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• Braehead Clan 4 Nottingham Panthers 2: Match report - Nottingham Post

  27-02-2015 23:38
  
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  Braehead Clan 4 Nottingham Panthers 2: Match report
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  Nottingham Panthers' faint hopes of winning the Elite League title look all but mathematically over after a 4-2 away defeat to current leaders Braehead Clan in Glasgow tonight. The loss leaves Corey Neilson's men 11 points behind the Scottish outfit ...
  
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• jonmattos published Braehead Clan 4 Nottingham Panthers 2: Match report

  27-02-2015 23:24
  
  Nottingham Panthers' faint hopes of winning the Elite League title look all but mathematically over after a 4-2 away defeat to current leaders Braehead Clan in Glasgow tonight.The loss leaves Corey Neilson's men 11 points behind the Scottish outfit, although with a game in hand.Panthers can look to quickly bounce back, from what was a fourth defeat in a row amid a run of just one win in eight in all competitions, as they tackle a testing three days north of the border.Next up is a trip to Dundee
  
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• Rare footage of 1914 Royal visit to Nottingham unearthed - Nottingham Post

  27-02-2015 22:36
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  Rare footage of 1914 Royal visit to Nottingham unearthed
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  The British Film Institute has uncovered a film of a visit by King George V and Queen Mary to the city centre in 1914. It shows the couple being greeted by thousands of well-wishers, in. Market Square with a furore of flag-waving.
  
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• TracyWalker published Can you help with theft appeal?

  27-02-2015 22:31
  
  NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Police would like to speak to the man in this picture after a theft at a pet store.The incident happened at the Pets at Home store in Sutton-in-Ashfield on January 27.Police are appealing for help in tracing the man and anyone who can help is asked to call police on 101.Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting incident 455 of 27 January.
  
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• TracyWalker published Rare footage of 1914 Royal visit to Nottingham unearthed

  27-02-2015 21:50
  
  Historic footage of a Royal visit to Nottingham has been unearthed. 
  The British Film Institute has uncovered a film of a visit by King George V and Queen Mary to the city centre in 1914. 
  It shows the couple being greeted by thousands of well-wishers, in 
  Market Square with a furore of flag-waving. 
  There had been no public royal visit to Nottingham since 1642, and there was a security threat from Suffragettes. 
  The Royal visit was an obviously tempting...
  
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• Cricket: Nottingham's women fall three runs short of winning National Indoor title - Nottingham Post

  27-02-2015 21:41
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  Cricket: Nottingham's women fall three runs short of winning National Indoor title
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  Nottingham Women were just three agonisingly runs short of lifting the National League 8-a-Side Championship indoor cricket title for the 2014/2015 season. Heading into the last round of the season, at the Sports Leagues Centre in Leicester, Nottingham ...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Cricket: Nottingham's women fall three runs short of winning...

  27-02-2015 21:32
  
  Nottingham Women were just three agonisingly runs short of lifting the National League 8-a-Side Championship indoor cricket title for the 2014/2015 season.Heading into the last round of the season, at the Sports Leagues Centre in Leicester, Nottingham were joint top with a game in hand before they played the first game but they lost their first two fixtures in the last overs of both matches seemingly to put them out of the title race. However, the surprising defeat of Bristol by Birmingham...
  
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• TracyWalker published Five men jailed for their part in cocaine and crack cocaine ring

  27-02-2015 20:49
  
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• TracyWalker published Police appeal after theft at Beeston Sainsbury's store

  27-02-2015 20:49
  
  Police would like to speak to the man in this picture in connection with an alleged theft from the Sainsbury's store in Beeston town centre.It is said to have happened at around 4pm on January 27.The man is described as white, between 30 and 40 years old and is around 5ft 8ins tall. He was wearing all black clothes, including a black beanie hat.Anyone who recognises him, or thinks they can help, can call Nottinghamshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Sean Newton thanks Notts County assistant boss Greg Abbott for...

  27-02-2015 19:55
  
  Sean Newton has revealed how wise words from Notts County assistant boss Greg Abbott settled his nerves at making his Football League debut.The left-back was given his first start by manager Shaun Derry in last weekend's defeat to Fleetwood following his loan switch from Lincoln.Newton (pictured) admitted he was feeling apprehensive ahead of the League One clash given it was a considerable step-up from non-league where he had spent all of his career.But he said Abbott helped him...
  
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• Nottingham Post commented Sean Newton thanks Notts County assistant boss Greg Abbott for...

  27-02-2015 19:55
  
  Sean Newton has revealed how wise words from Notts County assistant boss Greg Abbott settled his nerves at making his Football League debut.The left-back was given his first start by manager Shaun Derry in last weekend's defeat to Fleetwood following his loan switch from Lincoln.Newton (pictured) admitted he was feeling apprehensive ahead of the League One clash given it was a considerable step-up from non-league where he had spent all of his career.But he said Abbott helped him...
  
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• Election 2015: Nottingham Labour launch manifesto - Nottingham Post

  27-02-2015 19:40
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  Election 2015: Nottingham Labour launch manifesto
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  Setting up a not-for-profit energy company, building 2,500 homes and cutting the number of victims of crime have all been revealed as priorities for the Labour group in Nottingham ahead of May's election. The party has 49 of the city's 55 councillors ...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Carlton Town to welcome back former manager Tommy Brookbanks

  27-02-2015 19:40
  
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• Leigh_Curtis published Boxing: Meadow Lane set for another night of in-ring action

  27-02-2015 19:31
  Bad Boyz Boxing gym will hold their third club show next week at Notts County's Sports Bar at Meadow Lane.The amateur boxing club will showcase a plethora of its top talent which is being mentored by former welterweight star Errol McDonald.Among the boxers on show on Friday night will be Josh Armstrong, Akai and Akim Douglas, Derek Mutsunge, Ryan Amos and Joel Wilson.They will be accompanied by Stan Standard, Manley Brown and Stone Clayton from Bennys and Harrison Smith from Phoenix ABC.The
  
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• Nottingham Post published Horse racing: Your chance to get double the action at Southwell...

  27-02-2015 19:27
  
  Southwell Racecourse is staging two all-weather flat meetings during the Cheltenham Festival.Called "Cheltenham Double Headers", racegoers on March 10 and 11 will be able to watch the action unfold at Southwell while also watching all of the Cheltenham Festival races on the many screens around the course. On top of that, if you have a valid 2015 Cheltenham Festival ticket, you can go to Southwell for either of the two racedays in "Festival week" free of charge.Southwell are hosting ten meetings.
  
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• AlexBritton published Election 2015: Nottingham Labour launch manifesto

  27-02-2015 19:26
  
  Setting  up a not-for-profit energy company, building 2,500 homes and cutting the number of victims of crime have all been revealed as priorities for the Labour group in Nottingham ahead of May's election.The party has 49 of the city's 55 councillors and put forward their plans for the next four years if elected at an event at Antenna on Friday.The 36-page document covers proposals for transport, housing and business and contains 123 promises if the group carry on running the...
  
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• AlexBritton commented Election 2015: Nottingham Labour launch manifesto

  27-02-2015 19:26
  
  Setting  up a not-for-profit energy company, building 2,500 homes and cutting the number of victims of crime have all been revealed as priorities for the Labour group in Nottingham ahead of May's election.The party has 49 of the city's 55 councillors and put forward their plans for the next four years if elected at an event at Antenna on Friday.The 36-page document covers proposals for transport, housing and business and contains 123 promises if the group carry on running the...
  
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• TracyWalker published Firefighters rescue woman from Jobcentre lift

  27-02-2015 18:59
  
  Firefighters were called to a Jobcentre to rescue a woman from a lift.The incident happened at the centre in South Street, Ilkeston, at around 3.30pm on Friday.Firefighters spent about 10 minutes freeing the woman.One crew from Ilkeston Fire Station attended the scene.A spokeswoman for Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "Firefighters were called to an address in South Street, Ilkeston."The incident involved one adult female trapped in a lift. She was released from the lift..
  
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• Nottingham Post published Cricket: Notts trio hoping to all play a part as England eye...

  27-02-2015 18:44
  
  England will be looking to improve on their unconvincing start to their ICC Cricket World Cup campaign when they face Sri Lanka, in a match that starts at 10pm UK time on Saturday.Coming off their sole win of the tournament thus far against Scotland, captain Eoin Morgan and the rest of the England camp will be keen to forget about their tough start to the competition.The Nottinghamshire trio of Stuart Broad, James Taylor and Alex Hales all remain in the squad, with Hales really pushing to..
  
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• JonPritchard published Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy dies aged 83

  27-02-2015 18:34
  SCI-FI fans across Nottingham will be in mourning as it was announced that Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock in the iconic Star Trek films, has died.The actor was rushed to hospital earlier in the week suffering chest pains, and died early on Friday morning at his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles. He was 83.He gained a huge following after appearing in the television and movie series of Star Trek, where he played the half-Vulcan first officer of the Starship Enterprise.His followers...
  
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• TracyWalker published London Underground-style map shows what Beeston has to offer

  27-02-2015 18:09
  
  Who says London is where it's at?Not pensioner Robert Howard – he thinks Beeston is such an up-and-coming place that he has made his own London Underground-style map of the town.The 70-year-old says the "diagrammatic" map features every cafe and pub in Beeston town centre – well over 30 - bar one, the Prince of Wales, which he says is boarded up.The linear graphic shows a whistle-stop tour of where to eat and drink in the town's main area, including Fusion Cafe, The Hop Pole,...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Wicked Whispers: Simon Cox will celebrate if he nets for Reading...

  27-02-2015 17:57
  
  There are sure to be a lot of familiar faces around for Nottingham Forest when they take on Reading at the Madejski Stadium.Former players Chris Gunter, Garath McCleary, Jamie Mackie and Simon Cox are all on the books at the Royals and Cox says he won't follow the trend of not celebrating against a former club, should he find the net in this one.He told the media: "There's a respect about not celebrating but at the end of the day there's no other feeling like it in the world, why would
  
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• Nottingham Post commented Wicked Whispers: Simon Cox will celebrate if he nets for Reading...

  27-02-2015 17:57
  
  There are sure to be a lot of familiar faces around for Nottingham Forest when they take on Reading at the Madejski Stadium.Former players Chris Gunter, Garath McCleary, Jamie Mackie and Simon Cox are all on the books at the Royals and Cox says he won't follow the trend of not celebrating against a former club, should he find the net in this one.He told the media: "There's a respect about not celebrating but at the end of the day there's no other feeling like it in the world, why would
  
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• EllieCullen published Post helps reunite Hayley with her long-lost brothers

  27-02-2015 17:56
  
  A sister is to be reunited with her long-lost half brothers – thanks to the Post.Hayley Bradford had desperately appealed for help in tracing her two half brothers, Mark and Jason, who were born in Nottingham in 1969 and 1971.She wanted to warn them that they may have inherited a rare genetic disease – which killed her sister five years ago.Just a day after her story appeared in the Post, Hayley was contacted by people who knew her brothers – and she is now of arranging to meet
  
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• Nottingham Post commented Andy Reid column: Great run for Nottingham Forest makes me so...

  27-02-2015 17:49
  
  Since the gaffer has come in, the last five performances have been fantastic and I'm really pleased for the lads.I just wish this run could have begun a couple of games earlier to give us a more realistic chance of getting into the play-offs!Unfortunately, at the minute, it seems when we win everybody around us wins too!But since the manager arrived he's been positive, upbeat, and reminded the players what good players they are.Everyone seems to have responded really well to him, and to all the.
  
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• Nottingham Post published Attacking football can get City Ground buzzing again, says...

  27-02-2015 17:36
  
  Nottingham Forest's brand of attacking football under Dougie Freedman can get the City Ground buzzing again, says Dexter Blackstock.The striker admits the Reds' home form has been disappointing this season, at least prior to the arrival of the new manager, that is.Blackstock says the City Ground can become a difficult place to play when things are not going well – but also insists that the opposite is true.And he believes the entertaining style of play Freedman has introduced can get.
  
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• RachelGorman commented Antique dealer who set up business with Prince's Trust fund 'sold...

  27-02-2015 17:00
  
  An online antique dealer who set up his business with help from the Prince's Trust sold drugs in a bid to pay the bills, a court heard.Nathan Little, of College Street, Long Eaton, pleaded guilty to the production of cannabis, which was found by police on September 30 last year.The 29-year-old, who appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday February 27, broke down in tears as he was given an eight-month jail term, suspended for two years, and ordered to pay a £100 victim...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Chelsea grounding got me where I am, but now I want games, says...

  27-02-2015 16:55
  Lenny Pidgeley can perhaps understand a little of how Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has been feeling this season.Once the first name on the team-sheet at Stamford Bridge, the Czech Republic international has largely found himself in the role of understudy to Thibault Courtois.Pidgeley has been there and done that, been the bench-warmer and second choice stopper.Not any more. And, in part, he has Cech to thank.Pidgeley is very much the No.1 at Mansfield Town since his arrival on loan from...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Mansfield Town defender Ritchie Sutton getting to grips with...

  27-02-2015 16:47
  Defender Ritchie Sutton feels he is getting to grips with the attacking full-back role handed to him by Mansfield Town boss Adam Murray.Sutton has often played at right-back under Murray, being encouraged to get forward down the flank.It has taken some getting used to, but Sutton has started to put in consistent performances for the Stags."The Burton game, I thought I got forward a lot," said the 28-year-old."Especially in the home games, I don't feel like I'm getting forward as..
  
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• TracyWalker published Police investigating botched ATM raid at Misterton

  27-02-2015 16:21
  Would-be thieves are believed to have used tools to try to pull a cash machine from a wall.Nottinghamshire Police are investigating after an ATM was targeted at the Co-op in High Street, Misterton, around midnight on Thursday.But the bungling criminals failed in their attempt to steal the machine, leaving it behind.However it caused damage and the ATM is now out of action.Police became aware after an alarm was triggered.Anyone who saw or heard anything unusual or suspicious in the...
  
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• TracyWalker published Police investigating botched ATM raid at Misteron

  27-02-2015 16:21
  Would-be thieves are believed to have used tools to try to pull a cash machine from a wall.Nottinghamshire Police are investigating after an ATM was targeted at the Co-op in High Street, Misterton, around midnight on Thursday.But the bungling criminals failed in their attempt to steal the machine, leaving it behind.However it caused damage and the ATM is now out of action.Police became aware after an alarm was triggered.Anyone who saw or heard anything unusual or suspicious in the...
  
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• American beer invasion in full flow in Nottingham thanks to city importers - Nottingham Post

  27-02-2015 16:06
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  American beer invasion in full flow in Nottingham thanks to city importers
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  It might be one of humanity's most overused maxims but never has it been more of a truism than when applied to the thriving beer scene, which is now threatening to really take off explode in Nottingham. And these halcyon drinking days have been given a ...
  
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• PMBlackburn published American beer invasion in full flow in Nottingham thanks to city...

  27-02-2015 16:03
  
  VARIETY is the spice of life.It might be one of humanity's most overused maxims but never has it been more of a truism than when applied to the thriving beer scene, which is now threatening to really take off explode in Nottingham.And these halcyon drinking days have been given a surge something of an electric shock in recent weeks as Meadows-based importers Left Coast Distribution have unloaded a frankly irresponsible, when it comes to beer lovers like us, amount of some of the...
  
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• PMBlackburn commented American beer invasion in full flow in Nottingham thanks to city...

  27-02-2015 16:03
  
  VARIETY is the spice of life.It might be one of humanity's most overused maxims but never has it been more of a truism than when applied to the thriving beer scene, which is now threatening to really take off explode in Nottingham.And these halcyon drinking days have been given a surge something of an electric shock in recent weeks as Meadows-based importers Left Coast Distribution have unloaded a frankly irresponsible, when it comes to beer lovers like us, amount of some of the...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Notts-based Cerebral Palsy Centre of Excellence for football...

  27-02-2015 16:03
  
  The East Midlands Cerebral Palsy Centre of Excellence experienced a day of mixed emotions in their latest round of fixtures.The side failed to win any of their three matches as Central College Clifton played host to all four FA National CP Football League Northern Conference teams.Nevertheless, those associated with the East Midlands CP Centre of Excellence remain in high spirits after a day of gutsy performances raised yet more awareness for the growing sport. The centre runs two teams –.
  
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• Council forced to spend £4.5m on IT

  27-02-2015 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nottingham City Council is being forced to spend £4.5m improving its IT system because of "historic underinvestment", a report concludes.
  
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• Nottingham Post published Nottingham Rugby take a break in their hunt for the play-offs

  27-02-2015 15:48
  Nottingham Rugby are "not a million miles away" from being able to cement a play-off place, according to head coach Martin Haag.But in what is a very tight Championship, he knows the Green and Whites must quickly break their losing run.Last Friday's 16-14 reverse to Cornish Pirates made it four defeats in a row for Haag's men, who still sit in fourth place, two points ahead of Rotherham Titans.They now have a free weekend before facing second-placed Bristol, and with six games to go, Haag..
  
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• JonPritchard published The Hunting Act: Ten years on

  27-02-2015 15:41
  Ten years ago, one of the most controversial laws of recent times came into force.
  The Hunting Act 2004 banned the hunting of wild mammals with dogs in England and Wales, causing uproar in the countryside.
  And a decade later, the law is still as controversial as ever, with those against it insisting the act is "pointless" and "unworkable".
  According to the Countryside Alliance, hunting continues to be popular in Nottinghamshire, with four fox hunts still taking place in the county,.
  
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• Small independent shops in Nottingham are thriving - because they offer ... - Nottingham Post

  27-02-2015 15:38
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  Small independent shops in Nottingham are thriving - because they offer ...
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  Scattered across the city centre are a variety of thriving tiny treasure troves – and independent business owners believe it's because they offer something unique. Shop owners from twenty small shops in Britain were invited to the House of Commons on ...
  
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• Man denies pub car park gun murder

  27-02-2015 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man pleads not guilty to the murder of a 19-year-old man shot dead in a Nottingham pub car park.
  
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• Robert Tesche can still have a future at Nottingham Forest, says boss Dougie ... - Nottingham Post

  27-02-2015 15:30
  
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  Robert Tesche can still have a future at Nottingham Forest, says boss Dougie ...
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  The German midfielder has found opportunities hard to come by since the Scotsman took over from Stuart Pearce. And the former Hamburg man is out of contract in the summer – although Forest do have an option to extend the deal for a further year.
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• MattDavies published Nottingham Panthers general manager Gary Moran says teams who shy...

  27-02-2015 15:26
  Nottingham Panthers general manager Gary Moran admits there is no money to be made in playing in the Champions Hockey League yet – but he says clubs who do not pursue European glory are short changing their fans.Panthers represented the Elite League in the first incarnation of the competition and by winning one game, against Hamburg Freezers, they earned Britain a second slot in next season's expanded tournament.Moran suggested some clubs may be less willing to embrace the cup as...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Robert Tesche can still have a future at Nottingham Forest, says...

  27-02-2015 15:21
  
  Robert Tesche does still have a future at Nottingham Forest, says boss Dougie Freedman.The German midfielder has found opportunities hard to come by since the Scotsman took over from Stuart Pearce.And the former Hamburg man is out of contract in the summer – although Forest do have an option to extend the deal for a further year.Freedman has been impressed with Tesche's efforts in training – and says he has only been left out of the side because of the form of Henri...
  
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• Nottingham Post commented Robert Tesche can still have a future at Nottingham Forest, says...

  27-02-2015 15:21
  
  Robert Tesche does still have a future at Nottingham Forest, says boss Dougie Freedman.The German midfielder has found opportunities hard to come by since the Scotsman took over from Stuart Pearce.And the former Hamburg man is out of contract in the summer – although Forest do have an option to extend the deal for a further year.Freedman has been impressed with Tesche's efforts in training – and says he has only been left out of the side because of the form of Henri...
  
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• Baby death visit 'refusal' criticised

  27-02-2015 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An "outright refusal" of weekend social care visit for a woman who went on to kill her baby daughter cannot be justified, a coroner says.
  
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• JemmaPage published Small independent shops in Nottingham are thriving - because they...

  27-02-2015 15:02
  
  Scattered across the city centre are a variety of thriving tiny treasure troves – and independent business owners believe it's because they offer something unique.Shop owners from twenty small shops in Britain were invited to the House of Commons on Wednesday, which inspired the Post to search Nottingham's streets for our own independent boutiques.Situated in the newly refurbished Malt Cross is Handmade Nottingham's pop-up store which opened towards the end of last year...
  
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• BenIreland published Operation Tosca: Watch video from inside Cyprus' Green Line, a...

  27-02-2015 14:37
  For 24-hours a day, troops from the Midlands' Mercian regiment keep a close eye by patrolling on the Green Line in Cyprus.
  Watch footage as the Post rides alongside the soldiers through the buffer zone that separates Turkish and Greek Cypriots, who have been in dispute over the land since 1974.
  
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• EllieCullen published Vietnamese teenager reported missing

  27-02-2015 14:07
  Police are appealing for information after a teenager was reported missing.Thauc Quyem Pham, a 16-year-old Vietnamese girl, was last seen at around 6pm on Tuesday (February 24) wearing a white jumper, black leggings and Ugg boots.She is of slim build with long straight black hair.Anyone who has any information on Thaucm's whereabouts or can help in any way is asked to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101.
  
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• EllieCullen published Opportunities missed over death of baby killed by mum Amy Black

  27-02-2015 13:53
  
  Opportunities were missed in the lead up to the death of a seven-month-old baby killed by her mother – and a social worker should have contacted the family the night before the tragedy.But a coroner has concluded that, despite this, there is no way of knowing whether anyone could have prevented the death of Zoe Black.Zoe was found dead on wasteland near her home in Bestwood Park.Her mentally-ill mum Amy Black admitted infanticide and was sectioned under the Mental Health Act.At the...
  
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• Reading v Nottingham Forest

  27-02-2015 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's Championship game between Reading and Nottingham Forest.
  
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