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VIDEO: Latest flyover film shows how work is progressing on new £40m Gedling Access Road

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VIDEO: Latest flyover film shows how work is progressing on new £40m Gedling Access Road

A new flyover film captured by drone has been created to give residents a glimpse of progress on the new £40m Gedling Access Road (GAR).

The latest video, which has been shared by Nottinghamshire County Council, shows work taking place to create the large embankment at Mapperley Plains, where you can see just how much earth has been excavated to help elevate the structure.

Although we are in the midst of a second national lockdown, work has been able to continue after the Government made it clear that construction work wouldn’t be suspended as before.

Once completed the Gedling Access Road will be a new 3.8km single carriageway road which providing a link between the B684 Mapperley Plains and the A612 Trent Valley Road / Nottingham Road.

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Footage from the latest Gedling Access Road flyover film

The road is expected to open to traffic in the autumn of 2021.

Burton Road closure extended

Burton Road has been closed since May of this year while a new traffic signal controlled junction for the GAR with the A612 is constructed. 

Works on-site are now nearing completion and the road closure will remain in place until December.

It had been hoped that the road would reopen in October, with other road closures being put in place to speed up works..

A spokesman said: “We would like to thanks residents and motorists for their continued patience.”

Man charged with breaching Covid-19 regulations after police visit Gedling cafe following reports of gathering

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Man charged with breaching Covid-19 regulations after police visit Gedling cafe following reports of gathering

Police have charged a man with obstructing a police officer and breaching Covid-19 regulations after officers were called to a report of 40 to 50 people gathering at a cafe in Gedling.

Shaun Everest, 47, of Ossington Close, Meden Vale, Mansfield, has been granted conditional bail to appear at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on 29 January 2021.

The action comes after officers were called to the Mustard Seed cafe in Main Road at 4.20pm on Saturday (November 14).

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A 53-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of failing to provide his details to police while they attempted to issue a Covid fixed penalty notice. He was released having provided his details and was issued with a £200 fixed penalty notice.

On arrival the premises was locked with a large number of people inside – despite the health protection regulations.

Inspector Chris Pearson, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “The lockdown regulations are intended to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and save lives.

“Most people across the county have been playing their part in limiting the spread of the virus but sadly there remain a few people who refuse to adhere to our efforts to engage, explain and educate and consequently we will not hesitate to work with our partners to enforce the regulations.”

Hospice in Mapperley makes urgent plea for people to back Christmas appeal as lockdown blows £150k hole in budget

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Hospice in Mapperley makes urgent plea for people to back Christmas appeal as lockdown blows £150k hole in budget

A hospice in Mapperley has put out an urgent appeal for people to support its annual Christmas campaign after warning they could face a funding shortfall of £150,000 due to lockdown.

Nottinghamshire Hospice, which provides crucial 24-hour end-of-life care to patients in their own homes all through the year, has appealed to the public to support its virtual ‘Light up a Life’ event where they can dedicate a light to remember a loved one.

The recent lockdown has meant the hospice’s 10 shops – which bring in £1 million a year in income for the charity – have had to close again at what is normally their busiest time. They reopened in August after a three month closure during the earlier lockdown.

Fundraising events since March have all been cancelled too, leaving the hospice with an expected shortfall of £150,000 – with possible additional losses of £250,000 due the additional shop closures during Lockdown 2.  

Nottinghamshire Hospice chief executive Rowena Naylor-Morrell is now urging people to help make up the funding shortfall by getting behind this year’s campaign.

She said: “Christmas 2020 will not be a normal Christmas for any of us but for those approaching the end of their lives and their families it will be an especially hard time. Our compassionate care enables patients to be cared for in their homes all through the year but this is especially important at Christmas.

“Every year we are heartened by support from our wonderful communities, and this year we need that support more than ever as our ability to fundraise has been severely curtailed due to the impact of the Coronavirus.”

PICTURED: Sheila and her husband Roy of Berry Hill, Mansfield

Last Christmas, hospice support enabled Roy Jones to be at home with family around him after learning he had incurable cancer.

Roy and his wife Sheila, of Berry Hill, Mansfield, met when they were 17 and had been married for 62 years. But after Roy’s diagnosis they knew last Christmas would be their final one together. 

Nottinghamshire Hospice provided care to help him to stay at home throughout the festive period. He died in the new year, aged 84.

Sheila said. “Sheila said: “I thank the hospice from the bottom of my heart. I’m so grateful for what you did for us. You looked after him so very, very well. I can’t praise the hospice enough.

“Christmas will be very different this year without Roy. I still feel the warmth of him.”

After lockdown was announced in March, the hospice extended its services to provide more care in people’s homes across Nottinghamshire. It introduced a new Hospice Outreach and Discharge Support service (HODS) to prevent hospital admissions and help patients get discharged from hospital swiftly.

 “Our care is all the more crucial during the Coronavirus pandemic because it enables patients to stay at home at the end of their lives, keeping hospital beds free for Covid-19 patients,” Rowena added. “Please help us to support families like Sheila’s so they can spend their last Christmas together by supporting our appeal.”

The hospice is urging supporters to back the Light up a Life appeal by:

  • Donating through https://www.nottshospice.org/light/
  • Supporting the hospice’s virtual ‘Light up a Life’ event where they can dedicate a light to remember a loved one
  • Lighting up the hospice tower for a night in memory of a loved one.
  • Requesting a song for the hospice Winter Warmers playlist which will be played to frontline staff at the hospice and can be downloaded
  • Purchasing a festive forget-me-not flower
  • Taking on a fundraising challenge.

All details available at https://www.nottshospice.org/light/

The storytellers in Anglo Saxon Gedling were the first to share tales that still survive to this day

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The storytellers in Anglo Saxon Gedling were the first to share tales that still survive to this day

Many of the villages in Gedling borough have a long history dating back to the Iron age.

The villages were always very self contained being situated in the centre of Sherwood Forest. People did not travel much due to the dangers that the forest offered.

Homespun entertainment was created in these villages with the Anglo Saxon mead hall at the centre of the village, near to the church. This hall would act as the village hall, the pub, the council building and the Lord’s home all rolled into one.

The Saxons were always up for a good time and there were people more than ready to entertain their fellow villagers.

Storytelling probably originates in simple chants as the people worked at grinding corn or sharpening tools – all repetitive tasks. From these came the work songs and sailors shanties that still survive today.

I remember while working in a musical production in the 70s about the Spanish Civil War that we had to move 20 tons of sand as part of the set. The crew doing the spade work spontaneously broke into the work songs from the show. It helped the co-ordination of the task considerably and showed just how these songs were employed.

Our early ancestors created myths to explain natural occurrences and assigned superhuman qualities to ordinary people. This was the origin of the hero tales still loved today, with Superman, Batman and Spider-Man being modern examples – I say ‘modern’ but Superman actually dates back to 1938!

Early storytelling combined all the present day forms of entertainment, stories, poetry, music, and dance.

PICTURED: Storytellers would share news and were the talking newspapers of the day

Those who excelled at storytelling became the village entertainers. They played music to accompany their songs and acted out the stories wearing masks and costumes to show the different characters in the tale. These acted-out tales were the beginnings of theatre.

These people also became the educators, cultural advisors, and historians for the community since there were few who could read and write.Through these storytellers, the history of a culture was handed down from generation to generation. The storyteller often passed this occupation on to their own children to carry on the tradition.

The significance of these tales and performances throughout human history can be seen in the near reverence in which these professional storytellers were held. In the 9th century, the fictional teller of tales, Scheherazade, told her stories to the King. As a result, she saved herself from death. This is but one example illustrating the value placed on storytelling in days of old.

There were also strolling musicians who would some times visit the villages across Gedling borough. As well as songs and stories, they would tell the news from around the country becoming the travelling newspapers of their day. The picture above show two such visitors to a village in the 1600s.

The local priest and his servants and fellow band of travellers would go on pilgrimages to important religious sites. They would also visit abbeys and Christian shrines and bring back their tales.

If the lord of the manor was called on to fight, then those who went with him would, on their return, tell of their adventures in these expeditions to foreign lands.

The population of our villages would hang on every word from the storytellers as everyday life rarely changed, so anything new was a great distraction from their rather mundane lives. In time these story were written down and form many of our folk tales today.

As a local historian in normal times, I talk to groups and organisations around the country. I also conduct talks in the pub dressed in costume of the period setting for the historic stories I am telling. By so doing, I and many more performers in the pubs around the country, are carrying on the traditions started around the fires of our stone age ancestors.

Not perhaps the oldest profession but certainly one of them!

Know your rights if something goes wrong with a parcel delivery during lockdown

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Know your rights if something goes wrong with a parcel delivery during lockdown

People in Gedling borough are being reminded of their rights if something goes wrong with a parcel delivery as huge numbers turn to online stores during lockdown.

The awareness drives is being launched during National Consumer Week, which runs between November 16 and 22.

Citizens Advice network in Nottinghamshire are working to help clue borough consumers up on their rights if something goes wrong with a parcel delivery.

A statement from Nottinghamshire’s Citizens Advice said:

“Parcel delivery has been a lockdown lifeline for so many of us in this year. It’s helped us turn our homes into makeshift offices; send gifts to those we love and miss; and get hold of essentials and the occasional luxury.

“With the current restrictions in place parcels will continue to be vital. So it’s not good enough that so many people across Nottinghamshire are having issues. And it’s especially worrying that the number of people who don’t know their rights if something goes wrong is so high.

“With the festive season coming up, it’s important to remember that it’s the seller’s responsibility – not yours or the courier’s – to make sure the item gets to you.

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“As we all turn to shopping online more, it’s important people feel confident that they can shop safely and securely from home.”

What are my rights?

Citizens Advice Nottinghamshire gives their top tips to help people across the area to shop safely and securely from home:

  • 1. Check delivery policies – before you place an order find out what the delivery times, costs and returns policies are of the items you have ordered.
  • 2. If you’re out of the house during delivery – Consider asking a neighbour or friend if it can be delivered to their address if you think it may be a time or date you are not home. But beware, if you do provide details of a safe space or nominated neighbour and something goes wrong it’s not the seller or courier’s responsibility.
  • 3. Online trader or online marketplace? – Make sure you know if you are dealing with a trader or a private seller on an online marketplace as dispute processes may vary. If you have an issue with a trader, a dispute can be raised directly with them, but if it’s a private individual it may be easier to go through a marketplace’s dispute process.
  • 4. Review traders – Check and review if the trader is genuine. It’s always worth taking a look at reviews to gain an insight as to how reliable the company is and how well they deal with missing parcel complaints and refunds.
  • 5. Who to deal with when a parcel goes missing – your purchase and contract is with the seller. If your parcel goes missing you should speak to the trader to deal with the problem, not the courier company.

Missing parcel problem

Nearly half of people in the East Midlands have had a parcel delivery problem since first March lockdown

Citizens Advice has found that 46% of adults in the East Midlands have had an issue with parcel delivery since the country went into lockdown in March.

This comes at a time when over half (51%) of people across the country feel more reliant on parcel deliveries as a result of the pandemic, with 98% of people in the East Midlands saying they’d ordered a parcel since March.

Parcels going missing was the biggest problem faced by East Midlands consumers, with 35% reporting this issue.

Despite widespread problems, the charity found that only 35% people across the East Midlands knew their rights if something went wrong.

Primary school places: Gedling borough residents urged to apply for 2021

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Primary school places: Gedling borough residents urged to apply for 2021

Parents in Gedling borough with children starting primary school in the academic year commencing September 2021 are now able to apply online for their child’s reception school place.

If your child turns five years old between September 1, 2021 and August 31, 2022, then it’s time to apply.

You can apply for a child’s first school or transfer from infant to a junior/primary school from now until January 15, 2021.

Nottinghamshire County Council is urging parents to list four preferences and make sure they have submitted their application by the deadline.  Applications received after the closing date, including changes of preference, are considered as late applications and will be processed after all on-time applications.

The council say that listing four school preferences gives parents for the best chance of getting your child into one of your preferred schools.

The easiest way to apply for a place is online, but parents who do not have internet access can telephone 0300 500 80 80 to apply.

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Parents who apply online will be able to log in to their account on National Offer Day, April 162021, to view the outcome of their application. All other applicants will have to wait a few days for a letter sent by second class post on National Offer Day.

If a child attends a school’s foundation unit, nursery class or early years’ group, it does not guarantee that they will get a place at the school in reception. Additionally, if your child is in year 2 at infant school, you still need to apply for their junior or primary school place.

Chairman of the County Council’s Children and Young People’s Committee, Councillor Philip Owen, said: “It is important that all parents are aware they must make an application, even if their child is already attending a nursery.

“Children do not automatically transfer from nursery to full-time school, or from infant school to a junior or primary school. 

“If it is your first child who is starting in reception, we want to make sure that you have all the information you need to make an informed decision which will give you the best chance of getting your child into your preferred school.

“Last year, over 98% of families who applied for a primary school place on time were offered one of their preferred schools.”

Parents of children living in Nottinghamshire will need to apply through Nottinghamshire County Council, even if they wish to apply for schools in other local authority areas such as Nottingham City or Derbyshire.

The council’s website www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/admissions has information to help with the application process, including ‘Admissions to Schools: Guide for Parents 2021-2022’ which contains lots of useful information and advice. 

For any enquiries about how to apply for a school place, please contact 0300 500 80 80 or visit www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/admissions

Coronavirus: 34 new positive cases in 24 hours across Gedling borough

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Coronavirus: 34 new positive cases in 24 hours across Gedling borough

Gedling borough has recorded a further 34 coronavirus cases in the latest 24 hour period according to Public Health England.

The figure across the borough is beginning to fall slightly, with the rate per population coming down to 300.3 over a seven-day period (ending 10/11/2020).

Ashfield  – increase of 48

Bassetlaw  – increase of 73

Broxtowe  – increase of 43

Mansfield  – increase of 50)

Newark and Sherwood  – increase of 48

Nottingham  – increase of 120

Rushcliffe  – increase of 28

Across the UK, a further 168 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Sunday, bringing the UK total to 51,934.

Burglar brothers from Calverton jailed after stealing 4,000 scratch cards from Netherfield store

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Burglar brothers from Calverton jailed after stealing 4,000 scratch cards from Netherfield store

Two burglar brothers from Calverton were this week jailed after breaking into a shop stealing the till, 4,000 scratch cards and a box of cigarettes.

Police say that while trying to leave the scene, one man stole a child’s bike before being caught, the other brother left in a red van driving through people’s front gardens and nearly running over members of the public.

Michael Wilson, 45, was jailed for 20 months after pleading guilty to burglary and theft from a person.

Meanwhile, his brother John Wilson, 36, was jailed for eight months after pleading guilty to burglary and dangerous driving.

The brothers from Labray Road were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court this week.

The charges relate to a burglary in the morning of December 22, 2019 at a convenience store in Victoria Road in Netherfield.

Two men broke into the shop using bolt croppers to cut a padlock on a gate and smashed through the back door.

While inside they forced open a cabinet and stole packs of cigarettes worth £3,000 and attempted to open the till. They were unable to open it, so stole the whole till, which contained around £250.

The men also took a number of bagged up coins and a whole container of scratch cards worth £1,200.

Cameras fitted within the store sent an alarm activation to the alarm company who contacted the shop’s owner who rang the police.

The footage was used as part of the force’s investigation and showed two hooded men walking down the side of the attacked premises, with the same two men inside stealing the items.A number of witnesses came forward after hearing the commotion.

One spotted a red van parked up outside the shop and reported the registration plate to police. The van drove off, driving erratically away from the scene near to Meadow Cottages in Netherfield.

Later that day, an officer was alerted to the location of the van and attempted to stop it using his emergency equipment. The van failed to stop, with John Wilson driving over two front gardens, along the pavement and going off road, which caused members of the public to jump out of the way.

The burglar then jumped out of the vehicle, but he was chased on foot and arrested.Another eye witness reported seeing a man trying to make off on a bike, which was owned by her son.  Officers arrested Michael Wilson later that morning.

Their home in Calverton was searched, with clothes being seized with forensic investigations showing glass fragments visible within the fleece material. Plastic bags which matched the ones used by the shop were also found within their house.

Detective Constable Caroline Bailey led the investigation. She said: “The two Wilson brothers had no regard whatsoever for the victims, or anyone who nearly got run over as they tried to leave the scene.

“It’s very fortunate that no one was injured.

“We want to reassure people that Nottinghamshire Police takes burglary extremely seriously and thoroughly investigates reports.

“Burglary is an incredibly upsetting and impactful crime which can have not only a long-lasting effect for the victim, but the whole wider community too.

“Crimes of this nature can make residents feel frightened or anxious.

“That’s why the force remains committed to tackling and reducing burglary and we will continue to do all we can to pursue offenders and bring them to justice.”

Two arrests after reports of up to 50 people gathering at The Mustard Seed cafe in Gedling during lockdown

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Two arrests after reports of up to 50 people gathering at The Mustard Seed cafe in Gedling during lockdown

Two men have been arrested after police were called to a report of 40 to 50 people gathering at a cafe in Gedling.

The men were detained after refusing to give their details when officers attempted to give them £200 fixed penalty notices for breaching Covid-19 regulations.

It arrests were made after officers were called to the Mustard Seed cafe in Main Road at 4.20pm yesterday (Saturday, November 14).

On arrival the premises was locked with a large number of people inside – despite the health protection regulations.

It comes after officers had earlier visited the premises, at around 1.45pm, to support Gedling Borough Council after reports the cafe was continuing trading.

Chief Inspector Rob Shields, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Officers attended to engage with and disperse people who had gathered in contravention of the national lockdown.

“Two men refused to disperse and refused to give their details to be issued with fixed penalty notices so they were arrested.

“The lockdown legislation is intended to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and protect the NHS.

“Most people across the county have been playing their part in minimising the spread of the virus but sadly there remain a few people who refuse to adhere to our efforts to engage, explain and educate and consequently we will not hesitate to enforce the regulations.”

Readers had reported spotting customers inside the premises, sending pictures to Gedling Eye on Friday.

A sign on the door last week said the business was ‘exercising their right to earn a living’ and quoting Article 61of Magna Carta 1215, said the owners had ‘a right to enter into lawful dissent if we feel we are being governed unjustly.”

A trespass sign was also posted to the door that stated ‘business being conducted here is run strictly under common law’.

It stated ‘law-abiding men and women are permitted to enter as patrons. All corporate persons or Crown agents enter here as trespassers’ and ‘will be prosecuted’.

Gedling Eye has attempted to contact the business owners for a comment.

Latest phone and virtual surgery dates announced by Gedling MP Tom Randall

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Latest phone and virtual surgery dates announced by Gedling MP Tom Randall

The MP for Gedling has organised a series of help and advice virtual surgeries for constituents to raise any concerns or suggestions.

Gedling MP Tom Randall is scheduled to host the surgeries where he will be taking calls from constituents on the phone or via Microsoft Teams.

They will take place on the following dates…

Saturday, November 21 10am – 12pm

Saturday, December 5 1.30pm – 3.30pm

Friday, December 11 4pm – 6pm

Saturday, December 19 10am – 12pm

Mr Randall said: “If there is anything you would like my help with then please email tom.randall.mp@parliament.uk“

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