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Volunteers will be helping shoppers in Mansfield transform their purchases into beautifully wrapped gifts this Christmas, all in aid of a good cause. Volunteers from the local branch of Samaritans…
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Nottinghamshire County Council took another step towards tackling the harm caused by tobacco in our communities by signing the Local Government Declaration on Tobacco Control at its Full Council meeting…
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Mansfield District Council is asking for feedback on its draft Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), which sets out how the Council will consult the public on planning matters, such as…
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Mansfield Rotary Club's annual Christmas sleigh is again taking to the streets in December to spread festive cheer and raise money for its charity work. It will be at: Wed…
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Higher Education students at West Nottinghamshire College celebrated together at a double graduation ceremony at the historic Kelham Hall, near Newark, on Saturday. This year 237 students graduated from university-level…
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Staff from Sutton Community Academy, joined Hillocks Primary School at their Christmas fair. The academy’s catering enterprise team baked jacket potatoes to sell and some students joined Takeover radio, which…
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The Sutton Town Centre Group and Sutton Community Academy teamed up to do a fundraising bag pack at Asda in Sutton. Half of the money raised went towards the Christmas…
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The education department at Mansfield Museum has celebrated its ninth anniversary of helping thousands of youngsters year. Its programme of school visits began in early 1995 and consisted of a…
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Residents are being asked for their views on planned changes to Council Tax discounts on empty properties. The proposals are to change the current level of discount on empty properties…
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A new group set up in Mansfield to support door supervisors working at pubs and clubs in the town is thought to be the only one of its kind operating…
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Students at West Nottinghamshire College got into safety mode lastweek to recognise the UK’s biggest road safety event. National Road Safety Week saw students get vital advice about being safe…
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A hospice which cares for children and young people with life-limiting and terminal illnesses from Nottinghamshire is asking people to support its Christmas appeal. The Light up a Life appeal,…
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Mansfield Palace Theatre's Christmas panto, Sleeping Beauty, launches in 10 days and has already sold 81% of seats. Coronation Street star Vicky Entwistle is playing the Bad Fairy. The much-loved…
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Manager Paul Cox has today left Mansfield Town Football Club by mutual consent, the Stags have confirmed. The manager, who led the club out of the Conference and back into…
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Around 80 people attended the Ravensdale Rocks community concert that tackled hate crimes and celebrated diversity. The event at the Samworth Church Academy, Mansfield, focused on respect for others, intolerance…
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals is the latest UK healthcare facility to win international recognition from the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) by being awarded the prestigious Baby Friendly Award. The Baby…
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A celebration was held at the Heath Centre, Oak Tree Lane Estate, Mansfield, as eight students graduated from a bespoke catering course that offered them a unique learning experience. Oak…
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School choirs will bring the spirit of the Christmas season to King’s Mill Hospital when they entertain patients, visitors and staff with programmes of Christmas carols in December. Sixteen school…
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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE County Council is to be presented with a prestigious road safety award by HRH Prince Michael of Kent. The Council is to receive the Prince Michael International Road Safety…
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More than 60 school children will be running Mansfield District Council on Friday, 21st November, as part of Children's Commissioner's Takeover Day. Primary school pupils aged 8-11 from Wynndale Primary,…
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The Friends of Crescent Primary in Mansfield teamed up with the Eco Kids Textile Recycling Project for the fifth time to raise funds for a wooden gazebo and to promote…
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The next round of funding from Nottinghamshire County Council’s Community Commemoration Fund is now under way. Towns and villages can claim up to £300 to help them commemorate the Great…
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Over 30 young people aged eight to 18 years old whose parents foster enjoyed a fun-packed thank you from Nottinghamshire County Council last week. They were treated to go-karting, the…
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A new accreditation scheme which will ‘raise the bar’ for public safety and the way the county’s pubs and clubs are managed has been launched in Nottinghamshire. The new Nottinghamshire-wide Best…
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Members of the public and stakeholders are invited to Sherwood Forest Hospitals’ board of directors meeting at King’s Mill Hospital. The trust holds board meetings each month to discuss quality…
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Thousands of people flocked to Mansfield town centre yesterday to enjoy a day of festive fun and the spectacular Christmas lights switch on. Mansfield's countdown to Christmas started with a…
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Ex-design student and member of the college’s alumni, Jason Holland, brought an employment enhancing masterclass to learners at West Nottinghamshire College last week. Jason, who studied the First Diploma in…
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Abbey Primary School ran a Healthy Week with different activities for all its children. The Healthy Week at the Mansfield school included the Life Education Bus, where children learnt all…
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Jobseekers in Mansfield and Ashfield have the chance to get a helping hand into employment at free workshops organised by Nottinghamshire County Council. The Steps 4 Success workshops will be…
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The Major Oak in Sherwood Forest has been crowned England’s Tree of the Year in a public vote run by the Woodland Trust. The tree, made famous by Robin Hood,…
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TV historian and presenter Tony Robinson lifts the lid on King John’s fascinating connections to Rufford Abbey and Sherwood Forest as part of his latest TV series later this month.…
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Mansfield’s Making it! Discovery Centre attracted more than 2,000 people to its three-day, annual Festive Food and Craft Fair. More than 40 stalls sold products including fortified wines from Spirits…
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A music teacher from Mansfield has been honoured at the Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year Awards. Meryl Chambers was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award in front of…
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Pupils and staff at Mansfield’s Crescent Primary School have been busy creating shoeboxes full of gifts in support of the Samaritans Purse's Operation Christmas Child Appeal. Each shoebox contains items…
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The Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council reiterated his commitment to a fair wage for its lowest-paid employees during national Living Wage Week. And young people from across the county have highlighted the Living…
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The co-founder of world-renowned hairdressing chain Toni&Guy officially opened West Nottinghamshire College’s £11m lifestyle academy on Friday. Toni Mascolo OBE, who has been hailed as the man responsible for changing…
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Pupils, parents and staff at Mansfield’s Crescent Primary School were invited into the school’s Crescent Centre on to place their spare change on a giant poppy in support of the…
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On the 11th hour on the 11th day, Samworth Church Academy in Mansfield held a Remembrance Service and planted a poppy field with personal messages to remember the sacrifices made…
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Mansfield Town chairman John Radford is hopeful that the club will come close to breaking even at the end of the current season. Mr Radford has transformed the club's fortunes…
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A boutique Mansfield gift shop and tearoom has organised the town’s first Annie Sloan Late Evening to help raise money for charity. Beau-ti-ful, at 64 Westgate, has organised the event…
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The fundraising spirit is rising this week at West Nottinghamshire College as students get ready for activities to support Children in Need. Throughout the week the college’s Students’ Union is…
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There are just a few days to go until the final of this year’s 4Uth awards celebrating top youth talent in Nottinghamshire. Seven district winners will be celebrated at the…
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After 10 years of online retailing Golfsupport, one of the Uk's largest retailers of golf equipment and clothing has chosen to partner with award-winning e-commerce website and on-line marketing specialists,…
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Purpose Media’s latest appointment, Pete Everitt, has Paris in his sights when he starts his new role as digital planning director - but on this occasion it’s in aid of…
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A food business is celebrating winning two awards in its first year. Wooden Spoon Preserves, of Huthwaite, a husband and wife team — Robert and Lindsey Irving — produce their…
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Following a successful fundraising appeal, the Forest Town Nature Conservation Group has purchased the Spa Ponds Nature Reserve, off Clipstone Drive, Forest Town. The group has also been formally registered…
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The chairman of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is joining millions of men worldwide to support Movember. Sean Lyons will commit to decorating his upper lip in a bid…
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Mansfield Town's FA Cup first round tie with non-league Concord Rangers was called off 90 minutes before kick-off because of a waterlogged pitch. The pitch, which had passed a previous…
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Woodhead One, Nottingham City Council property engineers and Nottingham-based specialist sub-contractors, have done their bit for Nottingham's Remembrance Day Service as the country marks 100 years since the start of…
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Principal and chief executive of West Nottinghamshire College Group, Dame Asha Khemka, has spoken of her immense pride at receiving a prestigious award from Prime Minister David Cameron. Dame Asha…
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The Cornwater Club, an older people’s charity based in Ravenshead, has received an award of £490 from The Mansfield Building Society’s Community Support Scheme towards the cost of seven art…
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Jigsaw Support Scheme held a 1940s-themed party at The Staff of Life, Sutton, to celebrate National Older People’s Day and launch a new group befriending venue. People danced to the…
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Rumbles & Vicar Water is holding a three-course meal funding event in its café/restaurant at Vicar Water Country Park, Clipstone, on Friday, 21st November, from 7pm The Pay What It's…
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Students put on a frightful show at West Nottinghamshire College, all in the name of helping a cancer charity. All travel and tourism students collected loose change and took £1…
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Fitness students got in the saddle to make an early start on West Nottinghamshire College’s Children in Need fundraising. More than 30 personal training and gym instructor students took to…
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The co-founder of world-renowned hairdressing chain TONI&GUY is set to officially open West Nottinghamshire College’s £11 million lifestyle academy, which is training the next generation of hair stylists, beauty therapists,…
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Over the Halloween weekend, the first Fear Forest opened its doors to the public. More than 1,100 people were scared over the two nights and helped to raise money for…
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A community group with just one surviving member is appealing for people to get involved and help preserve a local woodland with a conservation day this week. The Friends of…
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Shoppers in Sutton will be able to find out more about the signs and symptoms of kidney and bladder cancer at a Be Clear on Cancer roadshow at Idlewells Shopping…
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A number of Remembrance events are taking place throughout Mansfield District on Remembrance Sunday. At Mansfield Civic Centre, the parade will assemble at 9.50am at the Civic Centre War Memorial.…
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People can take advantage of complimentary hair and beauty mini-treatments and sample some free food and drink, courtesy of an open event at West Nottinghamshire College's Lifestyle Academy. The college…
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Students from West Nottinghamshire College joined business leaders in London last week to share their enterprising career ideas. Students Anna Lodge, Rebecca Harrington, Paul Mellors and the college’s Students’ Union…
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Funeral directors A. W. Lymn The Family Funeral Service, which has offices in Mansfield, Mansfield Woodhouse, Sutton, Shirebrook and elsewhere in Nottinghamshire, has unveiled the latest addition to its funeral…
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FOUR new public governors have been voted in at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust following summer elections. More than 3,700 votes were cast by trust members across the three…
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Divers have made an underwater rescue to reunite a Mansfield Woodhouse couple with a valuable gold ring and family heirloom lost at Rufford Abbey Country Park’s lake. Julie and Stephen…
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A book of condolence for Alvin Stardust has opened at Mansfield Museum. Cllr Kate Allsop, Portfolio Holder for Regeneration at Mansfield District Council, signed the book on behalf of the…
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Mansfield District Council is holding two events at the Civic Centre, Chesterfield Road South on Wednesday 12 November at 6pm and Thursday 5 February 2015 at 6 pm for anyone…
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Mansfield District Council is running another Christmas appeal for food and warm clothes, following the success of last year's appeal. Donations will go to help vulnerable people living in temporary…
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Westerman Homes entered a team into the Men’s Health Survival Of The Fittest Challenge in Nottingham. Site manager Andy Maudsley, above, and Tim Hancock, Jake Barratt, Neil Wakelam and Chris…
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An ambitious bid to restore the town centre's past could be key to a prosperous future for Mansfield. Nottinghamshire County Council and Mansfield Business Improvement District (BID) have developed the…
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Families attending The Big Switch On event in Mansfield are in for a festive treat as a parade travels along Westgate. At 2pm on Sunday 16 November, Santa will make…
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The Deputy Mayor joined veterans to launch the annual Poppy Appeal in Mansfield. The chairman of Mansfield branch of the Royal British Legion, Mick Moor, presented the first poppy to…
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Mansfield Town have cut admission prices for the club’s FA Cup First Round tie at home to Concord Rangers on Saturday, 08 November (3pm). The Stags were drawn against the…
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Mansfield Town have launched an innovative ticket offer that will allow supporters into any of three selected home games for £7 each. Supporters of all ages are entitled to take…
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Mansfield District Council has produced posters to ensure a safe and happy Halloween for all. Residents who do not want trick-or-treaters knocking at their door can display the poster in…
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Local Ashfield Lib Dem Councillor Jason Zadrozny is backing an appeal to help save the lives of more people with cancer in the constituency and across the UK. With the…
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Star of television, film and stage – Rik Makarem – inspired budding actors in West Nottinghamshire College’s performing arts curriculum. Rik, better known for his role as Nikhil in ITV’s…
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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE County Council has won a prestigious national road safety award for accident reduction work it has carried out on one of the county’s busiest roads. The council won the…
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An ancient Hindu festival has been celebrated among staff and students at West Nottinghamshire College. The religious festival of lights, known as Diwali, has seen college campuses decorated with traditional…
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Staff at Sherwood Forest Hospitals have been rolling up their sleeves for a flu jab in a bid to arm themselves against catching and spreading the illness this winter. The…
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A concert is to be staged to bring together young people through music and dance. Ravensdale Rocks, at Samworth Church Academy, Mansfield, on Saturday, 15th November, from 2-4.30pm, is a…
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Young writers who entered the WrittenByMe short story competition were among the first to see their names in print at a book launch to celebrate their achievements. Hosted at Mansfield…
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Lindhurst Ward at Mansfield Community Hospital, part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has received an award of the Elder Friendly Quality Mark in recognition of the support staff…
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A dance group that honed its skills at weekly dance production classes at myplace Westfield Folkhouse Young People’s Centre in Mansfield has been recognised at a national awards event at…
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A major new exhibition celebrating Mansfield's industrial past was officially opened following the biggest revamp at Mansfield Museum in ten years. Made in Mansfield is the first new exhibition in…
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More than 150 teenagers took to the stage at a glittering event last week to celebrate their achievements during a summer-long project supported by West Nottinghamshire College. The teens have…
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BE seen and be safe – that’s the message to all road users in Nottinghamshire as the clocks go back an hour at the weekend. Nottinghamshire County Council is reminding…
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A total of 9,611 children across the county took part in the annual Summer Reading Challenge in libraries this year. The annual event encourages children to keep up the reading…
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Mansfield District Council is offering free parking at the Four Seasons car park for shoppers, who wish to make the most of Thursdays' late night opening times in the run…
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is supporting previously registered nurses to return to the profession by holding a Return to Practice event at King’s Mill Hospital on Friday 24…
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The Cornwater Club, an older people’s charity based in Ravenshead, has received an award of £490 from The Mansfield Building Society’s Community Support Scheme towards the cost of seven art…
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There’s lots on this October Half Term at Making it! Discovery Centre, Mansfield to keep the whole family entertained. From 27 – 31 October families can Design it, Make it,…
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A major new exhibition celebrating Mansfield's industrial past will be officially opened on Thursday (23 October) following the biggest revamp at Mansfield Museum in ten years. Made in Mansfield is…
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A state-of-the-art training centre that is preparing young people and adults for careers in engineering has opened its doors in Sutton. The £5.8m flagship engineering and automotive hub will provide…
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Members of the public are being offered a last chance to submit photographs taken this year of Yeoman Hill Park, Mansfield Woodhouse, for a competition being run by the Friends…
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Principal and chief executive of West Nottinghamshire College Group, Dame Asha Khemka, has received a special award from Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in recognition of her contribution to furthering…
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Budding authors will be flocking to County Hall in West Bridgford this Saturday (25 October) for the tenth New Writers UK Book Fayre and Festival. The free event takes place…
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MANSFIELD bus station has won a prestigious national award for the contribution it has made to the people of the town since it opened last year. The building has scooped…
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The Four Seasons shopping centre's Buzzy B Club has two Jeepers Creepers events in the half-term holidays, on 28th October and 2nd November, from 11am-3pm. The Mansfield events will include…
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Paul Cox's injury-ravaged side halted Cambridge's recent goal spree with a gutsy second-half rearguard. Mansfield, missing seven first-team players through injury and assistant manager captain Adam Murray through suspension, played…
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Nottinghamshire County Council needs your photos of Sherwood Forest! To kick off the public appeal, this image of Nottinghamshire’s world-famous Major Oak captured on a stereoscopic camera in 1860 is…
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There was some good news for the injury-ravaged Mansfield Town as they prepared for tomorrow's home match with Cambridge United. Fergus Bell, Simon Heslop and Matt Rhead, who all went…
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Nottinghamshire County Council hopes to formally start its new search this autumn for an external partner to manage a new visitor centre and the country park at Sherwood Forest. It…
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IS it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Phil Constantine, of Mansfield firm Atmospheric Interiors, who raised £1,100 for Portland College’s £2m appeal for an inclusive sports academy…
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Wynndale Primary School, Mansfield, has great outdoor spaces to help children to learn, such as raised vegetable beds, a new Global garden, a fruit orchard and hedgerows. A recent addition…
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“We’re not going to take it anymore”, are the words being spoken by students at West Nottinghamshire College – but for a very good reason. The Students’ Union (SU) is…
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Some of Nottinghamshire's most talented and committed individuals gathered at County Hall last week for a reception honouring recipients of HM The Queen's Birthday Honours. In total, 12 Nottinghamshire residents…
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Mansfield CVS and the BIG Warsop Partnership are hosting a Funding and Information Fayre at the John Fretwell Sporting Complex, Sookhole, today. The fayre will offer voluntary groups, organisations and…
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The Banner Jones Group, which includes Bilton Hammond Solicitors in Mansfield and Banner Jones Solicitors in Chesterfield and Sheffield, have recently strengthened several of their key departments with the addition…
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A new business has opened in Mansfield. Sun Sea Expert tanning on Leeming Street is a tanning studio specialising in spray tan, self-tanning and sunbeds. It also sell a wide…
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The latest business to move into Mansfield's prestigious Queen's Place was officially opened by the Executive Mayor on Monday. Tony Egginton cut the ribbon inside Baker's @ Queens - a…
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Jessica Boot (18), a former Brunts Academy, Mansfield, student, is the new Miss Mansfield and Sherwood Forest. She pipped first runner-up Leyana Akbani and second runner-up Chelsea Phillips to the…
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Nottinghamshire County Council is urging Mansfield and Ashfield residents to act quickly and see their doctor if they have blood in their pee. This health message is part of the…
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The Bon Marche store in the Idlewells Centre, Sutton, is holding a fashion show in the store on 2nd November to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Now it is…
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IS it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Phil Constantine, of Mansfield firm Atmospheric Interiors, who raised £1,100 for Portland College’s £2m appeal for an inclusive sports academy…
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If you were running Nottinghamshire County Council, how would you do things differently if you had to save £77m from your annual budget over the next three years? That's what…
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A surgeon from King’s Mill Hospital has received world recognition for performing the two millionth NovaSure procedure – a life-changing treatment that helps women control abnormally heavy periods and provides…
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Mansfield-based manufacturer Belton Massey has won a hat-trick of Chamber of Commerce awards, including the Business of the Year title. The firm, Europe’s largest independent manufacturer of non-original catalytic converters,…
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Mansfield's Youth Mayor for 2014/15 is Danielle Bridges (16) of Samworth Church Academy with 1,693 votes. Honor Bennett (14), of All Saints' Catholic Academy received 1,285 votes. Elections were held…
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The Wonderers are starring at a rock 'n' roll Hallowe'en night to raise funds to help Paralympic star Ollie Hynd MBE compete at the 2016 Paralympic games in Rio. Ollie,…
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A Mansfield pub is hoping to give visitors a taste of Bavaria at a special Oktoberfest next weekend to mark the first anniversary of its re-opening. A unique selection of…
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Oak Tree Primary School's library has won a national award. The Mansfield school's library, opened in 2013 by Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Rebecca Adlington, was successful at the School Library…
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Professional industry advice was music to students’ ears as they learnt about the benefits of joining the Musicians’ Union (MU). More than 30 students, who are studying on music courses…
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The chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council's Community Safety Committee has hailed the work of businesses and public services in Mansfield, which has resulted in the town centre achieving a prestigious…
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Community and voluntary groups across Nottinghamshire are being encouraged to apply for grant aid funding to help support their work, and to attend one of three information events to help…
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Mansfield’s newest care home, Baily House, has welcomed its first resident, Mrs Jean Gent (86). Home owner John Walton presented Mrs Gent with a bouquet. Baily House is a purpose-built…
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A grit-bin campaign for the Ashfields estate in Sutton, led by councillors Jason Zadrozny and Tom Hollis (pictured), has ended in victory. They presented Nottinghamshire County Council with a petition.…
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West Nottinghamshire College’s health and welfare team is fully-supporting the national ‘Stoptober’ campaign with health advice events this week. The Stoptober campaign encourages smokers across the country to give up…
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Macmillan nurse Sue Stringer and Dr David Kellock saw their artwork displayed across Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust after winning a poster design competition reminding ward colleagues to go bare below…
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Four schools in Mansfield have joined forces with Rufford Craft Centre and Jubilee Tesco to take part in the Big Draw. Wynndale, Oak Tree, Asquith and Berry Hill primarysSchools are…
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The 16th October is European Restart a Heart day and to mark this occasion Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is teaching vital resuscitation skills to young and old. Sudden…
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IF YOU'RE counting the pennies -- and who isn't these days? -- then one way to help cut costs is to keep an eye on the amount of fuel you…
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An aspiring young actor who has just completed his bachelor of arts in theatre studies at West Nottinghamshire College is getting set for a European tour. Connor Bailey, from Kirkby,…
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Mansfield has been shortlisted in The Great British High Street of the Year Awards market town section. The contest, run by the Future High Streets Forum, praised the work of…
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The Meals at Home service run by Nottinghamshire County Council is savouring the sweet taste of success after winning ‘Catering Team of the Year’ at a prestigious national awards ceremony.…
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A fun family-friendly navigation challenge returns to Mansfield parks this Hallowe'en. Xplorer is the perfect FREE outdoor activity for primary and pre-school children - and older children and adults can…
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Nottinghamshire teenager Eddie Fenwick will deliver an emotive speech about World War One from the Despatch Box at the House of Commons in November. The 17-year-old, from Sherwood Avenue, in…
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SO-CALLED “smart” tickets which can be used across the county, regardless of who operates the local bus service, could be introduced in Nottinghamshire. The County Council has launched a consultation…
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A gardening project to help people with early dementia has bloomed thanks to the support of community and voluntary organisations. Mansfield Lions donated £250 towards activities at the Thursday Club,…
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Local historian Pauline Marples has curated a new exhibition at Mansfield Museum that looks at the role of Clipstone Camp and Mansfield during the first world war. It opened today,…
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A new initiative has been launched that will inform schools when a child has witnessed domestic violence. Encompass Nottinghamshire will bridge the gap in communication between police and schools when…
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Rising pianist Julian Clef, who has been supported by the generosity of Mansfield people during his studies, is to perform a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Academy, Mansfield, on Sunday,…
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Mansfield Town have signed versatile left-sided player Kieron Freeman on a three-month loan from Championship side Derby County. The 22-year-old is no stranger to One Call Stadium or boss Paul…
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The Mansfield Learning Partnership is hosting the Mansfield and Ashfield Careers and Apprenticeship Fair at Mansfield Civic Centre on Wednesday, 12th November, 9am-3pm. The event is in partnership with All…
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Samworth Church Academy students staged spectacular performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in their state-of-the-art drama theatre. The production was created by the Mansfield academy’s students and drama teacher Caroline…
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A SCHEME that provides on-road cycle training in schools is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Nottinghamshire County Council’s road safety team’s Tracy Graham said: The difference between the old Cycling Proficiency…
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Mansfield will receive a Purple Flag after the town centre was officially recognised as a safe place to go out at night. The award — similar to the Blue Flag…
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Mansfield Museum is hosting a coffee morning for the Mansfield branch of MIND, St John's Street, Mansfield, to mark World Mental Health Day. The free event is on Friday, 10th…
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Samworth Church Academy has been named School of the Year at the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce Awards 2014. Vice-principal Ian James and teacher Rebecca Jephson received the award.…
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Mansfield District Council has welcomed six new apprentices to its workforce. The new recruits, who all live in Mansfield, will be working in services across the Council, doing a range…
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Audiology clinicians based at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are calling for more patients to join a new support group for patients suffering with tinnitus. The first tinnitus support…
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West Nottinghamshire College’s Students’ Union got the cups and saucers ready last week to support Macmillan Cancer Support’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. Together with the college’s Refined dining restaurant and…
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Members of Soroptimist International, Mansfield and District have presented a cheque for £2,407.55 to the Mary’s Meals charity. Club president Sue Mosley gave the cheque to Lindsay Graham following her…
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The Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, Mansfield and Ashfield Local Group has a varied programme events for the autumn and winter. Illustrated talks at the main hall in Bridge Street Methodist Church,…
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If you go down to Mansfield Woodhouse Library on Saturday, 4th October from 10am until noon, you’ll be able to learn about bats at the free Bat-tastic event. Organised by…
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The Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, Mansfield & Ashfield Local Group is looking for committee volunteers. The next committee meeting is on Tuesday, 28th October at Forest Town Welfare (Academy) at 7pm.…
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Mansfield 2020 operations manager Caroline Cox has raised more than £1,200 for Stand Up To Cancer by completing the Nottingham Marathon, smashing her £1,000 target. Caroline has lost two aunts…
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A young Mansfield man, who beat unemployment and set up in business with help from youth charity The Prince’s Trust, has backed a major campaign calling on the area’s unemployed…
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The Ashfield and Mansfield area has emerged as number two in the UK for the expansion of professional services, R&D firms and technology companies - and it is in the…
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Asquith Primary School, Mansfield, has received a £1,000 grant from Mansfield Education Foundation towards its positive attendance initiative. Head Clare Harding and Corinna Brown, extended services co-ordinator, told trustees how…
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Mansfield Quakers have invited the public to write messages for peace and tie them to a Yoko Ono-inspired Wish Tree For Peace at its Old Meeting House, Rosemary Street, on…
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Work has started on the first of two housing schemes, which will see 18 new bungalows built in Mansfield District. Mansfield District Council has appointed Novus Property Solutions to build…
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THE community garden at St Mark’s Church, Mansfield, has been ranked outstanding in the Royal Horticultural Society’s It’s Your Neighbourhood awards The Green and Wild group, formed at the church…
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Fidler & Pepper Solicitors, the award-winning conveyancing firm, has been appointed to the Midlands panel of approved solicitors for the Government’s Help to Buy scheme. Matt Slade, head of conveyancing…
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Figures published by NHS England show 90% of patients accessing cancer services at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust rated their experience as excellent or good. Early diagnosis can be…
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Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People is set to benefit from this year’s ITV Text Santa appeal. The funds raised for Together for Short Lives, which is one of…
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Children with disabilities in Mansfield will be amongst the beneficiaries of new arts projects, thanks to funding from Nottinghamshire County Council. The council's Grant Aid Sub-Committee has agreed funding worth…
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A male nurse is having his debut body wax to raise funds for Sherwood Forest Hospitals Dementia Care Appeal. Chris Majid, Lead Mental Health Nurse at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS…
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has again demonstrated its commitment to providing high standards for the quality of its patient environments. Results recently published from the Patient-led Assessments of…
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Work to build 64 new homes has started on Mansfield's Brownlow Road. Since taking over the site at the end of August, the contractor Keepmoat has created a site compound,…
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The Mansfield Building Society has given Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance £500 for medical consumables from its Community Support Scheme. Chloe Bass, of DLRAA, said: “We are grateful to…
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Blidworth Welfare Band came seventh overall in the first section at the National Brass Band Championships and was the highest placed Midlands band. Musical director Martin Heartfield said: "“I was…
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p A charity night at The Mint Indian Restaurant, Mansfield, for the town’s Fountaindale SEN School and Headway has raised £1,305. The event was attended by 55 people. Owner of…
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Rufford Abbey Country Park is preparing to host an event depicting life and times during World War Two. On the Home Front is the popular 1940s event which returns to…
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It is Nottinghamshire’s answer to X Factor meets Britain’s Got Talent! Budding young people with talents in the arts, music, dance and drama are being invited to apply to take…
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Around 1,000 people joined in with Rainbows’ 20th birthday celebrations when they visited the hospice’s open day on Saturday. Visitors attended the annual Open Day at Rainbows Hospice for Children…
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Mansfield Town Football Club is holding a charity coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support in the Sandy Pate Sports Bar. The event on Friday is part of The…
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Former Mansfield councillor and charity stalwart Heather Henshaw MBE is one of seven new deputy lieutenants appointed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, Sir John Peace. She will assist him in…
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Mansfield has scooped a Silver Gilt medal in the City category of the prestigious East Midlands in Bloom ceremony held in Nottingham on Wednesday (17 September). The overall score was…
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The Four Seasons Shopping Centre in Mansfield is getting behind the annual Macmillan World's Biggest Coffee Morning national fundraising on Friday. Beales department store will be supporting the event by…
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Ravenshead man has urged NewsJournal readers to back his fundraising efforts for Cancer Research. As reported last month, Mike, is taking part in the charity's Night Walk in London on…
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Members of the Inner Wheel Club of Mansfield have joined the big poppy knit. They were presented with a knitting pattern by district chairman Rachel Cooper, who showed club president…
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The Old Schoolroom at Edingley is hosting the village's first Apple Pressing Day on Saturday, 11th October, from 10am till late. People are invited to take part or watch the…
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WOULD-BE drivers as young as 15 are again being given the chance to get behind the wheel of a car – legally – in a scheme being run by Nottinghamshire…
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Mansfield Town’s new signing Reggie Lambe has been granted international clearance this afternoon, the club has confirmed. The 23-year-old put pen-to-paper for the club on Wednesday and is now available…
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is urging local residents to undergo regular eye tests as part of National Eye Week from 22–28 September 2014. King’s Mill Hospital will raise…
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Ashfield Voluntary Action is holding a free event for older people in Ashfield and Mansfield on Thursday, 13th November at the Festival Hall, Kirkby, from 10.30am to 3pm, to support…
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A manager from Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become one of six people from the East Midlands to secure a place on a national flagship scheme which helps…
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A senior nurse from Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has reached the final of a prestigious national award. Adam Hayward, Assistant Director of Nursing, has been shortlisted in the…
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The importance of good sexual health is being promoted to students at West Nottinghamshire College this week. As part of sexual health awareness week (15-19 September) the college’s health and…
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Parents and carers in Nottinghamshire are being reminded to check if children in their care qualify for free early years childcare provision for two-year-olds. Nottinghamshire County Council’s Early Years team…
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Patients at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will soon be able to benefit from faster x-rays and other medical images delivered straight to their doctors’ computers, with an upgrade…
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Mansfield Rotarians are again calling on residents to join in a fourth clean-up day at Berry Hill Park. Mansfield Rotary Club will be supervising the clean-up on 27th September from…
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The Four Seasons Shopping Centre will be transformed into a catwalk as glamorous fashion models show off the very latest designs and outfits. Models will be showcasing the very latest…
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Mansfield Palace Theatre is to host two shows of the official Sing-a-Long-a Frozen on 15th February at 11am and 3pm. It will feature on-screen Lyrics, a host, fancy dress competition,…
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An innovative use of remote health monitoring is benefiting patients who attend the King’s Mill Hospital Pre-op Assessment Unit (PAU) and show signs of ‘white coat hypertension’ or high blood…
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A Nottinghamshire County Council road safety campaign, aimed at reducing speeds on key rural routes, has been declared a success – despite being sabotaged before it had been launched. The…
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Nottinghamshire County Council is urging even more residents to stop smoking and take part in this year’s Stoptober challenge. Stoptober, which challenges smokers to quit for 28 days in October…
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Asquith Primary School in Mansfield has transformed two existing classrooms into a bright Foundation Unit. Parents and children went into school to look at the new facility and watch Bob…
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During the 100th anniversary of World War 1, BBC Radio Nottingham is running an appeal for knitted and crocheted poppies. To help reach the total of 11,000 poppies to mark…
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