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Food safety warning to borough BBQ enthusiasts

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Food safety warning to borough BBQ enthusiasts

Many people in Gedling borough will be aiming to round off the summer holidays with a Bank Holiday barbecue this weekend.

To ensure everyone enjoys their final summer barbecue without worry, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has some good advice to help make it a safe success.

Follow these tips to ensure you and your guests enjoy a summer cookout without the risk of food poisoning:

  • Pre-cook. Consider cooking all chicken and pork in the oven prior to giving it a final ‘finish’ on your barbecue where possible. Your friends and family will still experience that special barbecue ‘chargrilled’ taste – and you will know that you’ve cooked the chicken all the way through. This technique can also be used for sausages, burgers and kebabs if you’re cooking for large numbers.
  • Charred on the outside doesn’t always mean cooked on the inside. Cut open and check your burgers, sausages and chicken. Turning meat regularly and moving it around on the barbecue will also help to cook it evenly. If in doubt, keep cooking. Remember that most types of meat are safe to eat only when the meat is steaming hot throughout, there is no pink meat visible when you cut into the thickest part and make sure any juices run clear
  • Remember disposable barbecues take longer to heat up and to cook food. Don’t overload the barbecue and always check that your meat is cooked thoroughly.
  • Avoid cross-contamination by storing raw meat separately before cooking. Use different utensils, plates and chopping boards for raw and cooked food. Always wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water and dry them before and after handling food.
  • Keep plates and cutlery away from raw meat and fish. And never reuse a marinade used on raw meat, unless you give it a thorough cook first. You’ll only be serving up bugs along with that extra flavour to your guests.
  • Keep cold foods below 5°C and hot foods above 63°C. And don’t leave food that you would store refrigerated standing around in the warm before serving.
  • When you’re at a barbecue, remember that most types of meat should be cooked thoroughly to prevent food poisoning

Heather Hancock, Chair of the FSA Board said: ‘When you’re at a barbecue, remember that most types of meat should be cooked thoroughly to prevent food poisoning.

“A beef burger, for example, isn’t like a steak – it has bacteria present throughout. To make it safe to eat when prepared at home, it must be cooked through.

“Some restaurants are able to offer their customers burgers less than thoroughly cooked, but only because they have strict controls in place that are regulated and checked by enforcement officers.’

For more information visit: https://www.food.gov.uk/safe-summer-food.

Shopkeeper in Arnold sent to prison for ignoring fire safety advice

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Shopkeeper in Arnold sent to prison for ignoring fire safety advice

A man was yesterday (Tuesday 22 August) sentenced to ten months in prison after he “turned a blind eye” to fire safety advice about his Arnold store.

Mohamed Mustafa Abdul Hasan, who appeared at Nottingham Crown Court yesterday morning, pleaded guilty to four offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

He was handed immediate custodial sentences for each of the four offences – which include breaching a Prohibition Notice and having a lack of appropriate fire detection at premises formerly known as RM News, 150 Front Street, Arnold – of which he was responsible for.

He was given a 10 month sentence for the first offence, down from 12 months for a guilty plea, and 5.5 months for the second, down from 6 – again for the guilty plea.

In addition to this he was given six months each for failing to provide a safe escape route and failing to provide any emergency lighting – both of these were reduced from 9 months.

His sentences will be served concurrently and he has also been ordered to pay prosecution costs of £13,815.50.

Passing sentence, Her Honour Judge Coe QC said that Mr Hasan had “turned a blind eye” to advice given not only by the fire and rescue service, but also by his own fire risk assessor.

She also said that the sentence would send out a message for this type of offending.

Group Manager Mark Mortimore, Head of Fire Protection for Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: “We welcome and support the comments made by Her Honour Judge Coe QC when passing sentence.

“Prohibition Notices are extremely serious matters and, in the rare circumstances they are issued, must be taken seriously. They are only issued where there is an immediate risk to life or serious injury to those using the premises.

“Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service does and will always seek to work with and support business owners, particularly during the current economic climate. However, staff, members of the public and visitors using premises within Nottingham and Nottinghamshire should feel reassured that they can do so safely.

“We hope that sentences such as these confirm to the public that we do take fire safety matters very seriously, and that we are committed to creating safer communities for us all to enjoy.”

What are the new GCSE grades and what do they mean?

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What are the new GCSE grades and what do they mean?

Pupils across Gedling borough have been enjoying a well earned break this summer.

But tomorrow is results day for GCSE students and teenagers across the borough will be opening up those dreaded envelopes.

To make matters worse, pupils and parents will also have to get their heads around the new grading system which has been launched as part of a government shake-up of GCSEs.

Students will tomorrow receive a mixture of number and letter grades. English language, English literature and maths are the first subjects to use the new system, with most other subjects adopting numbers by 2019.

Eventually all GCSEs taken in England will receive numerical grades.

So how do the new GCSE grades work?

Under the reforms, GCSEs in England will be graded with a new scale from 9 to 1, with 9 being the highest grade.

Fewer grade 9s will be awarded than A*s.

English language, English literature and maths will be the first to be graded from 9 to 1 in 2017.

Another 20 subjects will have 9 to 1 grading in 2018, with most others following in 2019. During this transition, students will receive a mixture of letter and number grades.

The government have said the new grades will  better differentiate between students of different abilities.

In the first year each new GCSE subject is introduced, broadly the same proportion of students will get a grade 4 or above as would have got a grade C or above in the old system.

These changes are only happening in England. Wales and Northern Ireland are not introducing the new 9 to 1 grading scale as part of their changes to GCSEs.

You can see how the 9 to 1 grades compare with the A* to G scale by taking a look at the government’s  GCSE grading postcard.

Café aimed at supporting dementia patients to open in Netherfield

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Café aimed at supporting dementia patients to open in Netherfield

A NEW memory café for people with dementia is to open in Netherfield.

The café, located at St George’s Centre, will provide people with dementia the opportunity to interact with each other, make new friends, take part in activities and enjoy an array of refreshments.

It will launch on Thursday, August 24 and run between 2- 4pm. It will cost £1 to join the session.

The sessions are being run with support from Gedling Homes, but are open to all people and not just residents

Volunteers are hoping that the café will be a success and take place on a monthly basis.

For more information contact St George’s Centre on 0115 9113302.

Scam email warning to Vodafone customers in Gedling borough

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Scam email warning to Vodafone customers in Gedling borough

Vodafone customers in Gedling Borough are being warned to be on their guard as they are targeted in a new scam that could leave them out of pocket.

Customers have reported look-alike emails that are arriving in their inboxes which claim to be from the telecoms giant.

The scam email informs the recipient that their bills are now “ready to view”. Some claim that the latest charges are as high as £400 – sending customers into a panic.

UK fraud agency, Get Safe Online, first issued the alert on Twitter last week.

The email reads:

Vodafone bill is ready

Dear Customer,

You can now take a look and manage your latest Vodafone bill for invoice date 02/08/2017.

Your total bill for this month is £ 441.46.

Don’t forget, your line rental is charged a month in advance and calls are charged in arrears.

Click here to view your bill

But, despite the emails looking genuine, if you take a closer look then a few signs immediately point to this being a scam.

Firstly, the email address is clearly not from Vodafone as the mailer appears to be from ‘@mail2marketing.com – although different messages will show different addresses.

The emails also open the line with ‘dear customer’ – official emails from registered firms will always address you by your full name.

The links in the emails are likely to contain Emotet, which is a type of malware that could steal personal details by installing software into your browser.

Get Safe Online chief executive Tony Neate said: “This is a very convincing example of a fraudulent email which is, unfortunately, bound to catch a number of unsuspecting victims unawares. However, it does contain several tell-tale signs of a classic scam.

“Start by checking out the sender’s address, which is clearly not a Vodafone email – in this case they haven’t even bothered to clone a more authentic one. It begins with ‘Dear Customer’ instead of your name. And it attempts to panic you into action with the size of the bill, which is considerable by many people’s standards.

Tony adds “Apart from anything else, a colleague of mine who received one of these bills isn’t even a Vodafone customer.

“The scammers send these emails out by the thousands in the certainly that some will reach real Vodafone account holders

MATCH REPORT: Boston Town 3 – 2 Carlton Town

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MATCH REPORT: Boston Town 3 – 2 Carlton Town

Carlton Town exited the FA Cup at the first time of asking for the fourth season in succession as they lost 3-2 at United Counties League Boston Town.

The damage was done in the first half as the Millers went 3-1 down against the Poachers.  Captain Aaron Hooton reduced the arrears in the second half and had two goals controversially disallowed as Carlton belatedly raised their game, but in truth Wayne Scott’s side could have no complaints about their cup exit.

To add to their misery Hooton was sent off in injury time for two instances of dissent within 60 seconds.

Scott made three changes to the side which lost at Stamford in midweek.  In came Lawrence Gorman, Jordan Wilson and, for his debut, Jack Oldham.  Out went Wilfried Gnahore, Eddie Schoenecker (injured) and Kieran Walker (unavailable).

The Poachers, penalty shoot-out winners against Radford in the Extra-Preliminary Round on Tuesday, got off to the perfect start with a goal on five minutes.  A long ball played right to left should have caused little difficulty but Fraser Bayliss stole in at the back post to slot home.

Carlton Town captain Aaron Hooton congratulates Jordan Wilson (PHOTO: Louis Lardi)

Hooton headed at goalkeeper James Lambley as Carlton sought a way back before the Millers levelled on 13 minutes.  Danny Elliott’s long ball was flicked on by Hooton to Wilson whose 30-yard half volley flew past Lambley into the corner of the net.

Oldham saw a shot comfortably saved by Lambley before the home side regained the lead on 26 minutes.  Another long ball played forward should have been dealt with but the defenders left it, seemingly to a call from Jack Steggles.  Will Britton chased the ball and flicked it over the oncoming Steggles into the net.

Shortly before half time Danny Gordon fired just over the bar from 30 yards before the Poachers made it 3-1 right on the half time whistle.  Danny Elliott was booked for a bad foul but even though the free kick took some time to take, the Carlton defence still seemed to be asleep as the ball was played down the left to Bayliss.  His cross into the penalty area saw Hooton steer the ball into his own net.

Hooton had the ball in the net within two minutes of the restart only to be denied by the linesman’s offside flag.

Lambley then did well to punch away a Gordon cross from under the bar.

At the other end Jordan Nuttell crossed for Britton who couldn’t control the ball in front of an open goal.

Carlton gained a lifeline on 74 minutes when Hooton pulled one back.  Wilson played a through ball and Gnahore and Hooton sprung the offside trap.  Gnahore took the ball around the goalkeeper and Hooton tapped home to the protests of the home bench, claiming offside.

Forward came Carlton searching for the equaliser.  Gordon sent over a corner which Hooton headed wide.

The game’s most controversial moment came in the first minute of added time.  Jake Carlisle hit a ball from the corner of the box diagonally to the back post.  Hooton ran on to it and slotted home to the delight of the visiting supporters behind the goal.  As the Millers regrouped for the kick off the linesman’s flag went up at least 10 seconds after the “goal” for offside.  He was wrong but he made his call and the referee went with him.

Hooton was booked for dissent and sent off within a minute for further dissent.

Carlton had one final opportunity in the sixth minute of added time as Brandon Mutibvu volleyed a Daniel Fletcher cross just wide of the goal.  It was in reality too little too late yet again in the FA Cup.

Carlton Town: Steggles, Lucas, Fletcher, McNicholas, Carlisle, Gorman, Oldham (Mutibvu 59), Elliott (Gnahore 59), Wilson (Stovell 82), Hooton, Gordon.  Unused substitutes: Wallace, Gibbons, Coy, Schoenecker

Goals: Jordan Wilson 13, Aaron Hooton 74; Fraser Bayliss 5, Will Britton 26, Aaron Hooton og 45

Carlton Town Supporters Club MOTM: Danny Gordon

Attendance: 56

Arnold school pupils strive for safety

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Arnold school pupils strive for safety

Four creative pupils from an Arnold school now have their work proudly displayed for all to see after winning a safety poster competition held by construction firm J Tomlinson.

The firm, alongside Considerate Constructors’ Mascot Ivor Goodsite, launched the competition during Child Health and Safety Week in June, when children at Arnold Mill school  were educated on construction site hazards and why such sites should not be entered without permission and the correct personal protective equipment.

During the visit, pupils were tasked with creating posters in order to highlight the importance of construction site safety, with a view to keeping the public, local residents and site employees safe; the prize being that the winning poster would be enlarged and displayed on site at Ernehale Court in Arnold, where J Tomlinson is currently building six housing units and 12 apartments for client Gedling Homes.

The winning artists, Millie, Lexi, Alfie and Kaylan, were invited to visit the site, where they were each presented with a £50 WHSmith gift card, and were also able to see their winning posters displayed on the front of the site hoarding – where they will continue to serve as a reminder of the critical importance of construction site safety.

Richard Ball, head of health, safety, environmental and quality at J Tomlinson, said: “J Tomlinson is a company that champions safe practice inside and outside of the business, and we always try to engage with local schools to help younger generations understand the importance of health, safety and wellbeing.

“The winning pupils at the school should take immense pride in knowing that their fantastic work will help others stay safe.”

Jackie Oldfield, deputy headteacher at Arnold Mill Primary School, said: “We are very grateful to J Tomlinson for taking the time to visit our school and educate the children during Child Health and Safety Week.

The children were very engaged throughout and thoroughly enjoyed creating the site safety posters. Lexi, Millie, Alfie and Kaylan are over the moon about winning the competition and seeing their posters up on the construction site.”

For more information about J Tomlinson, visit www.jtomlinson.co.uk

Located on Cross Street in the Nottinghamshire town of Arnold, Arnold Mill Primary School specialises in the learning and development of nursery and primary-aged students, helping them ‘fulfil their potential, discover new talents and develop a love for learning’.

Report crime online using new police tool

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Report crime online using new police tool

Victims of crime in Nottinghamshire can now go online to report a crime or incident and track their investigation through to its conclusion, thanks to the launch of a new online service.

Nottinghamshire Police has adopted the Home Office’s national online crime reporting tool which allows victims of crime to report crimes and incidents that do not require an immediate police response at any time of day or night.

Since the service was first introduced in Nottinghamshire in April 2017, over 300 crimes and incidents have been reported online, including reports of thefts, criminal damage, traffic offences, antisocial behaviour, hate crimes and even historic sexual offences.

At the same time, Nottinghamshire Police has also adopted the national TrackMyCrime tool which allows victims of crime to register to receive updates from the officer investigating their case via a secure online portal.

Nottinghamshire Police Chief Constable, Craig Guildford, said: “In the modern world people expect to be able to do things online, seeing it as faster and more convenient for their busy lives.

“That’s why we’ve been working hard over the past few months to introduce a seamless digital service that will allow those who want to get online to report a crime or incident and track the progress of their investigation to be able to do so.

“These new online services are all about making our service more accessible to the public we serve by offering a secure, easy-to-use platform as another option for victims of crime who find doing business online more comfortable and convenient, depending on their own personal circumstances and situation.”

Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Paddy Tipping, added: “One of the most important things to any victim of crime is being kept up-to-date with progress.  I’m pleased to see that

TrackMyCrime is now available to people, providing a way for them to keep up to date with developments in their case easily and at a time to suit them.

“Not unreasonably, people expect to be able to access what they need, when they want it, online, on their phone and on their tablet.

“The addition of these two services is convenient for those who prefer digital communication but it’s important to stress that of course people are still able to pick up the phone and talk to someone if they wish to.  This is about broadening the way in which services are provided and giving people a choice.”

The Home Office’s online reporting tool has been designed to respond to victims’ answers as they progress through the reporting process to ensure that only non-emergency crime and incidents are reported online and that matters requiring an urgent police response are highlighted.

The form’s design also ensures that all reports contain enough information for officers to be able to act upon the information they receive at the first point of contact, without having to request clarification or additional information from victims.

Once a victim has made their report using the secure online service, the report is reviewed by Nottinghamshire Police’s Control Room before an appropriate response is coordinated in a similar way to reports made via the 101 non-emergency phone service.

Where a response is required, victims will be contacted either by phone or email within 24 hours.

For more information about the range of Nottinghamshire Police services available online and for advice on who to contact to report an incident, visit www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/advice

The online crime reporting tool is intended only for non-emergency crimes or incidents where no urgent police response is required. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, the crime is happening now or the offender is still nearby, you should always call 999.

Awards to recognise top sporting talent from across Gedling borough

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Awards to recognise top sporting talent from across Gedling borough

Outstanding sporting achievement from across Gedling borough is set to be recognised at a special ceremony taking place later this year.

The Gedling Sports Awards give schools and sports clubs the opportunity to highlight and recognise top sporting talent and also highlight the invaluable voluntary contribution made from parent helpers, coaches and officials.

The awards are organised by the Gedling Sports Forum, which is made up of clubs from many sports in Gedling borough and is the independent voice for sport in the area.

The ceremony is to take place in the Dance Theatre of the Carlton Academy on Wednesday, November 29, 2017.
Nominations can come from individuals, clubs, and schools.  A nominee must either live in Gedling or attend a club or school in Gedling.  The awards are, with one exception, for achievement in the year ending August 31, 2017.
There are 20 categories for awards.  These are: Junior Sportsman U11, Junior Sportswoman U11, Junior Sportsman 11-16, Junior Sportswoman 11-16, Junior Sportsman 16-21, Junior Sportswoman 16-21, Junior Club Team U11, Junior Club Team 11-18, Senior Sports Team, Junior Coach of the Year (U20), Club Coach of the Year, Adult Sportsperson of the Year, School Team (Primary), School Team (Secondary), Sports Leader Awards U18, School Sports Coach of the Year (this is a new award for 2017), Volunteer of the Year, Achievement in Disability Sport and Lifetime Achievement in Sport.
Once nominations have been received, they are reviewed by a panel made up of representatives of the Sports Forum.
The panel creates a short-list of three for each category and a winner from that shortlist.  All those shortlisted plus their guests are invited to the presentation evening.
Noimntaion forms are available at schools and clubs across the borough. You can also get hold of form by emailing gedlingsportsforum@yahoo.co.uk and including Sports Award Form as the subject line.
Nominations are preferred as Word documents attached to emails.

Arnold blaze now being treated as suspected arson attack by police

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Arnold blaze now being treated as suspected arson attack by police

Nottinghamshire Police has launched an appeal for witnesses after an investigation concluded a fire at vacant office building in Arnold was started deliberately.

Over 30 firefighters were called to the blaze on Rolleston Drive on Wednesday afternoon (August 16). They have since brought the fire under control.

Police have launched an arson investigation after working with Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue to establish the cause of the fire.

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BLAZE: Fire takes hold at a vacant office block in Rolleston Drive, Arnold (PHOTO: Notts Fire Rescue)

A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said: “We received a report at 4.30pm on Wednesday (16 August 2017) requesting our attendance to the scene of the fire on Rolleston Drive.

“A joint investigation with Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service has concluded the fire was started deliberately.

Police are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with any information to call 101, quoting incident number 578 of 16 August 2017.

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