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CCM Group, based in Huthwaite, is looking to give one local business an opportunity to elevate its customer reach and boost sales through investment support. CCM Group has launched three…
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Knocking the heads off celebrities such as Khloe Kardashian, media personality Katie Hopkins and Boris Johnson was enjoyed by students on West Nottinghamshire College’s fields. It was just one of…
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Nottinghamshire’s largest independent funeral directors, A.W. Lymn The Family Funeral Service, is encouraging people to start talking about death following statistics from Ecclesiastical Planning Services, which reported almost half of people…
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Nottinghamshire Mind is hosting an online fundraising event, The Big Notts Raffle, with winners being drawn on Thursday, 13th May, at 8pm, to raise awareness for Mental Health Awareness Week…
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Local writer Alan Dawson says Mental Health Awareness Week, 10th-16th May, is a time to reflect on our own mental health and that of others. He writes: The Ask Twice…
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An intensive recruitment drive has swelled Nottinghamshire Police’s officer ranks to its highest number for a decade. Latest Home Office figures confirmed the force has reached 2,224 officers, up by…
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Mansfield and District u3a is inviting retired or semi-retired people who might be interested in belonging to an organisation whose motto is learn, laugh and live to find out more…
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Mansfield Town goalkeeper Aidan Stone has received an award for making a connection with younger fans. The 21-year-old championed a Mansfield Town Football In The Community (FITC) healthy eating campaign…
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Mansfield Building Society’s Community Support Scheme has responded to a call from Northfields Primary School, Mansfield Woodhouse, to help fund a tree planting session. The planting was part of Sherwood…
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A team from the Mark Leeson salon in Mansfield has been crowned creators of Best International Men’s Commercial Collection at the International Hairdressing Awards. Andrea Giles, assistant manager and art…
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Edwinstowe-based Woodhead Homes has been named UK House Builder of the Year by the National Federation of Builders (NFB), thanks to its luxury development in the heart of Sherwood Forest.…
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As Nottinghamshire Hospice prepares to open its doors to patients again this month, it has launched its ‘Forget Us Not’ appeal to raise funds to meet a significant rise in…
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Two budding young artists - Anna Kessler (above) and Marianne Smith - have won a competition to turn their artwork into new park signage. Newark and Sherwood District Council recently…
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Almost 300 people are now regularly taking part in the Mansfield Rotary Club Just Bin It litter-picking campaign to clean-up the town and surrounding area. Rotarians are providing litter-pick tools…
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Ashfield District Council and Nottinghamshire Police are joining forces to tackle the scourge of anti-social behaviour. The two authorities have launched a series of joint patrols in areas where residents…
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Inspire Learning Nottinghamshire will hold open evenings throughout May for young people and their families who are interested in college courses and traineeships. There will be chance to meet the…
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A caring four-year-old boy completed a baking challenge for a local charity after being inspired by Captain Sir Tom Moore, the British Army veteran whose fundraising inspired the nation during…
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The doves of independent funeral directors A.W. Lymn The Family Funeral Service have finally been allowed to take to the skies again after a five-month lockdown of their own. The…
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A council-run scheme that helps speed up discharges for medically-fit patients from King’s Mill Hospital, Sutton — and ensures they have a safe and suitable to place to return to…
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The manager of the newly-opened Travelodge hotel in Mansfield says it is good news for the local economy. The 63-room hotel and car park on Gilcroft Street, which has been…
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Ashfield MP Lee Anderson joined Nick Gibb, minister of state for Schools Standards, on a tour of Sutton Community Academy. The Sutton is unusual in its design, being situated directly…
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A cheque for £1,000 was gratefully received by Think Children from the James Henry Blake’s Charity. The money will go towards helping primary school children in the Mansfield area who…
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A Sutton school has been recognised for its commitment to deliver high-quality physical education — and for its support of other primary schools to do the same. The award bestowed…
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Birds Bakery has donated £3,000 to one of its chosen charities of the year, Treetops Hospice. The family-run bakery raised the much-needed funds through the sale of its single-use carrier bags, as well…
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Mansfield District Leisure Trust, which operates four centres in the region on behalf of Mansfield District Council, has announced a positive start to the new era for the industry, with…
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A charity that supports King’s Mill Hospital, Sutton; Mansfield Community Hospital; and Newark Hospital has received a £1,000 donation from the Amazon fulfilment centre in Sutton. Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity…
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Forest Town Nature Conservation Group is among the good causes to benefit from the first year of funding from Severn Trent’s Community Fund. The fund has supported 93 Midlands-based community…
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Author, television broadcaster, curator and former Nottinghamshire resident Lucy Worsley is to headline this year’s Great Nottinghamshire Local History Fair, which has gone digital for the first time. Lucy is…
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National Lottery funding of more than £490,000 has been given to good causes in Ashfield in 2019/20, according to new figures released to mark the launch of The National Lottery…
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A year ago Mansfield public relations expert Wayne Swiffin launched a new service to help people to tell the story of their lives. A couple of months after setting up…
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The phs Group, which is working with the Department for Education to supply every school and college in England with free period products - an initiative funded by the Government…
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After a successful visit on Tuesday, the NHS vaccination bus is coming back to Mansfield on Thursday, 29th April, to the Ladybrook estate. The local NHS has teamed up with…
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EE is extending its next day mobile device repair service to five stores in Nottinghamshire, including the ones in Mansfield and Sutton. The new service comes as research from EE…
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Two friends hoping that 2021 will see the return of their popular charity football match hve announced that it now has a new date. The coronavirus pandemic meant the third…
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Ashfield District Council’s metal recycling scheme has raised £10,000 for the John Eastwood Hospice, Sutton, thanks to a metal recycling scheme Mansfield Crematorium joined through the Institute of Crematorium and…
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Dr Andy Haynes, who was medical director / deputy chief executive at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust until December 2019, before joining the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System…
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Underwood-based fire and security system installation and maintenance specialists Tecserv UK has further boosted its sales team following the appointment of Steven Carruthers as system sales executive. Steven lives in…
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Three students have put West Nottinghamshire College in second place in the AoC Sport FIFA 21 Cup, without any injuries or even getting mud on their boots. That’s because the…
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The first real Tyrannosaurus rex to be exhibited in England for more than a century will arrive in Nottingham this summer. The skeleton of Titus, discovered in the Montana Badlands…
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CCM Group, a company that provides creative, print, brand innovation and fulfilment services, has completely transformed its working culture and environment over the last year, with one of the biggest…
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Local businesses are being urged to sign up for a new free Community Card initiative that has been launched by Pinewood Properties in Mansfield and surrounding villages to support both…
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Nottinghamshire Police has added a range of new hybrid and economic cars to the force’s fleet. Five new Toyota Yaris cars and five new Aygos will be added as part…
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Leisure centres across Ashfield are celebrating a successful reopening period after new and returning members flocked to the facilities. Lammas Leisure Centre, Sutton; Hucknall Leisure Centre; and Festival Hall Leisure…
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Members of Soroptimist International Mansfield and District presented Easter gifts to NHS staff at the local Sherwood Forest Trust as a thank-you for their efforts during the coronavirus pandemic. As Soroptimist…
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The NHS has teamed up with Mansfield District Council and voluntary and community organisations to bring the mobile vaccination bus service to Mansfield on Tuesday, 27th April. The bus will…
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More than 200 people are now regularly taking part in the Mansfield Rotary Club Just Bin It litter-picking campaign to clean-up the town and surrounding area. Rotarians are providing litter-pick…
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A community project that has been providing much-needed help through the coronavirus pandemic is also creating career opportunities. Kirkby-based 2020 Vision Community Enterprise Ltd offers meals at home, shopping, cleaning,…
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Mansfield-based photographer Elizabeth Orridge has reflected on a tumultuous 12 months after the coronavirus pandemic left her Pecks Hill studio empty. Elizabeth took on several new jobs as well as…
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Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People wants people in Nottinghamshire to use their daily step count to raise much needed funds. The charity has launched Miles for Rainbows, a…
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Work has started this week on the new Kirkby Indoor Market, located in three former retail units on the pedestrian area of Lowmoor Road and set to offer an open…
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Regular litter-picker Debbie Williamson reported encouraging news after one session clearing rubbish along Clipstone Road East and Clipstone Drive, Forest Town, and a local park as part of a Just…
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Mansfield-based mortgage advice business, Shaw Financial Services, has been named Best Independent Mortgage and Protection Advisory Firm - East Midlands at the 2021 UK Enterprise Awards. Last year the business…
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The John Eastwood Hospice Trust, Sutton, is to benefit from support from Nottinghamshire Police. It has been nominated as the new Chief’s Charity for 2021-22. Hannah Rocha-Leite, the charity’s co-ordinator,…
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A head teacher has urged his students to ‘chase that trophy’ as they aim for national success in a new GCSE competition. The Garibaldi School in Forest Town beat more…
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More than 10 million items of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) have been delivered to services in need since the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Nottinghamshire County Council has supported the…
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Volunteers joined Ashfield charity Let's All Eat and Sutton-based ATTFE College on Good Friday to support delivering 700 chef-cooked Easter dinners to food parcel recipients in Sutton. Chef Dave Marshall,…
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A housebuilder has successfully finalised a land deal that will bring almost £5m of community and infrastructure investment and 351 new homes to Calverton. The 13.3 hectares (33-acre) site, off…
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Mansfield hairdresser Mark Leeson says he is honoured to be shortlisted for the Australian Hair Industry Awards (AHIA). He is a finalist in the International Hairdresser of the Year category.…
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Free online advice sessions are being offered to Mansfield businesses to help them successfully reopen and recover from the pandemic lockdown. The webinars are being delivered by Mansfield and Ashfield…
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The grisly discovery of a body on West Nottinghamshire College’s field saw forensic teams in action gathering evidence for the police. But this was no ordinary forensic team, and no…
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Bringing the ancient tale of Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest up-to-date with the latest 5G technologies was one of the challenges lined up for computer science students during their industry…
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Mansfield churches have raised hundreds of pounds to help vulnerable people across the globe thanks to those feeling relief and gratitude after receiving a coronavirus vaccine. Mansfield Christian Aid Group…
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Mansfield paddler Charlotte Henshaw believes this summer’s Paralympic Games will be more significant than ever before, as she took a step closer to Tokyo with a dominant performance at the…
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A total of 93% of Nottinghamshire children have been offered their parents’ first preference school for a reception place this September - 8,105 students out of a total of 8,681…
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Caring Mansfield teenager Emily Plant has thanked everyone who helped her to raise more than £6,000 for charity. Emily was crowned Miss Mansfield Outstanding Teen 2019, but because of Covid-19…
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Supermarket giant Asda has donated 10 laptops to Dalestorth Primary School, Sutton, as part of its initiative to provide more than 7,000 across the UK to help children who don’t…
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The story of how an elderly Mansfield couple kept apart because of coronavirus restrictions were eventually reunited eight months later in April has made headlines across the country. A heartwarming…
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A young Mansfield man has opened a vintage clothing store in the town, Credible Clothing, after the success of his online venture during the coronavirus crisis. Former Brunts Academy student…
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Ben Bradley MP has urged local charities and good causes to apply for funding raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. More than 3,500 grassroots organisations in Britain will receive…
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Mansfield-based Deanestor, one of the UK’s leading furniture and fitout specialists to the construction sector, has been awarded £9.4m of new orders in the last three months – a record quarter…
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A Huthwaite-based creative business has partnered with its charity of the year, Nottinghamshire Mind, to host The Big Notts Raffle, an online fundraising event. All the proceeds from the event…
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A Mansfield woman has turned her passion for making toffee into a business. Rachel Richards swapped a 20-year career in social care for the Toffee Hut, which has opened as…
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A local woman has joined Mansfield Rotary Club Just Bin It litter-picking campaign to clean-up the town and surrounding area. Rotarians are providing litter-pick tools free to anyone who will…
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Non-essential retailers Idlewells indoor market in Sutton have reopened for business in-line with Government coronavirusrestrictions being lifted. The following traders are now open. Alan’s Family Butchers Colledges Butchers Geoff Webster…
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A charity that supports people impacted by domestic abuse in Nottinghamshire has received a £1,000 donation from the Amazon fulfilment centre team in Sutton. Nottinghamshire Independent Domestic Abuse Services (NIDAS)provides…
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Experienced business development and sales professional Grace Golden has joined South Normanton-based web development, creative and digital marketing agency Purpose Media in a newly-created role as head of client growth.…
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Mansfield Building Society has been awarded the prestigious two-star award from Best Companies as ‘an outstanding organisation to work for in 2021’ — the second highest status any organisation can…
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Harron Homes staff at its Brierley Heath site in Stanton Hill have been named Team of the Year. Sales executives Julie Cliff and Karen Knight, site manager Adrian Downs and…
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Mansfield’s iconic viaduct is to feature in scenes shot for a major new television drama about a notorious Forest Town murder. The Sky/ HBO production -— called Landscapers -— will…
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Skegby musician Johnny Hurst has composed a special tribute to King’s Mill Hospital and its nurses and medical staff for their hard work and commitment during the coronavirus pandemic. Johnny was then…
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A trainee programme set up by Nottinghamshire’s largest independent funeral directors, A.W. Lymn The Family Funeral Service, is offering the opportunity to gain five qualifications to kick-start a career in…
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Work to bring dozens of new council homes to Ashfield has begun. Ashfield District Council portfolio holder for housing Coun Tom Hollis joined deputy chief executive Paul Parkinson at Davies…
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International bulk materials handling solutions company Martin Engineering — whose UK base is in Mansfield — has strengthened its coverage across the East Midlands by joining forces with Wright Engineering,…
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A local family is continuing to support the Mansfield Rotary Club Just Bin It litter-picking campaign to clean-up the town and surrounding area. Rotarians are providing litter-pick tools free to…
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People across Nottinghamshire are being urged to help Cancer Research UK shops get back to the business of beating cancer as restrictions on non-essential retail lift from April 12. Staff…
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Hospitality and catering students at West Nottinghamshire College are raising their mocktail glasses in celebration after discovering they’re through to the heats of a prestigious national competition. Once again, the…
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Staff and learners at Sutton-based Academy Transformation Trust Further Education (ATTFE) ended the Spring term on a high by celebrating staff and learners and all that has been achieved over…
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All the signs are there that remote working is here to stay. Even companies that have said that they want staff back in the office seem to be prepared to…
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Nottinghamshire Hospice’s shops are due to reopen on 13th April after a five-month closure and are taking donations in advance of opening. The shops will be open for donations only…
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Edwinstowe’s St Mary’s Church of England Primary School children became scientists for a week, undertaking a variety of projects and practical tasks. Class 3 teacher Katie Wright said children relished…
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Two friends are hoping that 2021 will see the return of their popular charity football match. The coronavirus pandemic meant the third Frenbot Mansfield Charity Football Match was cancelled in…
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Current Mansfield Town FC season ticket holders will receive a free, complimentary new ‘third shirt’ to be worn by the first team in the 2021-22 season. Owners John and Carolyn…
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Pleasley Vale-based consultancy business The Good Food Group has launched a 'first of its kind' subscription service to help brands land their products on to retailers’ shelves across the country. The Buyer’s Discovery Club has been designed to connect brands with buyers, providing…
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A Mansfield business has pledged to support Portland College with the help of its customers. Independent mortgage brokerage Shaw Financial Services has set up a scheme to back the college,…
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A motoring enthusiast is trying to track down the Mansfield man who was the original owner of his 1965 Jaguar E Type Series 1 Fixed Head Coupe (FHC) - CEY…
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A new partnership between Vision West Nottinghamshire College and the charity Building Heroes is helping veterans and Service leavers in the East Midlands build a new career in construction. The…
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Ashfield District Council has carried out a large-scale day of action in the New Cross area of Sutton, organised by local ward councillor Samantha Deakin. Leader of the council Coun…
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Local writer Alan Dawson, writing under the pseudonym #madeinmansfield, looks to the future for Mansfield. He writes: At last Spring has arrived and Titchfield Park is beginning to recover from…
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Charities in Nottinghamshire helped Aldi donate more than 17,000 meals to people in need over the Easter school holidays. The supermarket paired up its stores with local charities, community groups…
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Families and individuals throughout Mansfield and Ashfield will continue to receive support through the Covid Winter Grant Scheme, as the Government announces that it is extending its current arrangement to…
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Residents in Mansfield are being offered support to get to their Covid-19 vaccination appointments thanks to the Community Champions Scheme. Mansfield District Council has been awarded funding to help support…
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Ashfield MP Lee Anderson teamed up with Eastwood’s Morrisons store to donate Easter eggs to King's Mill Hospital, Sutton. The MP was approached by Becky Stanbridge, community champion at Morrisons,…
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Not sure what to do with the family this Easter? As coronavirus lockdown rules have started to change, Nottinghamshire County Council has put together some Easter ideas and activities for…
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Meals on wheels has a whole new meaning for catering and hospitality students at West Nottinghamshire College thanks to an innovative project involving learning from home. Catering staff at the…
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Since the 1890s, members of Mansfield Old Meeting House Unitarian Church have distributed hot cross buns in Mansfield on Good Friday. The tradition follows the wishes of Mary Mallatratt, whose…
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The Nottingham continued its community giving to the most vulnerable people in our communities by making an Easter donation to local charity Jigsaw Support Scheme. Throughout last year the building…
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The first kerbside glass recycling collections start in Mansfield district on Monday, 5th April. Free wheelie bins have been delivered to approximately 43,000 homes across the district ahead of the…
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A former air cabin crew member who looked after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during a flight to Australia is now looking to hit new heights after joining Nottinghamshire Police.…
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Young talent in businesses across the East Midlands will be celebrated in the first ever Generation Next Awards. Entries can now be made for the inaugural awards, which are delivered…
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Mansfield District Council has agreed to find alternative venues for polling stations to avoid schools having to close for this year's local elections. The decision follows requests by Nottinghamshire County Council…
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Vulnerable children in Nottinghamshire will not go hungry this Easter as Nottinghamshire County Council’s free school meals scheme will be provided through the Easter holidays. 25,800 children and young people…
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The winners of the 2021 Discover Ashfield Awards, which celebrate those who have gone above and beyond in the community, have been revealed. Discover Ashfield celebrates all that is best…
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A clever Mansfield youngster won a Nintendo Switch after she came second in a countywide competition on cyber crime. Evie Dickinson, a Year 6 pupil at High Oakham Primary School,…
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Ashfield MP Lee Anderson MP visited the Portland College campus to see its recent developments. First, Lee visited the Covid testing centre, where he had a lateral flow test before…
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Since the 1890s, members of Mansfield Old Meeting House Unitarian Chapel have distributed Hot Cross Buns in Mansfield on Good Friday following the wishes of Mary Mallatratt, whose Will left…
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A second apprentice has joined web development, creative and digital marketing agency Purpose Media, with a further two new apprenticeship places at the South Normanton-based business still on offer. Ruby…
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Rapid lateral flow testing will be available at Mansfield Palace Theatre from Tuesday, 30 March as a similar facility at Oak Tree Leisure Centre in the town closes. The theatre…
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A hard-hitting social media campaign exposing the horrors of violence and exploitation through the eyes of young people has won a national crime award. #Stopviolence was funded by Nottinghamshire's Violence…
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The new man in charge at of Nottinghamshire’s Police’s dog unit has spoken of his pride at taking up the job of his dreams. Sergeant Jay Lee, who joined Nottinghamshire…
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Vital improvement work at Ladybrook Community Centre, Mansfield, means users no longer have to dodge buckets collecting rainwater from a leaking roof. The £50,000-worth of improvements has been funded by…
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Experts at Insight IAPT – which stands for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies – have launched a new website platform that will make mental health support easier to access for…
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Nottinghamshire County Council has approved plans for a new specialist satellite school, which will open on the site of King Edward Primary and Nursery School, Mansfield, to help meet demand…
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Royal Voluntary Service has received a donation from a regional housebuilder to continue its support for the older and vulnerable people in Nottinghamshire. The charity received £1,000 from Persimmon Homes…
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Samworth Church Academy students have planted two fruit trees in the Mansfield academy’s grounds in support of Sherwood Forest Hospital’s climate action team initiative, Hope Orchard. The project, aimed at…
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Award-winning Mansfield film maker Jay Martin is celebrating again. Independent film maker Jay saw his unique political documentary about the unprecedented political shift in Mansfield scoop two awards. REDt’BLUE tells…
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Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy, Sutton, has been awarded Training School status with Inspiring Leaders Teacher Training (SCITT). Alongside Leamington, Beeston Fields Primary and Nursery School has also received the…
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Nottinghamshire County Council is planning to invest £16m over the next two years to expand primary and secondary schools all over the county. It will mean that more primary school…
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A rainbow pedestrian crossing, thought to be the first on a Nottinghamshire NHS Trust site, opened at Sherwood Forest Hospitals' King's Mill Hospital this week in support and in recognition…
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Reach Learning Disability, a charity that supports people with learning disabilities in Nottinghamshire, has congratulated one of its members after he won a Mansfield Rotary Club Courage Award. A spokesman said:…
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An entrepreneurial Mansfield Woodhouse businessman has not allowed the coronavirus pandemic to stop him from expanding. Paul Haywood has moved his home-based cheesecake business, Alrate Cheesecakes, into new premises on…
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Mansfield has seen a surge of business start-ups during the past year with lockdown restrictions failing to dampen the entrepreneurial spirit in the district. Since September 2020, Mansfield District Council…
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More than 100 people are now regularly taking part in the Mansfield Rotary Club Just Bin It litter-picking campaign to clean-up the town and surrounding area. Rotarians are providing litter-pick…
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A new scheme in-store at Worksop-based discount store wilko, which has a branch in Mansfield, will see customers able to drop off used, disposable face masks so that they can…
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Organisations across Nottinghamshire are joining together by planting fruit trees to create a ‘Hope Orchard’ today (Monday, 22 March). The Hope Orchard has been initiated by Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust’s…
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Mansfield’s Queen Elizabeth’s Academy has received the Young Carers in School Bronze Award from Nottinghamshire Carers Association for its work in supporting young carers. The academy has a number of…
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Susan Smailes, president of Kirkby Inner Wheel, has sent ‘thank you’ cards to local NHS workers in recognition of their work during the Covid-19 pandemic. The cards were sent as…
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Mansfield Senior Reds Walking Football Club hope to resume their sessions on Monday, 29th March, at Mansfield Rugby Club. A spokesman said: "Due to the Covid-19 restrictions it has been…
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Mansfield Palace Theatre has announced its first streamed performance, Dalloway, a one-woman drama produced by Dyad Productions. It was recorded in front of a a live audience in August 2019…
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A consultation on new measures to improve walking and cycling in Ashfield is under way. A proposal for a new two-way cycle route on High Pavement will form part of…
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Two Scouting stalwarts are stepping out to make a difference to their group and the community. Steve and Joyce Cree, who are both in their 70s, are planning to complete…
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Mansfield Innovation Centre says that the planned easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions is generating increased demand from local businesses for high-quality office space. FFour new customers - in the financial, recruitment…
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Five local centres are helping deliver this year's ‘digital-first’ Census, providing a space for trained advisers to help you complete it. The Office for National Statistics (ONS), which runs Census…
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating after being named the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Acute or Specialist Trust of the Year at the most coveted awards in the…
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A teenage singer guitarist has won £500 and a paid gig at a restaurant in Annesley after winning Ashfield and Eastwood’s Got Talent. Ashley Westlake, 16, of Sutton, showed Ed…
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A 24-year-old apprentice joiner who works at a housebuilder’s Berry Hill development in Mansfield has been named Bellway’s Apprentice of the Year. Matthew Allwood was given the award for his…
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Mansfield motorsport ace Ryan Faulconbridge is backing the John Eastwood Hospice at Sutton for a second year. Ryan, of Ryan Faulconbridge Racing, has just announced a donation of £250 to…
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Health and care organisations across Niottinghmshire have teamed up to launch a new campaign to help make patients and their families aware of the benefits of recovering at home once…
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The 460th anniversary celebrations at Queen Elizabeth’s Academy, Mansfield, continued as they buried a time-capsule on site to be opened in 40 years. The socially-distanced ceremony was hosted by academy principal…
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Beauty therapy students from West Nottinghamshire College, Mansfield, discovered more about alternative therapies and Chinese medicine from a practitioner who has treated many well-known celebrities through her beauty and wellness…
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Huthwaite-based creative agency, CCM Group, is urging businesses to back a fundraising event for its chosen charity of the year, Nottinghamshire Mind. The online fundraising event, The Big Notts Raffle,…
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Lee Anderson, MP for Ashfield and Eastwood, says he is delighted to be appointed Parliamentary Champion on the Conservative Disability Group. The group champions disabled rights and has representatives from…
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Mapplewells Primary & Nursery School welcomed back its remote learning children and said the first week has been a joyful return for pupils. Greeted with welcome banners, staff say the…
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Young people across Nottinghamshire are being invited to apply for a place on a national youth board to help shape future action on violence. The opportunity, offered by social enterprise…
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Thirteen local good causes have been awarded grants in the latest distribution of the Mayor's 500 Fund in Mansfield. Among the successful bids, totalling £6,100, were Mansfield Harriers Athletics Club,…
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One of the county’s most prestigious awards has been presented to the staff of Nottinghamshire County Council in recognition of “their great and valuable services to communities” during the Covid…
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been rated the third best acute hospital trust in the national NHS Staff Survey results — and for the third consecutive year it…
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Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy welcomed back their home learning children in colourful style this week under a rainbow of balloons at the Sutton school's gate. Kaye McGuire, head teacher,…
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Mansfield youngsters are to benefit from a project aimed at helping schoolchildren who may be experiencing the effects of domestic abuse. Mansfield Community Partnership has successfully bid for £4,875 from…
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Family-run online florist Bunches, based in Newstead, gifted 200 bouquets to Hucknall National C of E Primary School and Rufford Primary and Nursery School, Bulwell, close to its headquarters in…
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Members of the Co-op in Nottinghamshire can help Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People receive up to £6,200 to improve its bereavement services. Rainbows has been selected to take…
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Vulnerable children in Nottinghamshire have been helpedy this Easter as Nottinghamshire County Council’s free school meals scheme will be provided through the Easter holidays. 25,800 children and young people in…
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A Kirkby nurse is encouraging others not to neglect their vision after she nearly lost her sight. Fortunately, the 40-year-old mother of two made the right call when she started…
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Four youngsters from Mansfield who created a lasting tribute to a friend who died during the coronavirus pandemic have been honoured with an award. Jake Fletcher, Maddie Fletcher, Kenan Chambers…
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Athletes from across Mansfield and Ashfield are among 75 to receive funding from Nottinghamshire County Council’s Talented Athletes Fund. Councillors on the Communities and Place Committee approved the funding for…
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Staff and learners at Academy Transformation Trust Further Education (ATTFE) celebrated World Book Day throughout last week. The week started with staff dressing in character for their curriculum meeting and…
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Steve Hall, former editor-in-chief for Reach Plc in the East Midlands, has joined South Normanton-based website development, creative and digital marketing agency Purpose Media as a non-executive director. Bringing more…
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The Nottingham has today presented its financial results for 2020, which shares progress of its digital reinvention and details how the Society’s mutual ethos has enabled it to support its…
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A Mansfield special school needs your help and votes to turn a revolutionary design into a reality that could transform the lives of students and teachers. The Beech Academy, a…
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As National Careers Week (NCW) launched, the importance of future careers and training with advice from some well-known figures was on the agenda for students at West Nottinghamshire College. As…
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Miss England national finalist Leah Green, from Warsop, has joined others to celebrate International Women's Day this week by posting bare face, no make-up images of themselves on social media.…
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A senior leader at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust explains on International Women’s Day (8 March) how life has changed for women since she started work in the 60s, but how…
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Instead of donating chocolate this year, Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People is asking people in Nottinghamshire to stock its Virtual Easter Egg Basket. At Rainbows, because of dietary…
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Having already invested in a new £380k on a new Nooteboom trailer and Versa-Lift 40/60 forklift, heavy machinery moving specialists Joseph Merritt Group PLC, of Kirkby, has taken delivery of…
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The Mansfield and District U3A branch says it is happy to hear from anyone who is interested in joining. The U3A slogan is Learn, Laugh and Live and it said…
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A virtual arts festival is being put together to showcase the arts, people and heritage of Ashfield. Ashfield Art Fest 2021, a free community arts festival online, aims to offers…
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A radio presenter is keeping alive the memory of one of Mansfield’s most famous old shops -— and raising money for a mental health charity at the same time. Ian…
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Mansfield District Leisure Trust has announced the roll out of the Rebuild™ training programme, which aims to inform, educate, and prepare gym teams dealing with customers who have been affected…
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The president-elect of Mansfield Rotary Club and famous television presenters Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford led the praise for 11 inspirational children and young people at the annual Mansfield Rotary…
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Travel and tourism students from West Nottinghamshire College have been on a very important journey over the last few weeks. Despite not being allowed to leave their home work stations,…
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Huthwaite-based creative agency CCM Group has tripled its turnover and headcount, relocated to larger premises, been listed as a finalist for six business awards, restructured for future growth and is…
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The stamp duty holiday extension announced in today’s Budget by Chancellor Rishi Sunak should ease the lack of housing supply in Nottinghamshire. The extension, which will last until the end…
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The Radford Foundation has donated 30 Chromebooks to Farmilo Primary School, Pleasley, to assist with its home learning during the coronavirus crisis. The charity — set up by Mansfield Town…
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A Huthwaite creative agency that changed its business model at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to supply PPE has made another valuable contribution to the world. Trusted PPE, launched…
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A quick-thinking care and support worker has won a national award for stepping into action after discovering a fire at the home of an elderly vulnerable Mansfield person who lives…
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Mansfield Building Society has donated £250 to Salcare, a Heanor-based charity that provides emergency food for individuals and families in the local area. As well running a charity furniture shop,…
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A former president of Mansfield Rotary Club has set herself a fundraising target to walk 1,220 miles in a year and raise £1,220 to be shared between Prostate Cancer UK…
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Inspirational children and young people who have overcome adversity are being honoured at Mansfield Rotary Club’s annual Courage Awards. Now in its 30th year, the event is being held virtually…
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Macmillan Cancer Support and Self Help UK have joined forces to launch an innovative new service to support people affected by cancer in Mansfield with all their practical and emotional…
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Written by Alan Dawson, artistic director, Under the Headstocks Drama Group Mansfield Palace Theatre, which has around 100,000 visitors a year, is renowned locally and further afield for presenting a…
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Mansfield MP Ben Bradley has welomed news that the number of people sleeping rough has fallen for the third year in a row. According to annual statistics for 2020 that…
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A burger chain that has opened four takeaway branches in the Nottingham area in the past 18 months is to expand into Mansfield. Ohannes Burger UK, which offers more than…
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Mansfield Harriers Athletics Club members are to benefit from state-of-the-art flood lights at its track in Berry Hill Park. The £47,000 lighting scheme is to be funded by England Athletics,…
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A ‘cheeky chap’ puppy who was named after a crime fighting canine on TV is following in the footsteps of his namesake is now set to go on ‘Paw Patrol’…
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The Food Warehouse, a sister company of retailer Iceland, is to take on the former Laura Ashley and Toys R Us units at St Peter’s Retail Park, Mansfield. Iceland said…
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When most students have finished their online studies they’re relaxing and winding down, but not West Nottinghamshire College’s performing arts student Lydia Allen. The 17-year-old, from Clowne, is filling her…
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Huthwaite-based construction firm nmcn has launched a video for children aimed at inspiring them to look at a possible career in science or engineering. The video shows how to conduct…
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Mansfield District Council has launched a fuel bank scheme to help people on pre-payment gas or electricity meters who are struggling to pay their energy bills. The scheme aims to…
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A charity that supports local people with sight problems has received £1,000 from a recycling pledge campaign. In January, the Notts Recycles Pledge initiative encouraged residents to think of ways…
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Mansfield is home to almost 3,000 businesses. The vast majority are classed as micro (0-9 employees) or small (10-49 employees). None of them can afford to be lax about cybersecurity,…
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A PE teacher has launched a running challenge for February inspired by national hero Captain Sir Tom Moore. Oli Tatterson, known as Mr T by pupils at Leamington Primary and…
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