Labour has taken control of Nottingham East after Chris Leslie lost the seat this morning,
Nadia Whittome will now be MP for Nottingham East.
The new MP had been in hospital earlier on in the day, and began her acceptance speech apologising for her lost voice.
Nadia told Local Democracy Reporter Kit Sanderman she was ‘deeply saddened’ not able to bring Labour’s transformative manifesto into Government.
PICTURED: New MP Nadia Whittmore
She said: “I applaud Jeremy Corbyn and the radical vision of the Labour Party. Long may that continue. I’m completely inspired by radical voices all over the world, from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the US to our own in the UK, and that is what we must bring forward over the next five years.
Nottingham East
Nadia Whittome, Labour – 25,735 votes – elected
Victoria Stapleton, Conservative – 8,343 votes
Robert Swift, Liberal Democrat – 1,954 votes
Chris Leslie, The Independent Group for Change – 1,447 votes
An apprentice at an Arnold branch of Specsavers has wowed his employers after completing the scheme with a coveted distinction – the top grade for the qualification.
Kalen Burns has been studying an
optical assistant apprenticeship, including coursework and exams alongside
working at Specsavers on Front Street.
PICTURED: Specsavers apprentice Kalen Burns, left, with Arnold retail manager Myles Davies
“We’re very proud of Kalen’s hard work,” said Specsavers Arnold store director Vineet Nehra.
“At Specsavers, we offer a range of apprenticeships and work-based learning, and it’s fantastic to see our team members reach such success.”
Santa and his float will be doing the rounds of Carlton and the surrounding towns and villages in the coming days.
The Rotary Club of Carlton and Gedling and District Round Table has again organised the following routes and you can find out where and when Santa will be appearing using the list below:
Rotary Club of Carlton Santa Tour
Sunday, December 15 – Spring Lane Area. Route starts at 5pm and finishes at 8pm.
Axmouth Drive estate and Hartland Drive estate
Monday, December 16 – Gedling/Carlton area. Route starts at 6pm and finishes at 8.30pm
Orlando Drive, Blackhill Drive, Ranmoor Road, Duncroft Avenue, Tennyson Avenue, Vernon Avenue, Station Road area and Conway Road area.
Tuesday, December17 – Roads off Parkdale Road, Carlton.Route starts at 6pm and finishes at 8.30pm
Wednesday, December 18 – Carlton.Route starts at 6pm and finishes at 8.30pm
First Avenue, Prospect Road, Fisrt Avenue, Second Avanue, Cornhill Road, Mayfield Road, Highfield Drive, Third Avenue, Foxhill Road, Fraser Road, Fraser Square, Hillview Road and Ernest Road.
Sunday, December 22 – Gedling area.Route starts at 5pm and finishes at 8pm
Shearing Hill, Brooklands Drive, Coronation Road, Florence Road, Stoke Lane, Beaumaris Drive estate and Rivendell Estate.
Monday, December 23 – Gedling.Route starts at 6pm and finishes at 8.30pm
Avon Road, Lorimer Drive, Jessops Lane, George View Road, Oaktree Drive, Willow Road, Yew Tree Lane, Green Farm Lane, Almond Walk, Jayne Close and Field Close
The float has already visited parts of Mapperley, Colwick and Chase Farm.
He’ll be touring Netherfield on Monday, December 16, Cavendish and Coningsworth Road are area on Tuesday, December 17, Porchester Gardens on Wednesday, December 18 and Shelford Road and surrounding areas on Thursday, December 19.
A spokesman for the rotary club said: “We’ll do our best to complete the routes but it will be dependent on the weather – and Santa’s helpers.”
Colwick-based packaging manufacturer The Wilkins Group is preparing to ‘spruce up Christmas’ by sending over 500 Christmas tree shrubs to their clients, as part of a Christmas tree growing competition.
In a continued bid to become more sustainable, the packaging company is treating its customers to grow-your-own Christmas trees. The senior management team will measure the trees in November 2020 and the largest grower will be rewarded with vouchers worth £100.
Sales and Marketing director, Justin Wilkins said “We are committed to reducing the use of single-use plastic and we want our customers to share this passion too.
The grow-your-own Christmas tree is being handed to clients
The Christmas tree growing competition is a fun and engaging way to treat our clients at Christmas time and encourage them to be part of our sustainable journey”.
This is the latest environmentally-friendly initiative from the company to raise awareness of plastic packaging waste. Earlier this year, staff volunteered to pick litter at Gibraltar Point and gathered items such as microwaveable trays and a builder’s sack full of items. The items were then displayed at Packaging Innovations Show.
The company also organised a visit to the Colwick Recycling Centre to further educate their team on what items can be recycled.
A new video released today uses state-of-the-art technology to bring the new Gedling Access Road to life.
The Gedling Access Road visualisation film has been shared on YouTube by Nottinghamshire County Council and Via East Midlands and shows how the new road will look upon completion with the aid of computerised visuals.
Main construction work on the Gedling Access Road is scheduled to begin on January 6, 2020 for 18 months and Nottinghamshire County Council say the it will ‘mark the beginning of sustainable redevelopment in the area for future generations’.
The link from the B684 Mapperley Plains to the A612 Trent Valley Road is expected to open to traffic in Summer 2021 now that a construction timetable has been approved by Nottinghamshire County Council’s Communities and Place Committee.
Tim Grice scored a hat-trick as Leek Town secured an emphatic 4-0 win against Carlton Town at Stoke Lane.
The Blues inflicted only a second league defeat of the
season upon the Millers, and it was the first time Carlton had failed to
score. The visitors’ impressive display
merited the margin of victory and, but for some fine saves from home goalkeeper
Jack Steggles, it could have been an even greater scoreline.
Tommy Brookbanks and Mark Harvey made four changes from the
side which drew with Cleethorpes in Carlton’s last game, three weeks ago. Out went Daniel Fletcher (ill), Aaron Opoku
(away) Oliver Robinson and Luke Smithson.
In came Tyler Johal, Toby Moore, Tyler Blake and for his full debut over
a decade after his last full debut for Carlton, Daryl Thomas.
Leek came into the game second in the table, with Carlton
one place behind, but the Blues had played on each of the previous two
Saturdays when Carlton’s games had been postponed.
That initial rustiness showed as Carlton struggled to string
passes together and keep the ball while Leek started much the better.
Niall Davie had to be alert to make a superb goal line
clearance after a cross from the left was met by William Reeves, before
Steggles made the first of his saves, tipping a goalbound free kick from Oliver
Harrison wide of the post.
Matthew Bell was next to try his luck at the Carlton goal,
only to be thwarted by Steggles as Leek coped much better with the heavy
surface.
Bell should have scored on 22 minutes when he had a free
header from six yards after a run and cross by Robert Stevenson but Steggles
was once again equal to the effort.
Carlton’s first opportunity came shortly afterwards as
Davie’s free kick to the near post was heading into the net until Daniel
Roberts got across to save.
PICTURED: Tim Grice
The Millers were awarded a corner but Leek broke quickly
following the flag kick and Grice opened the scoring on 25 minutes, running
onto a clever pass and firing low past Steggles from the left corner of the
area. There were some claims for offside
by the Millers but the goal had clearly been coming.
Leek had control of the midfield, with Stevenson and Marc
Grocott influential, and Carlton were struggling to keep the visitors at bay.
Grice headed against the top of the crossbar from a corner
before Oliver Clark was booked for a poor challenge on Darren Chadwick.
Grice doubled his side’s lead on 38 minutes, cutting in from
the right, holding off some weak challenges and rifling home across Steggles.
He should have had his treble three minutes later when Bell
sent him clean through on goal, but Steggles dived at his feet as he tried to
go around him and saved the day.
Steggles then pushed a shot from Louis Short onto the post
as Carlton were relieved to get to the break just two goals behind.
Eli Baku was brought on for the second half and he impressed
as Carlton looked much improved. Davie
had a run and shot just wide of the post before another Davie run led to Baku
hitting a curling effort from the left edge of the penalty area that flew
inches wide of Roberts’s post with the keeper stranded.
Carlton still missed Opoku’s ability to hold onto the ball
and Steggles was back in action making another fine save from Grice as Leek
weathered the storm and came back at Carlton.
Stevenson made it 3-0 on 80 minutes, running at the Carlton
defence and firing home from inside the area.
The visitors completed the scoring in added time when Grice
took advantage of a slip in the area to round Steggles and tap home to secure
the match ball.
The margin of defeat against a side who are genuine title
contenders will lead to some questions about Carlton’s ability to sustain their
impressive start to the campaign.
Perhaps today was simply a blip against a very good team who looked a
cut above anything Carlton have played so far this season. Alternatively, it may provide a more
realistic assessment of where Carlton stand in this division.
Answers may be provided in the next couple of weeks when the
Millers’ schedule includes difficult trips to promotion contenders Belper and
Ilkeston. In the meantime, the team needs to lick their wounds and get back at
it.
Train enthusiast and local station adopter Tony Cave is urging passengers in the borough to call for more trains to serve Netherfield and Carlton stations during a consultation being run by East Midlands Railway.
The train firm is inviting passengers in Gedling borough to have a say on improvement plans for the network, which are due to be delivered in December 2020.
The consultation was launched after East Midlands Railway announced major plans for new timetables and improved trains on the network.
Passengers want more trains to call at Carlton Station
Most of the improvements planned for routes serving stations in Gedling borough won’t take place until December 2021, but the rail firm said some improvements would land next year.
East Midlands Railway said passengers would see the following improvements in 2020…
Several two-car trains being extended to three.
Many trains will run with additional carriages.
Services will no longer be planned to run as one-car trains.
Refurbished trains with air conditioning and up-to-the-minute passenger information will be introduced in 2020, ahead of a full refurbishment, including WiFi and plug sockets, that is planned for 2021.
But so far, no mention has been made of additional trains stopping at Carlton and Netherfield stations, something passengers had previously called for.
Carlton and Netherfield station adopter and Gedling Eye columnist Tony Cave urged passengers to use the consultation to call for additional services.
He said: “The more people we get to reply regarding trains from Carlton and Netherfield give us more chance of some improvements, which we might not get if no-one responds.”
Students from Carlton Le Willows Academy have been gifting food and essential supplies to those less fortunate this Christmas.
Students loaded up the food they had collected earlier this week as part of the school’s annual foodbank appeal in aid of Hope Nottingham.
All 56 form groups and Academy sixth formers have collected boxes of goods to send to the charity to help stock Netherfield and 13 other foodbanks, accessed by people in need across the district this winter.
Pupils load up supplies collected during their annual foodbank appeal
Head of House Dave Hemstock said: “When we delivered to Hope last year volunteers were blown away by the amount of donations – one of the biggest single donations they had received. The school community has been extremely generous again this year, digging deep to help people across our wider community this Christmas.”
Four men have been arrested and 100 suspected wraps of crack cocaine were seized during a police drugs raid in Arnold.
Officers attended the address in Baker Avenue in the town on Friday (December 6) and executed a drugs warrant.
Following the search, 100 wraps of suspected class A drugs (crack cocaine) was found as well as phones and scales believed to have been used as part of a drugs operation.
Some fraudsters will use the festive season to trick victims – now people in Gedling borough are advised how to keep on their guard.
Scam-busters, Action Fraud has put together a list of the top three scams to watch out for this Christmas.
Here are some of the warning signs to watch out for, so that a scammer doesn’t ruin your holiday..
1. Emails promising a ‘tax refund’
With households’ budgets being particularly under pressure at this time of year, some unexpected news that you’re owed a ‘refund’ may seem like a huge relief.
But, remember that with the self-assessment deadline looming on January 31, fraudsters will be bombarding people’s email inboxes with fake offers of tax refunds.
They may also cold call victims, or text or email links which will then take them to a false page, where their bank details or money will be stolen.
Over the past year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has received nearly 900,000 reports from people about suspect contact – including over 620,000 reports from people about bogus tax rebates.
As well as offering non-existent cash, another tactic used in scams is to threaten victims into handing over money.
Criminals will pretend victims have an unpaid tax bill and claim they may be arrested or imprisoned if they don’t pay up.
Scammers will be trying to cheat you out of cash this Christmas
How to beat the scammers: Remember, don’t give out your personal information or click on links or download information from unexpected emails. If someone calls you out of the blue and makes you feel under pressure, you can always just put the phone down to give yourself time to think. Details of suspect calls or emails claiming to be from HMRC can be forwarded to phishing@hmrc.gov.uk and texts to 60599.
2. Dangerously tempting Christmas shopping offers
Right now, stores are slashing their prices, which could leave some people fearing they may be missing out on a great deal if they don’t hand over their card details quickly.
But in the frenzy to grab a bargain, don’t let your guard down and end up paying for something that’s shoddy, fake or doesn’t exist.
Barclays’ analysis of its own data shows that more than one in 10 (12%) shopping scams result in losses of over £2,000.
Some fake goods, such as electrical items, may even turn out to be dangerous – so it may not be just your wallet that’s at risk.
How to beat the scammers: Barclays, which also has tips for staying safe at barclays.co.uk/digisafe, says if something looks too good to be true, it probably is.
Before making a purchase, check the product’s reviews and keep an eye on your bank balance so that you can spot and report fraudulent transactions quickly. Never enter your payment or other personal details if you are concerned about a website. Look out for the padlock symbol in the web address to ensure that the link between you and the website owner is secure.
3. Bogus Christmas travel deals
Ahead of the great Christmas getaway, Action Fraud is warning people to watch out for fraudulent travel websites and cold calls.
Fraudsters will cold call people pretending to be from a travel company after the victim has unknowingly entered their personal details on a bogus website.
The caller may appear to know the victim has been recently searching online to book flights and after gaining their trust, will make a too good to be true offer on flight tickets to lure them into making a payment.
Look out for the warning signs
After transferring the money, victims may receive a ‘confirmation email’ but the fraudster then cuts off contact.
Victims may only discover they have been conned after contacting the airline.
How to beat the scammers: Action Fraud suggests checking whether the company is a member of a recognised trade body such as Abta (abta.com).
Also, check the small print. Study terms and conditions and be very wary of any companies that don’t provide any at all. When booking through a holiday club or timeshare, consider having the contract vetted by a solicitor first.
Paying by credit card will give you added consumer protections. And think twice if you’re asked to pay directly into a private individual’s bank account.
