Police are appealing for information after a 92-year old man was burgled while asleep at his home in Carlton.
The man was sleeping on his sofa at his home in Greenwood Road when he awoke to find someone walking past him into his kitchen before leaving out of his back door.
When the victim checked his bedroom he found a quantity of cash had been taken.
The burglary happened at about 7.25pm on Saturday (December 15, 2018).
Detective Constable Sarah Stables said: “The victim was left very shaken by this incident and he is now being supported by officers and neighbours.
“Our enquiries are ongoing and we’re appealing to anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious in the area around the time or the burglary or anyone who has any information would could help us with our enquiries to contact us.”
Anyone with any information is urged to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 751 of 15 December 2018, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111
A conservation group which manages a nature reserve in Netherfield has this week launched a new-look website aimed at promoting the site to visitors new and old.
The Gedling Conservation Trust which manages Netherfield Lagoons has now given their website a makeover in a bid to raise the profile of the reserve and provide improved information to visitors.
The new site boasts a new, improved layout and easier navigation for visitors. It now also contains the latest news, information about recent sightings at the reserve, forthcoming events and also a new donation page.
The new donation page is just one of the ways in which the
Trust hopes they can increase funds which are needed to maintain the site –
which receives no government or local government support and relies entirely on
public donations.
Netherfield Lagoons is a designated Local Nature Reserve and
is seen as the most important site for wildlife in Gedling Borough. It is a
regionally important reedbed habitat and host for a large number of species,
including endangered, red-list, UK species.
Mark Glover, Chair of the Gedling Conservation Trust said he hoped the new website will promote the work of the group and also attract new visitors to the Lagoon.
He said: ”We are thrilled with our new website and hope it will encourage more people to visit the nature reserve and to get involved with the vital work needed to maintain the site for nature.
“We face many challenges to the reserve over the coming months and support is urgently needed. The loss of biodiversity and numbers of birds, insects and mammals in the UK is extremely serious and local nature reserves like the Netherfield lagoons provide a vital refuge for our precious wildlife.”
Goals from Oliver Clark and Ben Hutchinson saw Carlton Town win for the first time in eight games, with a 2-1 success at Wisbech Town.
In a match played in bitter cold and affected by a strong wind throughout and driving rain in the second half, Carlton passed up a string of opportunities to seal victory and were grateful to a stunning double save from Jack Steggles deep into added time to secure the much-needed win.
Carlton played into the wind in the first half but did create some early half chances when Hutchinson twice fed Dylan Otshude in good positions but last week’s late goalscorer was unable to capitalise.
With both sides far too close to the relegation zone for comfort and the strong wind affecting the passing, neither side looked to have the confidence or ability to keep the ball in the first half.
Carlton managed to push forward and Hutchinson played the ball wide to Connor Bartle. He crossed for Clark who headed wide from a good position.
A minute later Clark made no such mistake, heading a Bartle throw past Dan Swan at the near post.
If Carlton thought the home side would wilt they were mistaken as they equalised within four minutes. Clark brought down Danny Setchell on the edge of the box and Setchell got up and hit an absolute bullet through the wall and past Steggles.
Carlton had the wind at their backs in the second half just as the heavens opened.
Carlton regained the lead on 79 minutes with a carbon copy of their first goal. Another long throw from Bartle was met with a well-directed header from Hutchinson which beat Swan at his near post to the delight of the small band of travelling fans behind the goal.
Carlton looked to be seeing out the final minutes inrelative comfort as the Fenmen simply couldn’t get any possession. However in the fourth minute of added time they got a free kick for offside just inside their half.
The ball was launched into the area, Carlton failed to clear and Beck hit a fierce drive that looked a certain goal until Steggles somehow leapt across goal, palmed the ball into the air and then caught it before Wisbech could pounce.
It was the final action of the game and the clearly delighted Carlton players came across in the pouring rain to thank the travelling fans for their support.
An iconic tower at a hospice in Mapperley has been lit up in memory of a man from Carlton who died just a week after being diagnosed with cancer.
The Goode family were the first this year to support Nottinghamshire Hospice’s annual ‘Light up a Night’ campaign in memory of much-missed husband and father, Dave.
The former Nottingham City Transport bus driver received a shock diagnosis of metastatic lung cancer just a week before he died, and the hospice stepped in to provide home support for his last few nights.
Dave’s daughter Sarah, who set up the Loughborough hand-made
craft company Purple Pumpkin Patch, and Dave’s wife Hilary, lit up the tower in
his memory on what would have been his birthday.
PICTURED: Dave Goode
Each year the hospice invites organisations or families to
sponsor a night – turning the historic tower into a beacon that shines across
the city to raise vital funds to help patients.
Sarah said: “Dad had been poorly for five weeks but the diagnosis came just a week before he died. It was such a shock.
PICTURED: The tower lit up at Nottinghamhshire Hospice
“We didn’t know how end of life care worked and we had no idea what to do. The hospice was our lifeline. Dad wanted to be at home and having the hospice at home service enabled that to happen.
“We have lit up the tower in Dad’s memory on his birthday for the last two years.
“We chose purple because our family business, which Dad helped set up, is called Purple Pumpkin Patch. Me and mum drove down Woodborough Road on Saturday to see the purple light. We were so excited to see it we drove past twice!”
Organisations are asked to donate £350 – the cost of
providing a nurse to care for a patient overnight at home – to light up the
tower for a night in memory of a loved one. Last year the scheme raised more
than £9,000.
Nottinghamshire Hospice corporate fundraiser Sarah Dunning
said: “We’re honoured that Dave’s family chose to light up the tower in his
memory. Thank you so much to Sarah, Hilary and all at Purple Pumpkin Patch for
supporting our appeal.
“The hospice building has a rich heritage which dates back to when it was one of Nottingham’s finest residencies. Our tower is its crowning glory and when it’s lit up it can be seen for miles around. It’s wonderful that people are once again lighting up the tower to remember a loved one and spread festive cheer while supporting our patients.”
Light up a Night is part of Nottinghamshire Hospice’s Care at Christmas campaign which aims to raise £50,000 to help patients over the Christmas period.
Police have launched an appeal for witnesses and information after a pensioner was injured in a road collision in Daybrook.
The collision involving a car and the woman took place at
the traffic light junction of A60 Mansfield Road with Thackerays Lane at about
9.50am on Friday (December 14, 2018).
The 75-year-old woman was taken to the Queen’s Medical Centre with head injuries. She remains in a critical but stable condition.
Investigator Sophie Law said: “The collision happened at a very busy junction so there would have been a number of other vehicles travelling in the area at the time.
“We’re keen to hear from anyone who was in the area atthe time of the collision who witnessed the collision to get in touch with us.We’d also like to hear from any motorists who may have recorded dashcam footage of the incident.”
Anyone who has any information is urged to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 220 of 14 December 2018.
Alternatively if you have any information you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Youngsters in Mapperley will soon be getting a new £120,000 park and play area after the council gave the greenlight for work to begin after funding was secured.
The new facility will now be built on Haywood Road after the money was raised to pay for the project by Gedling Borough Council and The Haywood Road Community Association.
They successfully won a grant to help pay for the scheme from WREN, a not-for-profit business that awards grants for community, conservation and heritage projects from funds donated by waste and resource management company FCC Environment through the Landfill Communities Fund.
WREN confirmed this week that funding of £70,000 has been awarded towards the park and the council will provide a further £50,000.
PICTURED: Plans for new play area at Haywood Road park
Plans for the park were approved in September and include a rope pyramid, seesaws, slide, roundabout, balance beams, swings, picnic tables,benches and a table tennis area.
The park is expected to open by Easter 2019.
Leader of Gedling Borough Council, Cllr John Clarke said: “It’s absolutely brilliant news to find out the funding from WREN has been secured, meaning we can make this new park and play area a reality.
“We listened to what our residents wanted to happen at the site and I would like to thank everyone involved for their support in getting this great community asset ready for everyone to enjoy.”
Paul Drury, treasurer of Haywood Road Community Association said: “Everyone is absolutely delighted, so many people in our community came together, first to save Haywood Road community centre from closure, then to campaign to stop the Green being sold to developers and now we have managed to secure funding to turn it into a wonderful park.
He added: “Thank you to Gedling Borough Council for listening to the people of Mapperley and doing the right thing.”
Cheryl Raynor, WREN’s local grant manager said: “We are delighted to be supporting the Haywood Road Park and Play Area Development project and pleased that our funding will provide such a fantastic facility for young people.
“WREN is always happy to consider grant applications for projects that make a difference to local communities and we’re really looking forward to seeing this one take shape soon.”
Christmas is a time for giving, and that’s a sentiment being taken to heart by the owner of a cafe on Carlton Hill.
Marie Jackson who owns Piginns Cafe has decided to open her business on Christmas Day and offer free lunches to a number of lonely people in the nearby area.
The business has said the event is limited to ’10 deserving people’ in the local area.
Four places have been taken, so the cafe are now looking for six more.
Owner Marie said: “People will be expected to join in the festivities like dressing the tree and joining in with the games. The meal and company is free.
“If you are, or know, a deserving person who will genuinely be alone this Christmas day and you, or they, would like to take advantage of this offer, please contact us.”
You can either call into the cafe Marie or telephone 0115 841 3878.
Being a solo mum of five this time of year is not only a struggle financially, but the amount of school activities I have to keep on top of is crazy.
With five children, in three different educational institutions and all in different year groups I need a PA just to keep up with the various events and activities. The last two weeks of school are an amass of Christmas ‘fun’. There’s the Christmas school fair, the Christmas Nativity, theChristmas jumper day, the carol concert, senior school stage performances,Christmas present buying day, Christmas bring your auntie to school day, Christmas kill a hamster day… And so it goes on.
Every morning around this time of year is a panic. I wake up thinking what is it I need to sort out today. Do I need to provide vegan friendly sandwiches for the party? Do I need to send my child in a politically correct, non-offensive slogan Christmas jumper? Do I need to provide a tombola prize (I only ate one chocolate out the box and used the hand cream once.. they will do! ) Or give my kids money to buy tat at the fair that will get broken inthe car before we even reach home. Money that could go towards my electricity bill or petrol. I am at this time of year just a taxi, bank, and memory goddess.
I am at this time of year just a taxi, bank, and memory goddess.
Not only are the last two weeks of school filled with a million things for the parents to remember or take part in, it is also the most chaotic time in the house with excited buzzing children singing carols with certain words changed so not to upset the snowflake society we now live in.
Decorations are out and the lights are continually flashing away day-in,day-out and laughing at me as my electricity meter rolls around with joy helping to provide my energy suppliers managing director with his big fat Christmas bonus.
Then there is tinsel – which are banned in my house – yet each year somehow manages to show itself. It is used to decorate my female offspring’s hair occasionally. Once cut to size, it is a never-ending shredding machine. No matter where I hide it after it has been dissected to required size, it keeps molting with shreds appearing everywhere, yet the tinsel never seems to get any thinner. I swear tinsel has magic regenerative properties.
And finally, being a control freak: Christmas trees and toddlers just don’t bode well together. My main tree once first erected and decorated looked beautiful. I was very happy. However, over the past two weeks many a bauble, cracker and snow-tipped pine cone have been removed, thrown,chewed or rolled under the sofa. The bottom half of my tree now resembles a naked pine. Every night I replace the decorations – of which many have to be fished out from under the sideboard or sofa – which is time consuming and stressful, not fun. This is time which could be better spent wrapping and hiding presents where my teenagers may not think to look. Over the years they have discovered all my hiding places. This year my cunning plan it to wrap and hide them in the suitcases under my bed??
I’m not sure the long-haired, kimono wearing, sandal lover
had all this in mind when he declared he was the saviour of man. If he now
realised the amount of stress this season causes parents, I would ask him to
reconsider his worldly declaration. Do you think JC ever wore socks with his
sandals? Can’t stand that!
Anyway.. ‘tis the season to be merry. Have a good Christmas everyone!
Rachael Foster is a single mum to five children and lives in Netherfield. You can read her popular blog about parenting at www.yummymummy-5.co.uk
Police have issued CCTV pictures of two men in they would like to speak to following a burglary at a business on Colwick Industrial Estate
The incident took place at MDT Windows between 1.54pm and 1.58pm on November 5, 2018.
Two men entered the premises, went behind the counter, took safe keys and then emptied the safe of a quantity of cash and cheques. They also stole an iPad from the premises.
If you recognise the men pictured or think you can help, please call Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 282 of 5 November 2018, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
People wanting to cross a busy road in Gedling will soon be able to do so more safely.
Plans to build a pedestrian crossing on Arnold Lane have now been announced by Nottinghamshire County Council in response to road safety concerns raised by the local community.
Residents living on the new Chase Farm development have
raised concerns with local councillors and local MP Vernon Coaker about
problems crossing Arnold Lane, which runs by the estate.
The crossing, which should be completed by April 2020, is
expected to cost in the region of £125,000 and its exact location will be
decided by a County Council feasibility study.
Councillor John Cottee, Chairman of Nottinghamshire County
Council’s Communities and Place Committee, said: “Pedestrian safety is
paramount so we have responded to concerns raised by residents living on the
Chase Farm estate by allocating funding to create this crossing.
“This crossing will also assist the possible increase in
residents living on the Chase Farm estate as part of the Gedling Access Road
project.”
Councillor Jenny Hollingsworth, Portfolio Holder for Growth
& Regeneration at Gedling Borough Council, said: “We’re pleased that the
concerns we raised alongside local residents have been listened to and a new
crossing will be constructed on Arnold Lane.
“This crossing will help improve road safety for pedestrians
living on the Chase Farm estate, which we greatly welcome.”
The GAR will be a 3.8km stretch of road linking the existing
A612 Trent Valley Road/ Nottingham Road to Mapperley Plains (B684).
It has been designed to ease congestion in Gedling Village
whilst providing safe access to the housing, employment and community-related
uses proposed by the full redevelopment of the former Gedling colliery site.
The GAR is being delivered by the County Council and Via
East Midlands in partnership with Homes England (HE), D2N2, Gedling Borough
Council and Keepmoat Homes, housing developer for the Chase Farm site, which
are all helping to fund the new road.
