A police spokesman said: “We are pleased to report that no weapons or knives were recovered.
PICTURED: Knives handed in during the last police amnesty (IMAGE: Notts Police)
“As part of the week of action we are supporting the knife amnesty where a bin is located at Carlton Fire Station and officers will be carrying out increased high visibility patrols.
“We need people to keep giving us information about knife crime in their areas so we can help keep them safe. We all need to work together to combat knife crime and we’d urge anyone with information on knife crime in their local community to call us.”
Those with information can contact Nottinghamshire Police on 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. In an emergency, always dial 999.
The latest work from mystery crochet creator ‘Cranksy’ has appeared on top of the post box in Netherfield and is guaranteed to spread festive cheer around the town.
The new postbox topper, located outside the post office on Victoria Road, features Santa and a snowman.
The new topper replaces the last creation featuring poppies to mark Remembrance week.
The post box toppers have been appearing over the past few years.
A knitted elf and Grinch are now sitting on top of the post box on Victoria Road (PHOTO: Neil Slack)
They tend to appear overnight, which prompted locals to call the mystery artist behind the creations ‘Cranksy’ due to the similar approach to stealth artist Banksy.
Last year their was sorrow in the town when Cranksy’s Christmas creation featuring The Grinch and an elf went missing.
It was eventually returned after being found at the site of the Costa drive-thru on nearby Victoria Retail Park.
The artist behind the designs of new village signs in Calverton was last week invited to see her work on display.
Christine Hall is an artist from Southwell and provided artwork for the new signs welcoming people to the village.
The welcome signs have been designed to reflect the history of the village with reference to farming, William Lee’s Stocking Frame and recently the coal mining industry.
PICTURED: Artist Christine Hall with the new signs welcoming people to Calverton
G & S Signs of Calverton made and put up the signs
Grant funding for the scheme was received from Nottinghamshire County Council and Calverton Parish Council with an additional donation of £1,000 from Persimmon Builder.
A parish council spokesman said: “The Parish Council would like to thank all those involved in achieving these new signs, in particular Cllr Joan Inger and County Councillor Boyd Elliot.
Covid cases have fallen across Gedling borough, the latest figures reveal.
New numbers released last night cover cases reported on Sunday, November 14.
Gedling borough bucked the trend across Nottinghamshire with figures falling. All other areas of the county, apart from Rushcliffe, reported a large rise in cases.
The number of cases reported on Sunday across Gedling borough was 39 which was down from 69 reported the previous day.
Cases were down in Gedling borough
645 cases were reported in total across Nottinghamshire.
Each areas reported the following numbers (previous day in brackets):
Work to build a new school at the Rivendell estate off Colwick Loop Road is ‘on track’ and will welcome its first pupils in September 2022.
Building work on the Rivendell Flying High Academy is taking shape with The Flying High Partnership, the multi-academy trust responsible for the school, working in partnership with builders, Persimmon Homes.
The school building is scheduled to be completed in Spring 2022, giving families and children who are successful in securing a place, an opportunity to visit ahead of their first term in September 2022.
Nick Layfield, operations manager at The Flying High Partnership said:“It has been great to see the development of the school taking shape and running to schedule. But to also to have the opportunity to shape the school environment and grounds to ensure they provide an inspirational and creative learning space for children.
“The school is being designed to make children’s experience and education the best it can possibly be, and we are delighted that it is shaping up to be a school filled with inspiration and possibility for its children, -and as a hub for the new community.”
“We want to be able to welcome the community, the families and children who will attend the school, in ahead of their first term to meet staff and to familiarise themselves with the new school. This will allow children to undertake their transmission and induction days in the new building.”
Whilst building work is underway, families will need to go online for information at: rivendellfha.co.uk and on Flying High Partnership Facebook and Twitter.
A series of events are being planned where parents can gather the information they need about the new school.
Mr Layfield added: “We would welcome contact from families wishing to join the school and look forward to the day we can welcome those families into the new school building.”
Rivendell Flying High Academy will fill to 210 pupils as the development grows and in the first year will welcome admission applications for all year groups from Foundation 2 to Year 6, as well as nursery places.
A new group has been formed to protect and improve a park in Arnold.
The Friends of Church Lane & St. Mary’s Play Park & Recreation Ground has been launched with the ambition of creating a new and improved children’s park and recreation ground.
Police have arrested a man and recovered a weapon in Colwick as part of a crackdown on knife crime
Police were called to reports of a man waving a knife and making threats in Colwick Road.
A 50-year-old suspect was swiftly detained on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and affray.
No-one was hurt during the incident which happened shortly after 8.50pm yesterday (November 14).
It comes as Nottinghamshire Police puts its weight behind the national Operation Sceptre knife crime campaign this week.
Positive action taking place during the week will include weapons sweeps and patrols and educational sessions on knife crime for schoolchildren and awareness-raising workshops for young people.
Stop and search activity will also be carried out to help keep people safe and a metal-detecting knife arch will be used to help detect and remove blades from the streets.
The force’s dedicated knife crime and Operation Reacher teams and schools and early intervention officers will continue their hard work across the force area to prevent incidents and steer young people away from crime.
A knife amnesty is also being held across Nottinghamshire during Operation Sceptre, enabling people to leave their unwanted knives in amnesty bins.
Chief Inspector Clare Dean, from Nottinghamshire Police, said: “We remain committed to doing everything we can all year round to tackle this serious crime and protect people from knife crime.
“Our message to those who carry a knife, or who are thinking of carrying one, is that it does not protect you. It only increases your vulnerability, putting you in dangerous situations, not to mention the legal consequences of being found in possession of a knife. Knives destroy lives, affecting you, and those around you.
“Every blade surrendered to us during Operation Sceptre is one less dangerous weapon that can be used to cause serious harm or injury – potentially resulting in someone’s life being lost.
“We all need to work together to combat knife crime and we’re urging anyone with information on knife crime in their local community to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. In an emergency, always dial 999.”
An Arnold-based charity which distributes donated gifts to deprived young people across Nottingham has launched its Christmas appeal.
The charity put collection boxes in local schools, churches, and businesses, with the request for small, pocket money toys, stationery, books, or items of confectionery.
They then sort the donations into age groups, gift wrap each item and put 4 or 5 gifts into a red cotton bag to be distributed to young people aged 0-16 via food banks, homeless and refugee charities or organisations which support disadvantaged children.
The charity, which has its headquarters in Daybrook, are now appealing for Christmas donations so they can hand gifts to youngsters and those in need over the festive period.
PICTURED: The charity’s youngest volunteer Niamh Fletcher, 9, of Stanhope School in Gedling
The gifts will be distributed around foodbanks and other charity organisations.
People who want to make a donation can drop them off at 1A Morley Street, Daybrook, Nottingham, NG5 6JX – please call 07812 589191 to arrange a time.
A number of local businesses and organisations are also accepting collections which will be passed on to the charity:
Carlton Town fans have described racist social media abuse directed at Stourbridge striker Montel Gibson as “revolting and wholly unacceptable”.
The centre forward received the racist abuse on Instagram following his side’s victory 2-1 victory against The Millers in the FA Trophy on Saturday (13).
The striker, who previously played for Notts County and Grimsby Town, scored both goals in the victory.
They wrote: “We are left feeling deeply distressed and disgusted that following yesterday’s game Montel Gibson received racist abuse on social media.
PHOTO: Montel Gibson (IMAGE: Stourbridge FC)
“We want to say that we are appalled that this has happened and stand in solidarity with Montel in calling out this revolting and wholly unacceptable behaviour. we hope he is okay.
“We will be urging everyone involved at Carlton Town to do everything they can to root out this behaviour and ensure that people who behave in this abhorrent way are not welcome anywhere near the club.
“After an excellent game of football we are sorry that this experience has been tainted by what happened after the game.
“We will do all we can to make sure this type of behaviour is nowhere near our football club.”
Carlton Town first team manager Tommy Brookbanks also condemned those sending abuse.
On Twitter he reached out to Gibson, posting: “Montel you was absolutely superb today and were the difference between the two sides.
“No idea who does this kind of thing but as a club we certainly find it sickening and abhorrent. Enjoy your night and let the coward crawl back under the rock he came from.”
Stourbridge FC confirmed they had been in contact with police.
In a statement they said: “We are now in contact with the dedicated hate crime officer for West Midlands Police.”
A Colwick packaging firm is lighting up the shelves at M&S Foodhalls for the second Christmas running with its sell-out range of illuminating snow globe liqueurs.
The Wilkins Group, which has its headquarters in Colwick, has once again been asked to add an innovative sprinkle of magic to Marks and Spencer’s 2021 range of Christmas gin and rum liqueurs.
Last year, the firm refined an idea it had presented several years previously, of adding a special label to the base of the glass bottles, each containing four integrated LED lights that, when pressed, illuminated the flakes of edible gold leaf floating in the gin liqueur.
The result – which effectively turned the bottles to a snow globe and perfect Christmas table decoration – took the nation and social media by storm, with stocks rapidly selling out.
The 2020 product has even led to the Wilkins Group being shortlisted in the Label of the Year category of this year’s UK Packaging Awards, with winners being announced in November.
Now, the Wilkins Group has done it again, with the recent launch of the M&S Clementine Gin Liqueur and Spiced Sugar Plum Gin Liqueur. And, for the first time, M&S has added a Madagascan Vanilla Spiced Rum Liqueur to the range.
PICTURED: The Wilkins Group headquarters in Colwick
Justin Wilkins, sales and marketing director of the family run Colwick-based firm, said: “Everyone at the Wilkins Group is absolutely delighted to be able to assist Marks and Spencer with this Christmas project again.
“On the back of last year – with the M&S gin range selling out and customers really trying their hardest to get their hands on them – there’s already quite a lot of excitement surrounding this year’s range.
“It’s fantastic, as well, to see new flavours and to see rum being added to the mix. The finished products look stunning. I can see why they are so popular with customers.”
In addition to the LED base labels, the Wilkins Group designed the gift tag swing labels that are fastened around the neck of the 70cl bottles.
The part-transparent body designs of three products in the 2021 Christmas range take their inspiration from the classic Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker. And, this year, the bottles contain edible silver leaf in the Sugar Plum flavour, as well as gold leaf in the Clementine gin and rum.
The huge interest in last year’s M&S snow globe Christmas liqueurs spiked almost as soon as the firm announced the product launch on social media. As a result of its ensuing retail success, Wilkins Group was also commissioned to create a Cherry Blossom Gin Liqueur bottle design, which was launched earlier this summer.
To find out more about the services offered by the Wilkins Group, visit www.wilkins.co.uk.
