Three men have been arrested by police yesterday (Wednesday 26 October) in connection with the death of Carlton man Tony Fisher.
The 58-year-old was found dead at his home in Coningswath Road on January 9, 2016.
Two of the men have been released on police bail pending further enquiries.
The third man, Simon Palmer, 43, of Daybrook, has been charged with conspiracy to rob and was remanded in custody to appear at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court today. (Thursday 27 October 2016)
Marcus Barton, 42, of Raymede Drive, Bestwood, Jaydon Roberts Barton, 21, of Curzon Gardens, St Ann’s, and Nathan Barton, 23, of Heathfield Avenue, Basford, have already been charged with the murder of Mr Fisher.
Vincent Hawkins, 33, of Handel Street, Nottingham, has been charged with assisting offenders in relation to this offence.
All are currently remanded in custody awaiting trial at Leicester Crown Court on 16 November 2016.
Police are still keen to hear from anyone with any information about Mr Fisher’s murder to call 101 and quoting incident number 449 of 9 January 2016, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
A charity based in Mapperley is to dedicate a ‘light night’ to local businesses in the area who back their latest campaign.
Nottinghamshire Hospice is hoping to raise £300 over the festive period to help fund vital care and support services for local people with terminal and life limiting illnesses.
Over the festive period the hospice will be lighting up the tower at their premises on Woodborough Road every night and will dedicate it to one of the businesses who supports their latest campaign.
Every year Nottinghamshire Hospice has to raise £2.7 million to provide palliative care across the county – that’s over £7,000 a day.
Access to Day Therapy, Hospice at Home and Bereavement services is free of charge and is only made possible through the generous support of the community.
A campaign group set up to fight for the future of their local park are celebrating after receiving reassurances off the council that the land would not be used for housing.
Friends of Onchan Park was set up nine months ago after the council announced that several council-run sites would be looked at for housing development to help meet demand.
The group feared that the park, on Oakdale Road, in Carlton might be one chosen for housing
But now the group have received a letter from Gedling Borough Council leader Cllr John Clarke in which he makes assurances that “the whole park’s future is secure and none of the land will be developed for housing.”
He also told the campaigners in the letter that he “hopes [they] can work together to improve the facilities.”
The campaign to Save Onchan Park has been supported strongly by local people and community leaders.
The Facebook group set up in January gained over 1000 followers over two days. Their petition against the sale of the land to developers gathered 850 signatures.
A “Summer Fun Day” in July attracted many people and brought the plight of the park to the attention of the local media.
A hair stylist from Arnold went a cut above earlier today to help take staff and volunteers at a children’s charity back in time to mark its 30th anniversary.
KH Hair Arnold stylist and leading Art Team member Helen Stilwell set up shop at Childline HQ to give classic 80s makeovers to staff and volunteers who dedicate their time to helping young people in the area. She was joined by Jessica Neil from KH Hair’s West Bridgford salon.
Helen and Jessica crimped, curled, pinned and sprayed the hair of four volunteers to recreate iconic 80s looks.
Helen, who works at the salon in High Street, said: “We really wanted to do something fun and inspired for the 30th birthday of this amazing charity.
“At KH Hair we’ve supported them for many years and as two brands with a long and rich heritage in the East Midlands we felt compelled to do something a little different that would also be enjoyed by some of the fantastic local volunteers and staff at Childline’s Nottingham HQ.
“It’s been a trip down memory lane for some of us whilst the younger ones amongst us are enjoying unique 80s styling for the very first time!”
CURRENT: Stylist Helen Stilwell, left, with Childline volunteers before the transformation.
Childline was launched in 1986 by founder Dame Esther Rantzen on the BBC TV programme Childwatch, and has since counselled four million children. And the newly relaunched website has received 3.5 million visits in the past year alone.
The Childline Nottingham base was the second to open in the UK behind London and has completed almost 400,000 counselling sessions since its launch in 1988.
During that first year, just over 3,000 counselling sessions took place, a figure that has risen to just over 25,000 in 2015-2016, demonstrating the vital work that is carried out by the team at Nottingham.
Rosie Golton, Volunteer co-ordinator for Childline Nottingham, said: “It’s interesting for staff and volunteers to get a feel for the styles of the time and think about how those who worked and volunteered back at Childline Nottingham in the 80s might have looked like when taking calls.
“Volunteering at Childline is a tremendously rewarding thing to do and we are always keen to hear from local people who think they would like to help support young people across the UK.”
KH Hair have been a supporter of Childline for many years and the pop up salon is supporting ongoing activities across the company’s 22 salons and barbers to raise money and awareness for the charity.
Every salon is currently running a competition for clients to win a free cut and blow dry simply by donating a pound. The competition closes on October 30 – Childline’s official birthday – and the total funds raised will be announced shortly afterwards.
For volunteering opportunities at Childline please contact Rosie Galton rosie.golton@nspcc.org.uk or 0115 896 9279
Parents of pupils who are due to start secondary school in Gedling borough next September 2017 are being urged to submit their applications before the deadline on Monday (October 31).
Parents in the borough will need to apply through Nottinghamshire County Council, even if they wish to apply for schools locally or in other areas such as Nottingham City or Derbyshire.
Nottinghamshire County Council’s acting service director for education Marion Clay said: “If your child is in Year 6 at primary school, then if you’ve not already done so, you must now think about applying for a place at secondary school next September.
“This time around it might also feel more complicated because your child may have strong ideas about which secondary school they want – or don’t want – to attend. And their ideas may not always be the same as yours.
“The good news, however, is that last year, over 98% of families who applied for a secondary school place on time were offered one of their preferred schools.”
Having moved from France to live in the North East of England some fifteen years ago, singer/guitarist Flossie Malavialle recently gained dual nationality.
Affectionately know as the ‘French Geordie’, Malavialle reminded concert goers in The Old Ship Inn of her penchant for the vagaries of language, in particular ‘oxy-morons’ which she likes to collect.
‘Do you know what my latest is?’ she quizzed, ‘European Union! Now there’s a joke.’
Thus started an intimate show containing wide range of music interspersed with warm exchanges between performers and audience. Malavialle was accompanied by Paul Donnelly (guitar) and Chris Parkinson (accordions and drum). Parkinson’s composition a Gallic instrumental, Belle Ile, written on holiday in France got the evening of in relaxed style. Later in the piece, Malavialle enquired about the various accordions Parkinson was playing, to find that his red one was electronic and had a range of effect programmes, one of which was a very realistic bagpipe tone.
Employers in Gedling borough are being warned that sales-based commission must now be included when calculating holiday pay, following a landmark court ruling.
Following the recent case of British Gas Trading v Lock and another, the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Employment Appeals Tribunal that holiday pay should now include commission.
Mr Lock worked for British Gas as a sales consultant. He was paid a basic salary and also commission on the sales he made, this was usually paid after the sale concluded.
This meant that whenever Mr Lock went on leave his income was significantly reduced due to lack of commission during that period. Mr Lock complained this was a breach of the Working Time Directive.
The Employment Tribunal referred the case to the European Court of Justice, which determined that a workers’ remuneration should include any contractual commission and that any calculation of holiday pay based on basic pay alone was incompatible with the Directive.
Supermarket giant Tesco is set to trial a new contactless system that would see a record of your shop being sent to your phone – bringing an end to paper receipts.
Tesco – which runs a number of Express stores in the borough and a superstore in Carlton Hill – is trialling Tap&Tag technology, which replaces paper receipts with digital receipts when customers make a purchase at one of its stores.
To use the system, the customer would simply tap on the Tap&Tag console at the checkout with any contactless bank card or NFC enabled phone. And following an online registration, a digital receipt is sent instantly via email, app or web portal to the customer’s chosen device.
There is also an option for participating retailers to attach offers and promotions to the digital receipts.
If Tesco decide the trial is a success, they could soon rollout the technology across its estate – something it will decide once the trial ends in November.
Neil McGeough, technical programme manager at Tesco, said that the trial, which is currently taking place at two stores in Harlow, Essex, should help reduce its paper costs, carbon footprint and to give customers more choice.
He told Marketing Week: “We are edging towards a completely paperless future when it comes to receipts and this is because digital natives just don’t like putting paper into their wallets.
“This trend will keep on growing over the next five years and wallets will become a thing of the past. Soon there will be receipts on your phone, loyalty cards on your phone and bank details on your phone.”
Linby returned to winning ways at Church Lane when they beat Teversal Reserves 1-0 this afternoon. Lewis Saxby’s men will be frustrated they didn’t win by more after a dominating but wasteful performance against the young, dogged Teversal team.
It was the away side who started the game quickest with Joseph Geeson forcing two early saves from Linby’s stand in keeper Tom Watts. Linby were soon back in the action though when Steve Johnson-Fikula was able to win a corner after flicking on a Tremere Lindo free-kick.
The resulting set-piece was played to the back post where it was met by Jonathan Jenkinson who was able to get the ball in the back of the net but the home side’s celebrations were soon halted after the linesman flagged for offside.
The home side continued to dominate down the wings through the hard work and pace of Kye Pilmore and Tremere Lindo. They eventually got their reward after 20 minutes when the ball was played down the left wing before being put across for Kye who was able to fire the ball away following a slight deflection.
The sides then traded half chances with Kye attempting a long shot which could only curl into Teversal keeper Daniel Holleworth’s hands before James Summers headed a corner into the ground and out at the front post up the other end.
After the half hour mark Linby started to dominate the chances as they pushed for a second. Captain Aidy Harris was able to win the ball on the edge of the Teversal box but could only fire over before Lewis Weaver used his pace to drive down the left wing and cut inside before firing over when he had options in the centre.
Despite facing heavy pressure Teversal could have got themselves level just before the break. They were twice able to break away from the Linby attacks but on both occasions their attempts were blocked by towering defender Johnson-Fikula who helped the defence to stay strong throughout the game.
The 16 year old took a blow in the process though as early in the second half action had to be halted for a number of minutes whilst Johnson-Fikula received treatment which left him with a bandaged head for the rest of the game.
Teversal’s Reserve side came out better in the second half and they could have been level just after the hour when Jordan Ingram was able to meet a Geeson back-heel but he could only fire his effort over from the right side of the box.
They had their keeper to thank for keeping them in the game just after the hour. Holleworth was able to quickly react to first stop a Aidy Harris effort from close range before then getting to Kye Pilmore’s shot from the rebound.
A minute later, Linby saw a second goal disallowed. A deep ball was played from the left wing to the back post where it was tapped in by Lewis Weaver but yet again the linesman flagged for offside.
Saxby made his first substitute straight after that effort with Matt Murphy replacing Lewis Weaver and the striker got himself straight into the action. He fired a shot from the edge of the box which deflected out for a Linby corner.
Luke Fisher nearly grabbed an equaliser for Teversal with seven minutes remaining but he could only head wide after a cross came in from the right. That was the away side’s last real chance of the game though as Linby controlled posession and were able to see out the game.
After the game Linby manager Lewis Saxby said “I’m obviously happy for the lads to have picked up the three points but I do think it is frustrating that we didn’t get more goals for all the domination we had in that first half spell.” He went on to say “If we had got a more comfortable lead in the first half, the lads might have lost concentration a little bit and we would have lost the clean sheet so at least that tightness made sure concentration levels kept high.
