eaton U16’S 11am Kick Off
16.10.2016 Mellish U15’s vs Long Eaton U15’s (AWAY) 11am Kick Off
16.10.2016: Mellish U11’s vs West Bridgford U11’s (AWAY) 11am Kick Off
16.10.2016: Mellish U10’s in Prima Cup Action at Mellish RFC 11am Kick Off
16.10.2016: Mellish Ladies vs Lincoln Ladies (Midlands NC2 East) 2pm Kick Off

Police hunt for robber who threatened staff at Sherwood store with baseball bat

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Police hunt for robber who threatened staff at Sherwood store with baseball bat

Nottinghamshire Police have today released an image of a man they want to speak to in connection with a robbery at a convenience store in Sherwood.

A man holding a baseball bat threatened staff and escaped with £300 cash and some bottles of spirits from the Londis store in Valley Road.

It happened at 8.10pm on Tuesday, September 20, 2016.

He wearing a black hoody with a distinctive zip and black tracksuit bottoms.

Anyone with information is urged to contact DC Rob Palethorpe at Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 814 of 20 September, 2016.

Plastic is fantastic for footballers in Gedling borough as new 3G pitch plan announced

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Plastic is fantastic for footballers in Gedling borough as new 3G pitch plan announced

A number of organisations have pitched in to to fund a new state-of-the-art playing surface for footballers in Gedling borough.

The Premier League and FA Facilities Fund have handed over £381,309 to Redhill Academy Trust and Gedling Borough Council who applied for a grant to pay for a new 3G pitch at Redhill Leisure Centre and also improve floodlighting.

The improvements will enable the borough to provide a first-class football facility for training, competitive matches and wider community use for its partner clubs Gedling Southbank FC and Arnold Town and also wider footballing community in the borough.

The new pitch will be available 7 days a week to provide much needed increased capacity for the borough’s clubs and teams to use for both training and competitive matches.

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Youngster’s winning design set to brighten up former Carlton park pavilion

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Youngster’s winning design set to brighten up former Carlton park pavilion

A Carlton youngster will soon see her artwork emblazoned across the wall of a park pavilion after winning a local design competition.

Pupils at four local primary schools were asked to design artwork to brighten up the pavilion at Onchan Park, and Carlton Central Junior School pupil Heather Cully emerged triumphant after submitting her entry with the theme “Fun in the park”.

Heather’s award-winning design will soon be covering the large wall facing the play area once a graffiti artist is hired to paint on her fabulous design.

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WINNER: Heather Cully’s artwork which will be painted on to the wall of the pavilion

The winner was selected by local councillors Paul Wilkinson and Nicki Brooks who said they were “bowled over” by the quality of the 170 designs they had to judge from.

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Wife of Arnold police officer battling cancer makes fresh appeal for funding to pay for treatment in Germany

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Wife of Arnold police officer battling cancer makes fresh appeal for funding to pay for treatment in Germany

The family of a terminally-ill police officer from Arnold are renewing their appeal for donations to help pay for potentially life-saving treatment.

Sgt Phil Hogg was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July last year and was told that he only had months to live.

While the latest scan has shown no growth or spread of the cancer, the side effects of his chemotherapy treatment are increasing and there is concern that further treatment may be less effective.

The family say they now need £60,000 to pay for pioneering treatment which is available at the Hallwang Clinic in Germany. The total raised currently stands at £19,416.

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CCTV video issued after attempted robbery at Carlton jewellers

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CCTV video issued after attempted robbery at Carlton jewellers

Police have released CCTV footage following an attempted robbery at a Carlton jewellers.

It happened on Saturday, October 1 at around 9.45am. The man was challenged by staff and ran away empty handed.

Officers want to speak to the man in the CCTV who is described as black, of a stocky build and around 5ft 10ins tall.

If you recognise this man or have any information that might help, please contact Nottinghamshire Police on 101 quoting incident 302 of 1 October 2016.

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Willows Medical Centre to be auctioned off after being ‘placed in receivership’

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Willows Medical Centre to be auctioned off after being ‘placed in receivership’

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A surgery in Carlton that was  placed in special measures has now been repossessed, it has been confirmed.

The Willows Medical Centre, in Carlton, Nottingham, was closed in June by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), leaving about 4,000 patients needing to seek treatment elsewhere.

It was put into special measures because patients were at risk of harm after it was discovered a healthcare assistant posed as a doctor and carried out internal examinations without being qualified to do so

A subsequent CQC report revealed the healthcare assistant also diagnosed patients and appeared on the appointment system as a doctor.

NHS England and Nottingham North & East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) received a formal resignation from Dr Sylvester Nyatsuro – who ran the practice – in relation to his GP contract in August.

Councillors were told by CCG officials on Tuesday the premises was “placed in receivership” from Dr Nyatsuro last month and will be auctioned off “shortly”.

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‘Watch your drinks’ warns Carlton spiking victim

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‘Watch your drinks’ warns Carlton spiking victim

A Carlton woman has launched a campaign to warn people about the dangers of leaving their drinks unattended after her own was spiked in a Notts pub.

Sian Reid has launched a Facebook page called Watch Your Drink Spike Awareness in a bid to highlight the problem after becoming a victim of a spiking a few weeks ago.

As well as setting up a Facebook page, she also hopes to have posters put up in pubs across the area to remind of people about the dangers of leaving their drinks unattended.

The Millers Barn pub and restaurant, where Sian works, is one of the first pubs to agree to back her poster campaign.

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Mapperley hospice helps create hard-hitting video to dispel myths about dying

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Mapperley hospice helps create hard-hitting video to dispel myths about dying

A hospice in Mapperley has joined forces with seven others across the region to create a new hard-hitting animated video dispelling the myths associated with dying.

Nottinghamshire Hospice took part in the group project to create the 90 second animation called ‘The Elephant in the Room’ which features a character who is told he is dying and is then given a better understanding of what hospice care and support is available.

The group have been working for over a year on the project.

The Mapperley hospice provides nursing care and emotional support for adults and their families across Nottinghamshire.

Rowena Naylor-Morrell, chief executive at Nottinghamshire Hospice said: “This project enables us to share our understanding of what happens when someone we care about is given a limited time to live, its effect on families, loved ones and our communities.

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