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Ale fans looking forward to return of Dyb Dob Beer Festival in Arnold

Justin Doddy
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Ale fans looking forward to return of Dyb Dob Beer Festival in Arnold

Ale fans are already counting down the days to the return of the Dyb Dob Beer Festival, which will take place in Arnold on February 4.

The 2nd Arnold Scout Group fundraising committee has been busy organising the event to raise money for the Scout Group which includes, Cubs, Beavers and Scouts (ages 6 – 14)

Fundraising Committee Member Anne-Marie Fisher told Gedling Eye that the success of the event makes a big difference to the Scout Group.

“It helps cover the running costs of the hall as well as materials for the children’s activities,” she said.

The event runs from 12pm, with music provided from 8pm by the excellent acoustic duo Embers Duo .

The event is held at Atherley House, Calverton Road, Arnold, NG5 8FH (Scout Hut is next to Arnold Jeans)

This year’s festival is being supported by the Lincoln Green Brewery Company

Santander now offering £200 to customers switching bank accounts

Emily Sanchez
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Santander now offering £200 to customers switching bank accounts

Santander will hand over £200 to new and existing customers if they switch to one of its current accounts.

A number of banks are now making tempting offers to customers to switch in the face of stiff online competition from rivals.

Lloyds are now also offering customers £200 as a switching incentive until March 20, while First Direct will pay £175 if you switch to its 1st Account.

Santander’s offer is only available for those switching to an Edge, 123, Select, Private and Everyday accounts, using the Current Account Switch Service (Cass).

To qualify, customers need to complete the switch within 60 days, set up and maintain two active direct debits, deposit at least £500 a month, and log in to online or mobile banking.

The cashback will then be paid into their qualifying Santander account within 30 days.

However, the £200 offer is for a limited time only and can be withdrawn. Customers will also not be eligible if they’ve previously received incentives for switching to other Santander accounts.

Santander Edge was launched in November, and allows customers to earn up to £20 cashback on essential bills and spending, plus 4% interest on savings, for a £3 monthly fee.

The new current account offers 1% cashback, capped at £10 a month, on grocery shopping and transport-based debit card spending.

It also offers 1% cashback, capped at £10 per month, on household bills paid by direct debit, including council tax, gas and electricity, mobile, landline, broadband and paid-for TV packages.

The planned roadworks and road changes in Gedling borough over the next few weeks

Gedling Eye Reporter
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The planned roadworks and road changes in Gedling borough over the next few weeks

A number of roadworks, and changes to the roads, are set to take place on Gedling borough’s roads during the next few weeks.

The roadworks and road changes include things such as speed alterations, repair works and changing the layout of the roads. 

Most of the roadworks are being undertaken by Nottinghamshire County Council while a couple are being led by Severn Trent Water.

These are the roadworks and closures you need to know about…

Papplewick Lane, Papplewick

24 January – 24 January

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Arno Vale Road, Woodthorpe

27 January

Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water

Buckingham Road, Woodthorpe

27 January – 02 February

Road closure for large scale bespoke c/w patching repairs at the junction of Thackeray’s Lane & junction of Malborough Road

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Redhill Road, Redhill

24 January

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Salterford Avenue, Calverton

26 January – 27 January

Road closure for large-scale bespoke c/w patching repairs on various sections across the whole length of the road

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Walnut Grove, Calverton

30 January – 31 January

Road closure for large-scale bespoke c/w patching repairs at junction area with Thorndale Road.

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Wood Grove, Calverton

24 January – 25 January

Road closure for large-scale bespoke c/w patching repairs at junction area with Thorndale Road

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Arthur Street, Netherfield

29 January

Responsibility for works: Virgin Media

Besecar Avenue, Gedling

25 January – 26 January

Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water

Current status: Planned work about to start

Front Street, Arnold

25 January – 26 January

Lane closure

Responsibility for works: Openreach

Grove Close, Burton Joyce

25 January – 25 January

Responsibility for works: Openreach

Lambley Lane, Gedling

30 January – 01 February

Responsibility for works: Virgin Media

Longdale Lane, Ravenshead

24 January – 27 January

Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water

Peverel Road, Linby

25 January – 26 January

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Whernside Road, Woodthorpe

27 January

Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water

Willow Wong, Burton Joyce

27 January – 31 January

Responsibility for works: Openreach

Morrisons in Netherfield slashes prices to help with rising cost of living

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Morrisons in Netherfield slashes prices to help with rising cost of living

To help customers in Gedling borough with the cost of living crisis, Morrisons in Netherfield is reducing the price of 1000 products this January.

The supermarket giant, which has a store at Victoria Retail Park, has reduced the price of 820 products as it looks to help shoppers during the cost-of-living crisis, taking the total number of cuts available to over 1,000.

All price cuts are locked in for a minimum of eight weeks as the supermarket hopes to help customers through January and beyond.

Items including pears, potatoes, aubergines, sandwich fillers and sirlion steaks have seen 20% price drops on average.

As well as its own-label products, the grocery retailers price cuts have also been added to sweet treats, shampoo, washing detergents and big brands including Yeo Valley, Warburtons and San Miguel.

“Today’s cuts demonstrate our continued commitment to doing all we can to help when it comes to the cost of grocery shopping,” Morrisons chief executive, David Potts said.

“In addition to the cuts we made to the Savers range at the start of the month and then our fuel promotion, we’re now cutting the price on even more popular products to help make a positive difference to the pockets of our customers.”

This news comes as Morrisons invested over £16 million to slash prices across 50% of its Savers range earlier this month to help shoppers following added Christmas expenses.

This saw prices reduced on 130 products including fresh and frozen food, as well a cupboard essentials and household items.

RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is back – here’s how people in Gedling borough can take part

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RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is back – here’s how people in Gedling borough can take part

Twitchers, nature lovers and families across Gedling borough are being urged to watch and count the birds this weekend.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’ (RSPB) is holding its nationwide Big Garden Birdwatch – the world’s largest garden wildlife survey – from January 27 to 29, to provide a snapshot of how garden birds are faring across the country.

In total more than 11million birds were counted last year by almost 700,000 people.

With birds now facing so many challenges due to the climate emergency, the RSPB is calling on Gedling borough residents to spend one hour watching and recording the birds that land in their garden, balcony or local park, and then send their results to the charity.

Beccy Speight, the RSPB’s chief executive, said: “The birds we see in our gardens, from our balconies, and in our parks, are a lively, colourful and endlessly fascinating part of all our lives, offering a real connection to the natural world.

“By taking part in the Birdwatch you, and hundreds of thousands like you, play an important role in helping us understand how UK birds are doing.

“With birds now facing so many challenges due to the nature and climate emergency, every count matters.

“Whatever you see – one blackbird, 20 sparrows or no birds at all – it all counts. It helps us build that vital overall picture of how our garden birds are faring from one year to the next.”

Registration for Big Garden Birdwatch 2023 is now open.

For a free Big Garden Birdwatch guide – which includes a bird identification chart, top tips for birdwatching, an RSPB shop voucher, and advice on how to attract wildlife to your garden, visit www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch or text BIRD to 70030.

MATCH REPORT: Eastwood Community 0 – 4 Carlton Town

Alan Murphy
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MATCH REPORT: Eastwood Community 0 – 4 Carlton Town

FRIENDLY

January 21, 2023

Carlton Town gave themselves a confidence boost with a 4-0 friendly win at Eastwood Community.

Both sides saw their scheduled league games fall victim to frozen pitches in the morning so after a couple of phone calls a friendly was arranged on Eastwood’s artificial pitch.  There was a first appearance for recent Carlton signing Jude Brittain while two of the Carlton Town squad, Louis Czerwak and Ryan Tait, featured for the Red Badgers.

After an even opening period Jonny White put the Millers ahead on 37 minutes with a superb strike.  Lewis Durow did well down the left before feeding Tyler Blake.  He squared to White who hit a left foot drive into the top corner from 20 yards.

Five minutes later Blake doubled Carlton’s lead when he ran onto a Nat Watson through ball and slotted the ball between the goalkeeper’s legs and into the net.

Richard Stainsby was called on to make one decent save but the Carlton defence generally kept Eastwood at bay.

In the second half the Millers were in complete control.  Alex Howes extended the lead with 14 minutes remaining when he rifled into the corner of the net from the right hand side of the penalty area.

Six minutes from time Khyle Sargent wrapped up the win when he followed up his own shot that had hit the post to tap in.

Carlton Town: R Stainsby, J White (D Freeman 46), L Durow (N Hylton 46), L Gorman, D Brown,  J Brittain (J Holmes 46), N Watson, K Dixon (K Sargent 46), B Wells (K Dixon 62), T Blake (K Tomlin 73), K Tomlin (A Howes 46).

Goals: J White 37, T Blake 42, A Howes 76, K Sargent 84

Police concern over man missing from Mapperley

Gedling Eye Reporter
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Police concern over man missing from Mapperley

Police are appealing for help in finding a man who has gone missing from Mapperley.

There are concerns about the safety of 35-year-old Nicholas Wallace after he was reported missing from the Mapperley area on Saturday (21)

Nicholas is described as slim build, 6 foot 1 with a shaved head, wearing black framed glasses.

He was last seen wearing a ¾ length wool coat

A police spokesman said: “If you have seen Nicholas or know where he might be, please call us on 101, quoting incident number 271 of 21 January 2023.

“You can also call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”

Bringing cake into the office as ‘harmful as passive smoking’

Emily Sanchez
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Bringing cake into the office as ‘harmful as passive smoking’

Britain’s top food watchdog chief is warning that bringing cake into the office could be as harmful to workmates in the same way as passive smoking.

Chairwoman of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Professor Susan Jebb, is urging doctors to be more willing to discuss a patient’s weight and offer dietary help, saying it was bad for the nation’s health that medical professionals “mostly ignore it”.

The professor of diet and population health at the University of Oxford spoke personally and not on behalf of the agency, in which she argued that while the two issues were not identical, passive smoking inflicted harm on others “and exactly the same is true of food”.

Just over a third of adults are overweight in the UK, while a quarter (25%) are obese, according to obesity statistics from the UK parliament. By the time they start school, a fifth of children are already overweight, with most people in Britain now too heavy by the age of 25.

Speaking to The Times, Susan Jebb said that it was not enough to rely on the “extraordinary efforts” of personal willpower needed to avoid overeating in a society that is constantly advertising junk food.

She said: “With smoking, after a very long time, we have got to a place where we understand that individuals have to make some effort but that we can make their efforts more successful by having a supportive environment. But we still don’t feel like that about food.”

Jebb urged medical professionals to warn patients when they needed to lose weight and offer them help in doing so.

“If a doctor comes across somebody with high blood pressure, they would feel, culturally, by training, by guidelines, by practice, that they must offer this patient treatment for their high blood pressure and explain to them why it was important,” she said.

“At the moment, if a doctor comes across a patient who is overweight, they mostly ignore it. The status in medicine comes from treating rare diseases with very expensive medicine and technology, and obesity isn’t either of those.

The problem, she said, was to change a “culture in which people, health professionals, doctors, and particularly the sort of powerbrokers in the system, are pretty reluctant to go there.”

She added: “We can change that. We’ve changed it with smoking. It took a very long time.”

Professor Jebb then reflected on her comments and the research, emphasising that comments were made in a ‘personal capacity.’

“I want to make it very clear that the views expressed in The Times article are not those of the FSA Board nor do they reflect current or planned FSA policy in any way whatsoever,” she said.

“As The Times article points out I made the comments in a personal capacity and any representation of them as the current position or policy of the FSA is misleading and inaccurate.”

The news comes as Tesco has partnered with a raft of retailers and suppliers to call on the government to take “meaningful” action to cut childhood obesity, after a series of backtracks on public health commitments.

Gedling MP Tom Randall calls for ‘brownfield-first’ approach to new house building

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Gedling MP Tom Randall calls for ‘brownfield-first’ approach to new house building

Gedling MP Tom Randall has urged local councils to adopt a ‘brownfield-first’ approach to house building in a bid to protect the greenbelt from developers.

Following the publication of the State of Brownfield Report, Gedling Member of Parliament, Tom Randall, met its author Paul Miner from the Council for the Protection of Rural England to discuss the report and the opportunities for more brownfield development. 

Mr Randall MP said: “Our green spaces are precious and once they have been built on, they are gone forever. That is why I join with residents in wanting to ensure that our beautiful Green Belt and green spaces surrounding Gedling are protected from housing. It is also important that any new housing is built on brownfield sites and the design of new houses match the surroundings. This is exactly what the Government’s new laws, that I have voted in favour of, will deliver.”

“Brownfield land is land which has been previously developed that is not currently in use. Brownfield land for 1.2 million homes is currently lying dormant and more than half a million homes on brownfield with planning permission are waiting to be built.

“There are 23,000 brownfield sites identified by local Councils that await development. These sites must be prioritised over our precious Green Belt and green spaces.”

In December 2022, the Government announced that new laws will be introduced that remove housing targets for Councils, making them advisory.

Green Belt protections will also be strengthened as part of the Government’s ‘Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill’, with new guidance setting out that local Councils are not required to review Green Belt to deliver homes.

Speaking in Westminster after the meeting Tom Randall MP said: “A consultation is now taking place, following December’s announcement on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework. I look forward to working alongside colleagues in Parliament, through a new All-Party Parliamentary Group, to share the views of our residents with the Secretary of State and Ministers.”

Locally, Gedling Borough Council are responsible for decisions relating to house building and planning.

Back in December, Mr Randall joined with local councillors Sam Smith and Councillor Mike Adams to call for green belt land at Stoke Bardolph to be protected from future development. Gedling Borough Council eventually removed the land from the consultation.

The Government has now invited local councils to bid for a share of £60 million from the Brownfield Land Release Fund 2, which will help to bring neglected urban areas back into use, support regeneration projects and boost local economies.

Following this announcement, Tom Randall MP said: “This is another part of the Conservative Government’s plan to prioritise brownfield land for new housing, transforming underused sites into places where people want to live and work, while protecting our cherished green spaces. Should they be eligible for the funding, I encourage Gedling Borough Council to apply for it.”

Charity appeal for donations to help pay for refurbishment of steps at Netherfield Lagoons

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Charity appeal for donations to help pay for refurbishment of steps at Netherfield Lagoons

A charity that manages a nature reserve at Netherfield is appealing for donations to help pay for the refurbishment of stairs at the popular site.

Gedling Conservation Trust, who run Netherfield Lagoons, launched the appeal on their Facebook page.

They hope to raise enough funds to replace stairs near the Ouse Dyke entrance to the site.

Netherfield_Lagoons

The Trust posted: “Those of you who visit the site may have noticed that both sets of steps require refurbishment.

“Ideally, we would like to replace them all using recycled plastic boards which require no maintenance and are sustainable (similar material to the benches at the site).

“Not only do the steps currently look unsightly, they are clearly a safety concern. It’s really important to us that the lagoons are safely accessible for everyone so we would like to start work as soon as possible.

“We are seeking donations, big or small, to help with the cost of this work.”

The Trust, which relies on public support to carry out work at the Lagoons, estimate that it will cost around £850 to replace the stairs.

Those wanting to donate can make a payment online via the following link: https://www.gedlingconservationtrust.org/support-us/ 

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