Young philanthropist, Olivia, has successfully completed her ambitious 30-mile run throughout November, raising an impressive £800 (+£192.50 Gift Aid) for the homeless charity, Framework.
Despite facing challenging weather conditions, including snow, Olivia persevered in her mission to support those less fortunate. Her dedication and compassion have inspired the community and beyond.
“I really don’t like seeing people homeless as it upsets me that they don’t even have a bed,” said Olivia.
“I want to raise money to help give them somewhere to stay.”
Olivia, pictured, above, successfully completed her ambitious 30-mile run throughout November
The funds raised for Framework, a charity dedicated to ending homelessness, will directly support their vital work in providing safe accommodation, essential services, and support to individuals experiencing homelessness.
Supporters on Olivia’s Just Giving page said: “Well done Olivia, we are all very impressed by your commitment, even in the snow!!”
Olivia’s devotion to helping others is truly inspiring. Her fundraising efforts will make a significant impact on the lives of those in need.
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Standard Treatment Approaches for Stage 4 Cancer
The basics of treating late-stage gastric cancer typically include:
Systemic drug therapy
Palliative procedures, including endoscopy and surgery
When selecting systemic therapy, clinicians analyze tumor biomarkers that make it vulnerable to specific medications. This analysis leads to developing a personalized treatment plan incorporating:
Chemotherapy
Immunotherapy
Targeted therapy with biologics
Radiation oncology capabilities suppress specific metastatic sites, most commonly in bones. Radiotherapy may also be administered for brain metastases. However, standard chemoradiation for primary stomach tumor suppression is not typically used at stage 4.
Some patients require palliative surgical interventions to eliminate or prevent complications. Bypass surgeries create alternative food passage routes, circumventing blocked sections. A less invasive approach involves destroying the tumor portion blocking the duodenal passage. This procedure is performed via endoscopy, utilizing various energy sources, such as laser technology. Subsequently, a stent (tube) is inserted to maintain the passage’s patency and prevent tumor re-obstruction.
Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
The administration of medications into the peritoneal cavity during minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures enables targeted treatment with minimal systemic side effects. While clinical research is ongoing to determine its impact on patient survival rates, intraperitoneal chemotherapy has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing tumor nodule size, eliminating or decreasing ascites, and lowering complication risks.
Cytoreductive Surgery
In cases of peritoneal cancer spread with a low carcinomatosis index, doctors may recommend cytoreductive surgery. This procedure aims at resection of all visible tumor sites in the abdominal cavity. Treatment is often complemented by hyperthermic intraoperative chemotherapy (HIPEC): irrigation of the abdominal cavity with heated chemotherapeutic solutions to destroy remaining cancer cells. Following surgery, patients receive adjuvant therapy with systemic medications.
Chemoembolization
This minimally invasive procedure involves blocking arteries that supply the stomach tumor using drug-eluting microspheres. It helps reduce tumor size, prevent or eliminate gastric bleeding, and decrease blood loss during subsequent surgery. Hepatic artery chemoembolization is specifically used for suppressing stomach cancer metastases in the liver.
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A £250k revamp of a Calverton park repeatedly targeted by vandals has now been completed – and it will officially reopen this week.
Work to improve pathways and install new play equipment at James Seely Park on Main Street began in October and has now been completed.
The cash to make the improvements was found by Calverton Parish Council with the intention of making the play area ‘the best around’.
Last December the Parish Council was granted £100,000 from the FCC Community Action Fund to go towards the revamp.
They also were granted £20,000 from Nottinghamshire County Council, with the rest of the bill mostly being covered by various developer contributions called Section 106 contributions. These funds are provided by housing developers to local councils through the planning process to improve facilities and give back to a community’s infrastructure.
£250k has been spent on improving equipment at James Seely Play Area on Main Street (PHOTO: Cllr Andy Meads)A three-storey tower with slides, a multiplay unit, swings and other features have now been installed (PHOTO: Cllr Andy Meads
Children from St Wilfrid’s Primary School, Manor Park Infant and Nursery School and Sir John Sherbrooke Junior School in the village were asked to vote on the style of new play park equipment – and more than 600 took part.
A three-storey tower with slides, a multiplay unit, swings and other features have now been installed.
An accessible seesaw and swing for children in wheelchairs have also been included.
The revamped park will officially open at 3.30pm tomorrow (11)
Chairman of Calverton Parish Council, Councillor Andy Meads, has been part of a project to secure as much funding as possible to help renovate the park.
Back in September he told Gedling Eye that the park had felt “neglected” and was overdue regeneration.
He said: “Everybody loves the park, I think people in this village deserve something special – I used to use it when I was a kid and it is about time we had something decent there.”
Cllr Meads added: “I think it’s going to be as good as we could ever have a park, it’s definitely going to be the best park around here, plus we are catering for kids in wheelchairs now, which a lot of parks don’t.
A wildlife charity is urgently trying to raise £750 to fund the repair of a vital piece of equipment required to maintain the popular Netherfield Lagoons Nature Reserve.
Gedling Conservation Trust volunteers who look after the site use the power scythe to keep paths at the site clear and maintain areas of the habitat used by nature.
An appeal has now been started online to raise the cash required for the repair.
A spokesman for Gedling Conservation Trust said: “This is a vital piece of equipment we need to keep paths clear and maintain critical areas of habitat, including the areas for orchids and for preserving our beloved reedbeds, which are a priority habitat under local and national Biodiversity Action Plans.
“It is used every week by volunteers to maintain the nature reserve so it is urgent that it is back in action as soon as possible.”
Another way local people can support the charity’s work is by signing up to the Gedling Lotto and nominating Gedling Conservation Trust as your Good Cause. Tickets for the lottery cost just £1 a week.
Each ticket has a 1 in 50 chance to win a prize each week, with a top prize of £25,000! There’s a better chance of winning the jackpot than the National Lottery or the Health Lottery. It is easy to sign up and here is the link to our page: Support Gedling Conservation Trust when you play Gedling Lotto – Gedling Lotto
A live performance from a brass band will accompany a screening of a Wallace and Gromit classic in Arnold early next year.
It’s been three decades since the UK premiere of Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers and the Unite Brass Brand are preparing to take to the stage at the popular venue and perform the soundtrack to the film during the screening, by special arrangement with the film’s creator, Aardman Animations.
The event is set to take place on Sunday, February 16, with screenings at 11am and 2pm at The Bonington.
There will also be a medley of children’s classics before the screening, and a chance to meet the band and view the instruments after the film has finished.
The plot features a mysterious penguin and a pair of automated techno-trousers, mild mannered Wallace, faithful companion Gromit and a hilarious, climatic train chase- what could go wrong?
This timeless, family adventure is considered one of Aardman Animations best works to date.
A young hair stylist from Arnold has rounded off a fantastic year of achievement by being recognised at a top industry award ceremony.
20-year-old Amelia Krasinski, who works at KH Hair on High Street, was named Project Colour Achiever of the Year at the Fellowship for British Hairdressing’s Annual Luncheon and Awards Ceremony which was held in London on December 2.
Project Colour is the Fellowship’s dedicated colour programme which provides team members the chance to learn and grow through education and opportunities with the industry’s leading colour stars.
Amelia said she is so happy and can’t quite believe she won. “Being on the Project Colour Team has been the most amazing journey,” she says. “I’ve had the best year, and I’ve learned so much. I’ve had amazing experiences, meeting some talented and inspiring hairdressers along the way.”
Amelia Krasinski at work (Courtesy of Toast PR)The 20-year-old stylist who works at KH Hair on High Street, was named Project Colour Achiever of the Year at the Fellowship for British Hairdressing’s Annual Luncheon and Awards Ceremony
Darren Messias, managing director of KH Hair, says everyone is delighted for Amelia. “She has worked so hard and displayed so much passion and commitment, that she truly deserves this accolade,” he says. “We are all so excited to see what happens in her career in the future.”
Amelia joined KH Hair as a 15-year-old Saturday employee before completing a three-year apprenticeship and 2024 has been a whirlwind of success.
After winning her place on the Project Colour Team in January, she was named 2024 ‘Rising Star’ at KH Hair Group’s annual award ceremony.
In September she was chosen to join KH Hair’s award-winning Creative Team and, soon after, discovered she had been chosen from hundreds of hopefuls across the UK to become one of only eight members of the Fellowship’s ClubStar Art Team 2025, following a live audition at ALFAPARF Milano in London.
“I’d like to say a massive thank you to salon director, Dawn and my fantastic team,” Amelia said.
“Thanks also to Darren and to everyone at head office for all their support throughout the whole year. It’s appreciated so much.”
A machete-wielding offender from Carlton who assaulted a man in the street during a planned revenge attack has now been locked up.
Yasir Alyas, who was wearing a face covering, hit the victim repeatedly to the top of his head with the machete during the violent disorder in Devon Street, St Ann’s.
The 29-year-old played a leading role in a group attack on the victim who suffered serious injuries after he was targeted on the night of April 23, 2024.
The victim, who was also hit with a baseball bat and kicked, was taken to hospital and needed stitches for head and leg injuries. He also suffered a fractured finger and grazing.
Alyas had been taken to the scene of the attack in a Volkswagen Passat driven by 29-year-old Idries Hussain, along with other occupants in the car armed with weapons.
Alyas was jailed for three years and two months at Nottingham Crown Court
A Volkswagen Golf also pulled up carrying more people who continued to attack the victim after he was forced to the floor.
The offending group were driven away from the scene following the attack.
Following inquiries, Alyas, of Oakdale Road, Carlton, was arrested the next day and went on to plead guilty to violent disorder and having a bladed article in a public.
Hussain was arrested after police stopped a vehicle in Chorley, Lancashire, on 5 May. He went on to plead guilty to violent disorder.
Although it was accepted Hussain was not directly involved in the violence, he was deemed to have played a key role in what happened by providing transport for the armed offenders.
Alyas and Hussain appeared at Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing on Friday (6 December).
The court heard that there had been ‘some ill will’ between Alyas and the victim prior to the attack, which prosecutor James Ball described as ‘an organised and shocking episode of violence which resulted in serious injuries’.
Judge Mark Watson said: “You attacked him as an act of revenge. It was a disgusting display of violence on a residential street. It was cowardly and it’s remarkable the injuries sustained by the victim were not more serious.”
Alyas was jailed for three years and two months and Hussain for one year and 11 months.
Both men were also made subject of 10-year restraining orders not to contact the victim.
Detective Constable Dionne Love, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was a vicious organised group attack on a man in a quiet residential street.
“Violence of this nature and the use of dangerous weapons will not be tolerated on our streets, and I’m pleased our investigation has now resulted in Alyas and Hussain being put behind bars.”
Here are some of the most recent cases with defendants from the Gedling borough area to be heard at Nottingham magistrates’ courts.
The defendant’s name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are published in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rule 5.8, as agreed by HMCTS and the Society of Editors and approved by the Lord Chancellor. Not all cases heard will appear on this round-up due to legal restrictions.
This article is published from official information issued by HM Courts and Tribunal Service and is covered by qualified privilege.
Ashley Dewar, 35, of Victoria Road in Netherfield, pleaded guilty to theft from a Co-op store. He was handed a £40 fine.
Lee Love, 45, of Lee Road in Calverton pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled drug of Class-B (Mamba). A forfeiture and destruction was ordered.
All the cases were heard at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court (PHOTO: Gedling Eye)
Nicholas Vile, 43, with a correspondence address of Bond Street in Arnold pleaded guilty to theft of £41.50 worth of meat and steak from a shop. He was ordered to pay a fine of £40 and £85 costs.
Aiden Henderson, 38, of Park Road East in Calverton, pleaded guilty to theft from a shop. He was handed a six-month sentence and ordered to pay compensation of £50.
Jay Frisby, 32, of Tilford Road in Newstead Village pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the requirements of post-custodial supervision. He was fined £80.
Supermarket giant Tesco has issued an urgent ‘do not eat’ recall for its Red Cabbage & Apple 300G product due to a printing error on the Use By date.
The retailer said it had discovered that packs were incorrectly labelled with a December 29 date instead of the correct December 11 date.
Food safety concerns have prompted the recall, as consuming the product beyond its intended shelf life could “pose a risk to health.”
Gedling borough customers can return the product to their nearest store for a full refund.
Tesco said in a statement: “We are recalling a specific date code of Tesco Red Cabbage & Apple 300G, due to the incorrect Use By date code of December 29 printed on packs, instead of December 11.
Packs of Red Cabbage and Apple were incorrectly labelled with a December 29 date instead of the correct December 11 date.Customers can return the product to their nearest Tesco on Carlton Hill for a full refund
“An extension of the Use By date could pose a risk to health, if the product is kept past the correct shelf life of the product.”
Tesco told customers what they should do if they have purchased the product.
It said: “If you have purchased the affected date code of the above product, please do not eat it. Instead, return it to any Tesco store for a full refund. No receipt is required.
“For any further enquiries, please contact our customer service team directly on 0800 505 555. No other Tesco products are affected by this issue.”
The Food Standards Agency alerted Britons online of the recalled product and explained product recalls and withdrawals.
It said: “If there is a problem with a food product that means it should not be sold, then it might be ‘withdrawn’ (taken off the shelves) or ‘recalled’ (when customers are asked to return the product).
“The FSA issues Product Withdrawal Information Notices and Product Recall Information Notices to let consumers and local authorities know about problems associated with food.
“In some cases, a ‘Food Alert for Action’ is issued. This provides local authorities with details of specific action to be taken on behalf of consumers.”
