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Police officers in Mansfield have thanked primary school children for brightening up their station with a colourful paper mural. Early years pupils at High Oakham Primary School, Mansfield, created the…
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A help group set up to support people in Mansfield Woodhouse during the coronavirus pandemic is celebrating a milestone. Focus Point Community Support Network, funded by Nottinghamshire County Council and…
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The National League North season has been cancelled in the wake of the recent pandemic, bringing disruption to a local non-league side.Whilst Mansfield Town remain unaffected in League Two, Alfreton…
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Your Home Care, a Mansfield-based home care company, is to host an online question and answer session on Facebook as it looks to create up to 100 new jobs. The…
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A property auctioneering business that sells properties in Nottinghamshire has launched a fully online auctioning service. Regional Property Auctioneers has been running property auctions since 2013 but it’s been unable…
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A project aimed at encouraging people to get involved in the conservation of Mansfield town centre’s heritage has unearthed a radio star — aged just 9. Lydia Kirk interviewed her…
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A mass vaccination programme against Covid-19 is now being rolled out in the UK. Although the government is working to ease the fears of those who are worried about the…
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Portland College welcomed Abbey Medical Group on to campus earlier this month to provide a Covid-19 vaccination clinic to help protect its vulnerable young people. Nearly 300 people attended the…
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Children in Mansfield are receiving a mental health boost thanks to a project delivered by Nottingham youth charity Switch Up. The Youth Endowment-funded early intervention project has seen 80 children…
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Plans to lay wildflower seeds on Nottinghamshire’s grass verges have moved a step closer. Nottinghamshire County Council highways partner Via East Midlands has so far planted more than 160 new…
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Older people living in retirement communities have been given a helping hand to combat loneliness during coronavirus lockdown thanks to the generosity of a Mansfield business. TIS, which provides life…
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A Mansfield man has won a national award for his work in championing the Arts. Andy Dawson, service manager at Inspire Youth Arts, was named Best Arts Champion (Local Authority…
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Nottinghamshire’s Flying High Trust has been awarded the Teaching School Hub status by the Department for Education. Replacing seven current teaching schools across the county, the Flying High Teaching School…
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People are being urged to join a virtual event to find out more about being a foster carer. One year on since the council launched its campaign for 200 foster…
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A musical theatre student from West Nottinghamshire College is excited to be heading to Liverpool to tread the boards at a prestigious training academy. Tiana Harrison, from Shirebrook, will be…
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Huthwaite-based nmcn has donated 36 laptops to two primary schools, helping children to access the right equipment to be home-schooled during the national coronavirus lockdown. Thirty laptops were given to…
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A bit of snow didn't stop 100 saplings from being planted in Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, creating the ninth community orchard in Mansfield District Council's open spaces. The orchard has…
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The Mayor of Mansfield, Andy Abrahams, has spoken of how proud he is of the authority’s response to helping vulnerable residents and people in need during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Helping…
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Residents in Mansfield will go to the polls on Thursday, 6th May to have their say in elections for Nottinghamshire County Council and for the county's Police and Crime Commissioner.…
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ATTFE College, which has campuses over four sites - Sutton, Mansfield, Ollerton and Retford - has not allowed being in coronavirus lockdown to dampen students' spirits. This week they have…
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Help is at hand for families facing the February half term during the third national coronavirus lockdown with a new Healthy Holidays scheme to be broadcast online. Mansfield District Council…
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People in Nottinghamshire could be leaving lockdown £3,000 richer if they scoop the top prize in the Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People’s Superdraw. The Superdraw plays a crucial…
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A pioneering support hub that delivers the specialist help survivors of sexual violence have long been calling for has been officially unveiled. The new Adult Sexual Violence Hub and Specialist…
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This week is National Apprenticeship Week (8-14 February), run by the National Apprenticeship Service to celebrate the positive impact that apprenticeships can have on developing individuals, businesses and the wider…
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A lucky Blidworth tenant won a free month’s rent from her letting agent after it was successful in a national competition. Barbara Oxford, of Blidworth, received a cheque for £800…
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Healthcare staff are reflecting on how a donation from the fundraising exploits of national hero Captain Sir Tom Moore made a real difference to NHS colleagues and patients at Sherwood…
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Inspire Online has been developed further to support and entertain Nottinghamshire people during lockdown. It has been developed by Inspire Culture, Learning and Libraries, which delivers cultural and learning services…
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Yeoman Park Academy, a specialist school based in Mansfield Woodhouse, has been identified by the government as one of the first 50 schools in England to benefit from a new…
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The managing director and head of news at radio station Mansfield 103.2 has become a victim of the current cold snap. Tony Delahunty, 76, who has been working from his…
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Construction work at the £15.5m leisure centre and community hub project on the Festival Hall site in Kirkby has started. Ashfield District Council leader Coun Jason Zadrozny and chief executive…
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Mansfield Rotary Club is again urging people to take part in its initiative to clean up the town — the Just Bin It scheme. Rotarians are providing litter-pick tools free…
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This week is National Apprenticeship Week (8-14 February), run by the National Apprenticeship Service to celebrate the positive impact that apprenticeships can have on developing individuals, businesses and the wider…
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A budding digital marketer has more than national Apprenticeship Week (this week) to celebrate, having landed a new role at web development, creative, digital marketing and video specialists Purpose Media.…
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The founder of an online support group helping people in Mansfield and Ashfield cope with the coronavirus pandemic has been surprised by a national award. Joanne Barfield was named a…
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As a supporter of World Book Day, Ben Bradley MP is hoping that his constituents will take part in this year’s World Book Day on 4th March. World Book Day…
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Generous supporters in Nottinghamshire helped Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People to raise more than £125,500 over the festive period. In December, the Covid-19 crisis meant the charity was…
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Mansfield Rotary Club has added its support to a £1.65m plan to transform a hall at Portland College into a state-of-the-art theatre and sports space for people with disabilities. The…
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An award-winning singing star from Shirebrook is urging his fellow teenagers to pick up a guitar or grab a microphone to boost their mental health during the ongoing pandemic. Sixteen-year-old…
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Nestled in the woods around Ransom Hall, Rainworth, is Pine House, the home base of Spectrum Wasp. The Wasps, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2019, is a family support…
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A small conversation has the power to make a world of difference – which is why Nottinghamshire Police is backing a campaign to get people talking about mental health. As…
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Parents who are seeing their children being taught first-hand over the internet are getting in touch to pass on their thanks, creating a new digital entente cordiale between home and…
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Community transport schemes across Nottinghamshire are seeking more volunteer drivers to help vulnerable residents attend Covid-19 vaccination appointments. The schemes provide transport for people who have difficulty using public transport…
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Residents across Mansfield district are starting to receive their recycling bins for glass from this week ahead of kerbside glass recycling collections starting in April. All colours of glass bottles…
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Queen Elizabeth’s Academy, Mansfield, started its anniversary celebrations with a special assembly marking 460 years of education. The assembly was a far cry from the school’s humble beginnings in 1561,…
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From international athletes to sports and neuroscientists, top film stunt performers and gym owners - these were the online guests during West Nottinghamshire College’s sports students’ industry week. Level 1,…
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A big-hearted Mansfield boy celebrated his 10th birthday in style by taking on a running challenge for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice. Lennon Scott, of Mansfield Woodhouse, pounding the pavements alongside…
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Nearly 2,000 people have been tested in Mansfield so far since the opening of the rapid turnaround community testing programme last week. On Monday 285 were tested at the centre…
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Independent film maker Jay Martin is celebrating after his unique political documentary about the unprecedented political shift in Mansfield scooped two awards. REDt’BLUE tells the story of how the mining…
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Mansfield Town FC has won another award for the experience it provides fans at One Call Stadium. The Stags were named League Two winners of the Away Fan Experience for…
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In partnership with the University of Nottingham, Alistair Beverley, physiotherapy manager at Portland College, has co-authored a set of slides as part of a Movement for Movement project that will…
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Mansfield District Council is helping to support a countywide festival that aims to inspire youngsters to take an interest in science. The sixth Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity runs…
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Alan Dawson, the local writer behind #madeinmansfield - a poetry initiative aimed at showcasing all that is good about the area - is ready to progress the project further. He…
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ATTFE College, which has campuses in Sutton, Ollerton, Retford and Mansfield, says it is putting wellbeing at the forefront of its work. This year the college has launched weekly wellbeing…
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Following on from the success of previous years, The BIG Ashfield Spring Clean is again coming to Ashfield. Residents are invited to dispose of an extra bag of household waste…
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A teenage singer-songwriter has won an national music competition for a song he composed about Mansfield. Welcome To Mansfield by River Hopkins was the joint winner of the under-18s category…
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A Mansfield businessman has warned that a much-loved name in Mansfield shopping history could disappear if nobody steps forward to buy the business. David Marriott is the current owner of…
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Students who are choosing to study A-levels at West Nottinghamshire College, Mansfield, are set to move into a newly refurbished campus from September 2021. Thanks to almost £500,000 of funding,…
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A London barber who creates cuts and fades for celebrities was just one of the online guests giving West Nottinghamshire College students business advice and guidance during the hair and…
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People are being urged to do their bit for Nottinghamshire by volunteering to help run local vaccination centres. Volunteers are needed to work six hours shifts between 8am and 8pm,…
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A photograph shared online this week of two exhausted nurses consoling each other during a shift on the Critical Care Unit at King's Mill Hospital, Sutton, has gone viral. Jill…
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A Mansfield schools trust has been praised for its work to help vulnerable families and the community. The Evolve Trust — which runs The Beech Academy and The Brunts Academy…
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Two major projects in Mansfield to build 99 high quality, eco-friendly council homes let at an affordable rent are moving forward. One of the schemes will see an expansion of…
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Alan Dawson, the man behind the #madeinmansfield poetry project, is aiming to help people showcase all that is positive about the area. This week he features two more poems. A…
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Despite Covid-19 restrictions, Mansfield Inner Wheel Club raised money for charities through Smartie tubes, the sale of Christmas cards and a festive raffle. International Service Organiser Rosemary Wilson delivered a…
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A former homeless man from Mansfield who has been diagnosed with incurable lung cancer has written a song thanking Macmillan after the charity provided financial support. Getting himself back on…
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More than 80 strangers from around the globe sent thank-yous and good wishes to Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust in response to an appeal from a health care assistant aiming to…
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Mansfield Town’s Sky Bet League Two match at home to Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday evening has been postponed because of a frozen pitch. The club said supporters who have purchased…
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Mansfield award-winning chartered marketer Caroline Cox is continuing to put together a series of blogs to help local businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Caroline, of Caroline Cox Marketing Innovation, has…
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Do you know someone who has made a positive difference across Ashfield in the past year? Nominations for this year’s Discover Ashfield Awards are now open. Recognising all that is…
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As the call has gone out for more people to volunteer at the increasing number of Covid-19 vaccination centres across Nottinghamshire, county council chairman Coun Stuart Wallace is praising the…
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Mansfield Building Society staff raised £2,844 for the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance to support its life saving missions across the region — and the Society’s Charitable Trust contributed a…
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Mansfield District Council has been allocated £187,929 funding through the Government’s Community Champions scheme to reach into the community and improve coronavirus information. The funding is specifically targeted at areas…
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The Mayor of Mansfield has thanked everyone involved in bringing a large-scale Covid-19 vaccination centre to Mansfield. Andy Abrahams met NHS staff, volunteers and members of the public who were…
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Local small and medium-sized businesses are set to benefit from more support when bidding for national infrastructure project work and other large-scale contracts. Councillors at Nottinghamshire County Council’s Policy Committee…
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Independent funeral directors A.W Lymn The Family Funeral Service has adapted its operations following a recent shortage of fresh flower supplies throughout the UK caused by Brexit to ensure families…
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A Mansfield man has been shortlisted in the National Campaign for the Arts' (NCA) Hearts For The Arts Awards 2021, which celebrate the unsung heroes of local authorities championing the…
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A large-scale Covid-19 vaccination centre is opening at a former Wickes site in Mansfield. A letter from the NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Booking Service will allow the public to book an…
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Local groups and organisations with great ideas to make their communities an even better place to live have been invited to apply for funding to turn their ideas into reality.…
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A campaign launched to provide much-needed IT equipment to Mansfield and Ashfield schoolchildren has delivered its first refurbished donated laptops to schools. Three business leaders started the initiative — now…
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Ashfield-based fire and security installation and maintenance company Tecserv UK has revealed it is optimistic of achieving its year-end targets, having secured a forward order book of over £1m heading…
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First-time house buyers in the Mansfield area are able to take advantage of the new Help to Buy scheme at Bellway developments in the area. The latest version of the…
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Instead of hosting a 'Secret Santa' festive event, staff at HC-One’s Berry Hill Park care home made donations to food banks and homeless shelters. The charitable idea was thought up…
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Mansfield Museum is launching a two-year project aimed at empowering local vulnerable women to take positive control of their lives. Creative Women Together will be a coordinated, holistic and therapeutic…
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A visit to provide a quote for new photocopying and printing equipment prompted a Shirebrook-based business to make generous donations to a social enterprise project. And readers of this article…
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Mansfield Town’s official supporters’ club, Stags Supporters’ Association, has donated £2,000 towards the hire of a new kit van. The vehicle will be used to transport the Stags’ first-team kit…
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Harry Moore, who founded Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People, said he is delighted and honoured to be recognised in the Queen’s Honours List for his work. In 1992…
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Ashfield MP Lee Anderson has praised all those involved with the Covid-19 vaccination effort as he revealed that Nottinghamshire is on track to vaccinate all over-80s and care home residents/staff…
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After serving chips, beans and sausages on a Friday lunch time, one dinner lady thought that there must be more to life than dishing up meals. Lesley Hickman decided a…
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Businesses affected by the Covid-19 national lockdowns or tier restrictions since November are being encouraged to apply for help from Mansfield District Council if they have not already done so.…
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Mansfield is to launch a new Covid-19 community testing initiative in a bid to find people who are infected with coronavirus but have no symptoms - and so help to…
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A Mansfield care home is feeling positive about the future after 28 members of staff received Covid-19 vaccinations. Staff at Sanctuary Supported Living’s Corner House, a CQC-rated Outstanding care home,…
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District 1220 Rotary Clubs and clubs from Inner Wheel District 22 — including the Mansfield and Ashfield areas — teamed up with national children’s charity KidsOut to provide Christmas presents…
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People from across the area are being encouraged to take part in a poetry and writing project that aims to showcase all that is positive about Mansfield and Ashfield. The…
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A West Nottinghamshire College tutor who went from rock bottom to feeling “so incredibly proud” is inspiring others in the community to use education to change and succeed. Liz Walsh,…
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Stone statues have been erected at the site of a former pit to commemorate miners who died in a major disaster. The five statues at Brierley Forest Park are in…
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A caring mum of three who works in Pleasley Vale helped give disadvantaged children a better Christmas. Martina Booth, scheme administrator at NAPIT, inspired donations and volunteering over the Christmas…
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Nottinghamshire County Council’s £1m COVID-19 Community Fund is set to continue to support vulnerable residents impacted by the pandemic. This week, the Communities and Place Committee gave the go ahead…
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ATTFE College and its community interest company Let’s All Eat, based at Sutton, worked in partnership with Swiftool Engineering, Portland College, chef David Marshall, volunteers and Ashfield District Council to…
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The Mayor of Mansfield is urging residents to obey national lockdown rules as local Covid-19 rates and the number of coronavirus patients in King's Mill Hospital continue to rise. Andy…
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Following an update to guidance from the government before the Christmas holidays, a team of staff at Portland College jumped into action to create an asymptomatic Covid-19 test centre, which…
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Ashfield Independent councillor Dale Grounds, who volunteered for the NHS as Spiderman before the coronavirus pandemic, visiting children’s wards at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, to take children’s minds off serious…
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Ashfield MP Lee Anderson is launching a Sunday night local talent competition for his constituents during February. The idea came to the MP when the third national coronavirus lockdown was…
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Mansfield Palace Theatre and Mansfield Museum have put together a new education pack to help those teaching during the coronavirus lockdown — and beyond. The workshops can be delivered via…
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Mansfield Building Society donated £1,250 to St Andrew’s Primary School, Sutton, to ensure disadvantaged pupils could have a happy Christmas. Teachers aimed to create 50 care boxes for parents whose…
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Mansfield Olympic swimming star Rebecca Adlington has joined forces with former gymnast Beth Tweddle to get children active. They believe instilling the values that catalysed their Olympic journeys is just…
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Work has begun at King’s Mill Hospital, Sutton, to install a brand new high tech scanner which will improve patient care. In May, Sherwood Forest Hospitals announced that the Gamma…
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Local writer Alan Dawson, the man behind the #madeinmansfield initiative - a poetry project that aims to showcase all that is positive about Mansfield and Ashfield - writes his first…
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Local leisure operator Everyone Active has released its top home exercises to combat inactivity in Ashfield following the announcement of a third national lockdown. January is traditionally a popular month…
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Parents have rated Cherubs Ladybrook, in Mansfield as one of the top 20 nurseries out of 914 early years settings in the East Midlands, based on reviews on daynurseries.co.uk. Nurseries…
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A new £15.5m leisure centre in Kirkby has moved a step closer after work on the site got under way. Following the signing of a build contract with Kier, Coun…
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Independent funeral directors A.W. Lymn The Family Funeral Service, which operates 27 funeral homes throughout Nottinghamshire and South Derbyshire, is celebrating after two members of passed National Association of Funeral…
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A Mansfield-based charity has spoken of its work to help get funds to community groups supporting people through the Covid-19 pandemic. And the Nottinghamshire Community Foundation (NCF) has urged local…
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A former soldier injured on exercise in the Falklands has got her working life back thanks to an English Springer Spaniel. At the age of 18 Natasha Lees had a…
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The economic recovery has stalled in the East Midlands as tightening Covid-19 restrictions took their toll on businesses, according to new research published today. An East Midlands Chamber study found…
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Mansfield Mayor Andy Abrahams has said he expects the town to rise to the challenge o a third national lockdown because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. "This third National Lockdown…
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Mansfield Building Society’s Charitable Trust has donated £5,787 to Derbyshire Wildlife Trust (DWT) to complete projects at Willington Wetlands. Willington Wetlands is one of DWT’s flagship nature reserves and their…
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The new president of East Midlands Chamber has selected three charities from across Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to benefit from fundraising activities over the next year. Eileen Richards MBE has…
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The Amazon Breast Cancer Support Group has thanked staff at Mansfield’s NatWest Bank for a donation of £174.88. The money was raised through a Christmas hamper raffle and will benefit…
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A new Reduce, Reuse, Recycle campaign has launched in Nottinghamshire to help boost recycling and raise funds for Nottinghamshire County Council chairman Stuart Wallace's chosen charity, My Sight Nottingham. In…
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While support bubbles will remain a vital support for those living alone or in need of childcare during the third national lockdown, health officials are reminding people that it is…
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Two marketing agencies are combining skills to help businesses kick start their 2021 marketing programmes. South Normanton-based full service marketing agency Purpose Media has appointed outsourced marketing specialists Simple Marketing…
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A pioneering project helping young people affected by trauma to rebuild their lives has received high praise for breaking the cycle of violence in Nottinghamshire. The Evolution Project, delivered by…
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Ashfield writer and storyteller Jack Burrows is collecting stories and more as he tries to create a play, We Ant Got Much - The Ashfield Play (a working title), to…
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The first care home residents in Nottinghamshire have received their Pfizer COVID vaccine. Residents from three care homes - Sutton Court, Sutton Manor and Sutton Lodge, part of the Ashmere…
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Successful Ashfield industries were the focus of photographers for an annual competition in the district. The second Discover Ashfield Photography Competition, run by Discover Ashfield with Ashfield District Council, aimed…
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Gleeson Homes has been granted planning permission to build 206 homes off Gilcroft Street, Skegby. Construction at St Andrew’s Heights will begin this winter, with the development’s first releases due…
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Volunteer Amanda Hill, from Clipstone Miners Welfare Community Trust, was a winner at the Mansfield Building Society Community Star Award 2020. Amanda was named runner-up, receiving the society’s highly commended…
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Nottinghamshire County Council has approved details of a £2.3m fund to help people struggling with the financial impact of Covid-19 this winter. The fund is to help people meet the…
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Sutton-based shopping centre Idlewells has confirmed that a host of non-essential stores will again close because Nottinghamshire has been placed under Tier 4 restrictions. 10 stores will remain open to…
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A teenager from Mansfield has reached the final of a national competition to find young adults who have helped in their communities during the 2020 pandemic. Lily Redfern, 16, was…
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Instead of a traditional Christmas Carol service The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Berry Hill, Mansfield, hosted a drive-in movie experience showing a short film entitled 'The Christ…
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust, which runs King's Mill Hospital, Sutton; Mansfield Community Hospital; and Newark Hospital, has worked with the community to ensure that its patients have an extra special…
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Kingfisher Court Care Home in Sutton gave back to the local community this Christmas. Liz Barrett, principal at the Academy Transformation Trust Further Education, Sutton, asked residents to get involved…
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Several play areas across Ashfield are to see improvements in 2021 thanks to an additional £336,000 investment from the district council. The money is in addition to £1.5m already committed…
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A young girl from Kirkby beat entries from across the UK to win one of the top prizes in a festive postcard competition. Eugenijus Meduneckis, who works at Amazon in…
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Nurses and healthcare assistants from Nottinghamshire Hospice will be caring for terminally ill patients in their homes across the city and county all through the Christmas period. The round-the-clock Hospice…
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A former bus driver is getting behind the wheel of a new venture - as a consultant for Slimming World with her own new group in Mansfield Woodhouse. Sonia Edmunds,…
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Historical figures will talk about their links to Sherwood Forest in a series of unique new films being made by Mansfield District Council’s culture team. It has been working in…
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The Amazons Breast Cancer Support Group, which helps breast cancer patients at King’s Mill Hospital, Sutton, has received a cheque for £2,366.33 from the staff at Sutton’s Mapplewells Co-op. The…
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Portland College teamed up with the ATTFE College Let’s All Eat Foodbank, Sutton, to help others over Christmas. After supporting the Let’s All Eat initiative throughout the year by donating…
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By Alan Dawson, the man behind the #madeinmansfield poetry initiative being featured in the News Journal. Ian Drury wrote his shopping list song, Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3, in…
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Seven Nottinghamshire charities have received an early Christmas present from a Mansfield-based housebuilder. Sherwood Forest Foodbank, Homestart Mansfield, Nottinghamshire Independent Domestic Abuse Service, Mansfield Samaritans, Helping Kids Achieve and Blidworth…
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An East Midlands-based charity supporting people living with dementia through the pandemic has received £1,000 donation to help its new Welfare Calls telephone service. Alzheimer’s Society has received the funds…
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A Nottingham Building Society donation of £10,000 to BookTrust will help bring a smile to the most vulnerable children in our communities over the festive season. It will fund 1,000…
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Staff and learners at Academy Transformation Trust Further Education (ATTFE), Sutton, celebrated a term's work as learners were presented with certificates and awards in recognition of their commitment to their…
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ATTFE College, Sutton, has highlighted the work it is doing to help tackle food poverty locally. In the Sutton area, the ATTFE College community interest company, Let's All Eat is…
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Businessmen and women at the final virtual Mansfield and Ashfield 2020 breakfast meeting of 2020 ended the year with something a little different. They met Forest Town youngster Poppy Hickman,…
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To help prevent an unnecessary rise in waste levels, Veolia (Nottinghamshire County Council’s recycling and waste contractor) is asking residents to reduce and recycle this Christmas. It said from food…
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Sherwood Forest Trust — a charity entirely focused on Sherwood Forest — is celebrating its 25th birthday. The Edwinstowe-based charity plans a year-long celebration of what it has achieved and…
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Local writer Alan Dawson, who is being the #madeinmansfield positive poetry initiative, has written this short story, Footsteps in the Snow, for Mansfield and Ashfield News Journal readers. He writes: During…
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Small community-based businesses locally will be given the opportunity to be crowned champion of their town or the whole of Nottinghamshire in 2021 following the launch of an awards programme.…
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New funding worth up to £250k has been unveiled to help communities protect the vulnerable and prevent people turning to crime and violence. Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping…
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Edwinstowe walking fundraisers Brian Hawkins, left, and Michael Dickinson — who have raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for the John Eastwood Hospice — turned their hands to a different…
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Young people previously involved in knife crime have turned their lives around thanks to the help and support of a flagship Nottinghamshire custody mentoring project. Since its launch in January…
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Residents in Mansfield district are being advised to check their Christmas and New Year bin collection dates. Green general waste bins that are due to be emptied on Monday 21…
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Mansfield Building Society will close its Head Office and branch doors on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve in recognition of the hard work and dedication its staff have shown…
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X-Press Legal Services, a property search company that provide reports to solicitors and conveyancers across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, has donated to two different charities for Christmas, hoping to bring some…
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More than 200 young people in Nottinghamshire have taken part in an event promoting teamwork, resilience and problem solving. The event took place in young people’s centres across the county…
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Ashfield School Year 7 student Ruby Giugno has been busy making beautiful snow globes with her mum, Natalie, to brighten up the festive season for a local care home and…
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People are invited to remember their lost loved ones with a message on a memorial Christmas tree. Every year Mansfield Crematorium has a memorial tree that people can visit to…
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Students at West Nottinghamshire College’s Derby Road campus in Mansfield rolled up their sleeves and helped lay down new roots in a tree planting mission. During National Tree Week more…
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Children at a primary school took on a challenge set by a football club as part of a healthy lifestyle initiative — and surprised everyone by beating their target 20…
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Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy, Sutton, made sure that Covid-19 didn't get in the way of its Christmas festivities with an array of safe events for children to enjoy. Pupils…
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Mansfield Lawn Tennis Club has gifted 150 tennis balls to children at Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School, Sutton. Tom Darby, PE specialist at the school, explained: “Because of coronavirus we…
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (SFH) is celebrating after being shortlisted in the prestigious HSJ Partnership Awards 2021. SFH and Proud2bOps have been shortlisted for their partnership work in…
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To celebrate National Tree Week, a programme to plant 160 new trees on the highways in Nottinghamshire got under way. The scheme, delivered by Via East Midlands for Nottinghamshire County…
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Nottinghamshire Police's family liaison officers are in many ways the very last people you’d want to meet, but in times of crisis they play an absolutely invaluable role – both…
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Nottinghamshire County Council staff have been recognised for going above and beyond their normal duties during the pandemic. The Adult Social Care and Public Health Staff Awards for Nottinghamshire County…
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Lee Anderson, MP for Ashfield and Eastwood, had planned to join 3rd East Kirkby Scouts Group at one of their evening walks this year, but due to Covid-19 restrictions the…
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The #madeinmansfield positive poetry initiative, set up by local writer Alan Dawson (pictured) to showcase all that is positive about Mansfield and Ashfield through people’s own words, features the work of two…
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Mansfield recruitment business Dalmatian BeSpotted organised a Christmas Shoebox appeal for Mansfield Soup Kitchen, a Church Street-based charity that helped some of the town’s homeless and less fortunate during the…
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The head of a business networking organisation for Mansfield and Ashfield showed the spirit of Christmas by donating his annual payment to good causes. Mansfield and Ashfield 2020 chair Gary…
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IT will be a very happy Christmas for some families in Mansfield, thanks to the generosity of the public and businesses who helped smash the targets of two community appeals.…
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Business development group Mansfield and Ashfield 2020 plans to end the year in style by inviting its members to take part in a question and answer session with Mansfield Town…
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Food for Life (FFL) has announced a new early years project in Nottinghamshire. Funded by Nottinghamshire County Council Public Health, Food for Life will work with seven nurseries to contribute…
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Two of The Nottingham’s branches – Mansfield and Sutton – have teamed up to play a role in brightening Christmas for vulnerable people locally. Together they are donating £350 to…
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Sporting stars from across the area were celebrated at the annual Mansfield Sports Recognition Awards. The awards, which have continued thanks to the work of the Armchair Club, were held…
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There was triple success for the John Eastwood Hospice at the OSCARS — the Nottinghamshire Healthcare OSCARS. The Outstanding Service Contribution and Recognition Scheme (OSCARS) celebrates the work of staff…
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Nottinghamshire County Council-owned Via East Midlands won the 2020 Association of Public Sector Excellence Street Lighting Innovation Award for its work on an LED street lighting renewals project in Nottinghamshire.…
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Homeowners on a low income and suffering from a long-term health problem could qualify for a grant from Mansfield District Council to help reduce their energy bills? The Warm Homes…
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Plans have been outlined to transform Mansfield into a university town as part of ambitious proposals to revitalise the area. Provision of student accommodation to support an increased number of…
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Children at Flying High Academy, Mansfield, have developed their own e-safety mascot, which will be used to help them stay safe online. The pupils were tasked with creating the mascots…
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Annesley has welcomed a brand new Christmas tree for 2020! The tree was planted thanks to collaborative working between Ashfield District Council and Annesley and Felley Parish Council. The 15-foot…
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Nottinghamshire County Council will provide funding for food vouchers over the Christmas break to the families of children who are eligible to receive benefits-related free school meals. The funding will…
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Sutton shopping centre Idlewells joined the nationwide Small Business Saturday campaign. The centre supports a number of small businesses both across the town and within the centre, with independent shops…
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Four new apprenticeship roles have been created at a full-service marketing agency as a result of businesses wanting to fast track their on-line presence and find new ways to market.…
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A young member of a Mansfield charity led her school’s fundraising for the cause. Sophie Davenport, the youngest NSPCC Fundraising committee member in the UK, belongs to the Mansfield District…
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Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People wants the Nottinghamshire community to tune in their vocal chords and get in the festive spirit at a Virtual Christmas Concert. Every Christmas,…
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An international charity has provided help for the homeless in Mansfield. One Love Worldwide — a relief and development organisation working with the vulnerable in six countries — has put…
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Ashfield MP Lee Anderson said he was thrilled that more seating will be added to the Idlewells Shopping Centre, Sutton, after meeting with centre manager Chloe O’Donnell to discuss concerns…
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Stagecoach East Midlands says its bus services in Mansfield will continue running over the festive season. Matt Cranwell, Stagecoach East Midlands managing director, said: “The easing of lockdown rules over…
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A former NHS worker was the first patient in North Nottinghamshire to get the Covid-19 vaccination today (Tuesday 8 December). It came as Sherwood Forest Hospitals - the trust that…
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Mansfield Harriers Athletics Club has been granted a lease to use the race track and pavilion at Berry Hill Park. Acting as trustees of the park, members of Mansfield District…
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The Inner Wheel Club of Mansfield has delivered toiletries to a charity to help families in distress. Veronica Malkowski, with the help of Kathy Winson, Dain Pinder and Rosemary Wilson,…
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Sports students from West Nottinghamshire College, Mansfield, gained industry knowledge and expert advice through a trans-Atlantic seminar last week. The Future of Fitness online conference saw students join in with…
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, situated on Southridge Drive, Berry Hill, Mansfield, is offering an alternative to a carol service to people of all religions and denominations…
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Mansfield District Council is reminding people in the district that food help is available for those in need through three new FOOD (Food On Our Doorstep) clubs — and that…
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Discount supermarket chain Lidl is set to open a new supermarket in Mansfield Woodhouse on Thursday, 10th December. The Woodhouse Road store is expected to create around 40 jobs and…
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Academy Transformation Trust Further Education (ATTFE) raised money for charity during Elf Week, which was held across four campuses — Sutton Community Academy, Dukeries Academy, Retford College of Vehicle Technology…
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The #madeinmansfield positive poetry initiative, set up by local writer Alan Dawson, is aiming to showcase all that is positive about Mansfield and Ashfield through people's own words. This week…
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