MPs in Gedling borough today reacted to the news that Nottinghamshire Police has been awarded a provisional £1million Home Office grant to help combat the rise in knife crime across the area.
Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping said the force had been chosen as one of 18 nationally to be handed the extra cash to help tackle the problem.
He said the funding would help the force maximise operational resources to protect the public and respond robustly to anyone suspected of carrying weapons.
Gedling Eye approached Gedling MP Vernon Coaker and Mark Spencer, MP for Sherwood for their reaction to the announcement.
Mr Coaker, who is MP for Gedling, welcomed the news, but was also critical of Home Secretary Sajid Javid for taking too long to act on the rise in knife crime.
He said: “I of course welcome the announcement of £1 million extra funding for Nottinghamshire Police to tackle serious violence and knife crime and I was happy to support this bid. However this is not the end of the matter, we must continue to campaign for investment in the causes of serious crime.
PICTURED: Vernon Coaker
“Youth services, schools and mental health services have suffered due to years of Government cuts and these services need to have their investment returned to pre-austerity levels, otherwise, the £1 million of funding announced yesterday will rendered an unstainable sticking plaster employed to cover a widening government inflicted wound.
“The Home Secretary has had ample opportunity to invest in knife crime prevention. I will be writing to him to ask why he has left it so late to act, and why he chose not to acknowledge his government’s decision to axe 21,000 front-line policing roles since 2010, in his speech on Monday.
He added: “This funding is a step in the right direction and I congratulate Nottinghamshire Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford for securing the funding for our force, and for the hard work he and his team carry out under increasing financial pressures.
“Colleagues from Gedling Borough Council and our Police & Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping have worked tirelessly to ensure that Nottinghamshire receives the funding it needs to keep the public safe. It’s their dogged and persevering attitude towards public safety for our communities that has helped deliver this cash boost”.
MP for Sherwood Mark Spencer welcomed the news of the funding.
He said: “This is really positive news to see our local Nottinghamshire Police getting this funding.”
“I know that it will be put to good us and will go towards tackling crime that affects local people in Sherwood. I’m always happy to support the Police in any way I can.”
Police forces have been allocated funding according to hospital admissions data for sharp object assaults, reflecting levels of serious violence in each force area.
Nottinghamshire Police has been asked to report back on how they intend to spend the money by the end of May.
An Arnold branch of a salon group have dominated at their company awards night.
KH Hair’s Arnold salon scooped five awards at the group’s glittering annual awards ceremony, which took place last week at the Roundhouse in Derby city centre.
The salon picked up the most coveted award of the night when it was named 2019 Salon Of The Year.
The Arnold salon’s directors, Dawn Bramhall and Liz O-Neil said they were completely stunned when the announcement was made.
The team at the Arnold branch of KH Hair
“We’re all absolutely thrilled.” they said. “We’d like to say a huge thank you to our hard-working team and also to our wonderful clients who have become like family. Our heartfelt thanks go to them for their loyalty over the past 34 years.”
The Arnold team returned to the stage four more times as they were announced winners of the Salon Highest Turnover award; Salon Clients award; Receptionists award and Marketing award.
Jack Jepson’s late penalty wasn’t enough to complete a spirited fightback as Gedling Miners Welfare fell short against Ingles at the Dovecoat Stadium on Saturday afternoon in the East Midlands Counties Football League.
The away side began the brighter of the two sides as they looked to become accustomed to a testing pitch at the Dovecoat which was heavily sanded in places. In turn, the home side found it difficult to make their encouraging football count as final passes into the feet of their intended targets often went astray.
Gedling looked to build on their positive start and Courtney Hastings’ dipping shot with only 5 minutes played was a sign of some early promise as home ‘keeper Ollie Buchanan did just about enough to thwart the effort.
At the other end, Vijay Godhania’s rasping strike from 12 yards sailed just over the bar after Danny Brown had punched Dan Tuck’s corner clear.
Ingles, who recently announced Adam Vasey as their new first team manager from next season following Matt Smith’s decision to step down, settled into the game following a nervy start and started to take control of the game and after only 11 minutes on the clock they took the lead.
Buchanan’s high punt upfield wasn’t dealt with in the middle of the park and Kyle Fowkes had all the time in the world to flick into the path of Dan Bryans who, in behind a static Gedling four, slotted past Brown to give Ingles an early lead.
Despite showing intention early on, Miners couldn’t find a way through the home side’s rear guard spearheaded by captain James Brooks who was colossal all afternoon.
Doing his best to spark some energy into his side, Hasting’s again went close but his snapshot was easy pickings for Buchanan.
Since going behind, the visitors struggled with Ingles intricate approach, coupled with their ability to go long when necessary which started to pay dividends.
Fowkes this time found himself in behind only 4 minutes after playing his part in the opener but, from a tight angle, couldn’t keep his effort down as Brown saw it comfortably over his bar. However, their second wasn’t long in coming as only a minute later, the hosts doubled their advantage.
PICTURED: Gedling Miners Welfare FC in action against Ingles
Following some superb interplay down the right between Fowkes and Tuck, a static Gedling could only look on as the latter’s effort was initially saved by an onrushing Brown. However, on the rebound, Tuck’s square pass found Rob Mulonga, joining up with play from full back, and he had the simple task of passing the ball into an empty net to give Ingles a deserved two goal cushion.
With Gedling posing very little going forward, the home side headed toward the interval with a commanding lead which was under little threat as they looked to consolidate their position as the half wore on.
With half an hour played, the travellers did start to show some signs that this game wasn’t completely out of their reach as they enjoyed more possession amidst Ingles’ decision to rest on their laurels.
With 34 minutes gone, excellent work down the right by Jack Jepson and Jurgen Charlesworth provided Joe Meakin with a chance to reduce the arrears but his touch when in behind Mulonga uncharacteristically let him down.
Not long after and Jepson, quiet to this point, was instrumental in getting behind Mulonga and crossing dangerously for an unmarked Charlie Roberts, but he couldn’t quite stretch far enough at the back post and the chance went begging.
A positive ending to the half for the away side as they looked to recover from the damage done in the opening 16 minutes.
They picked up from where they left off in the second half and controlled the opening exchanges with minimal worry. Jimmy Spiers stung the hands of Buchanan just after the restart but the ‘keeper did well to collect at the second attempt.
A minute later and following a high looping cross from Charlesworth after a good build-up with Spiers, Jepson’s thunderous volley on the turn arrowed just over as Gedling sensed a way back into the game.
Now completely dominant, Miners continued to push looking for that elusive goal back into the game that would make for a cagey last half an hour for the home side. However, they weren’t helped by the withdrawal of Jack Millward, impressive on the day, just after the break following a knock.
Their best chance of the match came on the hour but as Meakin’s excellent deep cross found an unmarked Luke Smith at the back post, his powerful header was smothered at his near post by Buchanan before the ball was hastily thumped clear by Josh Bowley.
Despite the dominance, Gedling failed to yield any further menacing attack that would worry Buchanan, buoyed by the attention of Brooks who was utterly dominant throughout, and the home side would rely on the counter attacking to seal the game as the visitors committed more bodies forward.
As the game ticked towards its close, the game became stagnant as Gedling faced a second successive defeat. However, with 9 minutes left, they were handed their chance to reduce the deficit.
Following Ross McCaughey’s high ball in behind, Jepson raced onto the pass and, just before pulling the trigger when through on goal, was hauled down by Michael Tuck and referee Imran Khan pointed to the spot.
As was the case against Newark Flowserve last time out, Jepson dusted himself down and stepped up to slot past Buchanan as the striker looked to rally Gedling, seeking to take an unlikely point from the game.
As it turned out, the penalty was as good as it got for Gedling who couldn’t trouble Buchanan and company in the latter parts of the game before Khan blew for time.
Gedling’s second half performance was admirable and plenty of positives can be taken but all damage was done in a very welcoming 16 minute opening spell for the home side.
Miners look for a change in their form and hope to return to winning ways as they welcome Clifton All Whites to Plains Road on Tuesday evening (16th April) following the abandonment of the game earlier in the season, kick off 7.45pm.
Gedling Miners Welfare Man of the Match – Ross McCaughey
Match Attendance – 38
Referee – Imran Khan Assistant Referees – Edgar Brown & Harry Moir
An Arnold firm has come to the rescue of a homeless charity in Nottingham after staff and residents at their support centre were left without hot water and heating when the boiler was condemned.
Heating engineers and electricians from T&S Heating, who are based on Rolleston Drive, teamed up with Nottingham City Homes (NCH) to help replace the boiler at Emmanuel House on Goosegate in the city centre.
The replacement boiler was estimated to have cost the charity £23,000 but Nottingham City Homes asked their suppliers to help the charity by supplying parts for free or at cost.
Emmanuel House provides its visitors with access to basic services, support and advice and offers social inclusion activities to help tackle isolation. The main aim of the organisation, which is a registered charity, is the prevention of and support out of homelessness.
PICTURED: T&S Heating’s site on Rolleston Drive in Arnold
The team from T&S Heating Ltd will install the boiler free of charge, with support from workers at Nottingham City Homes, who are using a volunteering day to assist with the work.
PICTURED: Emmanuel House on Goosegate in Nottingham
Denis Tully, chief executive officer at Emmanuel House said “For our service users, a shower can be transformational. A chance to feel clean and fresh. The boiler is also crucial for the operation of our kitchen. We have a foot fall of between 60 and 90 people a day and serve over 13,000 meals a year. Without an operating boiler, this is incredibly hard for our chef and kitchen volunteers. And without heating, we are no longer able to provide a warm place for people to rest and to get the support they need.
He added: “We are delighted that the work has already started on the boiler and that is down to the generosity and support of Nottingham City Homes.”
Delroy Beverley, Director of Construction, Repairs and Maintenance at Nottingham City Homes, said: “As soon as we heard about the irreparable boiler at Emmanuel House, we knew we needed to help them and we knew we had the contacts and expertise to get this sorted for them.
“The work they do in supporting people in this city is important and we want to work as quickly as possible to get the new boiler up and running so service users can enjoy a warm place to stay and get a hot shower.
Parents in Gedling borough will today (Tuesday) find out which primary school their children will attend from September – and according to the local authority, an increased amount have been offered places at their first-choice school.
A total of 1163 out of 1327 parents have been offered a place for their children at their first preferred primary school for September 2019 – an increase from last year.
Nottinghamshire County Council say they have now started contacting parents today to let them know which school their son or daughter will to attend from the autumn.
This year also shows an increase in the number of applications received by the council before the closing date.
There has also been an increase in the percentage of parents who have got a place at one of their preferred schools – 98.8%.
Of the remainder, 22 (1.7% of applicants) parents have been offered a place at a school they didn’t include on their application. 11 of these parents only made a single preference (50%)
The authority said it had done all it could to ensure parents could send their child to a school they wanted.
Chairman of the county council’s children and young people’s committee, Cllr Philip Owen said: “The situation as a whole continues to be encouraging as the majority of parents will be getting a school for which they made a preference.
“I am very happy that every child in Gedling, whose parents applied before the deadline, will have a primary school place in September 2019.”
“Unfortunately, popular schools will always be over-subscribed and whatever the admissions criteria are for those schools, the likelihood is that there will be some disappointed families.
“As an authority, we aren’t complacent as we’re aware of the pressures within the system and the forecast number of children coming through.
“We have a statutory duty to ensure we have sufficient school places across all schools, irrespective of whether they are academies, local authority maintained or otherwise governed. And we continue to make plans to deal with these pressures in the years to come.”
Service director for education, learning and skills, Marion Clay also assured late applicants that a school place would be available for their child this September: “The waiting list applies to all on-time unsuccessful applications, late applications and changes to preferences.
“If a parent has been refused a place at a preferred school they have a right to appeal against the decision. All appeals are wholly independent. For information about appeals parents can visit www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk or contact 0300 500 80 80 for more advice.”
Those numbers in full
1327 applications were processed from residents living in the Gedling district for first admission to primary school including schools outside of Nottinghamshire
1163 were offered their first preference – 87.6%
1305 were offered one of their preferences (98.3%)
336 made only one preference – 25.3%
22 alternative offers were made where no preference could be met – 1.7%
Elaine Bond is a trained counsellor who offers counselling services in Gedling. In this month’s column she talks about silencing the inner parent…
We often find it easy to be kind, empathic and forgiving to others even when we have sometimes been badly affected by their actions ourselves. But then we are unable to treat ourselves in the same way. We berate ourselves and talk internally in a way that we would never talk to anyone else. Have you ever wondered why?
We all know about the inner child, but we also have an inner parent, which is a part of us that is split into two kinds of parent, a nurturing one and a critical or controlling one. These parent egos represent a massive collection of recordings in the brain of external events, either experienced or perceived, in approximately the first five years of our life. These recordings can be spoken, experienced or even just assumed. Both the critical and the nurturing parent ego state are ok unless you have too much of them. Positive aspects of the critical and nurturing parent can be seen when we can see the difference between right and wrong, make decisions or fix mistakes without guilt.
If we think about it like we did when we were children when parents and other adults were telling us what to do, e.g. go to bed, stop that, telling us what we were – that’s silly, naughty and so on. We learn from them instructions that begin with ‘never’, ‘always’, ‘how to’, ‘don’t lie, cheat, forget etc’. Basically, ‘this is how life is in this house’. These become injunctions that we HAVE to live by.
Of course, everyone’s parents were different, even siblings will have different parental egos which are dependant on where they were in the family structure and which adults they had in their life. So, my parent ego won’t look like yours and so on. But when you are nurturing, permission giving, caring and protecting we can usually say you are being your nurturing parent ego state. When we are critical, bossy or demanding, pointing our fingers and blaming we are in our critical parent ego state.
We have all had the manager at work who is stuck in the critical parent ego – rule bound, wanting things done his/her way – regardless of the needs of the situation. They tend to be critical and bossy in their style – and consequently often not much liked.
But this critical parent also lives and thrives in our head, and can give us messages about not being good enough, got it wrong, stupid, fat, ugly etc. In fact, those sentences that in our head that start with shoulda, coulda, woulda are usually our critical parent just letting us know what we did wrong in their opinion.
The internal critical parent is talking to our inner child when it criticises us, so we are in fact bullying a six-year-old. How much would that upset and devastate a small child? We would not let anyone do that to our children.
This critical voice we have will often give us low self-esteem, low self-confidence and low self-belief. Worse though is that we can end up with anxiety (I don’t believe I can do anything right) or depression (I can’t do anything right so why bother).
We simply need to treat ourselves like our own best friend, which sounds easy – right? But what stops us? There is a cultural issue in our society, as well as the voices we have absorbed, and there are some myths about self-compassion which most of us buy into.
Self-compassion is self-pity or just feeds our ego. But self-compassion is about seeing life as it is, acknowledging that we may have issues or suffering. It’s about putting our problems into perspective.
Our society believes it’s just being self-indulgent, when in actual fact self-compassion isn’t about pleasure, it’s about alleviating suffering, whether we are suffering now or may do in the future.
We believe that suffering and cajoling is the way to motivate ourselves. But all that does is create fear and makes us lose any faith we have in ourselves. Even when we achieve our goal it will not be good enough or fast enough.
Self-compassion is like being a nurturing parent to ourselves. We need to be supportive and accepting of ourselves, forgiving our mistakes and realizing we can never be truly perfect. Compassion, including self-compassion, is linked to our internal systems. That’s why being compassionate to ourselves, when we feel inadequate, makes us feel safe and cared for just like a child. Self-compassion helps to calm down the threat response. When the stress response (fight–flight–freeze) is triggered by a threat to our self-concept, we are likely to turn on ourselves. We fight ourselves (self-criticism), we flee from others (isolation), or we freeze (rumination).
When we practice self-compassion, we are deactivating the threat-defence system and activating the care system. Oxytocin and endorphins are released, which help reduce stress and increase feelings of safety and security.
The first step toward self-compassion is feeling safe from harm. Protecting ourselves means saying “no” to others who are hurting us or to the harm we inflict on ourselves, consciously or unconsciously.
We need to start treating ourselves as our own best friends – we would never talk to someone like this – “My wife has left me I am devastated” – “Well it isn’t a surprise as you are pretty useless, never stepped up to the mark, pretty useless dad and to need to get fit. Let’s face it you will never find anyone else “. We need to hear this voice and throw it out before it can cause too much damage.
Find out what soothes us, calms us down and brings us comfort and then use that to give ourselves the compassion we need.
Stop and ask ourselves “what do I need right now?”. Be mindful of our feelings and provide ourselves with the care/soothing we need, and sometimes we may even provide comfort to our internal child who has just been bullied.
Develop mindfulness about your emotions and that critical voice and try and find out what’s going on internally right now (be still and quiet and you will be able to tune into the hurt child, just remember to shut the critical voice out). Be kind to yourself and accept you need to care for yourself (whether that’s saying “no” or crying it out).
Sometimes writing a letter to ourselves can help. Try writing a letter to yourself acknowledging your issues and problems, then think of an imaginary friend who is unconditionally wise, loving, and compassionate and write a letter to yourself from the perspective of that friend. Or try writing a letter from the nurturing part of you to the bullied child, showing that you care, and that you are sorry.
If you cannot shut up the critical parent in your head then you will need help. A period of therapy to look at where it came from and why it is so harsh will help you become self-compassionate.
Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a man out jogging in Woodthorpe was viciously attack
The 51-year-old victim was approached by a man outside Ben’s Barbers in Plains Road at about 7.30am on Wednesday (April 10).
The offender asked the man what he was doing before hitting him in the head, possibly with a weapon, causing him to fall to the floor.
While he was on the floor the man was repeatedly kicked in the body and the attacker stamped on his head as he tried to get up.
PICTURED: The man was approached outside Ben’s Barbers on Plains Road (IMAGE: Google)
The victim was taken to the Queen’s Medical Centre for treatment where he required stitches for head and arm injuries.
The offender is white, aged about 30, around 5ft 10isn tall and of thin build. He was wearing blue jeans and a parka-style jacket which had a fur hood.
PC Mark Szeremeta, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was a totally unprovoked and vicious attack on the victim.
“There would have been a number of vehicles driving along Plains Road who may have witnessed this incident or may have recorded dashcam footage.
“I’d appeal to them and anyone who may have information about this incident to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 99 of 12 April 2019, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”
An MP teamed up with horse riders in Calverton over the weekend to help spread the word about a new campaign encouraging motorists to be more considerate when passing them wide and slowly on the roads.
Mark Spencer, who is MP for Sherwood, and Calverton resident Jane Walker, attended a ‘pass wide and slow’ on Sunday designed to raise awareness of horse riders on the road, and encourage best practice for both rider and driver when passing on public roads.
The ‘Pass Wide & Slow’ campaign is being publicised across the country with more than 70 rideouts taking place on Sunday, April 14.
PICTURED: Mark Spencer MP with campaigners at a pass wide and slow event in Calverton on Sunday
Mr Spencer said he was glad he could come along and support the campaign in Calverton.
He said: “Safety on the roads for horses, horse riders and cars is hugely important, especially in rural areas like Sherwood, so the more understanding and respect there is from drivers to horse riders and vice versa, the better.”
“I’ve had a lot of local horse riders contact me about the issues they’ve experienced when riding on or crossing public roads, so I’m very happy to be able to come along and to support this event, and events like it, as much as I can.”
“I want to say a huge well done to the event’s organisers, and a big thank you to everyone who turned out on Sunday morning in Calverton.”
Landlords in Gedling borough will be banned from turfing out tenants without a good reason under new plans announced by the government today (March 15).
At present a landlord can evict private sector renters from their home after their fixed-term contract has come to an end at any point.
Landlords do not have to give a reason for eviction and can give as little as eight weeks’ notice. This is known as the Section 21 process.
But the Prime Minister has called these types of evictions “unfair,”and said that renters should have the right “to feel secure in their home.
She said: “Everyone renting in the private sector has the right to feel secure in their home, settled in their community and able to plan for the future with confidence.
“But millions of responsible tenants could still be uprooted by their landlord with little notice, and often little justification.
“This is wrong – and today we’re acting by preventing these unfair evictions.”
Landlords will still be able to end tenancies if they have a good reason, for example, if tenants don’t pay rent or damage a property.
But the government is also planning to extend current legislation to allow landlords to evict tenants if they want to sell the property or move in.
These are known as Section 8 notices. The government will now consult on how these rules will work before changing any laws.
