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Two men jailed after Mapperley bungalow turned into £1m drugs factory

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Two men jailed after Mapperley bungalow turned into £1m drugs factory

Two men who helped to turn a suburban bungalow in Mapperley into a booming drugs factory have been jailed.

Cannabis with a street value of around £1m was seized when officers raided the property in Lucknow Drive, Mapperley, on September 10 this year.

Inside they found a large-scale cannabis grow, with more than 1,400 mature plants crammed into multiple rooms across the detached, secluded property.

The plants were taken away and destroyed, and an array of sophisticated growing equipment was put beyond use.

CS Spray, a telescopic baton and a quantity of cash were also seized.

Jevgenij, Babkov, aged 24, and Noyus Kastenas, aged, 20 were both arrested at the scene.

When they were interviewed by officers they admitted to tending to the plants but claimed they had been employed by others to live and work at the address.

Both men later admitted charges of cannabis production and appeared for sentence at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday (12 November).

Babkov, formerly of Lucklnow Drive, was jailed for one year and ten months.

Kastenas, also formerly of Lucknow Drive, was jailed for one year and six months.

PC Brian Dacunha, of Nottinghamshire Police, led the investigation. He said: “Acting on local intelligence we carried out a warrant at a large, detached bungalow.

“The building had been turned into a very large, sophisticated and profitable drugs factory, with mature cannabis plants in multiple rooms in the house.

“As is the case with most similar cannabis grows the electrics in the property had been bypassed and left in a very hazardous state.”

Inspector Karl Thomas, local area commander for Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Clamping down on drug related crime is a top priority for the local policing team. I am aware, however, that some people are still of the view that this ‘is only a bit of weed’ and that we should be focussing on different issues.

“But in reality, these kind of large-scale grows are very often linked to ruthless organised criminal gangs from home and abroad whose members won’t think twice about using extreme acts of violence to protect their investment from other equally ruthless criminals. Domestic cannabis grows can also create a very substantial fire risk to neighbouring properties and will never be tolerated by Nottinghamshire Police.”

Heated debate at Gedling Borough Council meeting sparked by MPs’ letter on raw sewage discharge motion

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Heated debate at Gedling Borough Council meeting sparked by MPs’ letter on raw sewage discharge motion

Gedling councillors clashed over a letter send by local MPs in response to the proposed motion to stop raw sewage being discharged into waterways. 

The letter – written by MPs Tom Randall MP and Mark Spencer as a response to the raw sewage Council motion – was read out by Trent Valley councillor Michael Adams during the full council meeting held on November 17.  

Adams, who is leader of the Conservative Group, said that instead of putting forward a motion, the group decided to write the MPs directly and ask about their position on the matter.  

The response from Randall MP and Spencer MP stated: “We note that a motion is to be debated and voted upon during a meeting of Gedling Borough Council on Wednesday 17 November calling on us, as the Members of Parliament for our Borough, to publicly support the banning and elimination of the discharge of raw and untreated sewage into our waterways, rivers and oceans and for us to campaign and vote for a statutory requirement on water companies to reduce the discharge of raw and untreated sewage into our waterways, rivers and oceans. 

“Contrary to some misleading reports and Tweets, we have never voted to allow water companies to pump sewage into rivers. We have both voted in favour of a package of measures to reduce harms from storm overflows, including a new duty directly on water companies to produce comprehensive statutory Drainage and Sewerage Management plans, setting out how they will manage and develop their drainage and sewerage system over a minimum 25-year planning horizon, including how to storm overflows will be addressed through these plans.” 

The text also said that the Environment Act 2021, voted by both MPs is set to produce a statutory plan to reduce discharges and produce a report setting out the actions needed to stop discharges from storms overflows.  

Additionally, the Act creates three new duties on water agencies to publish data on storm overflows and to monitor the quality of waters and of sewage disposal works. 

Gedling Borough Council's Civic Centre
PICTURED: Gedling Borough Council Civic Centre in Arnold

Cllr Adams said he was glad that the MPs backed the council calls to improve waterways and that he as a representative of the group will fully support the council’s call. 

The motion – put forward by Labour Councillor Michael Boyle and backed by the full council – pushed for a statutory duty on all water companies to take “all reasonable steps to ensure untreated sewage is not discharged from storm overflows”. 

It also aims to eliminate the practice of discharging raw sewage into English rivers, waterways and oceans and not simply progressively reduced.  

The Council also resolved to engage with agencies including Severn Trent Water, the Environment Agency, Nottinghamshire County Council, and the UK Government to urge swift action to stop the discharge of raw/untreated sewage into waterways and rivers.  

The motion also called for local Members of Parliaments, Tom Randall, and Mark Spencer to publicly support the call for the elimination of sewage and discharges. 

But, the MPs’ letter sparked heated reactions from Labour councillors.  

Leader of Gedling Borough Council Cllr John Clarke said it was let down by the reaction from the MPs. 

He said: “I am particularly disappointed by the knee-jerk reaction of the chief whip Mark Spencer and our local MP Tom Randall who are straight putting their hands up instead of asking those simple questions as us laypeople are doing tonight.” 

“We need to do something together.”

Cllr Clarke said there had been an increase in use of local waterways for leisure pursuits like open swimming and they needed to be cleaned up.

“You wouldn’t have a bath in your toilet, would you. That’s what they are asking us to do.” he said.

Deputy leader Councillor Michael Payne seconded Councillor Clarke and said: “I really welcome the support from across the chamber. 

“It is interesting. We started this debate with Councillor Boyle saying that as a resident and constituent in the Gedling borough constituency that he has written to the MPs on this issue and is still waiting for a response. 

“But, nonetheless as Councillor Clarke says I am really happy that councillor Boyle and the motion here tonight have dragged the MPs kicking and screaming to finally realise they were absolutely in the wrong three weeks ago in the House of Commons. 

“There is no hiding from that. 

“You [Conservatives] will not pull the wall over the eyes of residents by pulling out a letter from two MPs and try to suggest the Conservative Government’s amendment to the Environment Bill does that the public expect. 

“What the public expect is the elimination of discharging raw and untreated sewage. 

“The reality is this government is mired in muck.” 

Commenting on the response from the MPs, Cllr Boyle added: “We need MPs to deliver on their words and work on this issue and strengthen the legislation and the fine regime.” 

Arnold councillor calls for public inquiry into Nottingham hospitals maternity backed by parents whose baby died at trust

Anna Whittaker (LDR reporter)
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Arnold councillor calls for public inquiry into Nottingham hospitals maternity backed by parents whose baby died at trust

Calls for a public inquiry into maternity services at Nottingham hospitals are being backed by a family whose baby girl was stillborn after failings in her care.

Nottinghamshire County Councillor Michelle Welsh (Lab), who represents Arnold South, is campaigning for the inquiry following baby deaths and injuries at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH), which runs the Queen’s Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital.

Nottingham parents Jack and Sarah Hawkins, whose baby Harriet was stillborn in April 2016, backed the calls, saying the independence of any inquiry is key.

Maternity services at the trust are currently rated inadequate and the trust as a whole is rated as ‘requires improvement’ by watchdog the Care Quality Commission.

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) are currently carrying out their own review into “maternity incidents, complaints and concerns” at the trust.

The review is expected to complete by the end of 2022, but councillors and the Hawkins family say this is not enough.

Chief Nurse for Nottingham University Hospitals, Michelle Rhodes, said: “We are doing everything in our power to ensure that the families using our services get the best possible care and are fully co-operating with the on-going independent review.”

A motion will be tabled at next week’s Nottinghamshire County Council meeting asking the Government to conduct a full public inquiry into maternity services at the trust.

Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Cllr Welsh said: “This situation is even bigger than I thought it was.

“Nothing short of a public inquiry will allow that trust to improve – a government-led public inquiry that is totally independent of Nottinghamshire.

“Mothers and fathers have not had the answers they should’ve had. It is horrendous and scandalous, and it cannot go on.

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PICTURED: The Queen’s Medical Centre

“It would give families the confidence and reassurance that they are going to get the answers they need.

“A lot of families are speaking up. They are so brave and so courageous for doing it. It is the most horrendous things that can happen to anybody

“This isn’t about politics, it is about the protection of mothers and babies going forward.

“It is important for me to have this motion because it allows me to give members in Nottinghamshire the message. Local government combined with members of parliament is a powerful force.”

Jack and Sarah Hawkins, who are both former employees of NUH, said changes were needed “rapidly”.

An external report into Harriet’s death found that her deterioration could have been spotted sooner and her life could have been saved if she and Sarah were better monitored by staff.

The Hawkins said: “This is ongoing, it is not historic. We don’t believe the CCG inquiry is powerful enough or independent enough to give what Nottingham really needs. The independence of a public inquiry is the real key thing.

“We have felt very alone with this and have blown the whistle so many times and been ignored until the pressure has got to this level.

“We are so grateful to (Nottingham South Labour MP) Lilian Greenwood and Michelle Welsh, who are working tirelessly towards improving maternity services in Nottingham.

“We have been saying it for nearly six years since Harriet died needlessly, and to finally be heard is huge and it is not going away now.

“It is the closest we’ve ever been to things actually changing and for there to be accountability.”

Councillor Penny Gowland (Lab), who is seconding the motion, added: “The situation at NUH Maternity Department now needs to be thoroughly and independently investigated: we need this for the parents, the children and indeed for the staff, many of whom are working under very difficult conditions.

“These hospitals are so important in the lives of everyone in Nottinghamshire: we want them to be the best, not just adequate or not failing.”

The motion will state: “Nottinghamshire County Council will call upon the government to conduct a full public enquiry into maternity services at NUH and resolves to write to the Secretary of State for Health to express serious concerns and to present the case for a full public enquiry into the maternity services at NUH [and] ask the secretary of state to meet with the Health Scrutiny Committee and families affected regarding maternity services at NUH.”

Councillors will discuss and vote on the motion during a full council meeting on November 25.

Rise in number of patients waiting more than two weeks to see GP

Andrew Topping (Local Democracy Reporter)
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Rise in number of patients waiting more than two weeks to see GP

A higher proportion of Nottinghamshire patients waited longer than two weeks to see their GP in August 2021 compared with a year earlier.

Data from the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which manages and operates GP services in the city and county, shows about one in six people waited 15 days or more to see a doctor across the 31 days in August.

This amounted to 76,224 out of 454,315 appointments, or 16.77 per cent, with 20,048 of those patients waiting longer than four weeks to see their GP after calling up for an appointment.

When comparing the data with a year earlier, it shows the number of patients waiting 15 days or more increased per proportion of total appointments year-on-year.

In August 2020, 52,736 patients had to wait more than two weeks to see their GP, which equated to 13.21 per cent of the 399,056 appointments conducted throughout the month.

It comes as the figures show GP surgeries in the city and county conducted 55,259 more appointments in August this year compared with a year earlier, with the vast majority successfully conducted face-to-face.

Surgeries saw 263,103 face-to-face appointments this year, up from 211,162 a year earlier, while the number of telephone appointments remained broadly the same at about 164,000.

The data comes as part of a report from the CCG due before Nottinghamshire County Council’s health scrutiny committee on November 24, with August’s figures the most recently-available CCG statistics.

It follows concerns raised by members of the committee in September regarding patient difficulties in accessing primary care, described by several councillors as an emerging “disastrous situation”.

GP appointments

However, the report reveals the results of a survey conducted on patients at slightly more than 120 surgeries across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

About 15,500 responses revealed the CCG is broadly above the national average on issues around patient satisfaction.

When asked how easy it is to get through to your GP practice over the phone, 72 per cent responded with either ‘very easy’ or ‘fairly easy’. This is above the national average of 68 per cent.

However, 48 out of 122 practices were below the CCG average for this question – with 27 in the county and 21 in the city.

Similarly, when asked how they would describe their experiences of making an appointment, 73 per cent of patients responded with ‘very good’ and ‘fairly good’. This was above the national average of 70 per cent.

However, 50 of the 121 practices surveyed across the city and county fell below the CCG average on this question.

When asked how they would describe their experience with their GP practice, 84 per cent responded with ‘very good’ and ‘fairly good’.

This, again, is slightly above the national average of 83 per cent.

But when asked how often a patient sees or speaks with their preferred GP, 45 per cent responded with either ‘always or almost ways’, or ‘a lot of the time’.

This is the same as the national average of 45 per cent, with 60 out of 121 practices falling below the average across the CCG.

Commenting in the documents, the CCG said: “The GP Survey questions included in this paper are good indicators of patient satisfaction, showing the CCG average score is higher than the national average score.

“However … Nottingham and Nottinghamshire CCG has a registered population of circa 1.1 million, [but] the maximum number of responses for a GP survey question was 15,500 which is 1.4 per cent of the registered population.”

Lucy Dadge, chief commissioning officer at the CCG, also told councillors in September: “We do recognise the demands on all our healthcare services now are greater than they ever were.

“They were growing pre-Covid, and they’re growing now.”

‘Open countryside at risk’ if Gedling borough ends up with some of Nottingham’s housing shortfall

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‘Open countryside at risk’ if Gedling borough ends up with some of Nottingham’s housing shortfall

A council leader fears areas such as Gedling borough will be forced to build new homes on green open spaces to make up for Nottingham’s shortfall.

Councillor Milan Radulovic (Lab), leader of Broxtowe Borough Council, said countryside around Broxtowe and Rushcliffe was also under threat.

He has now written to Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities MP Michael Gove relaying his concerns.

He said the government has set a target of building 51,000 new homes, a proportion of which are social and affordable across South Nottinghamshire by 2028 to deal with the shortage of accommodation.

Recent predictions show Nottingham has a shortfall of 4,500 and Councillor Radulovic said it does not have the available land to build them.

Radulovic said the “pressure” will now be put on neighbouring areas such as Broxtowe, Gedling, and Rushcliffe to pick up the shortfall.

He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “Nottingham does not have enough land to build the new homes that the government has requested.

“It is 4,500 short and Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe will have to pick that up. We are under enormous pressure to meet that unmet need.

“It is madness – it is not sustainable. This will leave further pressure on the urban sprawl which means having to build on open countryside.

“That is the land we want to protect.”

Writing to the Secretary of State, Cllr  Radulovic, criticised the Government for failing to provide up to £40m of Levelling Up funding to Nottingham.

Burton Road Gedling

The money would have been spent on demolishing the former Broadmarsh shopping centre to start ‘a mixed use’ development, which is expected to include housing as well as developing the Island site in the city.

He said: “Nottingham, which is tightly bounded and has limited ability to expand, is reliant on a small number of very challenging brownfield sites to deliver housing, but has historically missed out on funding at the expense of larger urban areas.

“Once again, the latest announcements on the Levelling Up fund bids for the two most significant brownfield sites in the city, for the former Broadmarsh shopping centre and for the Island Quarter, have been unsuccessful.

“This underfunding increases the risk that surrounding boroughs will be expected to provide land for its unmet need.

“We therefore urge you to look at the specific housing capacity of cities, and take into account the scale of housing need they cannot accommodate within their areas under current circumstances, as a factor when determining the level of funding to be provided.

“In this way, we can ensure that residual housing need is minimised, and thus protect our green belt and greenfield sites whilst ensuring good quality new housing supports our aim of enhancing the quality of life in urban areas.”

His letter has been backed by Nottingham City Council.

Cllr Linda Woodings (Lab), Portfolio Holder for Housing, Planning and Heritage at Nottingham City Council, said: “I am very happy to add my name to the signatories on this cross-party letter representing all local councils in our area.

“The city council’s housing expectation has been artificially inflated by flawed Government methodology, which applies a 35 per cent increase over our calculated requirement to arrive at a final figure.

“This is without a shred of evidence around available land or the ability to accommodate this unrealistic figure in a city with such tightly-constrained local authority boundaries. Missing out on Government funding opportunities simply aggravates the problem.

“Mr Gove’s department needs to go back to the drawing board on this one. It must look carefully at the specific housing capacity of different cities across the country and take this into account.

“We would also urge Government, again, to rethink the right-to-buy legislation which is exacerbating social housing pressures in Nottingham.”

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said:  “The government has committed to deliver 1 million new homes by the end of this Parliament and continue towards its target to increase building output to 300,000 homes a year.

“Councils are responsible for setting housing targets, and our guidance should be considered alongside local factors in working out how many homes can be delivered.”

Life-saving defibrillator gifted to Gedling Southbank FC

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Life-saving defibrillator gifted to Gedling Southbank FC

A Gedling football club has been selected to receive a defibrillator and pads to use in case of emergencies. 

The Nottinghamshire Local Medical Committee (LMC) teamed up with LMC Buying Group supplier MidMeds to donate a defibrillator and pads to a sport club in the region. 

Local GPs were appealed by the LMC to nominate local sports clubs for the donation. 

Gedling Southbank Football Club was selected at random and received the equipment. 

Zenaida Morrison, Communications and Marketing Manager at Nottinghamshire Local Medical Committee Ltd said in her communication to the club: “Following a string of tragic cardiac arrests reported in the news suffered by athletes on the field, we want to give back to the community and help to prevent such on-pitch fatalities where we can. 

“We appealed to GPs in our locality to nominate a sports club of their choosing. I am pleased to announce that Gedling Southbank Football Club has been selected at random to receive a defibrillator and pads to use during training or at a tournament.” 

The club, which is an amalgamation of two well established local clubs, Arnold Southbank, and junior club Gedling Southbank, was formed in June 2006. 

In 2012 the club was awarded Charter Standard Community Club status and in 2016 it received the Charter Standard Community Club of the Year Award for the East Midlands, which was quickly followed by the National Award. 

The defibrillator was handed over to Club Chairman Adrian Hall by Nottinghamshire LMC Chief Executive Michael Wright. 

Adrian Hall said: “We are keen to ensure all locations we train or play at have access to a Defibrillator. 

“Gedling Southbank FC use the grass pitches at Arnold Hill school at the weekend for about 18 of our 40 teams. 

“We also use some of the 3G (Third Generation synthetic surface) training pitches at the school now run by Cannoville Coaching. 

“It seemed a good place to locate the donated unit as many other people use the training facilities and would have access to a Defibrillator should the need ever arise.” 

The defibrillator will be located at Arnold Hill School.  

Delays expected on Arnold Lane for Gedling Access Road works

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Delays expected on Arnold Lane for Gedling Access Road works

More delays are expected in the Gedling and Mapperley area as traffic management is put in place on Arnold Lane to allow for work on the Gedling Access Road (GAR) to continue.

Two-way traffic lights will be put in place from Monday, November 22 to allow the removal of vegetation on the hedgerow opposite the golf course to take place.

A spokesman for Nottinghamshire County Council said: “You may recall that the hedgerow was previously removed, and this work is necessary to remove the re-growth that has occurred since then.”

Gedling Access Road
PICTURED: Gedling Access Road

From Tuesday, November 23 to Wednesday, December 1, there will be a full-time lane closure under two-way traffic lights. This is to allow the installation of a road crossing and jointing of a new power cable.

The spokesman added: “Although this work has been phased to avoid the period of the temporary four-way traffic lights at the Arnold Lane/Mapperley Plains/Plains Road/Gedling Road junction, delays may be likely in this area and so we apologise for any inconvenience.

“We would like to thank all road users and local residents for your patience throughout the construction of the GAR.”

It was recently revealed the cost of the £40m project has now increased by £8.6m.  

There has also been a delay to the highway’s completion. It was originally scheduled for this year but won’t be completed until the spring of 2022.

Gedling borough pubs take part in campaign rewarding designated drivers this Christmas

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Gedling borough pubs take part in campaign rewarding designated drivers this Christmas

Pub chain Greene King is offering cash prizes to Gedling borough customers to reward designated drivers this Christmas.

The chain have teamed up with Coca-Cola for their annual Hero the Driver campaign. 

The partnership, now in its 12th year, began on Monday (8).

The Starting Gate in Colwick, Ferry Boat Inn in Stoke Bardolph and Plainsman and Tree Tops in Mapperley are taking part in this year’s campaign.

The campaign was originally based on a buy-one-get-one-free offer but has continued to expand year on year.

Designated drivers could now get their hands on exclusive prizes of up to £500 of shopping vouchers, alongside a guaranteed prize of a free bottle of Coca-Cola, Diet Coke or Coca-Cola Zero Sugar.

Other prizes on offer include £100 Red Letter Days vouchers and £25 Greene King gift cards.

Ashleigh Egan, trade marketing controller at Greene King, told Gedling Eye: “Celebrating Christmas at the pub with friends and family is sadly something that many of us did not have the chance to do in 2020, and reuniting at the pub for Christmas this year is going to be incredibly special. 

“That’s why we’re investing more than ever in Coca-Cola’s Hero the Driver campaign to champion the designated drivers from each Christmas party and family group who are choosing not to drink alcohol so they can safely drive people home at the end of the night.”

How does the offer work?

  • A customer will need to buy a bottle, can or glass of Coca-Cola, Diet Coke or Coca-Cola Zero Sugar from a participating Greene King pub
  • Participating pubs will be decorated with Coca-Cola Hero the Driver POS, which will include a QR code.
  • Customer scans the QR code and enters their details to enter the competition and then scans the Coca-Cola logo on the bottle, can or glass 
  • Customer receives voucher for their free drink via email and also finds out if they have won a prize
  • Customer shows the voucher code to the bar team who will serve the free drink
  • Winners receive their prizes direct from Coca-Cola.

Carlton school pupils drum up support for Million Hits Challenge for Children in Need

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Carlton school pupils drum up support for Million Hits Challenge for Children in Need

Children at a school in Carlton have joined the efforts of a former pupil to raise money for Children in Need by supporting the ‘The Million Hits’ challenge.

Dan Piper, founder of DCP Drums is a former pupil at Haddon Primary & Nursery School who came up with the idea of ‘The Million Hits’ for Children in Need.

Using the drumming lessons he gives to school children, Dan decided to see if children could raise money through sponsorship, aiming to hit a million drumbeats leading up to Children in Need day on the November 19

Haddon school children managed a whopping 70,479 beats throughout their challenge to add to the week’s total.

Nina Capek is head teacher at Haddon Primary & Nursery School and she said, “Dan is a real inspiration to our Haddoners. He is a former pupil of our school, who encompasses what it means to dream big and aim high, values our pupils share today.

“Having set up DCP drums who provide inspiring, high-energy music and fitness sessions for children, he is now also wanting to make a difference to the wider community and support children in need. Of course, we all jumped at the chance to help him as part of our commitment to raising money to support the annual Children in Need appeal.”

PICTURED: Dan Piper of DCP Drums prepares pupils for their Million Hits Challenge

Eight-year-old Emily Langdown said, “I have enjoyed our drumming session and it is good that we are raising money for Children in Need at the same time. Our class got around 11,000 drumbeats; it was tiring but good fun!” Harlow Rennicks age 8 said, “It is good that we have been having fun and helping others at the same time.”  

Dan Piper is the founder of DCP Drums and said, “We took our inspiration from weatherman, Owain Wyn Evans, who spent 24 hours drumming for Children in Need. Since we were already taking drumming lessons into schools, we decided to use our hit-counting pads across all schools we visited across the week to see if we could hit a million drumbeats for charity. We are currently at around 300,000 and are hopeful we will hit our target of a million by Friday.

“Schools are using various ways to raise money, but donations of any amount are very gratefully received, it is such a worthy cause.”

Dan’s colleague Joel Webb said schools had risen to the challenge. “The schools are really on board with the challenge, and we are planning to do this again in future years, bringing more schools on board and perhaps raising the challenge total, but essentially aiming to raise as much as we can for Children in Need.”

By-election could be called in Carlton after councillor stands down

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By-election could be called in Carlton after councillor stands down

A by-election could be soon be called in Carlton, after a Labour councillor announced his decision to resign earlier this week.

Councillor Gary Gregory was an elected member for the Cavendish ward within Gedling Borough before stepping down.

Cavendish covers the area around Cavendish and Coningswath Road and up to Carlton Hill.

Councillor Gregory was elected back in 2019 along with fellow Cavendish councillor Liz Clunie.

Gregory secured 704 votes with Clunie achieving 695, seeing off Conservative candidate George Millar who attracted 314 votes.

A notice announcing the vacancy was posted on Tuesday (November 16).

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It reads: In order for the above vacancy to be filled prior to the next scheduled election (May 2023), it will be necessary to convene a by-election.

For this to happen, two local government electors within the Gedling Borough area (not just from the ward) must give written notice requesting a by-election

“If two requests for a by-election are received, the by-election must take place within 35 working days of the date of receipt of the requests.”

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