Police arrested a suspect and seized two weapons and a large quantity of cash after attending reports of an altercation in Arnold.
Officers recovered a baseball bat and police-style baton after searching a car in Brookfield Gardens.
They were called to the scene following reports of three men trying to force another man into a car shortly after 10.20am on Thursday (30 March 2023).
Following inquiries, police arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
Inspector Simon Spooner, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Preventing and reducing the harm caused by dangerous weapons is a priority for the force and we will always deal robustly with anyone suspected as being involved in this sort of criminality.
“We are working hard to trace other individuals involved in this incident and we are urging anyone who saw what happened or who has any other information which could assist us with our investigation to please get in touch with us.”
Anyone who witnessed the incident or who has any information that could help police with their inquiries is urged to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident 206 of 30 March 2023. Alternatively, please contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
The 27-year-old man was subsequently released on bail as the investigation continues.
Situated in the heart of Arnold, The Bonington Theatre is a multi-purpose venue, with a wide-ranging programme of live music, amateur theatre and cinema.
The theatre is home to The Bonington Players, Prospect Players, Nottingham Organ Society, Flying High Youth Theatre and Jazz Steps. The theatre has a capacity of 178 seats and an adjacent bar.
It is accessible to all with good physical access, a modern online booking system and ample car parking. The Bonington Theatre is owned and managed by Gedling Borough Council.
What’s Love Got To Do With It? (12A)
Sun 2, Tue 4 + Wed 5 April
How do you find lasting love in today’s world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe (Lily James), swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr Wrongs, to her eccentric mother Cath’s (Emma Thompson) dismay. For Zoe’s childhood friend and neighbour Kaz (Shazad Latif), the answer is to follow his parents’ example and opt for an arranged (or “assisted”) marriage to a bright and beautiful bride from Pakistan.
As Zoe films his hopeful journey from London to Lahore to marry a stranger, chosen by his parents, she begins to wonder if she might have something to learn from a profoundly different approach to finding love.
Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.
After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a 16-year-old boy named Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?
Filmed live in London’s West End and featuring state-of-the-art visuals, the epic journey of endurance and hope is brought to life in a breath-taking new way for cinemas screens.
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Contains scenes that may be unsuitable for small children
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG)
Fri 7 – Sat 22 April
From Nintendo and Illumination comes The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros!
A Brooklyn plumber travels through the Mushroom Kingdom with a princess named Peach and an anthropomorphic mushroom named Toad to find his brother and save the world from a ruthless fire-breathing Koopa named Bowser.
Magic Mike’s Last Dance (15)
Sat 8 April at 7.30pm
The third instalment of the blockbuster Magic Mike film franchise sees Channing Tatum reprise his role as Mike Lane, starring alongside Salma Hayek Pinault.
‘Magic’ Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse…
Allelujah (12A)
Mon 10 – Thu 20 April
Based on the play by Alan Bennett, Allelujah is a warm and deeply moving story about old age. When the geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure, the hospital decides to fight back by galvanizing the local community: they invite a news crew to film their preparations for a concert in honour of the hospital’s most distinguished nurse. What could go wrong?
Allelujah celebrates the spirit of the elderly patients whilst paying tribute to the deep humanity of the medical staff battling with limited resources and ever-growing demand.
Royal Ballet Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella celebrates its 75th anniversary this Season. The ballet’s opening night in 1948, featuring Moira Shearer and Michael Somes in the lead roles, was received rapturously.
After over a decade away from the Royal Opera House stage, Ashton’s timeless reworking of Charles Perrault’s famous rags-to-riches story returns, showcasing the choreographer’s deft musicality and the beauty of Prokofiev’s transcendent score. A creative team steeped in the magic of theatre, film, dance and opera brings new atmosphere to Cinderella’s ethereal world of fairy godmothers and pumpkin carriages, handsome princes and finding true love.
BALLET Company – The Royal Ballet Music – Sergey Prokofiev
Oscar Catch-up Screening: Everything Everywhere All At Once (15)
Fri 14 April at 7.30pm
Winner of a whopping 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture, EEAAO will be back on our big screen for one night only. Don’t miss this truly original Oscar winner!
Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as Daniels, the film is a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes.
Winner of 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director (Daniels)
Event Cinema:
Heathers: The Musical (15)
Sat 15 April at 7pm
Wickedly funny and with dazzling book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, Heathers The Musical is based on the 1988 cult hit, that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, and produced by Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills, the team behind the acclaimed stage adaptation of Carrie. With direction from Andy Fickman and electrifying choreography by Gary Lloyd, this is one class production you can’t afford to skip.
Greetings, salutations. Welcome to Westerberg High, where Veronica Sawyer is just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. Until JD turns up, the mysterious teen rebel who teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it’s murder being a somebody…
Event Cinema:
Exhibition on Screen- Vermeer (12A)
Tue 18 April at 7.30pm
Wed 3 May at 4.30pm
Thu 4 May at 1.30pm
In the spring of 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will open its doors to the largest Vermeer exhibition in history.
With loans from across the world, this major retrospective will bring together Vermeer’s most famous masterpieces including Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Geographer, The Milkmaid, The Little Street, Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, and Woman Holding a Balance.
This new Exhibition on Screen film invites audiences to a private view of the exhibition, accompanied by the director of the Rijksmuseum and the curator of the show. A truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! As well as bringing Vermeer’s works together, both the Rijksmuseum and the Mauritshuis in the Hague have conducted research into Vermeer’s artistry, his artistic choices and motivations for his compositions, as well as the creative process behind his paintings.
Exclusive access to THE world’s biggest exhibition of 2023.
Event Cinema:
National Theatre Live- Good (Cert TBC)
Thu 20 – Sat 22 April
David Tennant (Doctor Who) makes a much-anticipated return to the West End in a blistering reimagining of one of Britain’s most powerful, political plays.
As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.
Olivier Award-winner Dominic Cooke (Follies) directs C.P. Taylor’s timely tale, with a cast that also features Elliot Levey (Coriolanus) and Sharon Small (The Bay). Filmed live at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London.
“David Tennant is magnificent in chilling drama” Guardian ★★★★
Event Cinema:
The Royal Opera House Live- The Marriage of Figaro (12A)
Sun 30 April at 2pm
Servants Figaro and Susanna are filled with excitement on their wedding day, but there’s a hitch: their employer, the Count Almaviva, has dishonourable intentions of his own towards the bride-to-be. With more twists than a page boy’s stockings, the story of Mozart’s comic opera will surprise and delight you at every turn. Come for the music and stay for the cross-dressing hilarity, all unfolding over the course of one crazy, topsy-turvy day in the Almaviva household. Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts a truly international cast in David McVicar’s timeless production.
OPERA Company – The Royal Opera Music – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In the Court of the Crimson King (15)
Wed 3 May at 7.30pm
King Crimson is a band that people literally are dying to be in. In the Court of the Crimson Kingis a dark, comic film for anyone who wonders whether it is worth sacrificing everything for just a single moment of transcendence.
For over 50 years Robert Fripp, also famous for his work with Bowie and Eno, has overseen a unique creative environment in which freedom and responsibility conspire to place extraordinary demands on the band’s members – only alleviated by the applause of an audience whose adoration threatens to make their lives even harder. It’s a rewarding and perilous space in which the extraordinary is possible, nothing is certain, and not everyone survives intact…
Starring Academy Award® Winner Jim Broadbent as Harold and Penelope Wilton as his wife Maureen, The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry tells the story of a man who leaves his seaside town in South Devon to deliver a message to an old friend.
Food + Film: Clue (1985)
Fri 12 May from 6.45pm
Based on the popular board game, this comedy classic begins at a dinner party hosted by Mr. Boddy, where he admits to blackmailing his visitors – Mrs. Peacock, Miss Scarlet, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Mrs. White and Col. Mustard.
When Boddy turns up murdered, everyone’s a suspect, and together they try to figure out who is the killer…
David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama.
In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal.
During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation. As beliefs are challenged and slurs slung, a new frontier in American politics is opening and television news is about to be transformed forever.
Jeremy Herrin (All My Sons) directs this blistering political thriller, filmed live in London’s West End.
Event Cinema:
The Royal Opera House Live- The Sleeping Beauty (12A)
Sun 28 May at 2pm
The Sleeping Beauty holds a very special place in The Royal Ballet’s heart and history. It was the first performance given by the Company when the Royal Opera House reopened at Covent Garden in 1946 after World War II. In 2006, this original staging was revived and has been delighting audiences ever since. Frederick Ashton famously cited the pure classicism of Marius Petipa’s 19th-century ballet as a private lesson in the atmospheric art and craft of choreography. Be swept away by Tchaikovsky’s ravishing music and Oliver Messel’s sumptuous fairy-tale designs with this true gem from the classical ballet repertory.
BALLET Choreography – Marius Petipa Company – The Royal Ballet Music – Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Event Cinema: Exhibition on Screen: Tokyo Stories
Tue 30 May at 7.30pm
Tue 6 June at 4.30pm
A thrilling encounter with one of the world’s great art capitals.
Based on a major exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford, Tokyo Stories spans 400 years of incredibly dynamic art – ranging from the delicate woodblock prints of Hokusai and Hiroshige, to Pop Art posters, contemporary photography, Manga, film, and brand-new artworks that were created on the streets.
The exhibition was a smash-hit five-star success and brought a younger and more diverse audience to the museum. The film uses the exhibition as a launchpad to travel to Tokyo itself, and explore the art and artist of the city more fully.
A beautifully illustrated and richly detailed film, looking at a city which has undergone constant destruction and renewal over its 400-year history, resulting in one of the most vibrant and interesting cities on the planet…
Cinema prices are very competitive, with tickets at £6.50, and concessions at £5.50. Concessions are open to those Under 18, Students with valid student ID, and over 60s. Tickets for 16-25 Year Old’s are £4 via a free membership here- Young Person’s Membership – The Bonington (boningtontheatre.co.uk)
Event Cinema is priced separately. Please see website for details.
Furious residents are being forced to walk on the road by a school entrance in Gedling due to building site mess.
Pedestrians using Burton Road say they have to walk into the road as the footpath outside the building site at Carlton Le Willows Academy becomes ‘a quagmire’ every time it rains.
One local parent contacted Gedling Eye and said the footpath was ‘a mess’ even when it wasn’t raining.
They said: “I have stopped passing the entrance now with my pushchair and two-year-old as when I get home the pushchair and our shoes are ruined.
“Last time we used the path, my two-year-old ran into the accessible area in front of the gate, which is set back, and fell straight into the puddle”
Pictured: The footpath that people are expected to navigate (PHOTO: Gedling Eye)
“The muck and dirt appears to be running down from the building site and is being carried onto the road by vehicles when they leave.
We visited the site on a number of occasions and found the same issues every time it had been raining.
Construction vehicles drive through a large puddle, splashing and dragging muck and dirty water onto the public footpath every time they drive through it.
Pictured: The footpath pedestrians are expected to walk on (PHOTO: Gedling Eye)
Gedling Eye contacted Cleggs, who operate the site, for a comment.
Pictured: The footpath is unidentifiable (PHOTO: Gedling Eye)
Another resident said “This is down to the builders, not the school. It has been like this from the start, have a look at the Miller housing site 100 yards over there, it has always been clean”
Pictured: Muck covering the footpath and road (PHOTO: Gedling Eye)
A new statue commemorating the visit of a Hollywood star to the area could soon be placed on Carlton Hill.
Face/Off and Wild at Heart actor Nicholas Cage paid a surprise visit to Carlton Hill back in 2018 whilst carrying out a UK tour to promote his action-horror film Mandy
The star decided to stop off on-route to a promotional press event in Doncaster to get refreshments from a local convenience store.
PICTURED: The actor paid a visit to Tesco Express on Carlton Hill
And now fans of Cage have been crowdfunding to get a statue of the actor placed in gardens on the high street to commemorate the visit.
As proof of his stop off, Cage then shared pictures on his Twitter account of him paying a visit to the local Tesco Express and enjoying a pint of bitter in The Free Man.
He tweeted at the time: “God bless those folks in #CarltonHill. Was only there a short while but met some great guys during a stop off for some soda at the store and also found time to have a nice pint of British beer.”
The UK branch of the Nicholas Cage Society now hopes to erect a statue of the star as a permanent reminder to locals of the visit.
The society’s UK president Alan Bush said: “We have been fundraising for the past year to gather the money needed to erect statues where Nicholas Cage visited – with one of these places being Carlton Hill.”
“We also have statues planned for Doncaster city centre and Newcastle Under Lyme, where he stayed at a local hotel and attended a karaoke night.”
The Society hope to have the statue placed in the sensory gardens.
Geoff Bridges was one of the residents who met the star during his stop off.
“Mr Cage was lovely,” he said.
“He’s a big star but was talking to everyone in the Free Man that day.
“He made a big fuss of my dog Trixie and enquired about what was available in our local DIY shop across the road as he likes making spice racks in his spare time.”
“He had plenty of time for us locals and it was a shame he could only stay for one pint.
“We just hope he might come back for the statue’s unveiling. I know people have chatted about starting a small museum too to commemorate his visit and help attract more tourists.
“I hope they get planning permission for the statue; It’ll add value to our high street”
Residents have also written to the actor asking him to get behind the campaign to save the local Lloyds Bank from closure – but are yet to receive a reply.
The UK Nicholas Cage Society hope to have the statue in place before the end of the year.
A major operation has been launched to track down a criminal gang who have targeted properties in Nottinghamshire, including one in Woodthorpe.
Criminals have used a series of methods to break into properties.
As well as targeting the home of an elderly couple in Woodthorpe, thy have also been active in Sherwood, Chilwell, Bulwell and West Bridgford.
It is believed the gang have been targeting properties for gold and silver, which includes jewellery.
Criminals have even used cleaning products and changed the number plates on their vehicles in attempts to evade arrest.
A police operation with neighbouring forces is now underway to track down and bring the criminal gang to justice. Two arrests have already been made.
The first incident in Nottinghamshire happened in Oxton Avenue in Sherwood just after 6pm on February 23.
The burglars smashed some patio doors and used the key in the lock to gain entry. An untidy search of bedrooms was carried out and a quantity of jewellery stolen.
On the same day, in Perry Road, at 6.40pm, they attempted to break into a home and failed after being disturbed.
They then stole two cars – a grey Audi and Silver Seat Leon – in Bramcote Avenue between 6.15pm and 9pm after they managed to enter the property through open windows and take the keys.
Jewellery was also stolen from the property. They have then used these cars with false number plates to commit some of their crimes. They have also used a black BMW and white Ford transit van.
On March 2, they targeted an elderly couple in Melbury Road in Woodthorpe. A woman was pushed to the ground and her bangles stolen from her wrist.
On March 15, they targeted homes in Commodore Gardens in Nottingham and Davies Road in West Bridgford. Burglars attempted to enter the homes and have been disturbed. Nothing was taken from the addresses.
On March 26, at Dale Farm Avenue in Sneinton at around 8.42pm, a group of men have entered a property through a living room window and stolen jewellery. They were disturbed and fled the scene.
Detective Constable Colin Kirkup, from Nottinghamshire Police’s burglary team, said: “These are horrific burglaries or attempted burglaries which would have caused much distress and sleepless nights for the victims.
“We believe these crimes are linked and are being committed by an organised criminal gang who have also targeted other properties across the East Midlands. We are determined to unite in our efforts to catch them and bring them to justice.
“Burglary is a heinous crime and my team have put countless hours into building an intelligence picture on who they are.
“CCTV, forensics and working with our neighbouring forces is just some of the methods we are using to bring us ever closer to taking this gang off the streets and ensuring they never return to Nottinghamshire.
“We would ask residents to be as vigilant as they can to prevent becoming a victim of burglary.
“This group can work in teams of up to four or five so if you see anything suspicious in your area then please get in touch. Suspicious behaviour could be a group of people walking up and down driveways with faces concealed or hanging about in an area with no purpose to be there.
“Make sure your windows and doors are locked, especially if they are easily accessible to burglars such as downstairs windows.
“Invest in doorbell cameras or CCTV if you can and make sure you don’t open your doors to strangers before finding out who they are.
“If you see anything suspicious in your area then please get in touch by calling 101 or 999 if a crime is in progress.”
One of Mapperley’s best-known venues now has a new general manager.
Copper Mapperly is now being run by Tom Bartley, who was born and bred in nearby Arnold and says he knows the Mapperley area ‘like the back of his hand’.
With an extensive history in hospitality and operations, his previous roles include being part of the successful operations team at the Motorpoint Arena that helps organise the Nottingham venue’s big events.
Tom said: “Since being offered the role at Copper, I have been excited that I am working at this fantastic venue and looking forward to the future.”
Pictured: Coffee & Cake Deal (PHOTO: Courtesy of Tom Bartley)
“Since starting it has been great getting to know the fantastic team of staff and our customers and the welcome that I have received has been very touching.”
Tom says he has exciting plans for Copper Mapperley and aims to make it THE place to visit in Mapperley.
The new manager has already been talking to customers and taken onboard some of their ideas on how the bar can be improved. Following these conversations, he has now decided to extend the opening times from April 3.
Tom told us that live music is also back every Friday and Saturday from April and the venue has announced its first ‘Butler in the Buff’ night coming up on Tuesday, May 25 that has 3 butlers, live music, glass or fizz and nibbles for £35.
Happy hour runs Monday – Thursday 3pm – 7pm on Cocktails, Procecco and selected pints as well as a lunchtime offer of Sandwich, fries and a small beer or 175ml glass of wine or soft drink for £6.95.
Tom praised the Copper’s Sunday lunch, saying everything is cooked fresh and described the Yorkshire puddings as ‘amazing’. Apologising in advance, he said the venue’s popular lunch ‘was better than his mother’s’.
Pictured: Sunday dinner at Copper Mapperley (PHOTO: Courtesy of Tom Bartley)
The new manager says he has some exciting plans for the future and exciting events taking place throughout the year.
He said: “I can not wait to share this with you all shortly, so please keep an eye out on our social media channels for updates”
Blue light card holders also receive a discount at the bar.
Copper Mapperley can be contacted on 0115 960 9259, by email on Copper.mapperley@redcatpubcompany.com or by visiting their facebook page HERE
Gedling slip into the relegation zone following St Andrews defeat.
This game was massive for both clubs as a win for any club would boost their survival hopes and Gedling got off to a dream start. Just 5 minutes in Zac Hill played a brilliant through ball to Courtney Hastings who slotted the ball into the bottom right corner from 16 yards for his first goal in 2023 and a 7th of the season.
Gedling were really building momentum and on 8 minutes Hastings had a glorious chance to double the lead, but he couldn’t quite sort his feet out from Niall Hylton’s perfect cross.
This proved costly as on 17 minutes the Drews were back on level terms, a cross from the right saw Jurelle Philip run across the front post to dispatch a brilliant header into the top corner.
On 26 minutes the visitors hit the front, again Philip made room for himself and he volleyed a low effort into the bottom corner from 18 yards to give the visitors a 2-1 lead.
On 44 minutes the visitors task was made harder, Tawanda Mangondoza was shown a 2nd yellow card for a clumsy challenge on Ruben Wiggins-Thomas, but Gedling went into the break trailing.
The Miners immediately searched for a leveler pinning the 10 men back and had 2 good chances in quick succession. First Kieran Harrison played a brilliant 50 yard pass to Hylton who fired an effort into the side netting and just a minute later Jahren Barrow headed a Greg Tempest corner just over the bar.
On 58 minutes though St Andrews snatched a 3rd of the night, a deep free kick was not delt with Shimron Thompson-Isaac prodded the ball past Richardson from 2 yards to give the 10 men breathing space.
Gedling still continued to press and on 69 minutes they were back in it, Josh Thornton whipped in a brilliant cross and Hastings headed home from 10 yards for his 2nd of the night on to give the miners hope again.
The hosts were really pressing but St Andrews remained resolute at the back, and they grabbed a vital 3 points to leapfrog Gedling who slip into the drop zone with 5 games remaining.
Gedling Team – Louis Richardson, Jahren Barrow (TK Mushambi 82’), Josh Thornton (C), Kieran Harrison, Ross McCaughey (Paolo Piliero 74’), Greg Tempest, Niall Hylton, Zac Hill (Gian Ciaurro 64’), Courtney Hastings, Ruben Wiggins-Thomas, Fenn Davies (Adrian Hawes 59’)
A Carlton branch of banking giant Lloyds will close its doors as part of a nationwide raft of closures.
The firm’s branch on Carlton Hill will close on July 26.
The closures come as major high street banks opt to transition more of their banking services online.
Lloyds are closing a number of branches across the UK
342 customers used this branch regularly over a 12-month period up to October 2022.
A Lloyds Banking Group spokesperson said: “Our customers are increasingly using digital channels to manage their money – we now have over 20 million regular digital users so it’s important we continue to develop the online services our customers want to use.
“Our branches will continue to be an option for our customers, alongside our telephone services, mobile app and online bank.”
Burlington Live – Ravenshead Village Hall, Ravenshead, 8.15pm
Don’t miss this chance to see one of the most exciting bands to come from Nottingham in recent years. Since performing at the Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden, under the direction of Jon Wakefield, (Piano); Amy (Voice), Tony (Saxophone) and Miriam (Flute), have Joined forces with Martyn (Bass) and Tommy (Drums) to create a unique fusion of sound and talent.
Event Cinema:National Theatre Live: Life of Pi (12A) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Sun 2 – Fri 7 April
Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.
After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a 16-year-old boy named Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?
Filmed live in London’s West End and featuring state-of-the-art visuals, the epic journey of endurance and hope is brought to life in a breath-taking new way for cinemas screens.
What’s Love Got To Do With It? (12A) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Sun 2, Tue 4 + Wed 5 April £6.50pp
How do you find lasting love in today’s world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe (Lily James), swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr Wrongs, to her eccentric mother Cath’s (Emma Thompson) dismay. For Zoe’s childhood friend and neighbour Kaz (Shazad Latif), the answer is to follow his parents’ example and opt for an arranged (or “assisted”) marriage to a bright and beautiful bride from Pakistan.
As Zoe films his hopeful journey from London to Lahore to marry a stranger, chosen by his parents, she begins to wonder if she might have something to learn from a profoundly different approach to finding love.
Bird Walk – Migrants Some summer migrants may already be in and there could be some passage migrants passing through. Meet at the footbridge onto the reserve. Sunday April 16th at 9.00 to 12.00 Tuesday April 18th at 9.00 to 12.00
Warbler Walk Up to ten species of Warbler could be singing on the reserve, plus some other summer visitors and residents. Meet at the footbridge onto the reserve. Sunday May 7th at 9.00 to 12.00 Tuesday May 9th at 9.00 to 12.00
Wildlife Walk There should be lots of flowers and insects about as well as the breeding birds. Meet at the footbridge onto the reserve. Sunday May 21st at 9.00 to 12.00 Tuesday May 23rd at 9.00 to 12.00
Orchid Walk There are five species of Orchid that flower on the reserve. With a bit of luck they might all be out. Meet at the footbridge onto the reserve. Tuesday May 30th at 9.00 to 12.00 Sunday June 4th at 9.00 to 12.00
Insect Safari So far we have identified well over 1,000 insects on the reserve. Come and see if you can help add to this total by finding something new. Meet at the footbridge onto the reserve. This event will be called off if rain is forecast. Tuesday June 6th at 9.00 to 12.00 Friday June 9th at 2.00 to 5.00
Butterfly Walk There could be up to twelve species flying. Come and see how many you can spot. Meet at the footbridge onto the reserve. This event will be called off if rain is forecast. Tuesday July 11th at 2.00 to 5.00 Thursday July 13th at 2.00 to 5.00
Insect Safari So far we have identified well over 1,000 insects on the reserve. Come and see if you can help add to this total by finding something new. Meet at the footbridge onto the reserve. This event will be called off if rain is forecast. Tuesday July 18th at 2.00 to 5.00 Sunday July 23rd at 9.00 to 12.00
Dragonfly Walk At least ten species should be on the wing. Meet at the footbridge onto the reserve. This event will be called off if rain is forecast. Tuesday August 1st at 2.00 to 5.00 Thursday August 3rd at 2.00 to 5.00
Wildlife Walk Birds are beginning to migrate and most flowers will be producing seeds by now. There will be butterflies, dragonflies and other insects to see as well. Meet at the footbridge onto the reserve. Monday August 14th at 2.00 to 5.00 Sunday August 20th at 9.00 to 12.00
Bird Walk Some summer birds may still be about and some winter birds may have already arrived. It is at this transitional stage of the year that some rarities can turn up. Meet at the footbridge onto the reserve. Monday September 11th at 2.00 to 5.00 Sunday September 17th at 9.00 to 12.00
Bird Walk and Murmuration There should be eight species of duck to see and the walk will be finished off by watching the Starling murmuration as they come to roost in the reed beds. Of course this depends on the co-operation of the Starlings. Meet at the footbridge onto the reserve. Monday October 9th at 2.00 to 5.00 Thursday October 12th at 2.00 to 5.00
Fungus Foray Fungi come in a bewildering variety of shapes, colours and sizes. Let us introduce you to the reserve’s mycological hot-spots. Meet at the footbridge onto the reserve. Sunday October 15th at 9.00 to 12.00 Tuesday October 17th at 2.00 to 5.00
Wildlife Walk It is getting towards the end of the year, but there is still wildlife to be seen on the site. Meet at the footbridge onto the reserve. Sunday November 26th at 9.00 to 12.00 Tuesday November 28th at 2.00 to 5.00
