People are being asked to keep away an area near Colwick Hall as emergency services carry out a water rescue.
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service announced they were in attendance dealing with an incident at Racecourse Road on social media earlier today (Tuesday, October 4)
They posted a statement on Twitter at around 11:20am.
They wrote: “Emergency services are in attendance at a water rescue near Racecourse Road, Colwick Hall. Please avoid the area as we go about our work.”
12PM UPDATE: The incident is scaling down but emergency services may remain on scene this afternoon. Please continue to avoid the area.
Shoppers in Arnold will now have to wait a little longer until they can pay a visit to the town’s new-look Market Place.
The £4m AMP complex was expected to open last week but Gedling Borough Council has now issued a further statement today as delays continue to impact the project.
The owners of Arnold Post Office have also continued to voice their frustrations about the delayed opening on social media. They will be the first business to operate out of the new multi-million pound centre.
The post office have recently been posted pictures on their social media account showing off their new space, which is ready to open.
PICTURED: The AMP pictured last week before barriers were removed (PHOTO: Gedling Eye)
On Friday they posted: “I’m really sorry we can’t give you any news about the opening because the council’s promised updates have not been provided.
“I’m really grateful for your patience and rest assured the second I know I will be opening I will let you.
They added: “Fingers crossed the Hallowe’en display won’t be out of date!”
A council spokesman said: “We have been in regular contact with the Post Office, we updated them yesterday (Monday) explaining that the situation was still that we are waiting for the contractors to sign the building off as complete. This is out of our control and with the contractors. We cannot open the building until it is signed off. As soon as this is done, we will be announcing the details including the other new tenants joining the AMP.
“We will update the Post Office and residents as soon as we have more information and, once again, we want to thank everyone for their patience.”
The nearest Post Office branches for Arnold residents are: Killisick Estate Post Office, 7 Beechwood Road, Arnold, NG5 8BA and Daybrook Post Office, 131 Sherbrook Road, Daybrook, NG5 6AS.
THE stars of a TV choir established to highlight the link between music and dementia are set to benefit to the tune of £20,000 – after a Carlton businessman was touched by their plight.
Our Dementia Choir – soon to be seen on BBC1 in a third series of Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure – has been given the generous boost from developer, ALB Group, who have their head office on Cavendish Road.
The thoughtful gesture came about as Arran Bailey, ALB Group’s managing director, was so impressed with the support that the choir has given his family friend, Kevin Cuthbert, he felt he had to do something to help.
Kevin, 69, has known Arran’s mum Toni and his uncle Jez since they were teenagers.
When he was diagnosed with dementia in November last year, it was a devastating blow to not just Kevin but to all who know him.
Retired Rolls-Royce and Royal Ordnance Factory worker Kevin has been attending Our Dementia Choir sessions since January and his friends say it has made a vast difference to his wellbeing.
As Kevin, who was a member of the GB Karate team in the 1980s, sang in a band called Kev and the Kevinettes, it’s been a great boost to be performing again.
But the choir, which has members who were diagnosed in their 40s and 50s, does not receive any funding from government, medical or research bodies – members raise money through their own fundraising, donations, bids and performances.
Arran said: “Kevin is a very close family friend who has been in my life since I was born.
“Our Dementia Choir is doing amazing work with people suffering from dementia.
“My mum went to watch them singing with Tom Grennan at Splendour Festival recently and got talking to them and they mentioned that they struggle for funding. She told me the dementia choir needed £20,000 to survive the year which is also why I wanted to step in and help with this amount.”
ALB is donating a hefty amount of the costs due from Broxtowe Borough Council following their planning appeal which saw the decision to redevelop the former Nottingham College campus, in Beeston, into 162 student apartments, overturned. The scheme has since been approved.
Arran said: “We have lost nearly a year on this project and the costs sustained to the business was so much more than the monies awarded by the council, but it felt right to donate the money towards a worthy cause that would bring happiness after the struggles we’ve had.”
Harry Whyte, of HBW, a partner in the business, said: “It has been struggling at times, getting the planning approval, but it feels good now we’re on site and can donate this money to bring so many smiles.”
Arran added: “I think the choir is a fantastic Nottingham cause and after being invited to one of their rehearsals I was blown away and so happy I could help.”
“My grandparents, Ernie and Joyce, both suffered from dementia towards the end, which makes this charity even more close to my heart.
“They have helped Kevin so much and I just wish that something like this was around here when my grandparents were alive as this would have helped massively.”
The charity is chaired by Nottingham actress Vicky McClure, of Line of Duty, This is England and Broadchurch fame.
She helped to set up the choir as part of the BBC documentary – which has a third series set to be aired this month – after seeing her grandmother’s struggle with dementia.
Vicky said: “‘We are so grateful to ALB for their extremely generous donation to Our Dementia Choir. “Thank you so much! Your donation will go such a long way to supporting our choir members and their families and carers.”
Choir secretary Karen Bonser said finding funding is “a constant struggle that is not getting easier” and the choir relies on goodwill from various organisations for venue hire.
She added: “The donation will be used to support rehearsals and costs incurred for activities and performances.
“This will include transport, catering and the cost of some activities. Funding is also used to support carers and families through the provision of wellbeing and mental health support.
“Currently the budget for running the choir exceeds £35,000 per year – the majority of which we raise by carrying out fundraising activities ourselves.
“So to receive donations to support the choir is absolutely fantastic and will be the start of what we hope will be a strong relationship with a local business.”
Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council
Papplewick Lane, Papplewick
05 October – 07 October
Description: Gully Cleansing
Works location: Entire Length
Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council
Rolleston Drive, Arnold
10 October – 12 October
Description: Permanent reinstatement of road crossing
Works location: Outside T&S Heating
Responsibility for works: GAS TRANSPORTATION CO LTD
Sanderson Drive, Mapperley
10 October – 21 October
Description: Cadent are carrying out essential gas maintenance in the road to replace old iron gas mains with more durable plastic pipes. This is to ensure we continue to provide safe and reliable gas supplies to local businesses and residents.
Responsibility for works: Cadent
Sutton Back Lane, Ravenshead
05 October – 07 October
Description: Gully Cleansing
Works location: Entire Length
Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council
A Labour councillor for Carlton has hit out after feeling ‘silenced’ when a question raised on Black History Month wasn’t answered publicly by council leaders at a recent meeting.
Cllr Henry submitted a question to be asked during a full council meeting on September 22.
His question read: “Black History Month is very important to many residents in Nottinghamshire. Can the Leader outline what plans this Council have in place to mark the month?”
But the council’s constitution allows only one hour for questions, with any unanswered questions receiving a written response instead of a public answer at the meeting.
PICTURED: County Hall
Councillor Henry claims his question was prioritised second to last, as the 19th out of 20 possible questions.
When his question wasn’t answered publicly during the allocated time, he remonstrated against the decision not to prioritise his time-relevant question.
Speaking after the meeting, Cllr Errol Henry said: “I had to stand up and say something. It just was not right.”
“Given the timing, the week before Black History Month, silencing me by putting my question at the back of the queue told me everything I needed to know about how the current Council leadership see this issue.”
But a written response from NCC leader Ben Bradley was issued to the councillor shortly after the meeting.
He wrote: “I was sorry to hear your frustrations at today’s Full Council meeting. As you are aware there were a total of 20 questions submitted for today’s meeting, it was always going to be a challenge to get through all of them.
“Yours was one of 9 questions that we were unable to answer within the 1 hour time limit.
“The Council will be recognising Black History Month this October with the theme of “Time for Change – Action Not Words” with a series of articles being published and new content being added to the Council’s intranet.”
He said that significant work has been undertaken to date to develop a Work Race Equality Standard action plan and embed this in the Council’s approach and culture.
“The Council works closely with our ICS partners, and this is particularly effective in the areas of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
“Whilst the significance of particular dates is important to mark progress and to reflect, these real actions will ensure the Council is a truly inclusive place to work.
Councillor Henry called Bradley’s response ‘absurd’
He said: “Showing ‘actions not words’? with a series of articles? No wonder the leader didn’t want to answer me in public – it’s an absurd response which reads like a bad joke.”
Cllr Henry said he now plans to ask the Leader’s Office whether the Council will provide an update on its performance of identifying workplace discrimination and how they intend to tackle it.
“In the spirit of ‘actions not words’, I will be asking the leader to commission a report demonstrating how it is performing on tackling workplace discrimination of Council staff and highlighting areas where, as I’m aware, it is still evidently a problem.”
“There are plenty famous examples in history where Black people have been expected to wait at the back or had our voices silenced. The fact it is still ongoing in today’s society shows why Black History Month is as important now as ever.”
Gedling MP Tom Randall has cut the ribbon to officially open a new £4.9million housing development for people aged over 55 in Burton Joyce.
Stockinger House, owned by housing provider Jigsaw Homes Group, was formally opened by the MP and Jigsaw Group’s Chief Executive, Hilary Roberts.
They were joined by residents, Gedling Borough councillors Sam Smith and Michael Adams, Burton Joyce Parish councilors and Jigsaw Group board members.
The development was built on the site of the former Lendrum Court scheme on Lambley Lane and consists of 31 one-bedroom and 3 two-bedroom apartments which have all already been fully let.
The name Stockinger nods to the former industrial history of 17th century Burton Joyce where ‘stockingers’ in the area produced stockings, often made from lace, using mechanical knitting frames.
The Homes England funded scheme was designed by architect Halsall Lloyd Partnership and built by Nottingham-based contractors J. Tomlinson Ltd.
The scheme also includes an additional guest suite which can be booked out for friends, family or carers and includes its own self-contained kitchenette and wet room.
Residents can also make use of the dining room, large main lounge and mezzanine area which can be used as a communal space for church services, IT classes, committee meetings and private parties.
Gedling MP Tom Randall said: “It’s great to see this development in place of a scheme that was past its sell-by date, and for it to be replaced with something fresh and new. It is obviously enjoyed by the residents and I wish them a long and happy life here.”
Hilary Roberts, chief executive of Jigsaw Homes said: “We are all about providing good quality, affordable housing which is exactly what Stockinger House is. By replacing a scheme that was no longer fit for purpose we are creating not just a new development, but a new community and it was wonderful to meet so many residents who now call this home.”
Mark Davis CEO of J Tomlinson said: “We are delighted to have worked in close collaboration with Jigsaw Homes once again to deliver a state-of-the-art accommodation, which will bring considerable benefits to residents and their local community.”
Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have performed an extraordinary U-turn on plans to scrap the top rate of tax.
The Chancellor has made a statement this morning, reversing the proposed scrapping of the 45p rate of income tax.
Scrapping the top rate was a key part of last Friday’s mini-budget aimed at boosting growth.
The U-Turn comes after a huge backlash to the proposed tax cut for those in the UK who earn more than £150,000 a year.
Kwasi Kwarteng said: “From supporting British business to lowering the tax burden for the lowest paid, our Growth Plan sets out a new approach to build a more prosperous economy.”
“However, it is clear that the abolition of the 45p tax rate has become a distraction from our overriding mission to tackle the challenges facing our country.”
“As a result, I’m announcing we are not proceeding with the abolition of the 45p tax rate. We get it, and we have listened.”
“This will allow us to focus on delivering the major parts of our growth package.”
“First, our Energy Price Guarantee, which will support households and businesses with their energy bills.”
“Second, cutting taxes to put money back in the pockets of 30 million hard-working people and grow our economy.”
“Third, driving supply side reforms – including accelerating major infrastructure projects – to get Britain moving.”
The decision to cut tax without a plan to pay for it caused a sharp fall in the value of the pound on currency markets, which reached an all-time low against the dollar in Asian markets, and a rapid rise in costs of government borrowing.
Both are indicators of the strongly negative reaction of financial markets to the mini-budget.
A Carlton motorist spotted driving whilst disqualified has been locked up after being caught offending again.
Garfield Lewis was clocked by police driving a van in Marlborough Road, Woodthorpe, shortly before 11pm on September 20, 2022.
After noticing Lewis was driving while disqualified and without any insurance, officers quickly arrested the 40-year-old after catching up with his van.
Lewis, of Standhill Road was charged with failing to provide a specimen for analysis, disqualified driving and driving with no insurance.
He was also charged with breaching a previous suspended sentence order.
Garfield was given an eight month sentence after appearing at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court
Appearing at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on September 22, Garfield pleaded guilty and was jailed for eight months.
PC Louis Jamieson, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This is a great result against Garfield who has not only committed driving offences on this occasion but was already serving a suspended sentence for previous incidents and has obviously not learnt his lesson.
“A single lapse of concentration, using a phone at the wheel or dangerous driving can have devastating consequences which is why we always treat driving offences extremely seriously.
“To know you are on a suspended sentence order for previous driving offences and to re-offend shows a complete lack of care for other road users and the law and I hope this sends a strong message to everyone that you can go to prison for these kinds of offences and won’t just receive a slap on the wrist.”
A runaway driver was sniffed out by a police dog – moments after causing a crash involving a police car.
Raheem Rahman, aged 22, drove away at speed after being spooked by an unmarked police car traveling on Forest Lane, Papplewick, on blue lights to an unrelated call.
In the minutes that followed he drove at high speed around the Hucknall area – passing through red lights, driving on the wrong side of the road, and travelling the wrong way around roundabouts.
With several police vehicles in pursuit, in the early hours of Friday, July 22 this year, Rahman passed through a final red light at a junction with the A60.
A member of the public driving through the lights then collided with a police car as he swerved to avoid a head-on crash.
At this point Rahman abandoned his Audi and attempted to flee the scene on foot. After a methodical search by a police dog handler, he was located hiding in a hedge.
Unwilling to test the resolve of Police Dog Monty, he quickly gave himself up and was arrested.
The driver of the car was treated in hospital but was not seriously hurt.
Rahman, of Rolleston Drive, Arnold, answered “no comment” to all the questions put to him during his police interview, but later admitted to charges of dangerous driving and failing to stop for the police.
Appearing at Nottingham Crown Court on Thursday, he was jailed for 12 months and banned from driving for two years.
PC Ashley Dunn, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was an appalling display of driving that placed members of the public at risk.
“Rahman showed absolutely no concern for the safety of others and could easily have caused a very serious injury to himself and the entirely innocent member of the public he caused to crash.
“He was and is a danger to himself and others and I am pleased he has now been punished and banned from driving as a result of his actions.”
StreetSafe allows people to highlight concerns such as inadequate street lighting, abandoned buildings, poorly designed open spaces or areas blighted by vandalism.
It could also be a location where people have experienced verbal abuse or been followed.
The anonymous online tool is particularly aimed at women and girls, and will help police and partners to identify and shine a spotlight on problem areas.
Chief Inspector Claire Gould, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “No-one should ever be in a situation where they feel unsafe while out and about in Nottinghamshire.
“This tool provides people with an easy and convenient way to make police and our partners aware of locations where they feel unsafe – and will allow us to take action to improve the situation in that particular place.
“It could be a street where you regularly walk which feels unsafe because of poor street lighting or somewhere you have felt unsafe because of the actions of other people.
“I believe StreetSafe can become a vital tool in helping to not only keep people safe, but make them feel safe as well.
“We want to hear from the public about issues affecting their quality of life and the data from this will help inform us of where we need to work with partners to make improvements in our communities.”
No questions are asked on StreetSafe which will reveal your identity, but there are optional questions to help form a better understanding of your concerns.
The data is made available to policing teams to allow officers and partners to have a better understanding of locations which are making people feel unsafe.
StreetSafe captures location data provided by Google Maps, details about the location which may cause you to feel unsafe, details about people’s behaviour in that location which may cause you to feel unsafe and the reasons for not reporting a crime.
Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire Caroline Henry said the online tool was a great idea that could build on ongoing work in Nottinghamshire to make the county’s streets safer for women.
“Earlier this year we launched a whole package of measures in Nottingham to reduce women’s vulnerability on a night out,” she said.
“These include extra night patrols on the city’s tram and transport network and a ‘Safe Space’ facility with trained medical professionals for revellers needing urgent assistance or safety advice and training for staff at licensed premises to support and protect women needing help in their venues.
“Measures like this, combined with the new StreetSafe tool, mean people can be more confident than ever that they can feel safe when they go out in Nottinghamshire. The work is ongoing and we will continue to do everything we can to respond, protect and support people.”
