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Woodborough: Local MPs and councillors visit flood-hit community to discuss what help people need

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Woodborough: Local MPs and councillors visit flood-hit community to discuss what help people need

Local MPs and councillors have visited the flood-hit community of Woodborough to meet with residents and discuss what support and help they need.

Mark Spencer MP together with County Councillor Boyd Elliott and Gedling’s Tom Randall MP, heard from villagers yesterday (October 31) about the impact that recent flooding has had on the village and many of their properties. The group also visited a few of the properties impacted.

A spokesman for the group said: “After listening to concerns and seeing the impact of flooding, Mark Spencer’s office will be coordinating a joint approach with Gedling Borough Council, Nottinghamshire County Council and the Environment Agency with the support of Cllr Helen Greensmith, Cllr Boyd Elliott and Tom Randall MP. 

Action from the meeting include arranging more road sweeping by Gedling Borough Council, contacting Nottinghamshire County Council about dredging the village street drains and asking Lambley and Woodborough Parish Council’s to install signs at the entrance and exits to both villages during floods so that all drivers are aware of road closures before entering the villages. 

The group also committed to chasing the Environment Agency for a copy of an investigation report that they wrote a few years ago that cost over £30,000 detailing what long-term flood defences are required and the cost of those and work towards securing them.

Residents who notice a blocked drain are now being urged to report it to the County Council for unblocking using this link: www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/transport/roads/report-a-flooding-or-drainage-problem

Aldi announce ‘Christmas Price Lock’ meaning festive dishes will cost the same as they did in 2022

Emily Sanchez
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Aldi announce ‘Christmas Price Lock’ meaning festive dishes will cost the same as they did in 2022

German supermarket giant, Aldi, has launched a ‘Christmas Price Lock’ which means key festive dishes will cost the same as they did last year.

The budget retailer said a range of whole turkey crowns, pigs in blankets, Christmas puddings, and vegetables are included in the price lock so customers won’t pay a penny more than in 2022.

The price lock will be available nationwide and Aldi said it could see a family of four enjoying their Christmas meal for less than £15, which will be a big help during the cost of living crisis.

Aldi has stores in Daybrook, Mapperley and Netherfield.

It will see a fresh whole turkey priced at £3.75 per kilo – cheaper than last year – with a free range whole turkey costing £7.99 a kilo. These products are available from 19 December.

The Holly Lane Christmas pudding (400g) will cost £1.85, while Butcher’s Select 100% British 12 bacon wrapped sausages will be priced at £1.99 when they go on sale on 24 November.

Meanwhile, a 2kg bag of white potatoes will cost 15p, while carrots, parsnips, Brussel sprouts, red or white cabbage and swede will be priced at 19p – available from 18 December.

Aldi said the price lock is available in stores nationwide and could see a family of four enjoying their Christmas meal for less than £15.

The move comes as two in five Brits said they were planning to cut the amount spent on their Christmas meal due to rising food costs.

Richard Thornton, communications director at Aldi UK, said: “At Aldi we believe that everyone should get to enjoy an amazing Christmas, which is why we’re introducing the Aldi Christmas Price Lock.

“Our research shows cost is a major factor when it comes to choosing food options and by locking the prices of key staples at the level they were in 2022, it will help our customers up and down the country enjoy the Christmas dinner they deserve with the ones they love.”

Letters: Parents on school run create parking ‘nightmare’

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Letters: Parents on school run create parking ‘nightmare’

Our readers from across the borough give their weekly take on the biggest issues impacting Gedling and beyond.

Some letters refer to past correspondence which can be found by clicking here. Join the debate by emailing letters@gedlingeye.co.uk and put ‘Letters’ in the subject line.

Names and addresses will be withheld by request but must be included in the email.

Public must ‘shop’ graffiti taggers

I am a Netherfield-born and bred man living away from the town but I come back and keep an eye on how my home town is progressing.

In my opinion, tagging graffiti is becoming a problem in Netherfield.

I have just returned from Italy where tagging has been out of control for some years.

Police assets are too finely stretched to be employed in resolving this invasive practice which after a time becomes ugly rather than artistic.

I recommend that the public ‘shop’ the perpetrators; turn them in. You have a problem that you, the residents, must try to solve yourselves before you are overwhelmed by it.

D Vardon,
Now Leeds

Parents on school run create parking ‘nightmare’

I can’t stand those parents on the school run near me – they block the roads and are a nightmare.

These parents do not care where they park. Try telling them and you just get expletives.

I am sure some of these children can walk to school. Are they scared of the cold?

I live near a school and its double yellow lines do not mean a thing to people, nor do the zigzag lines which clearly state to keep clear. They take no notice.

I have written to the local schools about it, but they do nothing about it.

Why have rules of the road when they just get ignored?

Rachel Baggott,
Carlton

Mementoes from the pits

I was a miner in the Yorkshire pits for over 30 years and am now retired.

By way of a hobby I started collecting colliery checks or tokens, these are normally brass or alloy discs embossed with the colliery name and stamped with the individual miners number. They were used as a safety measure to accurately record the number of men underground at any one time, some were also used as pay checks.

I know your area, like my own, was once littered with pits.

I am appealing to any fellow ex-miners or anyone with mining connections in helping me obtain examples I don’t have from the now closed collieries of your area.

Thank you.

W.Bennett ,
5 Edinburgh Avenue,
Bolton on Dearne,
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S63 8DS 

Some good news would be nice

Can we have some good news for once Gedling Eye?

I am a regular reader of your site but am starting to despair at the amount of bad news you publish.

Would you consider a ‘good news day’ where you just wrote positive stories?

Last week all I read about was murders, crime and hating firework displays.

Crack a smile Gedling Eye team and write something positive about some of the good people we have living locally.

John Lambert,
Calverton

Gedling borough’s latest petrol and diesel prices – and where’s the cheapest to fill up

Emily Sanchez
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Gedling borough’s latest petrol and diesel prices – and where’s the cheapest to fill up

Petrol prices remain high across the country, as households across Gedling borough continue to be squeezed by the cost of living crisis.

Gedling Eye has compiled a list of the cheapest petrol pumps in Gedling borough. The data is sourced from PetrolPrices.com, which covers major service stations including brands like BP, Shell, and Texaco as well as supermarkets, smaller chains and independent stations.

The website combines price data from Catalist with its own crowdsource data, which comes from website users and forecourt owners. The site says it hopes to have “the most up to date and reliable price data across the industry”.

The UK’s average fuel price is 1.57p per litre for Unleaded and 1.63p per litre for diesel as of September.

The following prices were reported on 01/11/23

Here are the latest prices from across the borough…

UNLEADED…

Arnold

Sainsbury’s Arnold – 149.9p

CHEAPEST – Asda Arnold – 149.7p

BP Daybrook (Mansfield Road) – 149.9p

Esso Maid Marion (Mansfield Road) – 151.9p

Carlton

Texaco Burton Road – 155.9p

Shell Carlton Square – 154.9p

Texaco Westdale Lane (East Lane Service Station) – 155.9p

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Colwick

Sainsbury’s Colwick – 149.9p

Lambley

Lambley Motors 169.9p

Mapperley

Co-op Mapperley – 153.9p

Netherfield

Morrisons – 151.9p

DIESEL…

Arnold

Sainsbury’s Arnold – 156.9p

CHEAPEST – Asda Arnold – 156.7p

BP Daybrook – 157.9p

Esso Maid Marion (Mansfield Road) – 159.9p

Carlton

Texaco Burton Road – 159.9p

Shell Carlton Square – 159.9p

Texaco Westdale Lane (East Lane Service Station) – 160.9p

Colwick

Sainsbury’s Colwick – 155.9p

Lambley

Lambley Motors – 173.9p

Mapperley

Co-op Mapperley – 160.9p

Netherfield

Morrisons – 159.9p

‘Critical incident’ declared by Nottingham trust due to Emergency Department pressures

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‘Critical incident’ declared by Nottingham trust due to Emergency Department pressures

Health bosses have announced this afternoon that a critical incident has been declared at the QMC’s Emergency Department (ED) with the hospital currently experiencing sustained pressures.

The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is now asking the public to think wisely before they attend.

They said in a statement: “Our staff are working tirelessly to care for patients, but the demand on our services is causing very long waits for patients to be seen in our ED and then to be admitted to a ward. This is causing overcrowding in our ED.

“The public can help by only attending our Emergency Department for serious accidents for life-threatening emergencies.

“Where the situation is not life-threatening, alternative support will be available through NHS111 online or by calling 111.

“Please also consider using Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs). They can treat injuries including sprains, strains, suspected fractures, bites, cuts, scalds, and other non-life-threatening conditions.”

You do not need an appointment to attend and waiting times can be much shorter than A&E. The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust UTC at the following address:

Nottingham – The NHS Urgent Care Centre (next to the BBC building) is open every day from 7am-7pm. Seaton House, London Road, Nottingham, NG2 4LA Tel: 0115 883 8500.

Pharmacies can offer over the counter advice and treat common illnesses such as colds, sore throats, stings and allergies.

The Trust added: “Our emergency services remain open and you should continue to come forward as normal in emergency and life-threatening cases – when someone is seriously ill or injured, or their life is at risk. Our aim is to prioritise patients with the highest level of need and ensure that we continue to manage emergency care.

“We ask that if your relative is due to be discharged from hospital and needs to be collected, please do so as early as possible. This will help our teams and free up a hospital bed for someone waiting to be admitted.”

What you can do to help

  • Only call 999 or attend A&E departments for serious accidents and for life threatening emergencies.
  • Where the situation is not life-threatening, alternative support will be available through NHS111 online or by calling 111
  • Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC) treat injuries including sprains, strains, suspected fractures, bites, cuts, scalds and other non-emergency conditions. Waiting times are usually much shorter than A&E. UTCs are available at:
  • Nottingham – The NHS Urgent Care Centre (next to the BBC building) is open every day from 7am-7pm. You don’t need an appointment to attend.
  • Newark – Newark Hospital is open 9am-10pm (last patient admitted at 9.30pm). It can be found on Boundary Road, NG24 4DE
  • Ilkeston Community Hospital – is open 8am-8pm. It can be found on Heanor Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 8LN. You can book into this service via 111.
  • Pharmacies can help with allergies, constipation, headaches, earaches and many other ailments. Many pharmacies are open and you can find opening hours for your local pharmacy here

Please do not visit your loved ones in hospital if you have any flu or other respiratory illness symptoms – please wait until you are better to visit them.  

Mapperley Co-op petrol station will become Asda Express as part of takeover

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Mapperley Co-op petrol station will become Asda Express as part of takeover

A Mapperley petrol station shop looks set to be transformed into a mini Asda store as part of a huge takeover deal. 

The Co-op petrol station on Woodborough Road will become an Asda Express by the end of March next year.

It comes as the supermarket giant looks to start repurposing stores it acquired during a deal last year. 

Asda is planning to become the UK’s second-largest supermarket chain and is growing its convenience store sector in order to do so. 

The deal with Co-op included a total of 132 forecourts and cost the company £438 million. 

As a result of the exchange, 116 new express stores will pop-up around the country between now and March 2024 – 11 of which have already opened. 

A part of the takeover  the 2,300 workers who are currently employed at the Co-op will transfer to the new Asda locations. 

Asda’s co-owner Mohsin Issa said: “The launch of our conversion programme is an incredibly exciting moment for our business and accelerates our presence in the fast-growing convenience market.

“We look forward to bringing Asda’s great value in fuel and groceries to many more communities across the UK and to welcoming over 2,000 former Co-op colleagues to the Asda family in the coming months.” 

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Gedling Eye has launched a new WhatsApp community to bring the very latest breaking news and top stories from across the borough to your phone – and it’s completely free.

By joining, you’ll receive live breaking news, the biggest crime stories, weather updates and more directly to your WhatsApp. All you have to do is click on this link, select ‘Join Community’ and you’re in.

No one else in the community will be able to see your personal information and you will only receive messages from Gedling Eye’s news team. We will not spam your WhatsApp feed with constant messages, but you will receive updates from us daily.

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Gedling councillor makes urgent plea for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to ring-fence “life-saving” suicide prevention funding in his Autumn Statement

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Gedling councillor makes urgent plea for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to ring-fence “life-saving” suicide prevention funding in his Autumn Statement

A Gedling councillor has written to Jeremy Hunt making an urgent plea for the renewal of local funding for suicide prevention in the Autumn Statement.

Councillor Henry Wheeler, Gedling Borough Council’s portfolio holder for lifestyles, health and wellbeing, reminded the chancellor that funding for local services is set to run out in March 2024 and that he fears they would be unable to continue unless they continue to receive cash from the government.

Cllr Wheeler wrote: “Locally here in Gedling many services that are delivered by volunteers and voluntary organisations as well as statutory services, may no longer receive funding for suicide prevention work. It also means Nottinghamshire County Council will struggle to deliver its suicide prevention strategy which is a crucial element of the Nottinghamshire Health and Wellbeing Board forward plan 2022 to 2026. 

“Services will be impacted by a lack of funding meaning crucial support provided by local Mental Health Befriending Schemes, activities to tackle loneliness and isolation, as well as children and young people’s Mental Health support services in Gedling Borough will be impacted by cuts to funding. 

“It is crucial that ring-fenced funding for local suicide prevention is renewed so that councils like Gedling can direct resources towards the most appropriate interventions for our local area. Samaritans estimate that this would cost around £ 77.1 million for the five-year duration of the new strategy, an equivalent of £1.40 per capita.

He concluded: “I hope you will confirm that this vital funding will continue in the upcoming Autumn Statement to enable local councils to play our part in reducing the number of people who die by suicide.”

The NHS Long Term Plan 2019 committed £57million ring-fenced for suicide prevention and bereavement services, so that each local Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) or Integrated Care System (ICS) in England received money for a period of three years. An estimated £38 million of this went towards suicide prevention but in March 2024 all local funding is due to cease.

Figures show that suicide is the leading cause of death in males under 50 years and females under 35 years in the UK, with the latest available figures confirming that 5,219 people in England tragically took their own lives in 2021. 

Under 10s football team score as Calverton business purchases new team kit.

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Under 10s football team score as Calverton business purchases new team kit.

Employing staff from all over Nottinghamshire ALD Facades Ltd based in Calverton are keen to support colleagues and their families in as many ways as possible.

This resulted in an employee asking for the company to purchase kits for the football team his son plays for to coincide with the start of this year’s football season.

The historic Stanton Ilkeston Football Club began life back in 1921 as the local team for workers from the Stanton Ironworks. From these early days as a works team the club has, in recent years, evolved into a community-based organisation with over 250 players of all ages.

The Under 10s team is vibrant and mixed skilled offering every child the opportunity to participate in a game of football as well as embrace the spirit of fair play and respect.

The team’s coach said “Having the team wearing a professional football kit gives them a sense of unity and professionalism during their Sunday morning matches where they compete under the Derby Junior League.

“We are all so proud of the boys and to watch them grow into their kits in more ways than one will be a tremendous privilege”.

Danny Thorne, Operations Manager for the Flat Roofing Division of ALD Facades Ltd, recently attended one of the team’s training sessions to watch the boys in action whilst they gave their new kits a trial run.

Danny said “The family ethics of the club are totally in line with ALD’s and really it is our honour to purchase the kits for them.

“The club provides such a positive experience for all it’s members and we are very proud to help in this way. We certainly look forward to following the progress of the team over the next few years.”

ALD Facades Ltd are part of a family business with Nottinghamshire roots dating back to 1974 when Tony Smith opened the doors of The ALD Plastering Company. Tony retired in 2000 passing on the baton to his three children who have significantly grown the business.

The group is divided into the following divisions – Facades, Flat Roofing, Screeding, Plastering & Dry Lining – working for and in collaboration with several tier 1 construction companies across the country.

The ALD Group can be found at Unit 9 Calverton Business Park, Hoyle Road, Calverton, NG14 6QL.

Plans to close rail station ticket offices scrapped

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Plans to close rail station ticket offices scrapped

The government has announced that plans to close hundreds of rail ticket offices in England have been scrapped.

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said train operators had been asked to now withdraw their proposals.

The controversial plans were put forward by train companies in a move to cut costs and immediately sparked anger from unions and disability groups.

Rail operators had argued only 12% of tickets are now bought at station kiosks.

Passenger watchdog Transport Focus said it had received 750,000 responses from individuals and organisations in a public consultation.

Ticket machine capability, accessibility and how passenger assistance and information would be delivered in future, were the main themes of concern, according to the group.

Mr Harper said the government had made it “clear to the rail industry throughout the process that any resulting proposals must meet a high threshold of serving passengers”.

But, he added: “The proposals that have resulted from this process do not meet the high thresholds set by ministers, and so the government has asked train operators to withdraw their proposals.”

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