Home Blog Page 429

Carlton-based developer to bring colourful taste of Copenhagen to Bridlesmith Gate in Nottingham

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
3
Carlton-based developer to bring colourful taste of Copenhagen to Bridlesmith Gate in Nottingham

A Carlton developer who pledged to transform the fortunes of Bridlesmith Gate, has begun working with local organisations to bring a colourful taste of Copenhagen to Nottingham city centre

Arran Bailey, the managing director of ALB Group, who are based on Cavendish Road, said he was so disheartened at the demise of his home city, that he began buying a raft of retail units with the vision of creating a hub of independent shops, bars and cafes in the once bustling, Bridlesmith Gate area of the city. 

After achieving his initial aims and filling most of the units, he has now enlisted the help of local youngsters, Leonard Design Architects, The Nottingham Project, Marketing Nottingham, Nottingham BID and Nottingham City Council to inject some colour into the area.

The team at Leonard Design Architects and Marketing Nottingham visited Nottingham College some six months ago and asked students what they felt about Nottingham, what stopped them from visiting the city and how it could be improved- and the feedback was brutal with some saying that Nottingham was ‘bland’ in comparison to other cities.

Image: Dilk
Image: Zena Kay & Kynobio

Mr Bailey said: “We want to make this area cool again – bring a vibrancy back that Nottingham was once known for. After visiting students at Nottingham College, we knew that offering lower rents, and shorter contracts was just the first step in a wider plan.  I was shown some concepts by John Morgan at Leonard Design Architects, his designs blew me away, and I knew this would be amazing for Nottingham. We hope that this project will provide a model for other cities.”

John Morgan at Leonard Design Architects, who attended the workshop and who has previously been involved in projects such as Bispevikia in Oslo and The Jam Factory in Melbourne, Australia , said: “The students explained to us that they had travelled the world, been to bright colourful cities like Copenhagen and Berlin- and that Nottingham was vanilla in comparison. 

“It made for difficult listening, and as much as I love our city, you must admit that they do have a point. Many of the shops and buildings in the city centre- and on Bridlesmith Gate in particular, are cream and white or grey, there is no colour, and no personality.  Shops had been closing down before Arran created a new strategy, and we need to get people engaging with our city centres and high street again.

“Following the feedback, Arran’s team and the team at Leonard Design created a wider more colourful vision for this area of the city, and we received so much support from Marketing Nottingham, Invest in Nottingham, The Nottingham Bid and Nottingham City Council who helped us to secure some funding.

“The project will see the buildings on Bridlesmith Gate painted in bright murals, previously closed areas of the street opened up once more, bright artistic installations on every corner, and even a few surprises- making the street a destination – and extremely instagrammable.”

The five artists designing and painting the murals include Laura Decorum, Dilk, Lesser Than Three, Kynobio, Zena Kay and Emily Catherine.

Robert Dixon, Head of Business Growth and CEO at Marketing Nottingham, said: It is great to see Bridlesmith Gate transform – with new shops, different types of shops (café, vintage clothing etc) and now to start to see a more vibrant colourful street design coming to life. With bright colourful shop fronts, and innovative funky designs on some buildings, Bridlesmith Gate is again one of the must-see locations in the city.

Alex Flint, CEO of Nottingham Business Improvement District (BID) – the city centre business alliance who are providing funding for the installation of the murals, said: “The project is an example of Nottingham BID’s continuing investment to provide bigger and better things for Nottingham city centre, through partnership working. Projects like this are a powerful way to create pride and excitement in the city, and further raise Nottingham’s profile as a destination city.”

For more information, please visit www.albgroup.co.uk

Government could ditch menu calorie counts after just five months

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
0
Government could ditch menu calorie counts after just five months

Calorie labelling on menus became a legal requirement for restaurant groups employing over 250 staff in the UK back in April – but now the government could be looking to drop them altogether. 

Ministers have ordered an official review of its anti-obesity strategy. As a result, menu calorie counts could now be scrapped as part of a ‘drive to cut red tape’, reports The Guardian. 

The new rules were introduced on April 6 and require larger hospitality businesses to display calorie counts ‘clearly and prominently’ along with the statement ‘adults need around 2000kcal a day’. 

But now a new review, described by Whitehall sources as “deregulatory in focus”, could see the policy ditched entirely, meaning many cafes, takeaways and restaurants in the borough that have invested in printing new menus will now likely find them redundant. 

Toby-Carvery
Calorie counts on menus at a number of restaurants could be ditched

When calorie labelling came into force, it was widely criticised by eating disorder charities, restauranteurs, chefs and food critics alike. 

Then Public Health Minister Jo Churchill, said at the time: “Our aim is to make it as easy as possible for people to make healthier food choices for themselves and their families, both in restaurants and at home. That is why we want to make sure everyone has access to accurate information about the food and drink we order. 

“These measures form an important building block in our strategy to support and encourage people in achieving and maintaining a healthier weight.” 

If the government scraps its entire anti-obesity strategy then the ban on sugary products being displayed at checkouts as well as “buy one get one free” multi-buy deals in shops could also be lifted. The restrictions on advertising certain products on TV before the 9pm watershed could also be ditched.

The Obesity Health Alliance, a grouping of 50 health charities and medical organisations, told The Guardian “They are deeply concerned”.

“It would be reckless to waste government and business time and money rowing back on these obesity policies, which are evidence-based and already in law. These policies are popular with the public, who want it to be easier to make healthier choices,” said Katharine Jenner, the alliance’s director.

Nominate local heroes and businesses for Pride of Gedling 2022 award

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
0
Nominate local heroes and businesses for Pride of Gedling 2022 award

Nominations are now open for the Pride of Gedling Awards 2022 as the council looks to recognise our borough’s amazing people and organisations.

This year’s awards ceremony, in association with Keepmoat Homes, will take place on November 9 at the council’s civic centre in Arnold. 

The awards aim to shine a light on the achievements of residents, businesses and community groups across the borough who have made a difference to peoples’ lives.

Last year, the council received over 180 nominations across the six categories.

Previous winners include Richard Whitehead MBE who received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his charity work as well as Amy and Ella Meek from Kids Against Plastic who took home the Environmental Hero Award for their work reducing plastic waste the same year they won a Pride of Britain Award. 

The six categories for this year’s awards are:

  • Business in the Community Award
  • Community Hero(es) Award
  • Dylan Barker (Young Achiever) Award
  • Outstanding Community Project Award
  • Environmental Hero Award
  • Inspirational Healthy Lifestyles Award

An overall Pride of Gedling Award will be presented to one of the nominees on the night and there will also be a Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented by the Leader of Gedling Borough Council, Councillor John Clarke.  

READ MORE: Winners of Pride of Gedling 2021 awards revealed

Nominations are open until October 14, and people can nominate someone by visiting www.prideofgedling.co.uk

Deputy leader of Gedling Borough Council, Councillor Michael Payne said: “We are incredibly pleased to announce that the nominations for this year’s Pride of Gedling Awards are now open. It is one of the highlights of the year and shows the very best of our great borough and the people that live here.

“The awards are an opportunity for us to say thank you to the community who have worked so hard over the last 12 months and have gone that extra mile to help others. 

“Last year, we had an incredible number of entries and they were of the highest standard and, once again, we want to hear about the great things people have done so we urge our residents and businesses to get nominating and let’s celebrate the borough of Gedling.”

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

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
0
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…

Ashwell Street, Netherfield

21 September – 04 October

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Florence Road, Mapperley

22 September – 05 October

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Priory Road, Gedling

22 September – 05 October

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Lingwood Lane, Woodborough

24 September – 25 September

Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water

Littlegreen Road, Woodthorpe

23 September – 06 October

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Queens Bower Road, Arnold

22 September – 22 September

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Trent Valley Road, Nottinghamshire

24 September – 25 September

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Westdale Lane East, Gedling

20 September – 22 September

Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water

Ash Grove, Woodborough

27 September – 30 September

Responsibility for works: Cadent

Breck Hill Road, Woodthorpe

26 September – 14 October

Responsibility for works: Cadent

Curzon Street, Netherfield

23 September – 27 September

Responsibility for works: Cadent

Forest Lane, Papplewick

21 September – 21 September

Responsibility for works: Openreach

Glendale Close, Carlton

22 September – 26 September

Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water

Grenville Rise, Arnold

26 September – 14 October

Responsibility for works: Cadent

Killisick Road, Arnold

26 September – 07 October

Responsibility for works: Cadent

Kingsbridge Avenue, Mapperley

26 September – 07 October

Responsibility for works: Cadent

Lascelles Avenue, Gedling

20 September – 22 September

Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water

Linby Lane, Papplewick

21 September – 21 September

Responsibility for works: Openreach

Linden Grove, Gedling

26 September – 14 October

Responsibility for works: Cadent

Main Street, Papplewick

21 September

Responsibility for works: Openreach

Moor Road, Papplewick

21 September

Responsibility for works: Openreach

Northcliffe Avenue, Mapperley

21 September

Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water

Nottingham Road, Burton Joyce

25 September

Responsibility for works: Cadent

Road No 7, Colwick

26 September – 03 October

Responsibility for works: Nottinghamshire County Council

Rosegrove Avenue, Arnold

26 September – 10 October

Responsibility for works: Cadent

Shelford Road, Gedling

23 September – 24 September

Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water

Walsingham Road, Woodthorpe

21 September – 22 September

Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water

Wollaton Avenue, Gedling

23 September – 24 September

Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water

Bonington Theatre and Richard Herrod Centre to screen Queen’s funeral

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
0
Bonington Theatre and Richard Herrod Centre to screen Queen’s funeral

Gedling Borough Council has announced plans to screen the Queen’s funeral at two of its venues on Monday (19).

The State Funeral will be broadcast live at The Bonington Theatre, Arnold, and the Richard Herrod Centre, Carlton and books of condolence will also be available at both venues for visitors to sign. 

The broadcasts are free for residents to attend, details for both venues below.  

Bonington in Arnold
PICTURED: The Bonington in Arnold will be screening the funeral this coming Monday (IMAGE: Gedling Eye)

Richard Herrod Centre

Doors will open at 10am. The State Funeral begins at 11am and will be shown on the screens within the centre. There is no booking required. The centre will be open until 7pm.

The Bonington Theatre

The State Funeral is also being screened at the Bonington Theatre, Arnold. This is a free event but booking is required and spaces will be limited. Doors open at 10am and the screening begins at 11pm. The Bonington will be open until 2pm.

To book a free place, go to the booking page on The Bonington Theatre website. 

Three-year plan to offer support for county’s struggling bus services

Andrew Topping (Local Democracy Reporter)
-
0
Three-year plan to offer support for county’s struggling bus services

Nottinghamshire County Council is drawing up a three-year plan to support struggling bus services as passenger numbers fail to return to pre-Covid levels.

The Conservative-led authority will review the entire county network this autumn to assess all bus routes and identify the services most in need of financial support.

Figures show the bus sector is struggling across Nottinghamshire, with usage currently only back to 80 to 85 per cent of the numbers seen prior to the pandemic.

Usage is even lower for concessionary pass holders at about three-quarters of the pre-pandemic level.

It means operators have begun to face losing money on some routes while keeping services going.

141 bus
PICTURED: The struggling 141 bus service has already been saved

The authority says this is a national trend resulting from changing work patterns, more online shopping and a reluctance to use buses due to the “legacy of Covid”.

Many bus providers are also experiencing staff shortages, causing hundreds of services to be cancelled each week.

Operator Trentbarton, which provides dozens of services in the East Midlands, revealed earlier this month it currently has 130 vacancies in its driver workforce.

The company said this was the cause of 1,614 individual services being cancelled in just two weeks in August.

Now the county council says it will draw up a three-year plan to address gaps in the market across Nottinghamshire and offer long-term certainty to providers once a Government recovery grant ends.

The authority says it has received £3.9m from the Government’s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) pot to improve local bus services over the three years.

It will follow a review of the 80 services currently financially supported by the authority, with 20 struggling routes having already been provided financial backing until next April.

In a report, Adrian Smith, the council’s corporate director for place, said: “It is intended to use the £3.9m of funding to support current services and, if possible, to provide transport where gaps have been identified in the network following the review.

“The council is continuing to have a dialogue with bus operators and other local authorities to develop plans to support the bus sector’s recovery.

“Included in these discussions is joint work to promote bus usage, tailored to specific users including concessionary fare users to help the sector recover.”

In the summer, Trentbarton also announced the removal of the 141 service – which connects Ashfield and Mansfield with Nottingham – saying dwindling passenger numbers made the route unaffordable to run.

The county council did, however, step in following widespread public concern, and provided a year’s worth of funding to continue the service through a 12-month contract with rival provider Stagecoach.

Councillor Neil Clarke (Con), the authority’s cabinet member for transport and environment, will approve the moves during a delegated deicison this week.

Speaking last month, Cllr Clarke told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “We are working with operators to ensure we can keep as many of the services going as we possibly can.

“They might not be able to stay exactly as they are now, and I’ve no doubt there will be some sort of changes, but the intention is to keep services running as best we can.

“No decisions have been made at all and there is no intention to axe anything.

“It’s a question of taking the time out to review and make sure we can keep services going.”

REVEALED: East Midlands Ambulance Service failed to hit serious call response targets for 12 months

Andrew Topping (Local Democracy Reporter)
-
0
REVEALED: East Midlands Ambulance Service failed to hit serious call response targets for 12 months

East Midlands Ambulance Service failed to hit response time targets in Nottinghamshire for the most serious calls for 12 months in a row.

Longer-than-anticipated patient handovers to hospitals have been blamed, with bosses saying the service is under “immense, sustained pressure”.

Category one ambulance calls – those classed as life-threatening, time-critical incidents – should be attended to in an average of seven minutes from the call first being made.

However, figures show crews failed to hit this target in Nottinghamshire in each of the 12 months to July 2022.

June and July saw some of the longest response times for serious calls in the year – the average in both months hit eight-and-a-half minutes or above.

Ambulance_Gedling
(PICTURE: EMAS)

Besides Nottinghamshire, the service also covers Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire.

Greg Cox, divisional director for Nottinghamshire at East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “We are currently experiencing immense, sustained pressure on our service.

“Our staff are continuing to work hard to prioritise the sickest and most severely injured patients.

“We continue to work closely with all our health and social care colleagues across Nottinghamshire in response to the ongoing high levels of demand being experienced across the wider NHS system.”

Councillor David Martin (Ash Ind), vice-chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council’s adult social care and public health scrutiny committee, recently met EMAS bosses to discuss the problems facing crews.

He said: “What is clear is that EMAS have an extremely challenging job and need more support.

“Our paramedics do a wonderful job but speak of spending whole shifts sat queuing outside hospitals – morale is at an all-time low.

“Our ambulance crisis will only get worse with the winter coming fast and the cost of living crisis biting.

“We’ve all heard the horror stories of people with life-threatening conditions turning to taxis to get to A&E, and others waiting hours for an ambulance.  Sorting out our ambulance crisis should be a key priority.”

Wider regional targets say nine out of 10 category one calls should be responded to within 15 minutes and, in Nottinghamshire, EMAS managed to hit this target in all months except July.

But for category two calls – those classed as an emergency but not immediately life-threatening – crews significantly missed their target across the county.

Category two incidents should be reached within 18 minutes of a call being made.

This was missed across Nottinghamshire in each of the 12 months.

July saw the longest response times for any month, with crews taking about 57 minutes on average to arrive at the scene for category two calls made in the county.

The longest response time for a Nottinghamshire category two incident in July was about two hours and nine minutes.

This was significantly above wider regional targets stating 90 per cent of category two incidents should receive a response in no longer than 40 minutes.

But EMAS says response times have lengthened as crews face longer-than-expected turnaround times for transferring patients into hospitals.

On average, patient turnaround took between 36 and 43 minutes across all months from August to June, with July’s figure at about the 45-minute mark.

This was three times more than the systemwide target of 15 minutes from ambulance to hospital bed.

The organisation adds long turnarounds caused Nottinghamshire EMAS crews to lose about 73 hours per day in July, with the year total of lost hours at about 22,200 for incidents in the city and county.

EMAS bosses will present the figures to councillors on the authority’s health scrutiny committee on September 20.

Plans submitted to transform former Netherfield cinema into new homes

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
1
Plans submitted to transform former Netherfield cinema into new homes

A former cinema in Netherfield could soon be converted into nine new homes if plans get the green light from Gedling Borough Council.

The building on the corner of Kenrick Street and Wright Street was once the Cosy Cinema was built in the early 20th century.

It remained a cinema until 1955.

The building has since been used as workshop and storage space. 

If plans were given the go ahead the cinema building would be converted into two three-bed homes and the neighbouring property – described as ‘dilapidated’ – would be demolished to help make way for more properties.

The building on the corner of Kenrick Street and Wright Street was once the Cosy Cinema was built in the early 20th century. PHOTO: Gedling Eye

Developers said they hope to “sympathetically convert the former cinema and workshop”.

A planning document, submitted on behalf of CP Development, said the development was considered ‘appropriate’ for the area.

It said: “The scale, form and sitting of the proposed development is such that the character and appearance of the area will not be harmed, and will enhance the current site and visual outlook.”

The planning application will now be considered by Gedling Borough Council.

History of the Cosy Cinema in Netherfield

Built next to the railway line just off Victoria Street, the Victoria Picture Palace was opened on July 25, 1911.

In 1913 a circle was added, giving an extra 150 seats and the seating capacity was increaed to 600. It re-opened and was re-named Alexandra Picture Palace, and this operated into the late-1920’s when it closed as a silent cinema.

It was re-opened on October 30, 1930 as the Cosy Cinema and was operated by Joseph Wardle of the Bonnington Cinema in Arnold, Nottingham.

In its final years it was operated by Levin’s Cinema Circuit of Nottingham, and they closed the Cosy Cinema on April 30, 1955. It became a workshop for a carpentry business.

List of supermarkets closing stores or reducing opening hours for Queen’s funeral

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
0
List of supermarkets closing stores or reducing opening hours for Queen’s funeral

Supermarkets across Gedling borough will be closing their doors next Monday on the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.

Her Majesty’s state funeral has been declared a bank holiday and several major retailers and businesses have also decided to close, out of respect.

We list all the stores and businesses that will be closing their doors on Monday, September 19, or will be reducing their hours.

Tesco

Tesco has said it will close all of its large stores on Monday so staff can pay their respects.

The supermarket giant said its express stores, like the one based on Carlton Hill, will be open until 5pm.

A spokesman said: “We want to express our deepest condolences to the Royal Family, as well as our gratitude to Her Majesty The Queen for her unwavering service.”

Asda

Asda is to close all its stores from midnight on Sunday, September 18, to 5pm on Monday – reopening after the funeral service.

They have a supermarket in Arnold.

The supermarket giant is also pausing its delivery services.

The spokesman added: “As a mark of respect for Her Majesty The Queen, all Asda stores will be closed on Monday, September 19, until 5pm to allow our customers and colleagues to recognise the passing of our late Monarch and commemorate her steadfast service to our nation.”

Co-op

Co-op is to close its borough stores until 5pm on Monday, September 19.

They will the reopen to customers following the funeral service.

Delivers will also resume after 5pm.

Aldi sign

Aldi

Aldi will shut all its UK stores to customers on the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.

The budget supermarket posted on its Twitter page this afternoon to let customers know that stores would be shut.

The post read: “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – As a mark of respect, all Aldi stores across the UK will close on Monday, September 19 to allow our store colleagues to pay tribute to Her Majesty The Queen.”

Lidl

Lidl has confirmed that, as a mark of respect, it will close all its stores across England, Scotland and Wales on the day of the funeral.

A spokesman said: “We are grateful to all Lidl customers for their understanding and will be keeping all who mourn Her Royal Highness in our thoughts during this time.”

Morrisons

All Morrisons supermarkets will be closed on Monday, as a mark of respect.

Morrisons said it wanted its staff to be able to pay tribute to Her Majesty.

At 5pm it will reopen its petrol filling stations.

Iceland

Iceland said it will close stores on September 19.

A spokesman said: “As a mark of respect to Her Majesty The Queen and to allow its colleagues to mourn in their own way, Iceland has made the decision to close all of its stores.”

Sainsbury’s and Argos

Sainsbury’s and Argos have announced all its UK stores will close to customers on the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.

A spokesman said:  “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

“In honour of Her Majesty and so our colleagues can pay their respects, all Sainsbury’s supermarkets and Argos stores will be closed on Monday, 19th September. “

This will also include groceries online and Argos fast track delivery.

Sainsbury’s said its convenience stores and petrol filling stations will be open between 5pm-10pm on the day to allow our customers to pick up essential items.

Gedling WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood forced to postpone WBA featherweight title defence vs. Mauricio Lara due to injury

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
0
Gedling WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood forced to postpone WBA featherweight title defence vs. Mauricio Lara due to injury

Gedling WBA featherweight champion boxer Leigh Wood has been forced to withdraw from his title defence against Mauricio Lara due injury.

Wood was due to defend his WBA ‘regular’ featherweight title on 24 September 24 against Mauricio Lara at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham.

Matchroom chairman Eddie Hearn said Wood had suffered a torn bicep.

The fight will be now be rearranged.

The card will still go ahead with Maxi Hughes v Kid Galahad now the main event.

Leigh-wood
PICTURED: Gedling boxer Leigh Wood (PHOTO:Leigh Wood/Twitter)

Hearn told the BBC: “We’re gutted to lose such an explosive headliner in Leigh Wood vs. Mauricio Lara so close to fight week but unfortunately Leigh suffered a torn bicep during sparring and there’s no way he can get in the ring against such a dangerous opponent with only one arm.

IBO Lightweight title holder Maxi Hughes will still be taking on Sheffield’s former IBF Featherweight World Champion Kid Galahad in a Yorkshire derby on the night and Terri Harper will be leaping up in weight to challenge Scotland’s Hannah Rankin for her IBO and WBA Super-Welterweight World Titles.

Tickets for the fights at Motorpoint Arena Nottingham are available to purchase online: https://www.motorpointarenanottingham.com/online/article/artist-wood-lara

1...428429430...1,016Page 429 of 1,016