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• Nottingham Post published Dougie Freedman on Nottingham Forest hero Antonio: The team is...

  18-03-2015 23:38
  
  Unstoppable Michail Antonio kept Nottingham Forest's play-off dreams alive as he was the inspirational catalyst for a hard-earned 2-0 success over Rotherham.The flying winger bagged his 13th goal of the season – and added to his tally of fine solo efforts in the process – just two minutes after setting up Dexter Blackstock to put the Reds ahead.Those two brilliant goals in the space of two minutes on the stroke of half time killed off Rotherham's resistance and left the Reds to look.
  
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• Nottingham Post commented Dougie Freedman on Nottingham Forest hero Antonio: The team is...

  18-03-2015 23:38
  Unstoppable Michail Antonio kept Nottingham Forest's play-off dreams alive as he was the inspirational catalyst for a hard-earned 2-0 success over Rotherham.The flying winger bagged his 13th goal of the season – and added to his tally of fine solo efforts in the process – just two minutes after setting up Dexter Blackstock to put the Reds ahead.Those two brilliant goals in the space of two minutes on the stroke of half time killed off Rotherham's resistance and left the Reds to look.
  
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• Nottingham Post published In pictures - Face in the Crowd: Nottingham Forest v Rotherham...

  18-03-2015 23:33
  
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• Nottingham Post published Garry Birtles column: Brentford are biggest threat to Nottingham...

  18-03-2015 23:30
  
  Dougie Freedman is right about wanting to pile pressure on the sides above Nottingham Forest – because that could be the only thing that gives them a sniff of making it into the top six.And there will be no bigger game than the one against Brentford over the Easter weekend.Why? Because I fear Brentford's revival in form could be the biggest threat to their chances.At the time of writing, we don't know how Freedman's side have got on against Rotherham.But, win or lose, time is running out..
  
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• Nottingham Post commented Garry Birtles column: Brentford are biggest threat to Nottingham...

  18-03-2015 23:30
  Dougie Freedman is right about wanting to pile pressure on the sides above Nottingham Forest – because that could be the only thing that gives them a sniff of making it into the top six.And there will be no bigger game than the one against Brentford over the Easter weekend.Why? Because I fear Brentford's revival in form could be the biggest threat to their chances.At the time of writing, we don't know how Freedman's side have got on against Rotherham.But, win or lose, time is running out..
  
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• Nottingham Post published In pictures - Nottingham Forest v Rotherham United

  18-03-2015 23:11
  
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• Nottingham Post published Nottingham Forest 2 Rotherham United 0: Match report: Antonio...

  18-03-2015 23:10
  
  Michail Antonio's 13th goal of the campaign helped Nottingham Forest notch up a seventh win under Dougie Freedman, as the winger inspired a comfortable success over struggling Rotherham.Antonio set up a brilliantly taken goal for Dexter Blackstock before adding yet another superb solo goal to his own growing catalogue, as the Millers' stubborn resolve was killed off in the space of two minutes before half time.Forest will now head to Norwich on Saturday eight points off the top six and knowing..
  
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• Nottingham Post commented Nottingham Forest 2 Rotherham United 0: Match report: Antonio...

  18-03-2015 23:10
  
  Michail Antonio's 13th goal of the campaign helped Nottingham Forest notch up a seventh win under Dougie Freedman, as the winger inspired a comfortable success over struggling Rotherham.Antonio set up a brilliantly taken goal for Dexter Blackstock before adding yet another superb solo goal to his own growing catalogue, as the Millers' stubborn resolve was killed off in the space of two minutes before half time.Forest will now head to Norwich on Saturday eight points off the top six and knowing..
  
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• Hospital helipad plan approved

  18-03-2015 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A plan for a helipad on top of a new multi-storey car park at a Nottingham hospital is approved.
  
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• Nottingham Post published Nottingham Panthers defenceman Sam Oakford focuses on 'earning...

  18-03-2015 22:00
  
  Sam Oakford's career has never gone better.The 24-year-old joined Nottingham Panthers from Bracknell Bees last summer seemingly with the intention of seeing if he could cut it in the Elite League.But now, with a Great Britain call-up to his name, hopes of silverware on the horizon and praise ringing in his ears, he has undoubtedly proven he can.His inclusion in GB's 31-man preliminary squad for their World Championship Division 1B campaign offers tangible recognition of recent form.However, the.
  
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• Nottingham Post published Nottingham Rugby ready for final push for Championship play-offs

  18-03-2015 21:50
  Nottingham Rugby are ready for one final push for the play-offs – and head coach Martin Haag has told his players: "Let's give it everything we've got."The Green and Whites will return to action in the Championship, after a 14-day break, against Moseley at The Bay on Saturday (3pm).And they have five matches left this season to try to clinch a place in the promotion play-offs."We've got five games left and every game is vital now going to the end of the season," said.
  
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• Funding boost for energy research

  18-03-2015 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  University of Nottingham to receive share of £60m of government funding
  
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• Nottingham Post published Leroy Lita must accept negative reaction from fans, says Notts...

  18-03-2015 19:30
  
  Shaun Derry says Leroy Lita has to "accept" the negative reaction which greeted his substitution against Rochdale, but insisted nobody should write the striker off.Lita was hauled off midway through the second half of Tuesday's 2-1 defeat to Rochdale which has left Notts County just two points off the bottom four in League One.The on-loan Barnsley forward was subjected to sarcastic cheers as he made his way to the touchline to be replaced by Balint Bajner.While Notts boss Derry...
  
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• Nottingham Post commented Leroy Lita must accept negative reaction from fans, says Notts...

  18-03-2015 19:30
  
  Shaun Derry says Leroy Lita has to "accept" the negative reaction which greeted his substitution against Rochdale, but insisted nobody should write the striker off.Lita was hauled off midway through the second half of Tuesday's 2-1 defeat to Rochdale which has left Notts County just two points off the bottom four in League One.The on-loan Barnsley forward was subjected to sarcastic cheers as he made his way to the touchline to be replaced by Balint Bajner.While Notts boss Derry...
  
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• JonPritchard published Top Valley salesman hoping to impress on Come Dine With Me

  18-03-2015 19:30
  
  Mobility salesman Aaron Johnson will be the star of the small screen as he appears on TV favourite Come Dine With Me.The 26-year-old, from Top Valley, hosts a 'Great British' night at his parents house in Bulwell on the show, rustling up a traditional Sunday dinner to feed his hungry guests.The show sees people hold dinner parties, with each night being marked out of 10.The person with the highest score at the end of the week wins £1,000. But Mr Johnson, who's episode will be aired at 4pm.
  
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• JonPritchard published Green light given to Queen's Medical Centre helipad

  18-03-2015 19:30
  
  Helicopters could soon be landing at Queen's Medical Centre after plans to build a helipad on a new car park were given the go-ahead.
  
  Nottingham City Council's planning committee agreed unanimously to give the green light to plans to build a 650-space car park, complete with helipad on the roof.
  
  The QMC says the helipad would allow people to be transported to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, based at the hospital, much faster, saving up to 20 minutes.
  
  Councillor Malcolm Wood said:...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Notts County fan column: Stuart Brothers: Magpies have talent...

  18-03-2015 19:20
  
  I had toyed with the idea of not even writing about first team matters this week, such was my desire to write something positive after laying awake into Wednesday's early hours trying to rationalise the night before.I could have written about the club's youth team getting back to winning ways that day against Hartlepool, or even Notts County Ladies' return to Meadow Lane this Sunday in the FA Cup.But defeat and a lowest home attendance in years is not an evening that should go ignored.Those who.
  
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• Nottingham Post published South Notts Karate Club teenager Naik bags England call-up

  18-03-2015 19:05
  South Notts Shotokan Karate Club have double reason to celebrate.The club, which meets at Keyworth Leisure Centre on Friday evenings and Sunday mornings and Nottingham Trent University on Wednesday evenings, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.On top of this, one of its junior members – 14-year-old Sebastian Naik (pictured) – has been selected for the England karate squad.The teenager, a black belt who has been doing karate since he was nine at South Notts, shone at a...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Holocaust lesson at Auschwitz for Nottinghamshire sixth-formers

  18-03-2015 19:05
  
  SIXTH-FORMERS from Nottinghamshire schools visited the Nazi concentration and death camp at Auschwitz this week, to witness firsthand the horrors of The Holocaust. On the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation, Mike Sassi traveled to Poland with them.THERE'S one room in Auschwitz where visitors are not allowed to take photographs. It's the room with two tons of human hair behind a glass screen.Red Army soldiers found seven tons when they liberated the concentration camp, in January 1945. Nazi
  
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• Nottingham Post published Angling round-up and results: Long Eaton's Eric Weeks and his...

  18-03-2015 19:03
  Long Eaton Victoria Angling Society member Eric Weeks enjoyed a fine last few weeks of the river season after catching a brace of big barbel.His first catch, on his first outing on the River Trent since August, saw him land a personal best barbel of 13lbs 6oz.He returned to the same stretch of the Trent a few days later and this time increased his personal best barbel to a massive 14-12 (pictured).To catch both fish Weeks used a block end feeder filled with scalded pellets and broken boilies. ..
  
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• AlexBritton published Budget 2015: Price of beer down in speech for 'thrifty Middle...

  18-03-2015 18:48
  
  The last budget before the election saw handouts given to hard-working families – in a speech that was meant for "thrifty Middle England".George Osborne announced an income tax cut for 27 million people, as well as cuts to duty on beer and cider.He also announced a Help to Buy ISA which would help first time buyers looking to get onto the housing ladder.Richard Farnsworth, tax director at PwC in the East Midlands, said: "The chancellor pulled a familiar looking rabbit out of
  
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• AlexBritton published Budget 2015: Budget rate review welcomed by Nottingham traders

  18-03-2015 18:48
  
  Business leaders have described George Osborne's final budget before May's General Election was "steady".The chancellor said he would review the current business rates system – which critics have called "clunky and regressive" – as well as abolish annual paper tax returns.Neil Walton, owner of fairtrade store Iguazu, which has shops in West Bridgford and Beeston, echoed the chancellor's words when he said business rates were "broken"."Anything that.
  
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• BenIreland published Carlton public toilets sold for £20,000 at auction

  18-03-2015 18:40
  Auctioneers have flogged some public toilets in Carlton for £20,000 at auction.Ten people were battling it out to buy the freehold in a bidding war at the Nottingham Gateway Hotel yesterday.The loos, by the sensory garden in Carlton Hill, were evenutally sold to an anonymous "speculative developer" from Leicestershire, over the phone. He did not confirm what his plans with the site were.Auctioneer Matt Hilton, from chartered surveyors HEB said he was expecting a lot of interest..
  
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• Mermaid, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, UK — review - Financial Times

  18-03-2015 18:30
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  Mermaid, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, UK — review
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  It is surely one of the saddest fairy tales: the story of the little mermaid who falls in love with a mortal prince but can only reach him by walking, in excruciating pain, and giving up her voice. In her new drama for Shared Experience and Nottingham ...
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• Nottingham Post published Non-league football round-up: Alfreton Town have not conceded for...

  18-03-2015 18:08
  Boss Nicky Law has challenged his Alfreton Town side to keep up their run of clean-sheets.
  The Reds notched a fourth successive shut-out in Tuesday's 0-0 draw at home to Lincoln City and have gone 400 minutes without conceding in the Vanarama Conference.
  Law praised his defence but was still disappointed not to have won the game, despite making it four unbeaten.
  "I am disappointed not to have won it to be fair. It was a tough competitive game as you would expect, but I think we had the better...
  
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• NottmPostEG published Horror film team hope to raise £4,000 to make 'splatter...

  18-03-2015 17:35
  
  A team of Nottingham filmmakers are hoping to raise £4,000 to complete their next project, a horror film called Lab Rats.
  "It's an all-out body horror with revolting mutations, oozing, melting faces and bodies literally exploding," says producer Lauren Parker from Chameleon.
  Lab Rats follows Kat and her eco-warrior friends who embark on a mission to expose the international bio-chemistry company, Ring-Amnion, as liars after a tip-off that they are running an animal testing lab -.
  
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• NottmPostEG published Rebecca Ferguson books Nottingham return

  18-03-2015 17:10
  Rebecca Ferguson will return to the Royal Concert Hall next year as part of her Lady Sings The Blues tour.
  The singer, who was runner up to Matt Cardle in the 2010 X Factor final (One Direction were third), has booked a date on February 11.
  She has since sold over a million copies of her debut album, Heaven, which included the hit single Nothing's Real But Love.
  She followed that two years ago with Freedom, also a Top 10, while her latest album, Lady Sings The Blues, reached No. 7.
  It sees the..
  
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• Nottingham Post published Man admits raping woman in grounds of library

  18-03-2015 17:00
  
  A 29-year-old man has admitted raping a woman in the grounds of a library but denied two further charges of sexual assault.A jury was told that Jason Sedgwick admitted raping his 30-year-old victim in Long Eaton after approaching her when she became separated from friends after leaving the Manhattan nightclub in the early hours of July 6 last year.Grace Hale, prosecuting, said he "picked her up" and took her into the grounds of Long Eaton library where he "kissed her forcibly and.
  
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• NottmPostEG published Pope biographer makes film about Bartons 'Ghost Bus'

  18-03-2015 16:24
  
  It is a strange tale, one that connects a Pope biographer and a Bartons 'ghost' bus.
  Roberto Alborghetti, an Italian author who has written two biographies of Pope Francis, was on a book tour of the UK when he visited Bartons' former bus depot in Chilwell, having been invited by blogger Marysia Zipser, founder of ACT Group (Art-Culture-Tourism) in Beeston.
  While touring the various classic vehicles on show, he chanced upon the 'Ghost Bus', a 1956 URR 865 AEC Reliance, which had spent 20 years...
  
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• RachelGorman published Solar eclipse 2015: How to make the most of the event according...

  18-03-2015 15:48
  Schoolchildren have their fingers crossed for fine weather on Friday - as they prepare to watch their very first solar eclipse.
  
  Nottingham Girls' High School are among dozens of institutes across the county banking on forecasters getting predictions of cloudy skies wrong - so they can witness the biggest spectacle of its kind since 1999.
  
  High School student Bertie King, of West Bridgford, has been experimenting with different ways of watching the eclipse safely in her physics class.
  
  The...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Dougie Freedman has not thought about future of Nottingham Forest...

  18-03-2015 15:37
  
  Dougie Freedman says he has had no thoughts about the future of any of Nottingham Forest's loan players.
  Greg Halford (Brighton) and Dan Harding (Millwall) are both out of contract in the summer and are likely to be released, but there is an option to extend Robert Tesche's (Birmingham) deal for a further year and Jamie Mackie (Reading), Djamel Abdoun (Lokeren) and Radi Majewski (Huddersfield) will still be under contract next season.
  Young duo Louis Laing (Motherwell) and Oliver Burke...
  
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• Nottingham Post commented Dougie Freedman has not thought about future of Nottingham Forest...

  18-03-2015 15:37
  
  Dougie Freedman says he has had no thoughts about the future of any of Nottingham Forest's loan players.
  Greg Halford (Brighton) and Dan Harding (Millwall) are both out of contract in the summer and are likely to be released, but there is an option to extend Robert Tesche's (Birmingham) deal for a further year and Jamie Mackie (Reading), Djamel Abdoun (Lokeren) and Radi Majewski (Huddersfield) will still be under contract next season.
  Young duo Louis Laing (Motherwell) and Oliver Burke...
  
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• Nottingham man in court over football stadium drones - BBC News

  18-03-2015 15:29
  
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  A man has been summoned to appear in court over allegations he flew a drone over London landmarks and at several football grounds during matches. Nigel Wilson, 42, from Nottingham, is accused of 17 breaches of the Air Navigation Order, Scotland Yard ...
  
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• Man faces court over football drones

  18-03-2015 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Nottingham man is summoned to appear in court over allegations he flew a drone at football matches and over London landmarks.
  
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• TomNorton published Nottinghamshire man charged with flying drones over UK landmarks...

  18-03-2015 14:27
  A man from Bingham has been charged with 17 offences relating to flying a drone over several landmarks including the Houses of Parliament, the Queen Victoria Memorial at Buckingham Palace and Nottingham Forest's City Ground.Nigel Wilson, 42, of Rockingham Grove has been summoned to appear in court for more than a dozen alleged incidents including flying a "small unmanned vehicle" at Nottingham Forest stadium on September 17 last year, the Palace of Westminster on September 27 and the..
  
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• NottmPostEG published Pop art pioneer's Lakeside exhibition includes papped Jagger

  18-03-2015 14:22
  
  Newspapers were obsessed by the Rolling Stones' dress sense . Or rather, in 1967, reporters and their bosses obsessed over the exact cut and colour of Mick Jagger's outfits when he appeared in court after the infamous drugs bust at Keith Richards' house in Sussex.
  This is the bust when a young lady, later identified as Marianne Faithfull, was found naked except for a fur rug.
  Details such as these were reported with breathy wonder by newspapers whose readers were offered a glimpse into the...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Mansfield Town manager Adam Murray cannot wait for season to end

  18-03-2015 14:16
  Mansfield Town boss Adam Murray admits he cannot wait for this season to finish.
  The former Stags midfielder is eager to make sure of his side's survival in League Two and then spend the summer putting his stamp on the club.
  It is three and a half months since Murray was announced as Paul Cox's permanent replacement.
  Since then, he has revamped the squad and tried to implement a more attacking style of play, all whilst Mansfield have been battling at the wrong end of the table.
  "I just want the.
  
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• Nottingham Post commented Mansfield Town manager Adam Murray cannot wait for season to end

  18-03-2015 14:16
  
  Mansfield Town boss Adam Murray admits he cannot wait for this season to finish.
  The former Stags midfielder is eager to make sure of his side's survival in League Two and then spend the summer putting his stamp on the club.
  It is three and a half months since Murray was announced as Paul Cox's permanent replacement.
  Since then, he has revamped the squad and tried to implement a more attacking style of play, all whilst Mansfield have been battling at the wrong end of the table.
  "I just want the.
  
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• 14 dishes you have to eat in Nottingham - Nottingham Post

  18-03-2015 13:55
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  14 dishes you have to eat in Nottingham
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  From award-winning restaurants to cosy cafes, pubs and greasy spoons, Nottingham has something to whet every appetite. Post food and drink writer Lynette Pinchess picks some of her favourites. Sloppy Joe, Annie's Burger Shack, Broadway. If you live in ...
  
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• Nottingham Post published 14 dishes you have to eat in Nottingham

  18-03-2015 13:45
  
  From award-winning restaurants to cosy cafes, pubs and greasy spoons, Nottingham has something to whet every appetite. Post food and drink writer Lynette Pinchess picks some of her favourites.
  
  
  
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  If you live in Nottingham and you've never heard of Annie's you must have been living under a rock. The American legend has 30 different burgers adored by carnivores, veggies and vegans alike. There's even a Lemmy burger, approved by the man himself, but..
  
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• Nottingham Post commented 14 dishes you have to eat in Nottingham

  18-03-2015 13:45
  
  From award-winning restaurants to cosy cafes, pubs and greasy spoons, Nottingham has something to whet every appetite. Post food and drink writer Lynette Pinchess picks some of her favourites.
  
  
  
  Sloppy Joe, Annie's Burger Shack, Broadway
  
  
  If you live in Nottingham and you've never heard of Annie's you must have been living under a rock. The American legend has 30 different burgers adored by carnivores, veggies and vegans alike. There's even a Lemmy burger, approved by the man himself, but..
  
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• NottmPostEG published Nottingham Jazz Diary by Jeanie Barton, March 20-26

  18-03-2015 13:42
  Another jazzy week of joy jumps into action on Friday March 20 at Kirk Hallam Social Club, Dallimore Road, Ilkeston where Kal's Kats 10 piece jump jive/swing band led by Kal Vaikla (sax, vocals) pump out some retro feel good songs, the gig also features a free dance lesson at 8pm from female vocalist Ruby Rich.
  
  The same night, Stray's, 6-20 Middlegate, Newark, host their weekly Jazz and Tapas evening featuring pianist Dickie Baker together for the first time with local born legend and trumpet
  
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• JonPritchard published Police called to Sneinton surgery after man steals stethscope

  18-03-2015 13:36
  Police were called to Dale Surgery in Sneinton on Wednesday afternoon after a man stole a stethoscope.Officers were called to the surgery shortly after 12noon after it was reported a man stole the item from a doctor.A spokeswoman for Nottinghamshire Police said: "We were called at 12.09pm because a male had stolen a stethoscope from a doctor."It was an isolated incident and was dealt with by 12.30pm. The man had given back the stethoscope and left with friends."The Nottingham Post
  
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• JonPritchard published Police called to Sneinton surgery after man steals stethoscope

  18-03-2015 13:36
  
  Police were called to Dale Surgery in Sneinton on Wednesday afternoon after a man stole a stethoscope.Officers were called to the surgery shortly after 12noon after it was reported a man stole the item from a doctor.A spokeswoman for Nottinghamshire Police said: "We were called at 12.09pm because a male had stolen a stethoscope from a doctor."It was an isolated incident and was dealt with by 12.30pm. The man had given back the stethoscope and left with friends. No arrests were...
  
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• RachelGorman published Can you help track down the owner of this bike?

  18-03-2015 13:27
  
  Police are trying to track down the owner of a Campus Viking cycle (pictured) after it was found dumped under the Lady Bay Bridge.The red bike, which is worth around £150, was picked up by police after a passerby spotted it on December 21.PC Paul Henson told the Post he didn't want to put the cycle in the police bike storage because it "looked brand new" and he didn't want it to be forgotten about.He said: "Normally when we, or a member of the public, finds an abandoned bike
  
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• RachelGorman commented Can you help track down the owner of this bike?

  18-03-2015 13:27
  
  Police are trying to track down the owner of a Campus Viking cycle (pictured) after it was found dumped under the Lady Bay Bridge.The red bike, which is worth around £150, was picked up by police after a passerby spotted it on December 21.PC Paul Henson told the Post he didn't want to put the cycle in the police bike storage because it "looked brand new" and he didn't want it to be forgotten about.He said: "Normally when we, or a member of the public, finds an abandoned bike
  
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• Election 2015: Number of out-of-work benefit claimants up in Nottingham - Nottingham Post

  18-03-2015 13:12
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  Election 2015: Number of out-of-work benefit claimants up in Nottingham
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  The last set of employment figures before the election have been revealed – with Nottingham and Nottinghamshire seeing slight increases in the number of people claiming out of work benefits. The number of claimants in the city increased by more than ...
  
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• MattDavies published James Taylor not in England Test squad as Kevin Pietersen reveals...

  18-03-2015 12:54
  Nottinghamshire's James Taylor has missed out on a recall to the England Test squad for the first time in three years – as Kevin Pietersen reveals his desperation for another chance.
  Taylor has not played a Test since 2012, when Pietersen claims to have told then coach Andy Flower he was not up to the job during a game against South Africa.
  However, Taylor has proved his detractors wrong both domestically and in the one day international team.
  The 25-year-old was tipped to be named in the
  
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• MattDavies commented James Taylor not in England Test squad as Kevin Pietersen reveals...

  18-03-2015 12:54
  
  Nottinghamshire's James Taylor has missed out on a recall to the England Test squad for the first time in three years – as Kevin Pietersen reveals his desperation for another chance.
  Taylor has not played a Test since 2012, when Pietersen claims to have told then coach Andy Flower he was not up to the job during a game against South Africa.
  However, Taylor has proved his detractors wrong both domestically and in the one day international team.
  The 25-year-old was tipped to be named in the
  
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• NottmPostEG published Radio 2 indie-folk favourite Kelly Oliver heads to Nottingham

  18-03-2015 12:51
  After being championed by Radio 2's Bob Harris and Mark Radcliffe, and having her album This Land included in The Telegraph's Folk Albums of 2014, 24-year-old Hertfordshire indie folk singer songwriter Kelly Oliver is gearing up for the release of a new single, which she's promoting with a short tour that comes to Nottingham next week...
  
  How did music start for you?
  I got a Fisher Price cassette player for Christmas when I was about three and that was my favourite thing for years. I used to...
  
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