A man has been arrested and charged with several offences after a cyclist was attacked with an axe.
The victim was one of three men riding bikes on a path near Bestwood Lodge Drive, Arnold, on Friday, May 29.
He suffered cuts to his head and body and was taken to Queen’s Medical Centre for treatment.
Graham Timlick, 67, was arrested at a property in Cairngorm Drive at around 8am this morning and charged this afternoon with grievous bodily harm, affray, criminal damage and possessing an offensive weapon.
He was also charged with two offences of affray and possession of a bladed article in relation to an incident on 13 August 2019 when a group of teenagers were threatened, also in the Bestwood Lodge Drive area.
He has been remanded in custody and will appear in Magistrates Court tomorrow (12 June 2020).
Detective Sergeant David Prest is leading the investigation. He said: “This was an incredibly scary experience for the victim and I am pleased that we have been able to make a charge not only in this case, but also in relation to another unresolved matter.”
If you have any further information in this case please Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 856 of 29 May 2020.
The leader of Gedling Borough Council has said his council will be reviewing all street names in the borough to ascertain whether there are any links to the slave trade.
However he said they would ‘absolutely not’ be throwing away any of the street name signs, but would consider putting up education boards to inform people, or moving them into museums.
He also said names of streets would not be changed unless people who lived there wanted them to be.
It comes after the statue of 18th slave trader and Tory MP Edward Colston was dragged into Bristol harbour.
The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has sparked Black Lives Matter protests across the world, including in Nottingham, and started a national debate about whether statues and street names with links to the slave trade should be altered or removed altogether.
Now, council leader John Clarke, who represents the Netherfield ward for Labour, has said a decision was taken yesterday (Wednesday, June 10) to start a review into all street names in the borough.
Gedling leader John Clarke, pictured, left, with deputy leader Michael Payne, right. (Credit: Joseph Raynor)
He said: “We are looking at our own history and our own conscience, so we will have a look through.
“I don’t think there are many, if any, in the borough that are controversial but we will have a look.”
Asked what the council would do if, during the review, it was found that some street names did have links to the slave trade, councillor Clarke said: “I think we would try to educate people.
“You can’t let this go, this has got to remind people of what happened and educate people.
“The brutality has to be highlighted. You could put up information boards, or in consultation with people change the name of the street, but some people might object to that and you’ve got to listen to everybody because it’s their street.
“You’ve got to put a debate forward , but (if the street name was changed) we shouldn’t put these street name boards in a skip or melt them down, these should be used in museums and used for anti-racism education.”
A spokesman for Gedling Borough Council said: ““We are reviewing our statues, street names and other public signage to make sure they meet the expectations of our multicultural society.
“We take great pride in our stance on equality and diversity in the borough and we stand shoulder to shoulder with the Black Lives Matter movement.
“Gedling has a strong history of promoting cultural inclusivity, our communities are built on a league of nations and we will continue to work with our residents to promote their causes.”
A robber who was part of gang which stole a hearse before crashing it into a car in Gedling and attacking its driver has been locked up for more than three years.
The crash happened in Jessops Lane shortly after 5am on October 27, 2018.
When the car driver got out to get the details of the occupants in the hearse he was assaulted, suffering a broken nose, facial fractures and bruising.
Steven Lambley, of Sherwood Vale, Mapperley, and Jack Jones, of Welbeck Gardens, St Ann’s, were among the offenders.
Lambley, 22, and Jones, 19, were also among a group of people who attacked a man as he was walking across the Forest Recreation Ground on 19 March 2019.
The victim was punched and kicked before his attackers stole his mobile phone and took other items from his bag including a laptop.
PICTURED: Steven Lambley
He suffered swelling and bruising but thankfully wasn’t seriously hurt.
Lambley was jailed for a total of 38 months at Nottingham Crown Court after pleading guilty to charges including robbery, attempted robbery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, aggravated vehicle taking, theft, fraud by false representation and handling stolen goods.
Jones received a 20-month sentence, suspended for 24 months, after pleading guilty to robbery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, aggravated vehicle taking, handling stolen goods and fraud by false representation.
Lambley was also banned from driving for 31 months and Jones for 12 months.
Detective Constable Rich Kinsey, of West Bridgford CID, said: “Lambley and Jones were among a gang of individuals who, over a period of time, targeted the residents of Carlton and Gedling, with offences spanning robbery, assault, theft, fraud, handling stolen goods and even stealing a hearse from a funeral home.
“The car driver involved in the collision with the stolen hearse was viciously attacked after getting out of his vehicle.
“He was punched to the head and repeatedly punched and kicked after being pushed to the floor.
“This unexpected attack left him feeling traumatised and I hope he is now able to move forward and put this terrible ordeal behind him.”
The last week was a huge challenge for you and for our company. We are so incredibly sorry to those who suffered issues with their water supply.
We know how important water is, especially during this challenging time. We understand just how hard it must have been for you and how difficult it makes everyday life.
We experienced two separate challenges in your area. Firstly the hot and sunny weather last week led to water being used in larger and faster quantities than we’ve ever seen before in our 30-year history. 40% more water was being used in this area alone. We take these incidents incredibly seriously and our key worker teams worked around the clock to produce hundreds of millions of extra litres of water. We also moved water around with our tankers to try and keep up with demand, but our pipes can only carry so much. We know as a result that some people suffered with low pressure or supply issues.
Then in a separate incident a third-party vehicle cracked through one of our larger pipes and caused disruption to supplies in NG14. Our teams worked around the clock to repair the pipe and restore supplies.
Engineers work to restore water supplies (IMAGE: STW)PICTURED: Work went on over several nights to restore water supplies in the area
I personally wanted to write to you all to say just how sorry we are. I will ensure we learn from this period and we will understand how we can continue to improve in the future. We’re really grateful for the local community’s support last week and we would like to say a special thank you to those who helped us distribute bottled water and keep people informed.
There are a few things we can all do together that will make a difference.
When it gets warm, we know people use more water, but the hosepipe and sprinkler use was a big pull on the network. In the garden, swap the hose for a watering can, and use a bucket and sponge to wash the car instead of a hose. It can make a huge difference. Sprinklers can use as much water in an hour as a whole family does in a day, so watering the lawn less often can really help too.
We’re also keen to support our more vulnerable customers and would encourage them to register for our priority services register stwater.co.uk/priority We can ensure you are kept updated in case of any issues with your supply and even deliver bottled water to you directly if supplies are interrupted.
In the meantime, and while things return to normal for your community, please accept my sincere apologies.
Bosses at Victoria Retail Park are preparing to welcome back shoppers when non-essential retail reopens on Monday, June 15 for the first time since lockdown.
The management team said they have taken every precaution to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and visitors in readiness for the reopening phase. This includes introducing additional cleaning and hygiene measures, asking visitors to comply with social distancing rules at all times, and introducing queue-management, where necessary.
PICTURED: Victoria Retail Park
A spokesman for the retail park said: “Government advice will continue to be adhered too, and announcement of those unable to open on Monday 15 June, for example restaurants and their eat-in dining service, will be included on our website and social media pages once it is safe to reopen.
“To enable socially-distanced travel, we continue to offer ample free parking and are also encourage people to use bike racks located outside Subway.”
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Funding has been secured for a new park and ride facility aimed at tackling congestion through Arnold and Redhill.
The new scheme is one of 50 to receive funding and will introduce a new park and ride at the Redhill Roundabout – where the A60 meets the A614.
New bus lanes would also be created along the route into the city to help improve journey times and tackle congestion.
The cash for the £6mm scheme has come from the Government’s Transforming Cities Fund, which aims to improve productivity and spread prosperity by investing in public and sustainable transport in some of the largest English cities.
Councillor Michael Payne represents Arnold North and Redhill for the county and borough councils and said he was delighted that the much-needed scheme had received funding.
He told Gedling Eye: “I’ve constantly campaigned for improvements on the A60 Mansfield Road through Redhill and Arnold to reduce congestion, improve safety for local residents, pedestrians and drivers and alleviate pressure on this busy bottleneck on the approach to and exit from Nottingham city.
Gedling leader John Clarke, left and deputy leader Michael Payne, right have welcomed the news that a new park and ride scheme will receive funding (Credit: Joseph Raynor)
“Last year I pressed for Nottingham County Council to bid to Government for funding for a scheme to develop a park and ride facility near Leapool Roundabout on the edge of Redhill and Arnold. I also wrote to The Secretary of State for Transport to urge to government to support our bid and provide funding to improve the situation.
“I am delighted the bid has been successful and £6m has been provided to working up a detailed scheme to provide a bus park and ride facility and other improvement measures along the A60.
“The A60 through Redhill has long been one of the busiest stretches of road in Nottingham, with particularly severe congestion at peak times and significant problems with air quality in and around the Daybrook Square area. Securing this funding is a step in the right direction to improve things for local residents in Redhill and Arnold, as well as the many drivers and commuters who have to use this stretch of road every day.
The leader of Gedling Borough Council John Clarke told Local Democracy Reporter Kit Sandeman that news the funding had been improved was ‘extremely welcome’.
He said: “I remember telling John Prescott that route into the city was one of the busiest routes in the country, and obviously it’s got a lot worse since then.
“So it’s really welcome, and I think it will make a big difference.
“It’s also got some terrible levels of air pollution along that route, so anything we can do to reduce that is a good thing.”
A teenager from Arnold was among four people who were today jailed for being members of the banned National Action right wing neo-Nazi group.
Connor Scothern, 19, from Bagnall Avenue, Arnold, was among a group of three men and a woman who were found guilty following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court on 19 March 2020 after an earlier trial had resulted in a hung jury in June last year.
The most recent trial marked the end of a two-year investigation by the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit which had already seen eight people imprisoned for National Action membership, as well as other offences.
Their conviction comes after National Action became the first organisation to be banned by the government since World War II in December 2016.
The jury heard how the group became members of National Action pre-proscription and regularly met to share their extreme ideology and attend demonstrations.
However, when the group was banned, the defendants continued to communicate covertly using encrypted messaging platforms. They held secret meetings to discuss their ambitions for a race war while recruiting other young people to the group, sharing intensely shocking images mocking The Holocaust and glorifying Hitler.
Today, group leaders Alice Cutter, aged 24, and her partner 25-year-old Mark Jones, both from Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax were jailed for three years and five-and-a-half years respectively.
Garry Jack, aged 24, from Heathland Avenue, Shard End, Birmingham was jailed for four-and-a-half years and Scothern received an 18-month jail term. They were told they will have to serve at least two-thirds of their sentence before they can apply for parole.
Daniel Ward, aged 29, from Highmore Drive, Bartley Green, Birmingham, pleaded guilty at a previous court hearing and was jailed for three years on 19 July last year.
Head of West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit (WMCTU), Detective Chief Superintendent Kenny Bell said: “We have seen a significant increase of right-wing referrals to our Prevent programme and we will investigate the threat as robustly as we would any other terrorist group, as well as training our officers on the signs to look out for and working with communities to increase awareness.
“Terrorists and extremists use this kind of ideology to create discord, distrust and fear among our communities and we strive to counter this. I would encourage people to report hate crime to us and it will be taken seriously.”
Inspector Chris Pearson, Nottinghamshire Police’s neighbourhood policing inspector for the Arnold area where Scothern lived, said: “We know that a Nottinghamshire resident being involved in this case will be a cause of great concern for some communities within our county, which is generally a place where people from different backgrounds live peacefully alongside one another and help make our county a great place to live.
“The kind of ideology subscribed to by Scothern, if allowed to develop, has the potential to do real harm and clearly Nottinghamshire Police has been following developments in this case and supporting the investigation wherever it can.
“I must be absolutely clear that these views have absolutely no place in our county and that anyone suspected of spreading these views or committing crimes that target people from different backgrounds can expect to be robustly dealt with by Nottinghamshire Police and the organisations it works with.”
A spate of distraction burglaries across Gedling borough has prompted police to issue a warning to elderly and vulnerable residents who are being targeted.
The warning comes after five distraction burglaries were committed in the borough over a 10-day period, between May 27, 2020 and June 4, 2020.
There has also been an increase in reports of rogue traders targeting elderly residents
During this period addresses were targeted in Mapperley (Kenrick Road), Arnold (Calverton Road, Jenned Road and Patricia Drive) and Carlton (Standhill Road).
Pensioners were the victims in all five burglaries.
Officers are now advising elderly people not to answer the door to any unexpected callers and report anything suspicious.
They’re also urging people living near to elderly residents to keep an eye out for their neighbours.
Police are currently keeping an open mind as to whether any of the burglaries may be linked.
Inspector Chris Pearson, Neighbourhood Policing Inspector responsible for local policing in the Gedling borough area, said: “We are working hard alongside our partners to find those responsible for these heartless crimes and to bring them to justice.
“We have also increased patrols in the areas to provide reassurance to local residents and have delivered leaflets to properties providing people with crime prevention advice.
“We are continuing to work closely with our colleagues at Gedling Borough Council as well as with Trading Standards to revisit burglary victims and give further advice and support to the most vulnerable people in the borough.”
The rogue traders/distraction burglars believed to be involved in the recent series of have called at properties claiming to be gas workers and television repairmen, in two of the cases, and builders in two others.
In another of the cases three men called at the home of a couple aged in their 80s in Patricia Drive, Arnold, just after 2pm on 26 May 2020.
One of the vans police suspect was involved in one of the incidentsOne of the vans police suspect was involved in one of the incidents
The 83-year-old woman was distracted by one of the men while the others entered her home before taking jewellery and cash.
The couple’s son-in-law, Paul Stanton, said: “It’s horrendous that these men stole from people who clearly weren’t able to defend themselves.
“My mother-in-law was physically very shocked by what happened and very upset with herself that she fell for their trick.
“One thing that has restored my faith is the community spirit that has been shown towards them by their neighbours, especially during these difficult times.
“After it happened someone left them a best wishes card as well as some money and flowers which was a really lovely gesture. It really touched my mother-in-law who was gobsmacked by the kindness shown and it really cheered me up too.
“I’m really grateful that their neighbours are so nice and have been checking on them and making sure they’re alright.”
Since the burglary Mr Stanton and his daughter have helped to fit a doorbell camera at their relatives’ home to provide extra security.
They have also echoed police advice for people to be alert when dealing with unexpected callers and to report any suspicious activity in their area to police by calling 101 or 999 if it’s an emergency.
One of the suspects involved in this burglary is white, about 5ft 9ins tall, of stocky build, and had short dark hair. He was wearing a light-coloured T-shirt, dirty light blue denim jeans, a dark blue/black baseball cap and a black face mask. He spoke with a European accent.
The second is white, about 5ft 10ins tall and of stocky build. He was wearing a light-coloured T-shirt, blue jeans and a black face mask.
The third is white, about 5ft 10ins tall, of stocky build and was wearing a light coloured T-shirt, blue jeans and a green medical-style face mask.
Details of the other reported Gedling borough incidents are:
• At around 3.20pm on 30 May 2020 a suspect entered a 91-year-old woman’s home in Calverton Road, Arnold, who was told that her Freeview box was faulty and needed fixing. She later discovered her video recorder had been stolen.
• A vulnerable 93-year-old man was visited by two men in a white van and allowed them to carry out work on his home in Arnold, on 27 May 2020. He did so without establishing who they were or the company they worked for. They said they would be coming back at 4pm for more money as not enough was given.
• Three men in a black van called at an 80-year-old man’s home in Carlton on the morning of 29 May 2020. They identified a loose brick on the victim’s chimney. He told the men to go and that he didn’t need work doing but they ignored this, fetching ladders before starting to working on it. The victim asked them to leave but they ignored this. He later withdrew £400 and asked them how much he owed them? The men snatched the cash and drove off.
• An attempted distraction burglary happened at a 58-year-old woman’s home in Mapperley on Thursday (4 June 2020). A large white van turned up outside. One of the men got out and approached her, claiming to be a gas installer in an attempt to enter her home. After she had asked to see his ID and asked further questions he returned to his van and drove off.
The man was about 5ft 6ins tall, of medium build and around 35-years-old. He was very scruffy and wore a dirty grey jumper and blue jeans. He had black straight hair and was unshaven.
Insp Pearson added: “Although the descriptions of the offenders vary I would urge anyone who recognises the men as described, anyone who recognises the vans as pictured or anyone who has any other information about these incidents to please get in touch by calling Nottinghamshire Police on 101.
“Our message is simple – if you are not expecting someone coming to your home, don’t answer the door.
“Official callers will always make an appointment in advance.
“I would also urge anyone with elderly or vulnerable relatives or neighbours to keep an eye on anyone calling at their house, where possible.”
Leader of Gedling Borough Council, Councillor John Clarke, said: “These crimes against some of our most vulnerable residents are absolutely appalling and shocking.
“Our Neighbourhood Wardens are working closely with the Police to do everything we can to catch these criminals and we urge residents to take extra care when answering the door and to call 101 if they are suspicious.”
Lidl is launching a baby event, with special offers and reduced prices on a range of items.
With pricing starting at 55p, there are plenty of products to choose from, as well as a price range that suits everyone.
The sale starts on Sunday, June 14 at the chain’s borough stores in Arnold and Netherfield.
The sale includes the Next2Me Side-Sleeping Crib – Chick To Chick, for the incredible price of just £124.99 (RRP: £179.00). This side-sleeping crib has been designed to allow parent and baby to sleep next to each other peacefully, without the need to share the same bed.
Also featured in the range is theMy Babiie Compact Stroller in a tough, lightweight design complete with four-wheel suspension for just £69.99. The stylish model folds away for easy storage and transport, whilst swivelling front wheels and a linked brake allow for easy maneuvering. Plus, it also features an extendable hood with built-in sun visor for those warm summer days, and is suitable for babies from newborn up to 15kg.
PICTURED: Next2Me Side Sleeping Crib
Shoppers can also pick up the adorableToddler Backpack with reins (£9.99), which comes in either a Dragon or Narwhal design. The bag comes with detachable reins for small travellers – take them off and your little one will instantly feel like a big kid with their very own mini backpack.
As well as these top picks, Lidl’s Baby Event also includes essential items from Lupilu and Tommee Tippee, from cups and bowls to nappies and bodysuits, with great savings to be made across the range.
Items are available while stocks last.
Take a look at all the items below…
Product
Price
Dragon or Narwhal Toddler Backpack with reins
£9.99
Compact Stroller
£69.99
Tommee Tippee Heat-Sensing Spoons 3 Pack
£2.99 (RRP £4.39)
Tommee Tippee Free Flow First Cups – 2 Pack
£2.99 (RRP £4.49)
Tommee Tippee Easy Scoop Feeding Bowls – 4 Pack
£3.99 (RRP £5.49)
Tommee Tippee Coloured Closer to Nature Bottles – 4 Pack
£7.99
Tommee Tippee Free Flow Super Sipper Bottles – 2 Pack
Drivers are being warned to expect traffic and travel delays due to roadworks across Gedling Borough over the next few weeks.
This list contains only the roadworks considered to be most likely to cause delays on key routes as well as those involving road closures and temporary traffic lights. It is not exhaustive and does not feature some minor or emergency repairs that come up after publication.
Other roadworks may finish or start before schedule or be cancelled altogether.
BURTON JOYCE
Nottingham Road
June 14
Delays likely due to traffic control (two-way signals)
