Home Blog Page 625

Nottinghamshire Hospice can continue offering free care after donation appeal success

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
0
Nottinghamshire Hospice can continue offering free care after donation appeal success

More than 100 people across Nottinghamshire have pledged regular donations to help secure free care at a hospice in Mapperley.

Donors responded to a joint appeal launched by Nottinghamshire Hospice in Mapperley and Beaumond House Community Hospice in Newark calling for ongoing support in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The appeal asked people to pledge a small regular amount to safeguard hospice care from any future impact of the virus.

Ian Robinson of Daybrook signed up as a regular giver to Nottinghamshire Hospice after spending seven weeks in hospital with Covid-19. His experience brought home to him the importance of end-of-life care.

Ian, 72, was fit and healthy and would walk for miles before he caught Coronavirus at the end of May. After he collapsed on the bedroom floor his daughter called an ambulance which took him to the city hospital where he spent 22 days in ICU and came close to death on three occasions.

PICTURED: Ian Robinson from Daybrook

“I was on an oxygen mask that was keeping me alive,” he said. “I can’t remember a lot of it, but I do remember a nurse sitting with me, holding my hand and talking to me for several hours. She was marvellous. One night I just wanted to slip away. But I live to fight another day.”

Ian knew about the care provided by Nottinghamshire Hospice as his wife Gaynor had been a retail manager at the hospice and the family had supported fundraising events.

“I was so distraught I asked my wife and daughter if they’d get in touch with the hospice, I thought if I’m going to pass away I’d rather be at home,” Ian added.

Ian is not out of the woods yet. Four months on he still feels very breathless. His illness caused pneumonia and pulmonary embolism and is likely to be on medication for the rest of his life. 

However, knowing how close he came to losing his life has made him determined to make a difference to those at the end of their lives.

“When you get as poorly as I have it alters your whole perspective on life. You lie there and think once this is over – if it is over – I can concentrate on charities.

“Nottinghamshire Hospice is one of the best charities. I know if I needed end of life care or bereavement support they would end up supporting me – it’s a marvellous organisation which is valuable to many many people. The more that people donate, the longer it will continue its existence.”

Rowena Naylor-Morrell, Chief Executive of Nottinghamshire Hospice, said: “Nobody knows how long the pandemic will continue or what the new normal will look like. We are really grateful to donors like Ian who have made a regular commitment to the hospice, helping us to safeguard our services should there be future peaks and lockdowns.”

Both hospices took a big financial hit due to event cancellations and shop closures during lockdown. With help from their supporters, both have survived, and even extended their services to help more patients and families, adapting quickly to cope with increased demand and new challenges.  

Nottinghamshire Hospice set up a new Hospice Outreach and Discharge Service (HODS) and now offers round the clock care to patients at the end of life in their own homes plus support for their families and carers.

“Hospice care is more important than ever as it means patients can spend their last days and hours at home with family around them, keeping hospital beds free,” Rowena added.  

Man jailed after leading police on high-speed chase through borough that came to an end on Colwick Loop Road

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
0
Man jailed after leading police on high-speed chase through borough that came to an end on Colwick Loop Road

A man has been jailed after leading police on a high speed chase through the borough which came to an abrupt end on Colwick Loop Road.

Liam Brown, 32, of no fixed address, was sentenced to one year in prison on Thursday ( October 15) having pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and two counts of breaching a restraining order.

He was arrested by armed officers following the tactical contact in Colwick Loop Road near Burton Joyce on September 21, 2020 at around 6.40pm.

Nottingham Police’s operational support team had pursued the vehicle for more than half-an-hour across parts of Mapperley, Arnold and Sneinton.

JAILED: Liam Brown

They had tried to get him to pull over in the car he was driving after its number plate was recognised by cameras in connection with breaching a restraining order.

As well as the prison sentence, he was also suspended from driving for two years with retest requirement.

Police Constable Gail Collins who led the investigation, said: “This was an incredibly dangerous incident that put the lives of others at serious risk.

“Brown held no regard for anyone’s safety and was only thinking about himself when he tried to flee from police. These are actions that we will not tolerate in Nottinghamshire.”

Troublemakers beware: Upgraded CCTV cameras in Mapperley can see what you’re up to

David Bratton
-
1
Troublemakers beware: Upgraded CCTV cameras in Mapperley can see what you’re up to

Grainy CCTV images from one of the busiest parts of the borough will now be a thing of the past following a £17k upgrade of crime prevention camera equipment in Mapperley.

Gedling Borough Council has invested in four CCTV cameras across Plains Road in Mapperley at a cost of £17,240.

The cameras replace the old equipment with new digital cameras, all of which are monitored and operated from the council’s CCTV room in partnership with Nottinghamshire Police.

The upgraded cameras provide a much clearer image than the previous equipment, which had been in place for a number of years.

Over recent years, the face of Mapperley Plains has changed significantly, as more businesses have opened and the hospitality and nightlife economy of the area has increased, with a number of bars, restaurants and takeaways spread out across the area.

PICTURED: One of the new cameras on Plains Road (IMAGE: GBC)

The cameras, which help detect, deter and prevent crime, also assist officers in supporting communities with safety matters and offer reassurance to businesses, workers and visitors. 

Leader of Gedling Borough Council, Councillor John Clarke, said; “I’m very pleased that we’ve been able to upgrade these cameras across a huge stretch of one of the busiest parts of the borough.

“We’ve seen great results with our other CCTV cameras elsewhere that we’ve installed or upgraded and I have no doubt these will be just as effective in supporting our communities.

“The council said that one of priorities is to reduce anti-social behaviour, crime and the fear of crime which is why we are investing in CCTV in known hot spots.

“Good quality CCTV like this is a fantastic resource which we use in partnership with local police and help us reassure our residents and business that we are doing everything we can to help keep our borough a fantastic place to live, work and visit.” 

HMO in Netherfield and new taxi office in Daybrook amongst planning applications in Gedling borough this week

Gedling Eye
-
0
HMO in Netherfield and new taxi office in Daybrook amongst planning applications in Gedling borough this week

Plans for a house in multiple occupation and new taxi office are among the planning applications that have been made this week across Gedling borough

Every week dozens of planning applications are submitted to the council – and the coronavirus pandemic has not changed that.

Here is the list of applications that have been submitted and validated by Gedling Borough Council in the last week.

Visit the council site HERE the links below to find out more and to have your say…

Arnold

Single storey rear extension measuring 7.0m in depth, 4.49m in width, 2.5m at eaves height and 4.0m at ridge height.

6 Mapperley Orchard Arnold

Ref. No: 2020/1021PN

Partial conversion of garage to a study

14 Gilbert Boulevard

Ref. No: 2020/1004 

Erection of an extension to the side of the dwelling to include first floor extension above existing garage and 3-storey extension to replace an existing conservatory.

21 Homefield Avenue Arnold NG5 8FZ

Ref. No: 2020/0982

Bestwood

Works to trees as per quote provided.

St Marks Church School Walk

Ref. No: 2020/1014TCA

Planning_Gedling
What’s being planned on your doorstep?

Carlton

Single storey rear extension

8 Redland Avenue Carlton NG4 3EW

Ref. No: 2020/0894

Daybrook

Change of use of first floor office to taxi office.

22A Mansfield Road Daybrook

Ref. No: 2020/0990

Lambley

Fell Copper Beech and remove, or halve in height, conifers

16 Church Street Lambley Nottinghamshire NG4 4QB

Ref. No: 2020/0989TCA

Linby

Two Ash trees – Showing fungal disease and die back. Removal or pollard.

Sherwood Cottages Main Street Linby

Ref. No: 2020/0992TCA 

Pollard sycamore and two beech trees.

Sherwood Cottages Main Street Linby

Ref. No: 2020/0991TCA

Mapperley

Single story rear extension

125 Kenrick Road Mapperley Nottinghamshire NG3 6EY

Ref. No: 2020/0956PN 

Netherfield

Proposed change of use from existing residential apartments C3 to a large HMO sui generis 

112 Victoria Road Netherfield NG4 2HH

Ref. No: 2020/0789

Redhill

Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and canopy roof and porch to the front elevation

14 Glen Parva Avenue Redhill

Ref. No: 2020/0993 

The erection of two outbuildings to the rear of the dwelling

517 Mansfield Road Redhill NG5 8PG

Ref. No: 2020/0838 

Lawful use of the roof space as a playroom and installation of staircase for access to the playroom. 

517 Mansfield Road Redhill NG5 8PG

Ref. No: 2020/0837

Royal Mail launches service to collect parcels from Gedling borough doorsteps

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
0
Royal Mail launches service to collect parcels from Gedling borough doorsteps

Posties will now pick up parcels from the doorsteps of people’s homes across Gedling borough and also deliver them.

Royal Mail has launched the new Parcel Collect service in a bid to grab a bigger share of the booming parcel market.

Borough households that have packages they need to send will be able to do so without leaving home for a 72p plus postage charge or 60p for pre-paid return items.

Customers are able to pay online or via the Royal Mail app.

The parcels can weigh up to 20kg and can be a little over twice the size of most airplane hand luggage (61cm by 46cm by 46cm).

When the item gets collected, the customer will receive an email notification that acts as proof of postage.

Customers will be able to get their parcels collected every day apart from Sundays.

The move has been hailed as “one of the biggest changes to the daily delivery since the launch of the post box in 1852”.

“Royal Mail Parcel Collect is a fantastic step forward for all of our customers. It makes it easier to use our services than ever before,” said Royal Mail chief commercial officer Nick Landon.

The company has been testing its system in the west of England, but will now roll it out nationwide, including Gedling borough.

‘We must not forget them’ – Councillor puts up giant poppies around Arnold to prepare for Remembrance Day

Gedling Eye
-
0
‘We must not forget them’ – Councillor puts up giant poppies around Arnold to prepare for Remembrance Day

A councillor has placed giant poppies around Redhill and Arnold in a bid to honour our heroes as Remembrance Day events get cancelled in the wake of the Covid crisis.

Redhill Ward councillor Michael Payne has been placing the poppies on lamp-posts around the area after receiving them from the Royal Legion following a donation.

Mr Payne said: “We owe those who serve our country an immense debt of gratitude and we must play our part in honouring their service and sacrifice.

“This year, because of Covid-19, we are not able to pay our respects in the usual way at the Arnold Remembrance Parade, so it is more important we honour our heroes in other ways.”

“With Remembrance Day soon approaching, we say thank you to those who serve; we say ‘we will always remember you’ to those who have lost their lives serving in our our armed forces.”

The poppies can now be seen on Mansfield Road, Redhill Road, Mellors Road, Church Road and Calverton Road.

Petition with 526 signatures handed to council calling for traffic calming measures outside Killisick Junior School in Arnold

Emily Sanchez
-
0
Petition with 526 signatures handed to council calling for traffic calming measures outside Killisick Junior School in Arnold

A petition calling for improved road safety outside Killisick Junior School in Arnold has been handed over to Nottinghamshire County Council.

A total of 526 worried parents signed the petition, which asks for traffic calming measures to be put in place outside the school and along Killisick Road.  

In an update on the petition site, organisers wrote: “The petition to make Killisick Road safer for children attending Killisick Junior School was submitted on our behalf to Nottinghamshire County Council by County Councillor Michael Payne on Thursday, October 15.  We now await the response from the Chair of the Committee responsible for Road Safety.  

“Once again we would like to thank everyone who has signed our Petition to make Killisick Road safer for children attending Killisick Junior School and also for local residents who use this road. 

They aded: “Hopefully, the council will listen to the calls of local residents as well as staff and children.” 

The route has been identified as ‘a hotspot’ by parents who say cars often speed along the road.

SUPPORTIVE: Gedling Borough Councillors Henry Wheeler and Marje Paling

Campaigners want the council to put electronic speed awareness signs and markings in place to help enforce a strict 20-mile speed limit.

The campaign is being supported by Gedling Borough Councillors Henry Wheeler and Marje Paling.

Mr Wheeler talked to Gedling Eye when the campaign was launched last month

He said: “Killisick Junior School is on a main bus route and is very straight and is subject to inconsiderate parking and very dangerous speeding motorists, who use Killisick Road like a race track.

“It’s time something was done to make this road safe. There is nothing on Killisick Road to slow speeding motorists down – and that is why we are taking action

“There have been many near misses and bumps.

“Children need to be able to cross this road safely and pedestrians and other road users should not be living in constant fear of law-breaking reckless driving.  Enough is Enough.”

Gedling Eye has approached Nottinghamshire County Council for a comment.

‘We’re on the verge of breakdown’: Castle Rock boss pleads for extension to furlough scheme

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
0
‘We’re on the verge of breakdown’: Castle Rock boss pleads for extension to furlough scheme

The boss of a brewery with pubs in Mapperley and Gedling is calling on the government to extend the furlough scheme, saying his firm are ‘on the verge of breakdown”.

Castle Rock managing director Colin Wilde has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak informing him that without support for the hospitality trade in Notts, ‘thousands of jobs will be lost, reports Propel.info

Mr Wilde is asking for a six-month extension to the furlough scheme to be put in place.

In the letter to Sunak he wrote: “Our own revenues across 22 pubs and a brewery are 50% down, but our costs have gone up. Rent and loan interests still need to be met, and the expense of being covid-compliant is extensive.

“Castle Rock has been a successful business since 1977 but that is now changing.

“It is not unrealistic to ask for continued help that will see visible businesses like our through the next stage of the pandemic, which will, in turn, secure our considerable contributions to the economy in the future.

Rishi Sunak
CALL FOR SUPPORT: A letter has gone to chancellor Rishi Sunak asking for an extension to the furlough scheme

“As a pub group and brewery, operating for nearly 45 years in Nottinghamshire, we are on the verge of breakdown.

“The entire supply chain is impacted by every unfair restriction placed on pubs, with businesses operating in an array of industries taking a resulting hit, from food suppliers to electricians, to marketing professionals, to breweries like ourselves. The list is long and devastating.”

Wilde asked the chancellor for a continuation of the furlough scheme to help pay staff wages and for the removal of employers’ national insurance payments and a VAT rate on beer so the playing field is levelled with supermarkets.

Nottinghamshire has been placed in tier two, which means it has more restrictions than tier one but without the potential financial assistance available to sites in tier three.

Wilde, whose 22 Castle Rock pubs have not been responsible for a single positive coronavirus case, said he has so far been forced to make ten members of staff redundant and reduced his own wages in March in a bid to help the company and retain jobs.

Castle Rock runs The Willowbrook in Gedling and The Bread & Bitter in Mapperley.

Police negotiator called to man on window ledge after ‘disturbance’ in Colwick

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
0
Police negotiator called to man on window ledge after ‘disturbance’ in Colwick

A police negotiator was called following an incident in Colwick yesterday where a man was reportedly on the window ledge after a disturbance. 

Nottinghamshire Police were called at 3.30pm on Sunday (October 18, 2020) to Balmoral Road following a report of a domestic incident.

Officers attended following an argument between a man and a woman.

Inspector Keiron Hancock said: “A large number of police resources were in Colwick yesterday following a report of a disturbance. 

Police car siren

“A man threatened to jump out the window and a police negotiator was requested. He was able to persuade the man to get back away from the window ledge and to safety. 

“The man was treated by paramedics at the scene. No arrests were made. No one was injured.

“We would like to thank local residents for their patience throughout the incident as it was dealt with.

“We would like to reassure people that there was no wider risk to the public and we did everything we could to bring this incident to a peaceful conclusion.”

Covid marshals have started patrolling Gedling borough’s streets to help people adhere to social distancing

Gedling Eye Reporter
-
0
Covid marshals have started patrolling Gedling borough’s streets to help people adhere to social distancing

Gedling borough now has its very own Covid-secure marshals whose job it is to be on the lookout for people not following government guidance and social distancing rules.

Gedling Borough Council‘s Neighbourhood Wardens will be rotating their usual day-to-day roles with new Covid Marshal duties.

The marshals will be working across the boroughs high streets, parks and open spaces and will be on hand to support residents with enquires and concerns they may have.

Marshals will also be monitoring businesses to ensure track and trace QR codes are in place where applicable and that appropriate social distancing and health and safety regulations are being followed.

PICTURED: Leader of Gedling Borough Council, John Clarke, left, with new Covid marshals
PICTURED: A new Covid marshal van will be patrolling the streets

Gedling Borough is currently under the Tier 2 (High) Covid Level Alert – which means that there are a number of restrictions in place including that people must not socialise with anybody outside of their household or support bubble in any indoor setting.

The rule of six also applies to any gatherings outdoors including gardens or other spaces such as parks. 

Leader of Gedling Borough Council, Councillor John Clarke said: “It’s vital we play our part in keeping our borough safe and making sure we do everything we can to help stop the spread of this terrible virus.

“Our Covid Marshals are here to help support our residents and businesses and ensure everyone is following the current safety guidance.”

1...624625626...1,015Page 625 of 1,015