Police officers arrested two suspects within minutes after they came across a man being attacked in the middle of a Netherfield street.
The officers were on patrol when they saw the 35-year-old victim curled up on the floor as he was being punched and kicked in Pearson Street.
The suspects ran off in different directions but the determined officers gave chase and arrested two men nearby in connection with the attack which happened on September 22, 2021.
The victim was taken to hospital with swelling and a cut to his head which needed gluing.
Daniel Marrett and Jordy Mumbiny and subsequently pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm and were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday (March 18 2022).
PICTURED:Pearson Street NetherfieldPICTURED: Pearson Street in Netherfield and inset, Daniel Marret, left and Jordy Mumbiny, right
Marrett, aged 27, of Mora Road, London, was jailed for 13 months and Mumbiny, aged 26, of Barnhill Road, Wembley, London, was locked up for 12 months.
Detective Sergeant Dave Prest, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “We will always respond swiftly to reports involving violence and we treat such incidents seriously.
“I’m pleased that thanks to our speedy response officers were able to arrest two suspects within minutes of this report which demonstrates our commitment to tackling crime and keeping people safe.
“This was a brutal attack and the consequences could have been much worse for the victim.
“I hope the positive action taken in this case shows that Nottinghamshire Police takes violent crime extremely seriously and will always strive to put offenders before the courts.”
On the 3rd August 1846 the Nottingham to Lincoln railway passing through Burton Joyce was opened.
It had been started in mid 1844 and had taken only eight months to build. This speeded up the transport of people and goods to and from the village allowing residents to now work in Nottingham or Lincoln and be able to return the same day.
Trains were quick and frequent but on January 1849 an incident occurred more in line with modern transport than 19th century railways.
In March of that year Alexander Ford, an engine driver with the Midland Railway, was charged with “At Burton Joyce being unlawfully and willingly offended against the statute by being drunk and leaving the engine under his care” and brought to court.
The first witness called was William ‘Bill’ Sims who said that on night of 28th January, 1849, he had been the stoker on the train from Lincoln to Nottingham; Ford was the driver.
When the train reached Fiskerton, Ford said “Bill, I’ll try thee whether thou can manage it as far as Carlton. I am going into the break [van] and the guard will go on the engine”.
Sims then drove the train to Nottingham instead of Ford. Simms had been a stoker for two years and although he could drive an engine, he had not done so before.
At Lowdham he saw Ford but did not speak to him. Ford came up on the foot plate but he then climbed over the tender and headed towards the break van while the train was still moving. Sims did not see him again during the journey to Nottingham.
When the engine finally arrived in Nottingham, Sims noticed that Ford was missing; he went back along the line towards Carlton to try and find him.
Sims finally spotted Ford being helped along the track by two men about ¾ of a mile away.
Ford appeared to be drunk and it seemed had fallen off the train during its journey from Burton Joyce. Ford pleaded with Sims to say he ‘had just fallen from the train’ and not reveal he had been drinking; Ford promised in return for as long as he lived he would make sure Sims never starved.
John Bradley, who had been the guard on the train, confirmed that he had also been asked to say Ford had just fallen from the train. He told the court Ford had said that he felt ill and was going to ride inside the train instead of driving it. He said believed it was because Ford was drunk.
Mr Pettifog, the Station Master at Nottingham, was told after the train had been at Nottingham for ¾ hour that they had lost Ford. He then sent the train back to look for him. When they finally found him, Pettifor said that he did not think that Ford was drunk.
The court decided that the drunk charge not be could be proved but did find Ford guilty of neglect of duty and ordered that he be imprisoned for two months.
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Mr Randall said: “Netherfield’s County Councillor Mike Adams and I are keen to know what the community of Netherfield think about Houses of Mulitiple Occupancy (HMOs), so we’ve been knocking on doors and surveying residents.
“If you live in Netherfield, you can take part in the short survey on my website.”
Russel Whiting is a member of the Netherfield Against HMOs action group.
A meeting was held between residents and council officers about HMOs earlier this month
He was pleased to be given the chance to share how people in the town are feeling about the growing numbers of HMOs in the town during a meeting with the MP and councillor.
On the group’s Facebook page he wrote: “We relayed the strength of feeling from the meeting and outlined the objections both to Chandos Street in particular but the growth HMOs in the community more broadly.
“Tom has put this survey together and I’d urge everyone to do it, get partners to do it, get friends and neighbours to do it.
“Let’s keep the pressure up until we get Article 4”.
Feeling has been growing in the town since it was revealed a new HMO was planned for a property on Chandos Street.
There are calls for Article 4 to be introduced that would see all HMOs requiring planning permission, not just those with six rooms or more.
Mr Randall said he would be sharing the results with Gedling Borough Council who are responsible for planning in Netherfield.
It’s been over two years in the making – and finally, Gedling Access Road will be opened up to motorists next week.
To mark the occasion, Gedling Eye took a look back through the archives to chart the story of the road’s creation.
And it’s been one heck of a journey…
Where it began…September 2016
It was revealed a number of landowners could be issued with compulsory purchase orders in a bid to get the Gedling Access Road scheme up and running.
29 landowners have been identified who own 70 individual pieces of land needed to build the road. 28 pieces of this land are already owned by the authorities.
March 2017
PICTURED: The planned route for Gedling Access Road
Plans looked set to move to the next stage as a legal process to acquire essential land looked set to get approval by councillors.
The legal processes are known as a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) and Side Roads Order (SRO) which are subject to final approval by the Secretary of State.
No existing residential properties would be affected and the only buildings affected are outbuildings or are derelict.
A total of approximately 28 hectares of land would have to be acquired to construct the GAR. This is made up of 53 plots of land with more than half of these plots and land already owned by public sector organisations. The remaining plots – covering 14.6 hectares – has 14 individual owners.
A team from Via East Midlands, working on behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council go in contact with all 14 landowners affected by the proposals including a local scout group and Carlton le Willows Academy.
Ron Hodges of the 3rd Woodthorpe Scout Group on Mapperley Plains said at the time: “We’ve had firm assurances that our buildings will not be affected by the scheme and that we will continue our scouting and guiding activities at Pepperpots Scout Ground which has been our group’s home for the last 40 years.”
October 2018
Nottinghamshire County Council was given the green light to buy land needed for GAR.
Nottinghamshire County Council’s Policy Committee gave the go ahead to buy the two areas of land that form part of Glebe Farm on Lambley Lane in Gedling and Ranch Kennels on Whitworth Drive in Burton Joyce.
It was hoped the main construction works would last 18 months and the road would be completed and open to traffic before the end of 2020.
April 2019
PICTURE: Francis Rodrigues
Work to demolish an iconic farm building and also construct a new bat house began to help clear the way for the development of the new Gedling Access Road (GAR).
Construction started on a bat house which was being built due to the loss of daytime and maternity roosts as a result of the demolition of Glebe Farm, which would take place the following month.
The demolition of the Glebe Farm buildings was expected to take six weeks.
Some local residents said they would be sad to see the properties reduced to rubble.
MEMORIES: Glebe Farm in Gedling Village (IMAGE: Francis Rodrigues)
Iris Lane said: “I’ll be sad to see it go. Glebe Farm is part of our heritage and too many of these buildings are being lost and replaced by more modern monstrosities.
He said at the time: ”Although It’s sad to see Glebe Farm disappear, the benefit to Gedling Village of the new road (GAR) will be immense and will improve the quality of life for thousands of local residents in and around Gedling Village, Carlton and Netherfield.
He added: “The building has been recorded and photographed for historical purposes.”
May 2019
It was revealed that the start of work on the new Gedling Access Road (GAR) could be delayed unless a number of objections from landowners who are subject to the compulsory purchase scheme were resolved.
Nottinghamshire County Council said they were launching a public inquiry to consider the objections, which could possibly hold up the start of construction work, which is due to begin in 2020.
The council did say that if the objections were resolved quickly, they would look at starting construction work sooner.
Cllr John Cottee, Chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Communities and Place Committee, told Gedling Eye: “The start of the road’s construction is dependent on the outcome of the public inquiry, but we are aiming to start the main works at the beginning of next year (2020) with an expected completion date during 2021.”
October 2019
Residents in Mapperley said they were ‘deeply concerned’ about the impact the new multi-million pound Gedling Access Road (GAR) would have on their lives if plans to install acoustic screens and reduce traffic noise were abandoned.
Gedling Borough Council’s planning committee discussed scrapping plans to have protective screens and barriers running alongside the new road at the Mapperley Plains end.
A public document available on the Gedling Borough Council website revealed that an unnamed planning officer had recommended removing the screens from the plans because they would be ‘detrimental to the visual amenity of the area’.
The officer went on to claim that screens wouldn’t be needed because GAR would be raised above the existing ground level and any increase in noise to dwellings at a lower level ‘would be marginal’.
They also recommended that plans to have acoustic fencing placed near the former railway tunnel entrance in Mapperley should also be removed. These screens were proposed to protect the bats who have made the old tunnel their home.
The officer said in the assessment that ‘due to a change in levels and planting, the fencing is proposed to be removed from this location too.’
November 2019
It was decided that acoustic screening along a stretch of the Gedling Access Road (GAR) in Mapperley would now be installed after proposals to ditch them were rejected at a council planning meeting.
The recommendations were unanimously rejected by Gedling Borough Council‘s planning committee at a meeting.
After the meeting, Arnold North Councillor Michael Payne told Gedling Eye that the decision was ‘a victory for common sense’.
He said: “It was a real team effort to ensure the plans for the screens remained.
“It’s all about trust and I think that we’d have struggled to get people to believe in the planning process if we’d lost. They’d have felt like we had gone back on our word to protect their properties and local wildlife.”
December 2019
PICTURED: Gedling leader John Clare, left, with deputy leader Michael Payne, right
The leader and deputy leader of Gedling Borough Council called on Nottinghamshire County Council to help them urgently replace every tree being removed to make way the construction of the new £40m Gedling Access Road.
Councillors John Clarke and Michael Payne made the plea while planting new trees in Gedling Country Park, which is next to where the new road will be built.
Leader of Gedling Borough Council, Councillor John Clarke hoped Nottinghamshire County Council would lend their support to the initiative.
He said: “Nottinghamshire County Council are responsible for building the Gedling Access Road and they are felling 1000s of trees to make way for it. We’re calling on them to immediately join us and do everything they can do mitigate the impact of the new road by replacing every single tree that have felled.
“The Gedling Access Road is needed and is an important part of the infrastructure to provide much needed new homes and less traffic in Gedling Village, however, everything must be done to limit the destruction of natural habitat and wildlife which is why we are planting these trees.”
January 2020
(IMAGE: D2N2 Partnership)
Construction on the new Gedling Access Road (GAR) officially began on January 6.
Main construction work was expected to last 18 months and there was hopes it should be completed in the Autumn of 2021.
The green light to begin construction work was given after the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership approved its share of funding for the project.
D2N2 said they would contribute £10.8m from its Local Growth Fund allocation towards the construction of the new road.
The £10.8m contribution from D2N2 is part of an overall package of funding which includes £17m from Keepmoat Homes, £5.4m from Nottinghamshire County Council, and £7.1m from the Home & Community Agency totalling over £40m.
D2N2 Chair Elizabeth Fagan said at the time: “The construction of the Gedling Access Road is a huge opportunity for unlocking new housing and employment for Gedling.”
“High quality and reliable infrastructure is critical to giving businesses the confidence to invest in our area and therefore create further opportunities for the whole region to enjoy.”
The Gedling Access Road would only offer a short-term solution to our traffic problems, said Philip Oddie from Willow Farm Action Group…
He pointed out that The GAR planning application in 2014, had identified that 12,000 vehicles per day used Arnold Lane / Main Road / Shearing Hill in Gedling however, since then the numbers had risen to over 15,000 per day, making this route one of the most heavily used roads in the region, with the section between Lambley Lane and Main Road operating over capacity.
Whilst, historically, the need to reduce the traffic levels within Gedling has been the driving force behind the plans to build this new road, the sheer scale of Gedling Borough Council’s plans to develop the area has forced a change to the primary purpose of the road, from providing a bypass to a road which unlocks land at the edge of Gedling for new housing.
He wrote in a column for Gedling Eye: “Throughout the planning process, Gedling Borough Council has continued to claim that Gedling will benefit from a reduction in the level of traffic on the Arnold Lane / Main Road / Shearing Hill route.
“Nottinghamshire County Council published a report last year which confirmed that, with the opening of the GAR, there will be an initial reduction in the volume of traffic through Gedling Village however, the longer term projection, which takes account of the additional traffic generated by the new housing developments, is that the level of traffic will, in fact, rise to 18350 vehicles per day by 2034, which is an increase of over 2000 above the current levels.
The amount of traffic will, of course, increase as the new homes are completed and occupied and by 2026, 506 new homes are expected to have been completed on Chase Farm and 110 on Willow Farm, with the result that the volume of traffic on the route through Gedling Village is highly likely to exceed current levels within 5 years of the opening of the GAR.”
It was revealeda new area of woodland with 10 different species of trees would be planted alongside part of the new multi-million pound Gedling Access Road.
Concerns had been raised that several hundred trees would be dug up to make way for the road, but it was now hoped the new woodland would more than make up for the number of trees lost.
The plan came about because huge quantities of earth needs to be moved to make way for the 3.8 km road.
Several options were considered for where to put the 165,900 tonnes of earth – the equivalent of 27,650 adult African elephants, or 753 Boeing 747s.
One idea was to move it to Dorket Head Quarry near Calverton to help fill sites which had been dug up. But the quarry was not yet ready to be filled, and the impact of HGV trips was deemed prohibitive.
Instead, the construction equipment which would be on site anyway, would transfer the waste soil to the new area of woodland, which would be off Arnold Lane in Gedling.
February 2020
IMAGE: Gedling Eye
A water mains was left damaged by a HGV thought to be working on the Gedling Access Road.
7,000 homes were initially cut off when a lorry struck the pipe close to the Gedling Access Road site near Burton Joyce.
Engineers for Severn Trent Water worked around the clock to restore water to around 6,000 homes in Netherfield, Gedling and Carlton, but it was estimated around 1,000 homes in Burton Joyce still remained dry.
July 2020
Pedestrians were being warned not to access a closed road in Gedling after reports people were ignoring warning signs.
Lambley Lane is currently closed to road users and pedestrians until February 2021 to allow for work on the new £40m Gedling Access Road to take place.
Nottinghamshire County Council issued a warning following reports people were continuing to access the road on foot, despite the risks to safety.
A spokesman said: “We have received reports of pedestrians accessing Lambley Lane in Gedling.
“This is not permitted and is extremely dangerous due to the heavy earth moving equipment in operation to construct the Gedling Access Road.
“Please do not ignore the signs.”
August 2020
Construction vehicles pictured on Shearing Hill (IMAGE: Francis Rodrigues)
A construction firm apologised for sending large vehicles down narrow village roads in Gedling.
Residents in Gedling village voiced their anger after HGVs and large construction vehicles were spotted using Shearing Hill and Arnold Lane to gain access to the Gedling Access Road (GAR) site near the village.
Locals said the vehicles were having a ‘devastating impact’ on the local community.
Geoffrey Pope, 77, who lives in the village said the narrow roads can’t cope with this kind of traffic.
“I was under the impression the firm working on the road wouldn’t be using our village roads to access the site. It’s just not on,” he said.
“The roads simply can’t cope with these huge vehicles. They weren’t built for that. I worry some pedestrian is going to get hurt as it gets very narrow. They need to stop now. It’s having a huge impact on the village.”
Village resident Francis Rodrigues said that recent activity proved how much the Gedling Access Road was needed.
He said at the time: “These huge vehicles demonstrate how much the GAR is needed when you see them on Shearing Hill– which is so narrow in parts including the pavements.
“Over 25,000 cars and lorries use this route now, of which 2,000 of these are HGVs.”
September 2021
Workforce and labour issues as well as delays over Covid caused council spending on the Gedling Access Road to be more than £5 million over budget.
It led to mounting concern over where the funding will be found, with one councillor fearing the £40 million project could become “our HS2”.
Nottinghamshire County Council documents, reviewed by Monday’s finance committee, forecast the project will cost £5.4 million more than originally planned.
Issues of delays accessing materials, construction workers being ‘pinged’ and the council continuing to pay costs have, documents say, caused the overall cost to rise.
Speaking at a finance committee meeting on Monday (September 6), some raised concerns over where the extra finance will be found to combat the “spiralling costs”.
Councillor Tom Hollis (Ash Ind), who represents Sutton West, told the committee: “I certainly feel that, with better planning, this overspend could have been avoided.
“The Gedling Access Road was originally meant to cost £40 million, it’s now gone up by £5.4 million or 12 per cent, but included in that initial £40 million was contingency costs.
October 2021
It was revealed the opening of Gedling Access Road would now be delayed until spring 2022.
Nottinghamshire County Council blamed challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic for the delays.
The road was initially expected to take 18 months to complete.
Councillor Ben Bradley MP, Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, said at the time: “In the circumstances, just an extra few months on a project that’s been in the pipeline for several decades, delivered during a global pandemic, is a pretty good effort in my view and I am very proud that we are the ones delivering this for people in Gedling.
“The road will make a huge difference to motorists who will notice faster journey times, and local residents, who will benefit from less congestion through Gedling Village and for the further investment it will unlock in the area.”
November 2021
The county council revealed today that what was initially thought to be a £5.4m overspend on the £40m project has now increased to £8.6m.
NCC council leader Ben Bradley told Gedling Eye: “A global pandemic has meant that construction has had to cope with unexpected problems.
“Inflation has also meant that the cost has risen and poor weather and alterations to planned groundworks has unfortunately resulted in a delay.”
John Clarke, leader of Gedling Borough Council, has said that the overspend “sounds like a lot of money but [not] if you compare to HS2 and other things like that.
“The actual building has been extremely challenging, and I think they’ve done well.
“It is public money and we want to know where the £5.4m is coming from but I would like to set a more level playing field.”
Gedling Access Road could be known as ‘Colliery Way’ when it finally opens up to motorists next year.
Documents published on Gedling Borough Council’s website revealed a new name had been proposed for Gedling Access Road.
The document states that Colliery Way was favoured over 20 other suggestions because “the name suggested is relevant to the local area as the road is adjacent to the former Gedling Colliery site”.
The following names were also suggested for the new access road, which opens in Spring 2022:
Pepper Pot Way
All Hallows Way,
Mercury Way,
Gedling Park Way,
The Pit Road,
Gedling Pit Road,
Gedling Pit Way,
Gedling Way,
Mapperley Wharf Way,
Old Pit Way,
Top Hard Way,
Main Bright Way,
High Hazels Way,
Wharf Way (or Wharfs Way)
Chase Farm Way
Gedling Colliers Way,
Harvey’s Way,
Peppermint Way,
Ghellenge Way,
Gedling Village Bypass,
and Five Rings Way
The proposal was now awaiting approval.
Nottinghamshire County Council, who are responsible for the road’s construction, said the name suggested to Gedling Borough Council met with their approval.
Councillor Neil Clarke MBE, Chairman of the Transport and Environment Committee at Nottinghamshire County Council, said:”Gedling Borough Council’s proposed name is a fitting tribute to the important mining history of the area.
“Colliery Way will not just connect people to the history and heritage of the area but will also connect residents and communities to new future opportunities, employment and housing in the city and county.
“Once completed, the new road will become the A6211 Colliery Way.”
March 2022
The opening date for the delayed Gedling Access Road was officially confirmed.
Colliery Way, as it will now be called, will finally open to traffic on March 22.
It was revealed construction teams have moved 512,000 cubic metres of earth, equivalent to 204 Olympic swimming pools, laid 45,816 tonnes of tarmac and installed 30 kilometres of drainage pipes and cable ducts to create the site
53,000 new trees are being planted across the site, and ecological measures including seven badger tunnels, six amphibian crossings and seven bat hop-overs being constructed.
Traffic will be able to use the new road from midday on March 22.
The Burton Road junction with the A612 was closed so work could take place on the Gedling Access Road (PHOTO: Gedling Eye)
“The Colliery Way will contribute towards the ongoing housing development in the area, creating much needed new homes, with improved access to the Chase Farm development and improved access to our Gedling Country Park. This all directly contributes to the local economy through new jobs and more people moving into the area to live and work.
“This road will also be welcomed by the residents of Gedling Village who will see a big reduction in through traffic, it will give them their village back, which is something we have been wanting to achieve for a long time.”
The road will officiallyopen to traffic on Tuesday, March 22 at mid-day.
Police have launched an investigation following a serious assault in Carlton
Officers were called to Ramsdale Road shortly before 11.45am today (19).
A man has been taken to hospital with injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening.
Inspector Matt Scott, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “High visibility patrols are in the area to reassure the public while officers work hard to understand the circumstances of what happened.
“Anyone who saw the incident or has information is asked is call us on 101 quoting incident 307 of 19 March 2022.”
People in Gedling borough are being warned about a new Royal Mail scam as fraudsters turn to using online chat boxes to get your details.
According to consumer campaigners Which? there is a new twist on the Royal Mail delivery scam which sees fraudsters creating fake chatbots that sign victims up for expensive monthly subscriptions.
Which? has revealed that scammers have been sending phishing emails inviting people to ‘start a chat’ to trace a delivery.
The fake Royal Mail chatbot lists a delivery tracking number and shares an image of a parcel explaining that the ‘label was damaged’ to convince you to reschedule the delivery. Clicking the link takes you to a different website, asking for your name, address, and payment details.
The small print reveals that adding these details enters you into a ‘Skill Game’ and purchases a three-day trial to bilingua.net costing £2 then £59 every 30 days.
Which? says the form has also switched to promoting a different website – called proplanner.io – costing £62 every 30 days.
Bilingua.net told Which? that the Royal Mail scam is an unscrupulous activity conducted by an ‘affiliate’ – a company that joined its marketing program and gets paid per sale generated for bilingua.net.
A spokesman told Which?: “We do not condone or approve the abusive behaviour by the affiliate in question.
It is a gross violation of our affiliate terms and conditions and marketing code of conduct. We have marketing compliance procedures in place to ensure that such violations do not occur, but once in a while abusive affiliates do slip through.”
New community hubs with vibrant libraries at their centre are to be created in Burton Joyce and Woodthorpe.
Nottinghamshire County Council has partnered with Inspire to create the hubs after being awarded a grant of £170,000 by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports, delivered by Arts Council England.
The villages’ current libraries spaces will be reimagined and re-configured to create more flexible library and community spaces.
Councillor Cottee, chairman of the Communities Committee at Nottinghamshire County Council said: “With libraries already at the heart of Nottinghamshire life, the grant will help us provide further support to key communities.
“Partnering with Inspire who deliver culture, learning and libraries on our behalf, our shared vision to create community hubs with re-imagined library spaces underlines our commitment to delivering a great library service.”
The Libraries Improvement Fund is helping transform library services in England by helping them upgrade their buildings and digital infrastructure so they can respond to the changing ways people use them.
Three months of roadworks that will close a section of a main road in Gedling start on Wednesday (March 23).
A section of Arnold Lane is being closed for three months to allow it to be realigned and linked onto Colliery Way – the new name for Gedling Access Road.
These works will also see changes to the existing traffic signals at the Arnold Lane / Mapperley Plains junction.
The road will be closed between the junction with Linsdale Gardens and Plains Road.
PICTURED: Arnold Lane (Google)
This is the final stage of roadworks to link existing roads to the new Gedling Access Road, which opens on Tuesday (22) to traffic.
Arnold Lane will fully reopen to traffic on June 30.
A spokesman for VIA East Midlands who are constructing the new road said: “We would like to thank you for your patience throughout the construction and apologise for any inconvenience that these works may cause.”
We trawled through the Gedling Eye archives to see what we were reporting on over the past six years.
2021
Rescue crews were called out to assist an ambulance that had become stuck in mud next to a road in Gedling.
PHOTO: Sharleen Whiley
Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue teams were on the scene at around 4.30am to help stabilise the vehicle and ensure it didn’t topple over after it ran into difficulties near the bottom of Priory Road and Apple Tree Lane.
Tape was placed around the scene to keep pedestrians away while the rescue operation took place.
The emergency vehicle was finally removed and put onto a recovery truck at around 10.30am.
2020
Pictures from supermarkets across Gedling borough showed shelves remained empty as the coronavirus crisis caused many people to panic buy.
PICTURE: David Murphy
Queues were reported outside Tesco in Carlton at 5.30am in the morning, with customers waiting for the 6am opening.
A lot of stock was gone in moments.
In a bid to stop the unnecessary panic, stores including Tesco, Asda, Lidl and Aldi put restrictions in place, including limiting products and reducing opening hours.
The main Co-op in Netherfield was putting down the shutters at 8pm, despite having original opening hours of 6am- 10pm.
Asda CEO, Roger Burnley, also asked shoppers using the store in Arnold to be thoughtful of other customers.
He said: “I’d also ask that you try to shop responsibly and not buy more than you need so that everyone, including the vulnerable, have access to the essentials.
2019
Diggers moved in to demolish two dilapidated properties on Burton Road in Carlton.
PICTURED Cllr Jenny Hollingsworth, Portfolio Holder for Growth and Regeneration, at the demolition site on Burton Road, Carlton.
The council took ownership of the properties in October 2018 due to the dangerous state of the buildings – which locals have described as ‘an eyesore’.
Since taking on the buildings, the council had been working with CMEC and neighbouring properties to ensure that the buildings could be taken down safely, with minimal disruption to businesses and residential properties nearby.
The area was set to get a big boost with plans in place to transform the nearby Carlton Square shopping centre and help improve trade for local businesses.
Cllr Jenny Hollingsworth, Portfolio Holder for Growth and Regeneration said she was looking forward to work starting to help revitalise the area.
“I’m delighted that works will be starting on these properties,” she said.
“This is part of the wider regeneration of the Carlton Square area and I’m excited to see how things progress in the near future.
2018
Leaders from Gedling Borough Council slammed the gritting operation that was being carried out in the borough.
Cllr. Michael Payne, deputy leader of Gedling Borough Council released a joint statement with other leaders criticising the gritting operation that was carried out by Nottinghamshire County Council.
In the statement from Mr Payne, which was also agreed with Cllr. John Clarke, leader of Gedling Borough Council and Vernon Coaker, MP for Gedling; said: “Residents in Gedling Borough have raised serious concerns with us about Nottinghamshire County Council’s gritting operation on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, March 17.
“Severe weather was predicted for our local area but Nottinghamshire County Council’s gritting operation across Gedling Borough – including Arnold, Mapperley Plains, Woodthorpe, Daybrook, Redhill, Carlton, Gedling, Netherfield and Colwick seemed to be slower and less effective than it has been previously.
“Once again we find ourselves having to call for an urgent review of the county council’s response to severe weather in Gedling Borough, which is one of the hilliest and steepest boroughs in the County of Nottinghamshire.
The statement claimed a ‘slower than normal gritting response by the County Council left a number of main gritting routes closed by the middle of the evening’ it also claims ‘bus routes were severely affected, leaving many residents to walk home from Nottingham and surrounding areas – which he said was “clearly unacceptable.”
2017
Campaigners were calling for more trains to stop at Netherfield Station.
PICTURED: Netherfield Station (IMAGE: Gedling Eye)
They organised a meeting to present their fresh plans to the public.
A number of local councillors and consultants had been working on putting together a case for more trains to call at stations on the Nottingham to Grantham line – which includes Netherfield – when the new East Midlands franchise commences.
Councillors and consultants gave a presentation detailing their plans and format for a convincing case to be submitted to the Department for Transport.
The meeting was held at St. George’s Centre in Netherfield.
2016
Nottinghamshire was being overlooked for any infrastructure investment the budget according to the county council, while Manchester and London reaped the rewards.
Pictured: Councillor Alan Rhodes
Chancellor George Osborne announced a raft of investment in road and rail schemes, including £80m for Crossrail 2 in London, £50m for HS3 between Manchester and Leeds and £161m for M62 motorway upgrades around Greater Manchester.
But the council said there was nothing in the budget for Nottinghamshire.
Councillor Alan Rhodes, Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, said: “I am extremely disappointed that funding for projects such as the extension of the Robin Hood Line to Ollerton, funding for faster east-west rail services from Nottingham to Birmingham and desperately-needed new Enterprise Zones have once again not been forthcoming – despite the Chancellor previously saying that he supported them.”
“We will continue to lobby Ministers and local MPs for funding for individual projects – we cannot and will not allow Nottinghamshire to be left behind while resources go elsewhere.”
2015
Dog walkers were being urged to keep their pets on their leads in Gedling Country Park during the bird mating season due to the appearance of two rare bird species who were using the site for ground nesting.
Gedling Country Park has numerous ground nesting birds using the site, including two Red Listed (extremely endangered) species, the Skylark and Lapwing.
A spokesperson for Friends of Gedling Country Park said at the time: “Dogs roaming freely over the grassland could disturb the nesting potential of these already threatened species, so we request that during the nesting period (March to September) you keep these areas dog free please.
“Hopefully, in the future, we will be able to raise monies to fence these nesting areas during the breeding season and therefore protect them. “
Shoppers will no longer be able to buy free-range eggs from supermarkets from Monday because of restrictions to stop the spread of bird flu.
Chickens have been in bird flu lockdown since November, meaning eggs previously classed as free-range must now be labelled ‘barn’.
The length of time they have been kept indoors means their eggs can now no longer be labelled free-range.
A spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs told The : “The 16-week grace period we allowed for free-range eggs has now been exceeded, and eggs must now be marketed as ‘barn eggs’. We have worked closely with the sector and retailers to implement these changes as smoothly as possible.”
The British Retail Consortium said supermarkets will put up signs notifying customers of the change but added: ‘When the measures are lifted, eggs will go back to being free-range.’
The National Farmers’ Union’s chief poultry adviser, Aimee Mahony, said: “Shoppers may notice different labels on egg packs explaining that the eggs have been laid by hens temporarily housed to protect their health and welfare. Once the risk levels have reduced and the housing measures have been lifted by Defra, birds will be able to go outside again.”
