More than three quarters of the homes at a Bellway development in Linby have now been sold.
Bellway East Midlands is building 237 properties at Sherwood Gate in Papplewick Lane.
An additional 18 homes will also be built following a separate planning application, bringing the total number of homes to 255.
Bellway launched the development in November 2017. Since then, 206 homes have been sold and 172 residents have already moved in.
The first reservation on the site was in January 2018 and the development is due to be completed in the summer of 2024.
Heidi Higgins, sales manager for Bellway East Midlands, said: “Linby is a highly sought-after location. Our customers have welcomed the opportunity to live in a village while benefiting from the proximity of Hucknall, Nottingham and their road and rail connections.
“The development itself has really taken shape. With 176 homes now occupied, there is a real community feel. People are getting to know their neighbours and settling into life at Sherwood Gate.
“Most of the homes at Sherwood Gate have been reserved off-plan as buyers look to secure the home they want in a competitive market.
“There’s a good mix of homes so we have something to offer most home-hunters. We have sold to first-time buyers, people looking for more space, downsizers and people relocating from as far away as Hong Kong.
“There are people who have moved from the London area who have been impressed with the value for money at this development, and with its commuter links.
“We look forward to welcoming more new residents to their homes as the development moves into its final stages.”
Gedling borough’s restaurants, cafes and businesses all get ranked on their food hygiene standards and practices.
Inspectors from Gedling Borough Council rank the establishments on their hygienic food handling, cleanliness and condition of facilities and food safety management, to determine how safe and clean they are.
Eateries are then given ratings for their standards, ranging from a 5 (Very Good) to 0 (Urgent Improvement Necessary).
Here are the results of the most recent inspections:
A local man has been arrested and weapons seized as part of the police’s crackdown on knife crime.
Police say that two men were spotted acting suspiciously around a police knife arch at Nottingham Railway Station.
They were and subsequently searched and arrested when weapons were found.
The metal-detecting walk-through knife arch was in place at the station on Thursday last week (May 19) as part of a week of action to tackle knife crime, in support of the national Operation Sceptre.
Not long after setting up the arch, neighbourhood and Reacher officers spotted two men acting suspiciously, trying to actively avoid the knife arch.
The officers approached both men and carried out a search, which led to the discovery of a machete and a lock knife.
Nigel Ndlovu, aged 22, of Brambling Road, Stoke Bardolph, and Eric Rowland, aged 20, of Noel Street, Hyson Green, have been charged with possession of a bladed article in a public place.
PICTURED: Nottingham train station
Both were remanded to appear at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court at a later date.
PC Matt Mason, from the city centre Operation Reacher team, said: “The discovery of these weapons was a really positive result which came from our proactive efforts to clamp down on knife crime.
“It was a particularly poignant time to have made such a recovery during Operation Sceptre, which shines a light on the good work both our neighbourhood and Reacher teams do all year round to tackle knife crime.”
The week of action, which ended yesterday (Sunday 22 May), provided just a sample of the continuous year-round work being done to prevent knife crime in Nottinghamshire and to protect communities from the harm it causes.
Nottinghamshire’s joint approach to tackling the issue involves police, partners and local communities all working closely together to tackle the issue.
Positive action to raise awareness of the devastating consequences of knife crime, to help prevent incidents from happening in the first place, included educational events at local schools and colleges and proactive public engagement including the use of metal-detecting walk-through knife arches.
A spotlight was also shone on proactive work going on to keep people safe and remove dangerous weapons from circulation including community weapons sweeps and patrols in knife crime hot-spot areas.
The history of Gedling Colliery has been captured in an online video that’s proving popular with local history buffs and ex-workers.
The video, which was posted online last summer, was recently brought to the attention of Gedling Eye by reader Frank Jacobs, who spotted it on a Facebook group.
Mr Jacobs didn’t work at the colliery but knew many that did and thought the video was worth sharing.
He said it brought back ‘nice memories’ and remembers the pit dominating the Gedling skyline.
Mr Jacobs moved from Gedling in 2003 and now lives in New Zealand.
“I knew many people who worked there and they would often share stories about working at the Colliery and being involved in their sporting clubs and social events,” he said.
“I found the video online and think it does a great job of bringing to life the entire history of that colliery. It’s worth watching if you worked there yourself or had friends and family that did.”
The video was created by Michael Szepeta, who shares videos around the history of Britain’s collieries.
The video features photos and footage capturing working life along with sports and social clubs.
‘Pit of Nations’
Gedling Colliery closed thirty-years ago in early November 1991 due to deteriorating geological conditions in the Main Bright seam. Sunk by the Digby Colliery Company from 1899 to 1902, it later was known as ‘The Pit of Nations’ because of its diverse workforce in the 1950’s to 1980’s period. Many different nationalities worked at the colliery at one time or another during this period.
Gedling Country Park now occupies the land where the colliery once stood and pays tribute to its history through information boards and memorials.
Gedling borough’s railways could be brought to a standstill this summer if a rail union’s 40,000 members vote to take nationwide strike action next month.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) union is now balloting its members, with the vote closing on Tuesday.
Another union, the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, is also consulting members on a strike and has vowed to co-ordinate with the RMT.
The RMT balloted members because it said that Network Rail is planning to cut at least 2,500 safety-critical maintenance jobs as part of a £2bn reduction in spending, while workers at train operators have been subject to pay freezes and changes to their terms and conditions.
In late April, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Railway workers have had to contend with pay freezes, the prospect of losing their jobs and repeated attacks on their terms and conditions.
“Removing 2,500 safety-critical jobs from Network Rail will spell disaster for the public, make accidents more likely and will increase the possibility of trains flying off the tracks.”
But Wendy Morton, the rail minister, has insisted that rail workers have already received greater pay increases in the past decade than teachers, nurses, firefighters and ambulance crews.
The ballot covers RMT members on Network Rail and Chiltern Railways, Cross Country Trains, Greater Anglia, LNER, East Midlands Railway, c2c, Great Western Railway, Northern Trains, South Eastern Railway, South Western Railway, Island Line, GTR (including Gatwick Express), Transpennine Express, Avanti West Coast, and West Midlands Trains.
The union are not revealing what form any national strike will take but it is believed that it could start with an overtime ban before moving to a national walkout that shuts down the network.
In an effort to prevent empty shelves and petrol pumps from running dry, contingency measures are now being prepared for freight trains to take priority over passenger services, with tracks becoming reserved for goods.
“Removing 2,500 safety-critical jobs from Network Rail will spell disaster for the public, make accidents more likely and will increase the possibility of trains flying off the tracks.”
The RMT has promised to trigger a “summer of discontent” with the biggest stoppage since the General Strike of 1926 – and it could come as early as next month with a mass walkout of 40,000 union members.
It will not be able to go on strike until after the jubilee long weekend because it must give two weeks’ notice.
Rail companies are drawing up plans that include training managers to dispatch trains and Network Rail is working with operators on a skeleton timetable to keep vital services running.
A spokesman for the Rail Delivery Group said that train operators wanted to offer their staff a pay rise and were “working hard to make that happen” but productivity must improve. The alternative of more taxpayer support or higher fares “simply isn’t fair”.
Many Gedling borough passengers said the pandemic had made them less reliant on the railways for commuting to work.
Mike Green uses Carlton Station to catch a train to work in Leicester and said he would use alternative transport or work from home if a strike went ahead.
“I used to rely on the train but the services haven’t really come back since the pandemic,” he said.
“I now ask my employer if I can work from home or drive in if a service is cut or cancelled.”
Melanie Wright uses Netherfield Station to get into Nottingham.
She said: “The trains haven’t been right since Covid so a strike wouldn’t make much difference. The buses seemed to have bounced back but the trains certainly haven’t. There are less services now than ever. Tony Cave’s column on your site said we are seeing the lowest number of trains here in Gedling for over a decade and I think that’s probably true.”
But Alan Hodge said the the strike was ‘unacceptable’.
The Carlton Station commuter said: “Why should they [unions] still be allowed to bring the country to a standstill in this day and age?
“I haven’t had a decent payrise for a while but I’m grateful to have a job – especially with energy costs rising and food prices going up.
Sainsbury’s is to stop selling Russian diesel from its petrol stations in Gedling borough.
The supermarket group has said it will halt sales from all its 315 petrol stations.
Earlier this year, the government pledged to phase out imports of Russian oil in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by the end of the year.
“This is a complex process but we are committed to working together with the rest of the UK fuel industry and Government to support the ban on Russian oil imports, which is due to take effect by the end of this year.”
The retail giant said it had been working hard to reduce the amount of Russian diesel it was selling since the early days of the war in Ukraine.
Sainsbury’s touted the whole process of ditching Russian diesel as “complex”.
Rhian Bartlett, food commercial director at Sainsbury’s, said: “We stand united with the people of Ukraine and have taken a range of steps to show our support – from helping to fund the humanitarian effort on the ground, to removing products from our stores which are 100% sourced from Russia.
“We have been working hard to reduce the amount of diesel we sell which comes from Russia since the early days of the conflict.
“This is a complex process but we are committed to working together with the rest of the UK fuel industry and Government to support the ban on Russian oil imports, which is due to take effect by the end of this year.”
Scammers are targeting people across Gedling borough worried about the cost of living and rise in energy bills with fake emails promising an energy bill rebate.
Emails using the logo of Ofgem, the energy regulator, are claiming to offer up to £450 per household and tricking people into handing over their bank details.
The real Ofgem has urged people to be vigilant and make sure they do not open the fake emails, reported Which. The emails direct people to a fake online portal to claim money under the so-called energy bill rebate scheme, where they are then asked for personal and payment details.
The scam email
The fake emails will come from info@rebate-ogem.com and tells the reader that they ‘are eligible to apply for [sic] energy bill rebate’. It claims you have until June 1 2022 to apply. It asks for details such as your address, mother’s maiden name, and card details. This would put you at risk of having your card used and your identity stolen.
Legitimate emails from Ofgem will always come from an address ending ‘@ofgem.gov.uk’.
Since the government’s legitimate £150 rebate scheme was launched, fraudsters have jumped at the opportunity to scam those worried about money.
Celebrations will be taking place next month across Gedling borough to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s 70 years on the throne.
On February 6 this year, the Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of service to the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and the Commonwealth.
This historic milestone will be marked with a special, four-day UK bank holiday weekend of events, from Thursday, June 2, to Sunday, June 5.
There is lots happening across Gedling borough, from tea parties and beacon lighting ceremonies to music concerts and children’s events.
We’ve put together a selection of events that are taking place around the borough, so you can easily find out what’s happening near to you. If your event is not listed, please let us know about it by emailing news@gedlingeye.co.uk
Thursday, June 2
Beacon Lighting, Gedling Country Park
Platinum Jubilee beacons will be lit across the UK and Commonwealth on the evening of June 2. Gedling borough will be taking part with the beacon being lit at Gedling Country Park.
Café 1899 in the park will be serving refreshments from 9am – 9pm on the day (from the hatch only from 7.30pm).
Carlton Brass Band will perform outside Café 1899 from 8pm and the beacon will be lit at 9.45pm.
Free lantern making kits will be available to pick up from Café 1899 at Gedling Country Park and the Civic Centre in Arnold from Friday, May 20.
This event is being sponsored by Frank Key Builders Merchants.
TRIBUTE: Pipers playing moments before the beacon was last lit for the Queen’s 90th back in 2016
BBQ and Karaoke Night – It’s Inn The Bank, Netherfield 5pm – late
Enjoy a bbq followed by Karaoke at the popular Netherfield boozer.
Friday June 3
The Queen’s Green Canopy, Gedling Country Park, 1-4pm
Gedling Play Forum will be providing free, drop-in Jubilee-themed craft activities near the park’s play areas from 1-4pm.
Local schools and community groups will be planting trees from 2pm, as part of the The Queen’s Green Canopy – a national initiative to encourage people to plant a tree for the Jubilee.
Keepmoat Homes Limited are sponsoring this event.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration, Brookfields Garden Centre, 3.30-5.30pm
A celebration all the family can enjoy with great entertainment, a sing along, royal crafts for the children and a party platter per table including delicious vintage party favourites. Includes a hot or soft drink per person. Selection of alcoholic beverages available to purchase on the day. Adults £18Children £12Please email eventsteam@brookfields-gardencentre.co.uk to book a table, limited spaces available. All tickets must be paid for within 48 hours of your booking being confirmed.
Jubilee Family Fun Day, Gedling Inn, 12-4pm
Bouncy Castles, Slides & Inflatable Fun, face painting games and stalls will be on offer – with fun for all the family at this popular Gedling pub.
Royal Burger Night – It’s Inn The Bank, Netherfield 3pm-8pm
Enjoy a selection of freshly-cooked burgers from a royal-themed menu
Saturday, June 4, 11am – 5pm
The Queen’s Jubilee Fair, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold
There will be performances from local choirs, schools and artists throughout the day.
Come and take part in activities and workshops for all ages around the park, including a young people’s area at the shelter and skate park.
Browse stalls from local groups and enjoy food and drink representing different areas of the commonwealth.
Sunday 5 June,
The Big Jubilee Lunch, King George V Recreation Ground, Arnold, 12 – 4pm
Bring a picnic or just come along for an ice cream in the park.
Join Gedling Play Forum in celebrating ’70 years of play’ and help to create a piece of art celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee.
Platinum Jubilee Celebration, Carlton Hill, 12pm-3pm
There will be music, dance, stalls, tombola candy floss and food and drink available as the Carlton Hill community comes together to celebrate the Jubilee
Street Party – Pigginns Cafe and Bar, Carlton Hill 12pm onwards
Only £7.00 a ticket which includes food and a drink. As well as an afternoon filled with fun, games and amazing entertainment.
Dress code: 1950s to present day. They’re will be a prize for best dressed.
Come in to buy yourself a ticket to secure your place (only a limited number of tickets available)
Here’s one property you’d only buy if not easily spooked.
This former Methodist church in Burton Joyce is up for sale – with a price tag of £295,000.
The 3,252 sq ft property is on the market for less than the price of your average house in England, and can still be used as a place of worship or converted into a rather unique home – subject to planning permission.
Bids to buy the church must be received by today (May 20) at 12pm.
The church on Meadow Lane is Grade II listed and very pretty from the outside, with large, ornate windows and a spire.
Inside, you’ll see that the church pews and a raised pulpit are all still in place.
PHOTO: Innes EnglandThe church organ is still in place (PHOTO: Innes England)
The building comprises a traditional church structure of primarily brick elevations with stone detailing, beneath a pitched slate covered roof and benefitting from a prominent spire. Internally the property has until recently been used for assembly and worship purposes.
From the main entrance, a small vestibule leads to a hallway, off which the main church area is accessed, which has a gently sloping suspended timber floor. There is a substantial church organ and raised pulpit area. Behind is a church hall or school room with various ancillary rooms off providing storage, office, kitchen and WC facilities including a single disabled provision.
The deadline for bids is 12pm today.
The local community have been trying to prevent the church from getting into the hands of developers – and could still bid to save it.
