Changes are being made to a number of NCT bus services running in Gedling borough in a bid to improve timetable reliability.
Nottingham City Transport has said the changes will come into force from Sunday, January 31.
NCT Marketing Manager, Anthony Carver-Smith said: ““We regularly review our services to ensure they’re as reliable as possible,
“We take into account customer and driver feedback on timekeeping and running issues alongside our real time tracking reports and whilst relatively minor changes, customers can expect these services to be more reliable”.
Changes are being made to timetables on the following services:
BLUE 40, 41, 42
Minor changes to the Monday to Friday afternoon timetable between approx 15:00 and 16:00 for buses towards the City.
A new local fare will be introduced within Calverton, which covers any journey between Church Meadow and either Flatts Lane (47/B) or Moor Lane Caravan Park (47A). The ticket can be purchased in either direction.
The price will be
£1.30 single and £2.60 return adult,
£1.00 single and £2.00 return child
LIME 57
On Mondays to Fridays, the 07:55am (retimed to 07:58) and 08:30am from City will operate direct along Arno Vale Road instead of using Whitby Crescent. These journeys will be numbered 57X. Download new timetable
PATHFINDER 100
On Mondays to Fridays, the 14:40pm and 15:10pm from Southwell are retimed to depart 5 minutes earlier. Download new timetable
CITYLINK 2
Nottingham City Council are making changes to this service.
Citylink 2 will operate every 20 minutes on Mondays to Fridays. Saturday service remains unchanged operating every 15 minutes.
The £3 scratch-off, return ticket for a single link service is removed and replaced by the new Robin Hood smartcard offering the best fare on the day for your journey. For more details www.robinhoodnetwork.co.uk.
These changes to Citylink services are being introduced due to the need to make savings in Council spending. The City Council has maintained as frequent a service as possible for Citylink customers.
Children at Alphabet House Day Nursery, in Lowdham, take part in the annual Big School Birdwatch
On a mission and with binoculars in hand, children at a day nursery in Lowdham were thrilled to take part in the annual Big School’s Birdwatch organised by RSPB.
Children from Alphabet House Day Nursery Lowdham on Gunthorpe Road counted as many birds as they possibly could within an hour and made a note of what they saw, contributing to the world’s biggest schools wildlife survey. This is part of The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’ campaign to bring children closer to nature.
nursery manager at Alphabet House Day Nursery’s manager Kelly Bell said: “The children absolutely love being outdoors and spending time in our allotment so taking part in the Big School’s Birdwatch was the perfect fit for us! They were thrilled to show off their observation talents and spotted a range of birds around the nursery.
“At Alphabet House, we encourage outdoor activities an enriching part of the learning process because of the way it promotes observation and social skills, as well as fostering a relationship between our children and the natural world.”
The RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch is now in its 15th year and the survey helps to track numbers of birds on school grounds, offering insight to conservationists as to which species are doing well. Additionally, children learn a great deal about the natural environment and the animals within it.
Alphabet House Day Nursery Lowdham on Gunthorpe Road is in a rural location, yet convenient too as it is just off the A6097 and next to the train station. Occupying a beautiful Georgian house with car parking and a lovely outdoor play area. The fully equipped day nursery provides a friendly, home from home environment supported by warm, caring and qualified mature staff that has extensive childcare experience.
Train passengers in Gedling borough will now find it easier than ever to buy train tickets with East Midlands Trains, following the launch of a new mobile app which allows them to buy tickets directly from their smartphone.
The new app – which is free to download – will allow customers to buy their tickets quickly and securely, check how their train is running and even find out which platform their train is leaving from. There is also a facility to buy tickets for groups of up to eight people, making it much more convenient to book a trip with friends or family.
As with the main eastmidlandstrains.co.uk website, there are no booking or credit card fees for train tickets booked through the app. Customers will also be able to save their top 10 favourite journeys so it’s always quick and easy to make a booking using the new app.
The new app is available on Apple and Android devices and can be downloaded free of charge via the App Store and Google Play.
Marc Turley, Head of Commercial for East Midlands Trains, said: “Our new mobile app will make it much easier and quicker for our customers to book their tickets with us. Customers can book a ticket for any journey in the country, for up to eight people at a time, all without a single booking or credit card fee.
“We want to make it as easy as possible for our customers to travel with us, and our new app is another step in that direction. We’ve also got plans to improve our on-board WiFi and offer free 15 minutes WiFi for all customers using our London trains later this year so there’s a lot of exciting initiatives still to come.”
East Midlands Trains is investing £13m over the next two years in a range of customer enhancements. As part of this investment programme, the on-board WiFi on all London trains will be upgraded to 4G and all customers will benefit from free 15 minutes WiFI on trains to London from the Autumn. East Midlands Trains customer facing staff will be issued with smartphones to help keep customers informed.
People in Gedling borough are being advised by police to watch out for virus- infected emails which are being sent out by fraudsters and claim to be from Royal Mail.
The email claims a package has been seized by HM Revenue & Customs upon arrival into the United Kingdom.
The official looking mail, which claims to be from Royal Mail, contains a link to a document which will install malicious software on your computer which has been designed by fraudsters to steal credentials like account names, email addresses and passwords.
Nottingham Police’s crime prevention unit manager Samantha Hancock said: “If you receive one of these emails, do not click on any links or download any attachments and report it to Action Fraud.”
A Royal Mail spokesman said they never send out emails asking for credit card numbers or other personal or confidential information. He also stressed that they do not receive a person’s email address as part of any home shopping experience.
A council is to offer funding to voluntary groups who are planning events to mark International Women’s Day in the borough.
Councillors at Gedling Borough Council have set aside a small grant fund to help groups mark the occasion which takes place on Tuesday, March 8.
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, which also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
This year’s theme is ‘Pledge for Parity’, but applications to cover the cost of any activities that support and celebrate women’s roles and rights in society are welcome.
To qualify for funding, events or activities must take place within Gedling borough during March 2016 under the banner of International Women’s Day.
Councillor Roxanne Ellis, who’s leading the promotion of IWD said: “We’re really encouraging residents to celebrate International Women’s Day and we hope that offering funding can help community groups make that happen. As a council we’re keen to promote equality and it would be great to see our residents celebrating this too.”
If you want to apply for funding contact Jane Ansell, Community Initiatives Officer via jane.ansell@gedling.gov.uk or telephone on 0115 901 3698 for an application form, with details of what the activity is, when and where it is happening, how it links to IWD, why you want the funding and the organisation responsible for delivering the event.
The deadline to apply is Wednesday 10 February 2016.
A developer has submitted the first stage of its plans to build over 1,000 homes next to Gedling Country Park.
Keepmoat Homes this week unveiled the plans for the first 506 properties which will be constructed on land off Arnold Lane at Chase Farm.
The developer is now awaiting the green light from Gedling Borough Council’s planning committee and the go-ahead could be received as early as next month.
PLANS: The new estate being planned next to the country park
The plans reveal the new estate will be a mixture of 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom houses and 2 bedroom apartments and will be built in two phases: with phase one being the first 506 dwellings and phase two being the remaining 587 dwellings.
If permission is granted, phase one will commence in mid to late 2016. The entrance into the estate will be just off Arnold Lane where the old colliery entrance used to be (and where the waste and recycling site was for a few years).
A spokesman for Friends of Gedling Country Park revealed they will be working closely with developers during construction of the new estate.
He said: “The Friends of Gedling Country Park have already started a dialogue with Keepmoat and one of the activities that they may be working jointly on over the next few months will be on the ‘translocation’ of any rare or special flora and fauna from the housing estate site into the country park in order to preserve it, prior to the construction work starting.
“We also hope to help Keepmoat with the planting scheme in the new estate and in particular to choose native species that are compatible with and complementary to the trees and flora in the country park.”
The public has until February 3 to comment on the proposals.
VOLUNTEERS: Drivers are wanted by a Gedling community transport scheme.
A community transport team in Gedling is on the hunt for new volunteer drivers as it looks to expand the service to help meet demand.
Gedling Voluntary Transport is used by elderly residents based in the borough for trips to the doctor, hospital appointments, local shops and social clubs.
The scheme currently has over 20 regular volunteer drivers on its books, but is keen to expand and take on another 20 drivers to meet the increased demand from elderly residents.
The scheme is run by the Rushcliffe Community and Voluntary Service (CVS), who have been organising transport for elderly and vulnerable people for over 30 years.
Volunteers use their own cars to take passengers out and most of the drivers are retired or have at least two hours availability between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Volunteer drivers need to have a car that is in good conditions tidy, MOT’d, insured and need to like helping people and talking to them. Drivers all have to undergo DRB (Disclosure and Barring Service) checks as well and providing two references. Passengers pay an annual registration fee and 45p/mile to cover the driver’s costs.
If you would like to volunteer as a driver, or would like to use the service or know someone who would, call the transport team on 0115 969 9060 or email gedlingtransport@rushcliffecvs.org.uk to find out more.
BREACH: Photo taken during an inspection of Asia Tandoori, in Carlton, last year
The former owner of a Carlton takeaway is to be sentenced after admitting he breached food hygiene laws.
Mazafar Mohammed, 38, who owned Asia Tandoori, in Carlton Square, will be sentenced at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on January 22 after he breached several food hygiene regulations when the premises were inspected by Environmental Health officers last year.
Mr Mohammed failed on requirements which included the maintaining and cleanliness of food and equipment, depositing food waste correctly and failure to have proper procedures in place to ensure the premises were fit for purpose.
Mr Mohammed, who resides on Parkdale Road, Bakersfield, had previously had a poor track record of compliance and has had a number of food hygiene improvement notices served against him.
This business was rated ‘0’ on the food hygiene rating scheme, where businesses are scored 0 to 5 on hygiene with 5 being the best. The business is no longer in operation since the council began legal proceedings. It has now changed ownership and also its name.
Councillor David Ellis, Portfolio Holder for Public Protection said: “Mr Mohammed repeatedly disregarded the requirements set by the food hygiene standards and put people at risk. It’s right that he now has to deal with the consequences set out by the court. Our team of Environmental Health officers work hard to ensure that outlets like this one will not be allowed to continue operating and we hope this acts as a deterrent to any business owners who cut corners when it comes to food safety.”
Police want to speak to a man – captured on CCTV – after a public order offence in Arnold.
The incident took place in Ravenshead Road on December 2.
If you recognise him or think you can help then call Nottinghamshire Police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting incident number 528 of 2 December.
Changes are being made to a number of NCT bus services running in 
