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The incident happened yesterday (January 2) on Crookdole Lane in the village at 6.30pm.
Police say the assault and threats were carried out by a man on a bicycle.
Anyone who saw the incident or has any information is being urged to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 739 of 2 January 2019 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111
Saturday, January 5 and Sunday 6 at 2.30pm
Video-game bad guy Ralph and best friend Vanellope von Schweetz leave the comforts of Litwak’s arcade in an attempt to save her game, Sugar Rush. Their quest takes them to the vast, uncharted world of the internet where they rely on the citizens of the internet–the Netizens–to help navigate their way in this delightful sequel to Wreck It Ralph.
Directed by Rich Moore, Phil Johnston. Voiced by John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman (1hr 48 mins // US 2018)
Saturday, January 5 & Sun 6 January at 7.30pm
Robin of Loxley (Taron Egerton) a war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander (Jamie Foxx) mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown in a thrilling action-adventure packed with battlefield exploits, mind-blowing fight choreography, and a timeless romance. Director Otto Bathurst (Black Mirror, Peaky Blinders) brings his unique, gritty touch to this classic story from our home city.
Directed by Otto Bathurst. Starring Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx (1hr 56 mins // US 2018)
Sunday, January 6 at 5pm; Monday 7 & Tuesday 8 at 2.30pm; Wed 9 January at 5pm; Thursday 10 at 2.30pm
After selling out pretty much every screening, we’re bringing one of 2018’s biggest movies back! A foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet.
Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring Rami Malek and Lucy Boynton (1hrs 46 mins // US/UK 2018)
Wednesday, January 9 at 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Directed by David Lowery. Starring Robert Redford and Casey Affleck (1hr 33 mins // US 2018)
Sunday, January 20 at 2.30pm & 5pm
A teenage boy is mentored by a Peter Parker from another dimension, as he aims to become the next web-slinging hero to delve into the ever expanding ‘Spider-Verse’.
Directed by Bob Persichettie and Peter Ramsey. Voiced by Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld (1hrs 56 mins // US 2018)
Monday, January 21, at 2.30pm; Wednesday, January 23, at 7.30pm; Thursday, January 24 at 2.30pm
Fourteen-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry — a housewife and a golf pro — in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job — and his sense of purpose — he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves. Suddenly forced into the role of an adult, Joe witnesses his mother’s struggle as she tries to keep her head above water.
Directed by Paul Dano. Starring Carey Mulligan, Jake Gylenhaal (1hrs 44 mins // US 2018)
Monday, January 21 21 January at 7.30pm; Tuesday, January 22 at 2.30pm
New York photographer Ronit Krushka flies to London after learning about the death of her estranged father. Ronit is returning to the same Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her decades earlier for her childhood attraction to Esti, a female friend. Their fortuitous and happy reunion soon reignites their burning passion as the two women explore boundaries of faith and sexuality.
Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz (1hrs 54 mins // US/UK/IRE 2017)
Friday, January 25 and Monday January 28 at 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Tuesday, January 29 & Wednesday, January 30 at 2.30pm; Thursday, January 31 at 2.30pm & 7.30pm
In 17th Century Amsterdam, a young girl is forced into a loveless marriage with a powerful and rich merchant. But after her husband commissions a portrait, she begins a passionate affair with the painter, a struggling young artist. Seeking to escape the merchant’s ever-reaching grasp, the lovers risk everything.
Directed by Justin Chadwick. Starring Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan and Judi Dench (1hrs 47 mins // US/UK 2017)
Wednesday, January 30 at 6.45pm; *Encore* – Sunday, February 3 at 2pm
OPERA
From the thrill of unexpected romance to a heart-breaking reconciliation that comes too late – Verdi’s La traviata is one of the most popular of all operas.
Alfredo falls in love in with the courtesan Violetta in glamorous Paris society, but underneath the surface run darker undercurrents, leading to a tragic ending.
The opera’s wealth of melodies includes the famous Brindisi and the exuberant ‘Sempre libera’ – both showing the lyricism of Italian opera at its most immediately appealing.
Richard Eyre’s production for The Royal Opera brings out all the emotional colour, from the giddy discovery of love, through painful confrontation to the inevitable conclusion. Lavish period sets and costumes enhance the reality of a moving story based on true life.
Music: Guiseppe Verdi. Director: Richard Eyre. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda. Presented by the Royal Opera House Tickets £15 / £12.50 Concessions / £10 Under 16s
Friday, February 1 at 2.30pm; Sunday, February 3 at 7.30pm; Monday, February 4, Tuesday 5 at 2.30pm; Wednesday, February 6 at 2.30pm & 7.30pm and Thursday, February 7 at 2.30pm
In early 18th Century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah governs the country in her stead. When a new servant Abigail arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz (1hrs 59 mins // US/UK/IRE 2018)
Friday, February 1 at 7.30pm; Saturday, February 2 at 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Aquaman finds himself caught between a surface world that ravages the sea and the underwater Atlanteans who are ready to revolt.
Directed by James Wan. Starring Jason Mamoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe (2hrs 23 mins // US 2018)
Friday, February 8 at 2.30pm; Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 at 7.30pm; Monday, February 11 & Tuesday 12 at 2.30pm; Thursday 14 at 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Already legends by 1953, beloved comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy set out to perform live shows for their adoring fans. The tour becomes a hit, but long-buried tension and Hardy’s failing health start to threaten their new act and friendship.
Directed by Jon S. Baird. Starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly (1hrs 37 mins // US/UK/CAN 2018)
Friday, February 8 at 7.30pm; Saturday, February 9 at 2.30pm; Sunday, February 10 at 5pm
Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a murder at Buckingham Palace. They soon learn that they have only four days to solve the case, or the queen will become the next victim. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly team up again as the famous detective duo in this hilarious take on a literary classic.
Directed by Etan Cohen. Starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly (1hrs 47 mins // US 2018)
Sunday, February 10 at 2.30pm; Wednesday 13 & Thu 14 at 5pm; Friday, February 15 at 7.30pm; Saturday, February 16 at 2.30pm; Sunday, February 17, Mon 18 at 2pm; Tuesday, February 19 & Thu 21 at 2.30pm; Friday, February 22 at 11am and Saturday, February 23 at 2.30pm
The mysterious Mary Poppins returns to visit Jane and her brother Michael, now a father of three, and helps them rediscover the joy they knew as children in this magical update of a much-loved classic.
Directed by Rob Marshall. Starring Emily Blunt (2hrs 10 mins // US 2018)
Monday, February 11 at 7.30pm; Wednesday, February 13 at 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Friday, February 15 at 2.30pm; Saturday, February 16, Monday 18 & Wednesday 20 at 7.30pm
After moving to Paris, author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette agrees to ghostwrite a semi-autobiographical novel for her husband. Its success soon inspires her to fight for creative ownership and overcome the societal constraints of the early 20th century.
Directed by Wash Westmoreland. Starring Keira Knightley, Dominic West (1hrs 51 mins // US/UK/HUN 2018)
Sunday, February 17 & Monday 18 February at 5pm
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a small Californian beach town junkyard. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. However, the two of them soon find themselves hunted by a government agency known as Sector 7.
As they run from society, the two learn that Bee is not the only Transformer on Earth, and that the others might not be so friendly.
Directed by Travis Knight. Starring Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena (1hrs 53 mins // US/NZ 2018)
Tuesday, February 19 at 7.15pm; *Encore* – Sunday, February 24 at 2pm
BALLET
Cervantes’s story of the bumbling knight Don Quixote has inspired countless artistic interpretations. Marius Petipa choreographed this sparkling ballet about the encounters of the man from La Mancha and his faithful squire Sancho Panza.
The story follows Don Quixote’s picaresque journey to do deeds in honour of his imaginary noble lady, Dulcinea. Sunny, charming, funny and touching – Don Quixote is a ballet as full of uplifting emotion as it is of astonishing ballet technique.
Choreography: Carlos Acosta. Music: Ludwig Minkus. Presented by the Royal Opera House. Tickets £15 / £12.50 Concessions / £10 Under 16s
Friday, February 22 at 2.30pm
Peter Jackson returns to the big screen with another blockbuster adaptation of author Phillip Reeve’s and his Mortal Engines quartet.
A mysterious young woman named Hester Shaw joins forces with Anna Fang, a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head, and Tom Natsworthy, an outcast from London, to lead a rebellion against a giant predator city on wheels.
Directed by Christian Rivers. Starring Hugo Weaving and Hera Hilmar (2hrs 8 mins // US 2018)
Saturday, February 23 & Sunday 24 at 7.30pm; Monday, February 25 & Thursday 28 at 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Gary Hart, former senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart’s intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House.
But it all comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.
Directed by Jason Reitman. Starring Hugh Jackman and Vera Farmiga (1hrs 53 mins // US 2018)
You can buy tickets for all these films online HERE
Public Health England (PHE) has revealed today that the average 10-year-old has consumed at least 304lb (138kg) of sugar by the time they reach adulthood.
The recommended maximum amount of sugar for 10-year-olds is 20-24 grammes a day, but according to the PHE children are consuming an average of 52.2 grammes a day, based on consumption from the age of two. That is equivalent to 13 cubes a day, eight more than the recommended level.
The Change4Life campaign is now encouraging parents to change their shopping habits in a bid to reduce the amount of sugar being consumed by youngsters.
The campaign states that making different choices of yogurts, drinks and cereals you could cut a child’s sugar intake by half.
The campaign has been launched as severe obesity in children aged 10-11 hits an all-time high, PHE said.
A third of youngsters are leaving primary school overweight or obese, and more young people than ever are developing Type 2 diabetes.
Children who are overweight are also more likely to remain so into adulthood, and are at higher risk of developing heart disease and certain cancers.
Alison Tedstone, PHE chief nutritionist, said: “Children are consuming too much sugar, but parents can take action now to prevent this building up over the years.
“To make this easier for busy families, Change4Life is offering a straightforward solution – by making simple swaps each day, children can have healthier versions of everyday foods and drinks, while significantly reducing their sugar intake.”
Families are encouraged to look for the Change4Life Good Choice badge on products in shops, and can download a free app to identify lower-sugar options from the Change4Life website.
The Calverton Real Ale and Plough Play Preservation Society (or CRAPPPS for short!) will be touring local pubs from next Thursday to perform the Calverton Plough Play for their 41st consecutive year.
The play’s script dates back to 1890 and is part of a wider tradition that originated in England hundreds of years ago where a play would be performed on or around Plough Monday – which this year falls on Monday, January 7.
The group perform the play in a bid to boost funds for the Nottinghamshire NSPCC and have now raised £20k for the cause over the past forty years.
Simon Carter is a member of the group and said he was looking forward to entertaining local pub crowds again.
He said: “CRAPPPS has performed a Plough Play each year in the area since 1979.
“The origins of Plough Plays stretch back hundreds of years. Only a fragment now remains of the original Calverton script so the version we currently perform combines text from various other Nottinghamshire scripts, though mainly from the Cropwell version.
He added: “We look forward to seeing you in the ale house soon for a drop of the Doctor’s whiff whaff.”
You can catch the Plough Play being performed at these local pubs on the following dates:
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Waggon & Horses, Bleasby – 7:45 pm
The Reindeer, Southwell – 8:30 pm
The Final Whistle, Southwell – 9:00 pm
Friday, January 11, 2019
Admiral Rodney, Calverton – 7:15 pm
The Green Dragon, Oxton – 7:50 pm
The Plough, Farnsfield – 8:20 pm
The Lion, Farnsfield – 8:40 pm
The Fox and Hounds, Blidworth – 9:15 pm
Nag’s Head, Woodborough – 9:50 pm
Four Bells, Woodborough – 10:10 pm
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Gleaners, Calverton – 7:20 pm
World’s End, Lowdham – 8:00 pm
The Railway, Lowdham – 8:30 pm
The Ship, Lowdham – 8:50 pm
Woodlark, Lambley – 9:25 pm
Cross Keys, Epperstone – 10:00 pm
Admiral Rodney, Calverton – 10:30 pm
Plough Plays are traditionally performed in villages and towns across the region.
The play traditionally features several different stock characters which include Recruiting Sergeant, Tom Fool, Dame Jane and Threshing Blade.
Tradition has it that ploughboys would take the play from house to house and perform in exchange for money or gifts, with some teams pulling a plough and threatening to plough up people’s front gardens or path if they did not pay up.
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.
All information from Highways England, local authorities and utility companies.
Dale Avenue
January 7 – 18
Delays likely Road closure
Works description: Streetworks / License – Streetworks
B686 Burton Road
January 2-4
Delays likely due to traffic control (give & take)
Works location: Burton Road junction with Burton Close
Works description: Replace 1 existing pole 0.5m x 0.5m
Orlando Drive
January 7
Delays likely due to road closure
Works location: outside 12 Orlando Drive
Works description: Permit Reinstatement of defective manhole cover
B684 Mapperley Plains
January 6
Delays likely due to traffic control (Stop/Go boards)
Works location: Entire Length
Works description: Gully Cleansing
Westdale Lane West
January 2-4
Delays likely due to traffic control (Stop/Go boards)
Works location: Entire Length
Works description: Gully Cleansing
Westdale Lane West
January 7-11 January
Delays likely due to traffic control (Stop/Go boards)
Works location: Between Plains Road & Cavendish Road
A612 Victoria Road
January 7
Delays likely Road closure
Works location: Outside 129 Victoria Road
Works description: Replacement of defective manhole cover
Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water
Chandos Street
January 9 – 11 January
Delays likely due to traffic control (two-way signals)
Works description: Boundary box repair job in footway
Responsibility for works: Severn Trent Water
Greggs today confirmed they will launch the new product across all its stores in the borough on January 3.
The vegan-friendly sausage roll will feature pastry made using vegetable oil and contain a “bespoke Quorn filling”.
Roger Whiteside, chief executive at Greggs, said: “Like many food retailers we have seen increasing demand for vegetarian and vegan products. We have been trying to develop a vegan version of our famous sausage roll for some time now.
“It has not been easy but our taste panel customers all love this one, so we have decided to launch it as our contribution to Veganuary.”
Work has already began on The Waiting Room, which will be based in the old HSBC building on Victoria Road and near Carlton Station.
The new business, which plans to open at the beginning of February, will serve fresh coffee and teas as well as cakes and pastries. They also plan to offer fresh fruit smoothies in the future.
The future venue will also offer a homecooked breakfast and a lunch menu with food to eat in or take away.
Jayne Sissions is one of the people behind the new venue.
She told Gedling Eye: “The venue is looking to promote hearty but healthy food.
“We won’t be offering anything with bad fats and all our products will have a low salt content or none at all.
“Most of the hot food we will offer will be cooked with slimming-friendly ingredients in mind, like lean steak mince which has less than 5% fat.”
FARE INCREASES
Fares from our stations in Gedling borough have now increased by around 3% from January 2.
Carlton to Nottingham has increased by 10p with an off-peak return now costing £3.10. Carlton to Newark will now cost £6.90 when buying an anytime return and £6.70 for an off-peak return and £6.20 single.
Carlton to Matlock will now set you back £7.20 for a single, £12.20 for an anytime return and £10.30 for an off-peak return ticket.
To travel from Carlton to Leicester will now cost you £13.40 for an anytime return (before 09.15), a single is 13.30, an off-peak return will set you back £11.80 and a single will now cost £11.70.
ANNUAL STATION USAGE FIGURES 2017/18
Here are the figures for the year ending March 31, 2018. A return train journey counts as two in the figures. I have included the 2016/17 figures in brackets and the percentage increase over 2016/17 is also given.
CARLTON 54,316 (46,578) +16.6%. This is an increase of 7,738 (10,234). Unofficially, but more accurately, the total at Carlton is around 81,600 (74,9704). These latter figures based on 51 weeks as numbers are reduced over Christmas and New Year, and we also lost two days in January with the fire at Nottingham station and to some weekend engineering work. As a matter of interest, the difference between official and unofficial is 27,284 (28,392).
NETHERFIELD 8,650 (7,742) +11.7%. This shows an increase of 908 (1,198). Unofficially, the figures are probably higher as the official number only equates to 32 per day and 10 at weekends. It is officially acknowledged that actual figures can be much higher. For example, at East Midlands Parkway a lot of passengers are not recorded, so usage appears to be lower than it actually is. There are a lot of interchange passengers at that location.
Other local stations, except Thurgarton, have shown increases: Burton Joyce 16,270 (11,542) +41.0%, Lowdham 67,308 (57,236) +17.6%. This station has 41 more trains a week than Carlton. Figures for Thurgaton were 2,156 (2,470) -12.7%, figures for Fiskerton were 32,822 (26,760) +22.7%, Rolleston 6,418 (5,532) 16.0%. and Radcliffe 8,850 (6,474) 36.7%
NEW TIMETABLES FROM DECEMBER 2018
There are no changes to train times at Carlton or Netherfield stations. Some trains at Carlton were altered by a few minutes back in September and this has been continued in the new timetable as follows. Mon-Fri. 08.58, 10.54, 11.58, 14.59.. Saturdays 06 .56, 08.58, 09.55, 11.59, 12.55, 14.56 and 17.53 all to Newark (06.56 to Lincoln).
I always have timetables with me and they can also be obtained from Carlton Library, St. George’s Centre, Fox & Hounds public house and Dawn Publications on 5 Station Road in Carlton on Mondays and Fridays (10am to 4pm), where I do voluntary work and is very handy for Carlton station!
Many now obtain their information online and less rely on printed timetables, but you don’t get an overall view of what is available. Some people do not know that trains go direct from Carlton to Matlock.
REVIEW OF THE PAST TWO MONTHS
The leaf fall season caused a few problems with trains having to be taken out of service for repairs to their wheels, resulting in some services having less coaches than planned. However, wheel slide protection equipment has been fitted to more trains so that the problem will be lessened in future.
Lincoln Christmas Market took place between December 7-10. I was able to see 30 of the 42 trains booked to call at Carlton on the Saturday (9) and 213 passengers joined and alighted from these trains, a similar number to 2017. Everything worked well at this end of the line, with plenty of seats. The 11.24 to Leicester was five coaches, but even that was fairly full. There are just too many for the usual two coaches.
ENGINEERING WORK
Part two of the Ambergate signalling project is due to take place between Saturday, February 9 and Sunday, February 17, and during those nine days, buses will replace trains between Derby and Matlock. Part one of the works was completed last summer and the final work will see the junction from the main line to the Matlock line moved slightly to give a faster speed onto the Matlock line, which will help with timekeeping.
IN BRIEF
FROM MY DAILY NOTES
On Tuesday, December 11, the 08.19 Lincoln arrived at Carlton and off steps a person who has got on the wrong train. He should have been on the Mansfield train so I take him to Netherfield for the 08.33. This train pulls in and just as it leaves, a person asks how he can get to Nottingham. He had come from Norwich and was going to Mansfield. He had mistaken Netherfield for Nottingham as he’d been on his mobile and the train was seven minutes late, so thought, “This must be Nottingham as its 08.40”. By the time he had realised his mistake it was too late, so I took him to Carlton for the 09.05.
I made a similar mistake a few years ago. I went on the old 08.23 to Nottingham to collect some timetables and planned to return by boarding the 08.45 to Netherfield. I managed to miss the announcement on the platform that owing to a broken rail the train would be diverted and the first stop would be Sleaford! I was back in Nottingham at 11.30.
Horne, 40, whose parents live in the village, was reported to have been knocked backwards after he was struck by the train on a pedestrian crossing according to witnesses.
The actor did not require hospital treatment after the incident involving an East Midlands passenger train on December 20.
A duty manager at The Lord Nelson pub in the village told The Sun: “It was a really, really unfortunate accident and it could have been a lot worse. We are all glad that it wasn’t.
“He was obviously very shaken up but he’s all right now. He’s got a bit of a scratch on him but no underlying issue there whatsoever.”
It was reported that East Midlands Ambulance Service and British Transport Police were called to the scene shortly after 10.30pm.
Paramedics and a doctor checked Horne over but he was not taken to hospital.
Emma Croghan from Arnold has thanked the team for their outstanding medical care after they cared for son Theo, who was born weighing just 3lbs 10oz, and spent 44 days on the neonatal unit at QMC in August this year.
The 33-year-old said: “We went to visit the unit before he was born in preparation for what was ahead and although it was an alien to us seeing all the wires and systems that were going to be used, when Theo was born it did help us understand the next steps would be.”
Little Theo was born at just 31 weeks old, and was a complex birth following an earlier problem with Emma’s liver.
The mum of two was born with biliary atresia, which meant her bile ducts did not work properly, and she suffered a damaging build-up of bile in her liver. At seven years old she had a liver transplant.
Emma said: “The team were lovely. They were very in control of the situation but allowed us to parent as much as possible in the situation. They were genuine people who really cared not just about Theo but about us his family.
“I have had two babies in Neonatal care in two different hospitals and I would come back here every time should I ever need to, although I hope I don’t!
“I cannot thank the nurses at the neonatal unit enough for the care me, my son and my family received. They made it extremely easy for us to bring Theo’s little brother William onto the ward.
She added: “They were very lovely and extremely supportive on the days when it all got too much and you are crying in the coffee room.”
Dr Stephen Wardle, Consultant Neonatologist at Nottingham University Hospitals, said: “The main risks of having had a liver transplant are that the immunosuppressant drugs used to treat patients could affect the baby’s growth and lead to a small baby who might be born early. Emma has had a lot of experience of hospital care because of her own medical care, which makes her kind words particularly special.
“We try hard on the neonatal unit to provide care for the whole family and involve parents with the care of their baby and it is pleasing to hear that Emma felt that we achieved this and that they all felt cared for.”
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