A group of 18 teenagers in Arnold have raised over £190 by putting on a Christmas party for local children and families.
The group from Stagewise Performing Arts Club, based in the town, have been planning their fundraising event since September.
The money raised will now be split between their chosen charities – Cancer Research and Arnold Food Bank.
Jo Jones, founder of Stagewise, said: “It’s really thrilling to see the young people put on this event themselves; learning to do everything from writing the risk assessment, planning the running order to doing the marketing and sourcing the raffle prizes.
“The event saw over 50 guests from the local community, and the teens put on a disco, performances, games for the kids, a photo booth, as well as a raffle, glitter tattoos and craft stalls amongst other things. We’re really proud of them.”
The timetable for Gedling borough’s bus services across the Christmas period has been announced. Nottingham City Transport and TrentBarton are operating a revised service during the Christmas period.
The bus company, will be running Saturday service over the Christmas period on bank holidays. Services will stop running earlier on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
There will be no service on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Here are the current expected service running days throughout the Christmas period. These may change closer to the time.
Normal weekday timetable up to and including Friday 23rd December.
Christmas Eve – Normal Saturday timetable until approx. 20:00.
Christmas Day – No service.
Boxing Day – No service.
Bank Holiday Tuesday, December27 – Saturday timetable
Wednesday, December 28 – Saturday timetable
Thursday December29 – Saturday timetable
Friday, December 30 – Saturday timetable
New Year’s Eve – Normal Saturday timetable until approx. 20:00
New Year’s Day – No Service.
Bank Holiday Monday 2nd January 2023 – Saturday timetable.
Normal timetables resume from Tuesday 3rd January
N26 will operate as normal up to and including the night of Friday 23rd December 2022 into the morning of Saturday 24th December 2022. The N26 will then resume on the night of Friday 6th January 2023 into the morning of Saturday 7th January 2023.
No NightBuses will operate on New Year’s Eve
Last Bus Times on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
A normal Saturday timetable will operate on all routes on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, with last buses by approx. 20:00.
The tables list the last bus for each individual route, showing the last bus to run the full route and any shorter journeys too. See the bottom of the table for the 53.
A bus driver has been praised for helping out a robbery victim who had been attacked and also had his belongings stolen.
Nottingham City Transport driver Jon was on the 58 route to Arnold when he noticed the youngster was in trouble on Mansfield Road.
Jon stopped his bus and offered assistance.
He learnt the victim had been attacked and had his belongings taken – including his shoes.
The driver invited the young man out of the cold on to his bus, giving him his phone to ring the Police and seek assistance.
Jon reassured the young man and he stayed on the bus to Arnold then remained onboard until they returned to the City Centre, where he was met by the Police.
A spokesman for Nottingham City Transport said: “Well done Jon for showing such kindness and compassion and for being so alert that morning.”
Geding Borough Council will receive £2.9m over the next three years to fund a number of different projects.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is the successor to the European Structural Fund and Gedling Borough Council will receive £368,000 in the first year followed by £696,000 in year two and a final instalment of £1.8 million in year three.
Projects to start in the first year include plans to build a new sports pavilion at Lambley Lane Recreation Ground, expand CCTV in crime hotspots in areas including Calverton, provide community grants to local charities and groups and the council will also use the funding to install new Changing Places public toilets at King George V Playing Fields in Arnold Town Centre.
Deputy Leader of Gedling Borough Council, Councillor Michael Payne said: “This is good news for Gedling borough. We are very pleased to have secured this much needed funding to help support our local communities across Gedling Borough.
“We put together a robust investment plan and worked with local communities to help identify the best places for this funding to be used. As the funding is over three years, we have a limited allocation in the first year but we will start work on improving sports and recreation in key areas of the borough, specifically a refurbishment of the sports pavilion on Lambley Lane in Gedling and the installation of a new Changing Places toilet in King George V Park in Arnold.
We now look forward to the Government approving our £50 million Levelling Up Fund bid to further improve our local community.”
Cabinet Member for Growth and Regeneration, Councillor Jenny Hollingsworth said: “This money will be used to support communities all across the borough including areas in Gedling, Calverton and Mapperley.
“I am very pleased that the Lambley Lane Recreation ground in Gedling will be one of the first places to benefit from this funding with a new sports pavilion. The pavilion will ensure grassroots sports are back in the area and help improve the health and wellbeing of local residents and families.”
From “Pac-Man” to “Call of Duty,” and Atari to PlayStation, video games fans can enjoy a celebration of their favourite pastime at the Richard Herrod Centre in Carlton next week.
The Nottingham Video Games Expo is taking place at the centre next week (December 17 and 18).
The Expo will offer two days of action-packed gaming, activities, guest speakers and more.
As it’s a week before Christmas, it’s just in time to get those last-minute gifts, too!
The event is being put on by James and Alex, friends who met online during the coronavirus pandemic, have been going to gaming events for years, but have now decided to give it a try themselves.
They say the formula for the Nottingham Video Games Expo is to put together all of their favourite parts of those previous events and wrap it all together just in time for Christmas with their own video games event.
They said: “We want to bringing the local community together to celebrate all things gaming and beyond.
“This is set to be a fun-packed event for all ages.”
Postal workers at Royal Mail have begun a wave of strikes that will stretch until Christmas Eve amid a bitter dispute over pay and conditions.
The walkouts will hit deliveries across the UK, Royal Mail said.
Members of the CWU union will now strike on 9, 11, 14, 15, 23 and 24 December after negotiations between the union and Royal Mail broke down.
Last week customers were advised by the postal service to post Christmas mail earlier than usual due to the strikes.
The union has said its members want a pay rise that matches the cost of living.
It warned of a “Christmas meltdown” in parcel and letter deliveries, and said millions of items of mail had been stacking up before the strikes.
The union told the BBC that management want to “force through thousands of compulsory redundancies”.
Dave Ward, CWU general secretary, said: “Royal Mail bosses are risking a Christmas meltdown because of their stubborn refusal to treat their employees with respect.
“Postal workers want to get on with serving the communities they belong to, delivering Christmas gifts and tackling the backlog from recent weeks.
“But they know their value, and they will not meekly accept the casualisation of their jobs, the destruction of their conditions and the impoverishment of their families.”
Talks have broken down between the union and Royal Mail, a spokesman said, adding that Royal Mail managers are “refusing to budge with their ‘best and final’ offer”.
That offer includes a 9% pay deal over 18 months and “a number of other concessions to terms and agreements”, Royal Mail said.
A Royal Mail spokesman said: “We spent three more days at [conciliation service] Acas this week to discuss what needs to happen for the strikes to be lifted.
“In the end, all we received was another request for more pay, without the changes needed to fund the pay offer,” the spokesman said, adding that the union “knows full well” that the business is losing more than £1m a day.
He added that the strike action had cost staff £1,200 each. “The money allocated to the pay deal risks being eaten away by the costs of further strike action,” he said.
The spokesman added that CWU was “deliberately holding Christmas to ransom for our customers, businesses and families across the country”.
He said Royal Mail was “doing everything we can to deliver Christmas for our customers and settle this dispute” by continuing deliveries, but “the task becomes more challenging as Christmas nears”.
The company has announced plans to cut up to 10,000 jobs.
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”.
Here are the latest prices from across the borough…
A new ‘unacceptable behaviour’ policy has been approved by Gedling Borough Council after some staff were abused or assaulted by complaining customers.
The Labour-run authority says key workers were facing “difficult behaviour” while doing their jobs.
The authority says it involves a rise in the number of people becoming frustrated and sometimes angry with staff when making complaints.
ACTION: New measures were decided during a council meeting at the Civic Centre in Arnold
The council did not provide a figure for the increase, but says it was enough to create a policy aimed specifically at clamping down on abuse.
The policy sets out the actions the council will take if a customer is abusive or violent, and when they’re acting in an “unacceptable” way.
This may include committing actions which are “damaging or have hurtful effects” either physically or emotionally, or lead to “staff being afraid for their personal safety”.
It says that, while each incident should be considered “on its own merits”, the first actions should include asking customers to treat them with respect.
The policy then specifies the incident should be passed on to managers if the behaviour continues, and then again to the heads of council services.
If the heads of services or council directors believe further action is needed, they will be responsible for enforcement against the customer.
This could include restricting calls or contact with the customer, refusing them access to council buildings or refusing to process further complaints about their issues.
The policy was approved by cabinet members on Thursday (December 8).
In the meeting, the authority said it understands the pressure some customers are under but that staff “shouldn’t face abuse”.
Francesca Whyley, the authority’s head of governance and customer services, said: “We absolutely understand times are difficult and customers are experiencing all kinds of challenges.
“But our services are working very hard to try and address those.
“We need to be clear that staff don’t have to face and shouldn’t face abuse, or sometimes even assault, when they’re coming to work trying to do the best they can.”
Councillor Michael Payne (Lab) is the deputy leader of the authority.
He added: “Times are desperate at the moment and people need additional support from public services, not least from the council.
“As people are struggling, sometimes tempers fray. But officers and diligent staff who work for us are human beings as well.
“They care about the people we’re trying to help and are sometimes on the receiving end of quite difficult behaviour.
“This can have an impact on their physical health, but sometimes also too on their mental health as well.
“This is incredibly welcome. Both we and central government need to do all we can to protect the people working hard to support others at difficult times.”
Following its approval, council staff will be given guidance on how the policy will be applied.
Cllr John Clarke (Lab), leader of the authority, added: “I’d like to take a moment to thank our staff because I know they have taken a fair amount of abuse.
“Members on all sides of this council have too, and it’s not acceptable.
“If this helps people to understand what will happen if they do misbehave, I really welcome it.”
A new ‘unacceptable behaviour’ policy has been approved by Gedling Borough Council after some staff were abused or assaulted by complaining customers.
The Labour-run authority says key workers were facing “difficult behaviour” while doing their jobs.
The authority says it involves a rise in the number of people becoming frustrated and sometimes angry with staff when making complaints.
The council did not provide a figure for the increase, but says it was enough to create a policy aimed specifically at clamping down on abuse.
The policy sets out the actions the council will take if a customer is abusive or violent, and when they’re acting in an “unacceptable” way.
This may include committing actions which are “damaging or have hurtful effects” either physically or emotionally, or lead to “staff being afraid for their personal safety”.
It says that, while each incident should be considered “on its own merits”, the first actions should include asking customers to treat them with respect.
The policy then specifies the incident should be passed on to managers if the behaviour continues, and then again to the heads of council services.
If the heads of services or council directors believe further action is needed, they will be responsible for enforcement against the customer.
This could include restricting calls or contact with the customer, refusing them access to council buildings or refusing to process further complaints about their issues.
The policy was approved by cabinet members on Thursday (December 8).
In the meeting, the authority said it understands the pressure some customers are under but that staff “shouldn’t face abuse”.
Francesca Whyley, the authority’s head of governance and customer services, said: “We absolutely understand times are difficult and customers are experiencing all kinds of challenges.
“But our services are working very hard to try and address those.
“We need to be clear that staff don’t have to face and shouldn’t face abuse, or sometimes even assault, when they’re coming to work trying to do the best they can.”
Councillor Michael Payne (Lab) is the deputy leader of the authority.
He added: “Times are desperate at the moment and people need additional support from public services, not least from the council.
“As people are struggling, sometimes tempers flay. But officers and diligent staff who work for us are human beings as well.
“They care about the people we’re trying to help and are sometimes on the receiving end of quite difficult behaviour.
“This can have an impact on their physical help, but sometimes also too on their mental health as well.
“This is incredibly welcome. Both we and central government need to do all we can to protect the people working hard to support others at difficult times.”
Following its approval, council staff will be given guidance on how the policy will be applied.
Cllr John Clarke (Lab), leader of the authority, added: “I’d like to take a moment to thank our staff because I know they have taken a fair amount of abuse.
“Members on all sides of this council have too, and it’s not acceptable.
“If this helps people to understand what will happen if they do misbehave, I really welcome it.”
Green belt land at Stoke Bardolph that was earmarked for housing has been spared by council leaders.
Following a meeting of Gedling Borough Council’s Cabinet today (8), it was announced that under threat land to the east of Teal Close will not now be consulted on for housing development.
In a joint statement, the Cabinet members said: “We’ve listened to the views of the residents we serve in Stoke Bardolph, Teal Close, Burton Joyce and surrounding communities and decided to protect the green belt land to the east of Teal Close.
PICTURED: Cabinet members (l to r): Cllrs John Clarke, Michael Payne and Jenny Hollingsworth at the meeting earlier today 9PHOTO: GBC)
“We have removed this specific site from the public consultation on the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan Preferred Approach. This specific site in Stoke Bardolph will not now be consulted on for a future housing allocation.”
“The Government set a compulsory housing target for a least 7,950 homes to be built in Gedling Borough by 2038. The Government’s policy has been to penalise councils that do not meet their compulsory housing targets.
“The Government’s targets mean sites such as green belt land to the east of Teal Close in Stoke Bardolph were put at risk for future housing development.
“We share residents’ concerns about compulsory housing targets set by central Government that do not take account of local views and local circumstances.
“We urge the Government and their Members of Parliament to urgently clarify their policy in terms of compulsory housing targets for council areas – a letter from the Secretary of State doesn’t amount to a change in Government policy.”
They added: “Thank you to the residents of Stoke Bardolph, Teal Close, Burton Joyce and surrounding communities who shared their views with us. When we say we are a listening Council; When we say we are a listening Council, we mean it.”
Over 800 people had signed a petition calling on the council to spare the land from developers.
