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31/05/2022

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: Plea from ambulance service to street party organisers in Gedling borough

East Midlands Ambulance Service has made a plea to those organising Jubilee street parties across Gedling borough.

The service has asked that those organising the parties ensure there is enough room on the street for their vehicles to gain access in case of an emergency.

In a tweet, the service said: “Please help our life-saving clinicians get to people quickly.

“Ensure that there is a space wide enough for the size of an ambulance to gain access and exit from your street. This means an unobstructed carriageway of four metres (13 feet).”

A number of streets will be closing over the coming days so that parties to celebrate the Queen’s 70 years of service can be held.

A list of the roads expected to close over the coming days for celebrations can be found HERE.

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

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31/05/2022

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 days.

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…

Broadmead, Burton Joyce

05 June

Delays likely – Road closure

Description: Queen’s Jubilee

Responsibility for event: Nottinghamshire County Council

Henry Street, Redhill

05 June

Delays likely – Road closure

Description: Queen’s Jubilee

Responsibility for event: Nottinghamshire County Council

Imperial Avenue, Gedling

05 June – 05 June

Delays likely – Road closure

Description: Queen’s Jubilee

Responsibility for event: Nottinghamshire County Council

Mansfield Road, Daybrook

05 June

Delays likely – Road closure

Description: Queen’s Jubilee

Responsibility for event: Nottinghamshire County Council

Steedman Avenue, Mapperley

03 June

Delays likely – Road closure

Description: Queen’s Jubilee

Responsibility for event: Nottinghamshire County Council

Arno Vale Road, Woodthorpe

06 June – 17 June

Delays likely – Diversion route

Name: Diversion for Gedling Road, Arnold

Gedling Road, Arnold

06 June – 17 June

Delays likely – Road closure

Responsibility for event: Nottinghamshire County Council

Mapperley Plains, Mapperley

06 June – 17 June

Delays likely – Road closure

Plains Road, Woodthorpe

06 June – 27 June

Delays likely – Road closure

Responsibility for event: Nottinghamshire County Council

Walsingham Road, Woodthorpe

06 June – 06 June

Delays likely – Road closure

Responsibility for event: Nottinghamshire County Council

Current status: Planned

Whitby Crescent, Woodthorpe

06 June – 06 June

Delays likely – Diversion route

Name: Diversion for Walsingham Road

Responsibility for event: Nottinghamshire County Council

Killisick Junior School celebrates Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with day of celebration

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30/05/2022

Killisick Junior School celebrates Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with day of celebration

An Arnold school organised an action-packed day to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee before breaking up for half term.

During the day, youngsters from Killisick Junior School dressed up in red, white and blue and also decorated their school with union flags and bunting and balloons.

Children made their own tiaras and crowns and held a whole-school picnic in the grounds.

Children were welcomed into school by a lifesize cardboard Queen who also attended the school’s celebration ‘Living Our School Values’ assembly.

Pubs in Arnold, Colwick and Mapperley will today offer pints for 6p as part of Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations

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30/05/2022

Pubs in Arnold, Colwick and Mapperley will today offer pints for 6p as part of Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations

A number of pubs in Arnold, Colwick and Mapperley will be offering pints for just 6p today in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Pub chain Greene King has announced that their customers can today (May 30) enjoy an incredibly cheap pint of Greene King IPA at participating pubs.

To get hold of the cheap pint you will need to use a secret codeword.

The pub chain will be offering the 6p pints at 408 of its sites because that was the average cost of a pint during the Queen’s ascension to the throne in 1952.

Anyone visiting one of the Greene King Local Pub or Flaming Grill sites will be able to claim the offer by using the password “1952”.

The pubs taking part in the borough are…

Starting Gate,Candle Meadow, Colwick
Plainsman, Woodthorpe Drive, Mapperley
The Arrow, Gedling Road, Arnold
Friar Tuck, Gedling Road, Arnold

Andrew Gallagher, marketing director at Greene King Local Pubs, said: “The platinum jubilee is a fantastic way for the UK to come together and celebrate our Queen and country, so we wanted to take our customers back to where it all began – 1952, a time when Vera Lynn ruled the charts and pints were only 6p.

“We can’t wait to see our customers enjoy this royally good deal on Monday, May 30, and look forward to celebrating the platinum jubilee in all our pubs across the bank holiday weekend.”

Police use stingers to stop driver who was speeding at 100mph through Arnold

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30/05/2022

Police use stingers to stop driver who was speeding at 100mph through Arnold

Police used stingers to bring a speeding car in Arnold to a stop before a suspect was arrested after running from the scene.

Officers were called to the town just after midnight on Saturday (May 28) after receiving intelligence suggesting a car was being driven by a disqualified driver.

After attempting to stop the suspect vehicle, the driver is understood to have then sped away from police and was clocked by officers as travelling over 100mph at one stage.

Stingers were then deployed by officers on Calverton Road to slow the car down, before it was eventually brought to a stop and abandoned on Smithy Crescent.

A short foot-chase is understood to have then taken place, with police dogs used to track down the suspect within minutes.

A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop, driving without insurance, and possession of a bladed article.

He remains in police custody.

Sergeant Sue Farren, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was a great example of teamwork, with colleagues from different departments including our police dogs team all playing a part in us locating, detaining and arresting a suspect.

“It is testament to the skill and professionalism of everyone involved that this incident was brought to a swift conclusion without anyone being seriously hurt.

“The safety of people across Nottinghamshire, including users of our roads, is our top priority as a force, which is why we will always act quickly to stop anyone deemed to be driving dangerously or over the speed limit on our streets.

“Our enquiries are still ongoing into this incident, so we’d ask anyone with any information that could assist us with our investigation to call police on 101, quoting incident 7 of 28 May 2022.”

Children’s wildlife artwork goes on display at new housing development in Calverton

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28/05/2022

Children’s wildlife artwork goes on display at new housing development in Calverton

School children in Calverton have expressed their wildlife-themed artistic flair, supporting a new housing development in the village.

More than 350 children at Manor Park Infant and Nursery School and Sir John Sherbrooke Junior School created works of art to reflect the road names at the new Forest View development.

The Persimmon Homes site will feature Kestrel, Shrew and Goshawk Close, Stag Drive, Yellowhammer, Pheasant and Squirrel Way, Owl and Butterfly Lane and ChiffChaff Crescent.

Each class was given a different street name and created their interpretations of the names. The school then selected one drawing from each class to be displayed at the new 341-home development.

Headteacher at Sir John Sherbrooke Junior School, Sally Maddison, said: “This has been a really creative and informative project, which has captured the children’s imaginations. Most of the birds and animals are familiar to the children but some of the birds required more research, which added to the enjoyment.

“This was a joint project between the junior and infant school and helps to engage the children with the new community being built in their village and strengthen their understanding of wildlife animals.”

Persimmon Homes is displaying the selected artwork in its show home garden and offered particular praise to Freya, age 11, for her impressively accurate pheasant drawing.

Ben Felton, managing director for Persimmon Homes Nottingham, said: “We were impressed with the effort and accuracy of the children’s artwork. They have clearly expressed a talent using a variety of artistic techniques.

“All of the works of art were fantastic, but we decided to choose Freya’s pheasant as our overall winner. Her detailed drawing and use of feathers for a 3D effect, really stood out for us.

“We are proud to be displaying all of the artwork in our show home garden.”

The Forest View development features a selection of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes and will incorporate 70 affordable properties. The development’s five-bedroom Corfe show home recently opened which features the pupil’s artwork in the garden.

For more information on the Forest View development visit www.persimmonhomes.com or call 0115 666 2072.

Plans to turn Polish deli into new cafe bar in Arnold

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28/05/2022

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Plans to turn Polish deli into new cafe bar in Arnold

A new bar could be coming to Arnold, if the council approves plans to create a new venue at a former Polish deli.

A licence application has been submitted for the new cafe bar on Front Street as part of plans which would see the conversion of the town’s former Tomik Polish store.

The new cafe bar would be called Rene’s Bar and would also have a function room on the first floor.

Those wanting to open the new business had applied to open the venue from 9am until 2.30am seven days a week – but this is now under negotiation following objections raised by a council environment officer.

Environmental health officer William Langston wrote to the council earlier this month and raised objections to the proposed opening hours.

In the letter Mr Langston wrote: “The original request asked for entertainment and sale of alcohol until 02:00am every day of the week, and doors close at 02:30am. I quickly determined these hours to be unreasonable and entered into negotiations with the applicant’s representative

Civic Centre Arnold — PICTURED: The application will be discussed by councillors at The Civic Centre in Arnold

“I recommended they changed these hours on Sunday to Thursday to ‘entertainment ends no later than 22:00 and alcohol sales and doors close at 23:00.’ And on Friday and Saturdays I recommended ‘entertainment ends no later than 23:00 and alcohol sales and doors close at 01:00’ I have also recommended no use of the outside areas to the rear or side of the premises.

“Upon engaging with these negotiations, the applicants have requested the following:On Sundays to Thursdays, the provision of licensable activities beyond midnight shall be restricted to no more than 20 occasions in any calendar year. This means that 20 times per year between Sunday and Thursday the venue can hold entertainment events until 02:00

“On Sundays to Thursdays, the provision of licensable activities beyond midnight shall be restricted to no more than 20 occasions in any calendar year. This means that 20 times per year between Sunday and Thursday the venue can hold entertainment events until 02:00.”

Mr Langston went on to make recommendations around the venue’s opening hours at weekends.

He wrote: “It is not currently clear what hours the applicants are requesting Fridays and Saturdays at this time, however I have recommended entertainment ceases no later than 23:00 and premises closes at 01:00 on these days. I am happy to concede that there be no new entrants from 00:30 as requested, as opposed to 00:00 which I originally recommended.”

The owners of Rene’s Bar will have its proposal debated at Gedling Borough Council’s Licensing Panel on Thursday, June 9 with councillors able to accept or reject the company’s application for a premises licence.

The panel could also choose to reduce the hours the venue can open between, even if it accepts the application.

Nottingham City Transport introduce £1 single fare across network during summer evenings

Gedling Eye

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27/05/2022

Andrew Topping (Local Democracy Reporter)

Nottingham City Transport introduce £1 single fare across network during summer evenings

Gedling borough passengers heading out after 7pm can travel for £1 a journey on Nottingham City Transport buses during the summer.

The reduced single £1 tickets will be available to all passengers travelling on NCT buses during June and July. There are no restrictions on routes meaning the entire NCT bus network can be travelled on at the discounted rate in the evening.

The promotional £1 ticket gives a saving of over 55% compared to normal fares, with a trip to town and back costing just £2 instead of £4.40.

Anthony Carver-Smith, NCT head of marketing said, “Now the warmer weather is starting to appear we’re keen for people to start enjoying those evenings out and support Nottingham’s night-time economy.

“There’s plenty to be doing across our City and our buses are the best way to get around with our fantastic single ticket offer.”

Single tickets can be purchased on the bus using cash and contactless (where customers just tap their contactless card on the reader) as well as on the NCTX Buses app.

The NCTX Buses app and NCT website – www.nctx.co.uk/things-to-do – are full of suggestions and places to visit, easily accessible by bus.

Library in Burton Joyce to be refurbished and transformed into ‘village hub’

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27/05/2022