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• BenIreland published Lotto: Boxing Day National Lottery results, December 26

  26-12-2015 23:16
  
  Here are the winning numbers from the National Lottery's Boxing Day draw.The jackpot was a huge £39.4 million.In ascending order, they were: 17, 21, 31, 38, 44 and 58.The bonus ball was 20.The Thunderball draw was also made, with the winning numbers: 2, 6, 28, 32 and 35.The Thunderball was 13.If you won big on the Lotto draw, email [email protected]
  
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• Nottingham Post published Championship round-up: Will home advantage bring Forest rewards...

  26-12-2015 21:04
  
  Home fans in the Championship were treated to Boxing Day points as not one away team managed to earn a victory. Whether that's a good holiday season omen for Nottingham Forest, ahead of hosting Leeds at the City Ground on Sunday afternoon (4.30pm), remains to be seen. But the fact of the matter was that of the ten games that were on, eight were won by the home team on Boxing Day and the other two were draws. With leaders Middlesbrough not in action after their game at Blackburn was...
  
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• Nottingham Post commented Championship round-up: Will home advantage bring Forest rewards...

  26-12-2015 21:04
  
  Home fans in the Championship were treated to Boxing Day points as not one away team managed to earn a victory. Whether that's a good holiday season omen for Nottingham Forest, ahead of hosting Leeds at the City Ground on Sunday afternoon (4.30pm), remains to be seen. But the fact of the matter was that of the ten games that were on, eight were won by the home team on Boxing Day and the other two were draws. With leaders Middlesbrough not in action after their game at Blackburn was...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Sheffield Steelers 2 Nottingham Panthers 1: Match report

  26-12-2015 19:50
  
  Nottingham Panthers were edged out 2-1 by arch-rivals Sheffield Steelers at the Motorpoint Arena in front of a Boxing Day crowd of 9,087.In a pulsating match, home man of the match Marek Pinc had an excellent game to thwart the Panthers, saving 27 of their 28 shots.The win for the hosts lifts them above the Panthers into second in the Elite League by one point, although Corey Neilson's side have a game in hand and can quickly climb above the Steelers when they welcome them on Sunday afternoon to
  
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• 10 things to improve Nottingham: cycle lanes, cave network and Junktion Seven - Nottingham Post

  26-12-2015 19:25
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  10 things to improve Nottingham: cycle lanes, cave network and Junktion Seven
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  As someone who drives daily around Nottinghamshire, nothing annoys me more than cyclists ignoring perfectly good cycle tracks and using the road. Related content. Christmas Eve crash: Man taken to hospital with serious injuries after motorbike collides ...
  

• Book celebrates city council houses

  26-12-2015 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A book celebrating a city's social housing is a surprise bestseller for Christmas.
  
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• Nottingham Post published 10 things to improve Nottingham: cycle lanes, cave network and...

  26-12-2015 19:00
  
  Post Photographer Joseph Raynor gives his suggestions that would make Nottingham a better place to live and work in1. Ride RageLET'S stop cyclists using the road when perfectly good cycle tracks exist.As someone who drives daily around Nottinghamshire, nothing annoys me more than cyclists ignoring perfectly good cycle tracks and using the road.More often than not, this happens on fast and busy roads, proving dangerous to all.The cycle tracks are there for a reason, use them.2. More bike...
  
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• Nottingham Post commented 10 things to improve Nottingham: cycle lanes, cave network and...

  26-12-2015 19:00
  
  Post Photographer Joseph Raynor gives his suggestions that would make Nottingham a better place to live and work in1. Ride RageLET'S stop cyclists using the road when perfectly good cycle tracks exist.As someone who drives daily around Nottinghamshire, nothing annoys me more than cyclists ignoring perfectly good cycle tracks and using the road.More often than not, this happens on fast and busy roads, proving dangerous to all.The cycle tracks are there for a reason, use them.2. More bike...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Doncaster Knights 26 Nottingham Rugby 12: Match report

  26-12-2015 17:59
  
  Nottingham Rugby were unable to climb into the Championship play-off places as they lost 26-12 away to high-flying Doncaster Knights. The Green and Whites went into the game with injuries to their pack, including the absence of hooker Jon Vickers and lock and captain Dan Montagu, although prop Conor Carey returned from injury to start at the Knights and on loan Jack Singleton was back from parent club Worcester to line up as hooker. It was hosts Doncaster who went ahead after nine minutes...
  
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• BenIreland published Driver shortage leaves East Midlands Trains relying on post-Chris...

  26-12-2015 17:49
  
  Driver shortages have left East Midlands Trains relying on replacement bus services on Sunday, December 27.An emergency timetable has been put together for trains linking Nottingham to various cities and towns, from London to Liverpool.The move has brought the issue of drivers' Sunday availability to the surface.Currently, East Midlands Trains drivers are not obliged to work Sundays, but do so on a voluntary basis."Because this Sunday has fallen after Christmas and Boxing Day, it means many...
  
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• jonmattos published Notts Outlaws skipper Taylor shines once again for England on day...

  26-12-2015 17:24
  
  Notts Outlaws skipper James Taylor continued his quest to solidify his spot in the England set-up with another half century on the opening day of the Test series in South Africa. On a day when only 65.1 of the 90 permitted overs were bowled due to a thunderstorm in the morning session on day one of the first Test in Durban, the tourists did well to reach stumps on 179 for four at Kingsmead. And Taylor made it back-to-back half centuries in Test cricket to help England recover from 49 for...
  
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• BenIreland published Serial shoplifter jailed after handbag theft from Nottingham's TK...

  26-12-2015 16:00
  
  A man spent Christmas behind bars after stealing two handbags worth nearly £600 from Nottingham's TK Maxx store in Milton Street. Dennis Martin, 39, of Corby, Northamptonshire, was arrested on December 23. He was already serving a four-week suspended sentence and Nottingham Magistrates' Court heard that he had 23 previous convictions from 49 offences. In mitigation, Diana Frempong argued that Martin had just lost his mum and was recovering drug problems. He had found a job as a...
  
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• BenIreland published Christmas in jail for £8 Strongbow cider thief

  26-12-2015 15:42
  
  A Sutton-in-Ashfield man spent Christmas in jail because he stole an £8 pack of Strongbow cider.Andrew James, 39, of St Michael's Street, stole the booze from the Co-Op store in Skegby Road, Annnesley Woodhouse in on September 7.He was bailed to attend Mansfield Police Station on October 28, but failed to show.A warrant for his arrest was issue and police picked him up on Christmas Eve.He appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Boxing Day, where he pleaded guilty to theft and failing.
  
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• BenIreland published Two brothers and a young mother accused of robbery and GBH in...

  26-12-2015 15:27
  
  Two brothers and an 18-year-old mother have appeared in court charged each with robbery and grievous bodily harm.They are accused of stealing the alleged victim's mobile phone and keys and unlawfully and maliciously causing grievous bodily harm in Bulwell on December 23.Carl and Duane Hodgkinson, of Bulwell, and Nikita Faulkner, all of Basford, appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Boxing Day having spent Christmas behind bars.They were all arrested on December 23.Carl, 25, of Spruce...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Mills pleased to see City Ground become the fortress for...

  26-12-2015 15:04
  
  Nottingham Forest defender Matt Mills admits he is pleased to see his City Ground statement start to come to fruition. The Reds' home ground has become a stronghold for the team in recent weeks and they will be looking for their fifth straight home win when Leeds visit on December 27. And Mills said: "We feel confident at home with the results we have got in recent times (four wins on the bounce). I said when I signed in the summer that this could be an intimidating place for opposition...
  
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• Nottingham Post commented Mills pleased to see City Ground become the fortress for...

  26-12-2015 15:04
  
  Nottingham Forest defender Matt Mills admits he is pleased to see his City Ground statement start to come to fruition. The Reds' home ground has become a stronghold for the team in recent weeks and they will be looking for their fifth straight home win when Leeds visit on December 27. And Mills said: "We feel confident at home with the results we have got in recent times (four wins on the bounce). I said when I signed in the summer that this could be an intimidating place for opposition...
  
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• Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: ​Ugly scenes as invasion costs the Reds ... - Nottingham Post

  26-12-2015 15:02
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  Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: ​Ugly scenes as invasion costs the Reds ...
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  The scenes after Newcastle fans invaded the pitch at St James' Park during the FA Cup quarter final tie against Nottingham Forest in 1974. Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: ​Ugly scenes as invasion costs the Reds in... X. Share Tweet Share Pin It Email.
  

• Nottingham Post commented Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: ​Ugly scenes as invasion...

  26-12-2015 14:44
  
  Nottingham Forest's FA Cup run of 1973/74 proved to be a memorable one. After victories over Bristol City, Manchester City and Portsmouth, the Division Two side set up a quarter-final tie at St James' Park on March 9. Ian Bowyer netted after just 90 seconds and Liam O'Kane also netted to give Forest a 2-1 half-time lead against First Division Newcastle United, as the 13,000 travelling Forest fans went wild. Then came a controversial turning point as the ground erupted amid ugly scenes...
  
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• TracyWalker published Celia has bags of ideas for upcycling vintage Japanese wedding...

  26-12-2015 13:00
  
  Some of the silk Celia Oliver uses to make her bespoke handbags is up to 60 years old. The 67-year-old creates the delicate pieces from vintage Japanese wedding kimonos, imported from a supplier in Tokamachi. As well as selling them online – with buyers as far away as America – she takes her designs along to two craft fairs a year; one at Easter and one at Christmas, including at Wollaton Hall's festive fairs held this month. Cranes, chrysanthemums, waves – there are many...
  
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• FT: Nottingham Forest 1-1 Leeds - BBC Sport

  26-12-2015 12:51
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  FT: Nottingham Forest 1-1 Leeds
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  Nottingham Forest are only a point behind and there is plenty to play for in both in 2016. Share. Share this post on. Twitter; Facebook; Read more about these links. After an end-to-end second half, it ends all square. #. BBC 5 live Sport. 5liveSport ...and more »
  

• LucyBudge published In pictures: Boxing Day sales shoppers in Nottingham

  26-12-2015 12:44
  
  Gallery created by LucyBudge
  
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• Nottingham Post published Police search for men after graffiti spate in Ilkeston

  26-12-2015 12:29
  
  Police are appealing for information after the appearance of graffiti in Ilkeston.Two men are wanted in connection with the crime after being captured on camera.The released image shows two white men, approximately 20-years-old, wearing dark clothing and black and white trainers.One of the men is wearing a black top and is carrying a rucksack.PC Jo Price said: "Over recent weeks we have had a lot of graffiti appearing in the town with tags such as 'above' 'ba' 'ab' 'unle'."Activity...
  
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• LucyBudge published Boxing Day sales: Shoppers laden with carrier bags in Nottingham...

  26-12-2015 11:35
  
  The city centre is awash with brightly coloured carrier bags as shoppers continue with their Boxing Day bargain hunting. Shops including Next and Boots opened their doors bright and early at 6am, with the rest following suit from 7am and 8am. Many stores are offering discounts of up to 50 per cent off, and queues were building at 9am outside stores Monsoon, in intu Victoria Centre, and Lush, in Clumber Street. Speaking mid-morning, Aspley resident Geeta Kaur had already finished her...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Sex offender sent to jail for 17 years for attacking young girls

  26-12-2015 11:28
  
  A sex offender who assaulted young girls for over four decades has been sent to jail. Michael Brown, of Bagshaw Street, in Pleasley, was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday, December 23. The 70-year-old admitted a string of sexual assaults against young girls across Nottinghamshire dating back to the 1970s. He has now been given a 17-year prison sentence and will be placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for life, as well as a sexual harm prevention order. Investigating...
  
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• DanRussell published A different kind of Boxing Day in Long Eaton

  26-12-2015 10:54
  
  Boxing Day was given a new meaning in Long Eaton. The West Park Leisure Centre recycling bins on the morning of December 26 were already overflowing with boxes and packaging. Locals had visited the facility to dump their rubbish almost as soon as their presents were unwrapped.
  
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• Leigh_Curtis published Notts County and Mansfield Town games postponed because of rain

  26-12-2015 10:53
  
  Notts County and Mansfield Town are both without Boxing Day games today after heavy rain wiped out their festive fixtures.The Magpies had been due to travel to Hartlepool this afternoon, but standing water on the Victoria Park surface prompted a 9am inspection.Once referee David Webb inspected the pitch, he had no option but to postpone the game with more rain forecast throughout the day.Ironically, it was the first time a Hartlepool game at Victoria Park had been called off in five years when a
  
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• Hartlepool United P-P Notts County

  26-12-2015 10:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Boxing Day match between Hartlepool and Nott County is postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.
  
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• Morecambe P-P Mansfield Town

  26-12-2015 10:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Boxing Day match between Morecambe and Mansfield Town is postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.
  
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• Nottingham Post published Nottinghamshire weather: Cloudy and windy Boxing Day for bargain...

  26-12-2015 09:28
  
  Shoppers heading to Nottingham city centre to grab the best in the Boxing Day bargains can expect windy weather with hanging cloud overhead. Throughout the day, there will be brighter spells but it will remain mostly cloudy on Saturday. It will be dry with a maximum temperature of 14°C expected. In to Saturday night and the weather will continue being breezy, with the occasional outbreak of rain as dark falls. Looking ahead to Sunday and it will remain cloudy with heavy showers dotted...
  
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• Nottingham Forest v Leeds United: Big match preview - Yorkshire Evening Post

  26-12-2015 08:01
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  Nottingham Forest v Leeds United: Big match preview
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  Check out our at a glance guide to Leeds United's clash with Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. Key Battle - Henri Lansbury v Lewis Cook. Between them this pair have bundles of energy and ability, and the midfield is where most Championship game are ...
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• DanRussell published Boxing Day sales: Hundreds queue from 2.30am waiting for Next to...

  26-12-2015 07:07
  
  More than 500 shoppers queued throughout the early hours of Boxing Day to get their hands on the best bargains.The first customers arrived at 2.30am outside the intu Victoria Centre but the doors did not open til 6am.Bargain hunters were let in 50 at a time to keep crowds under control.Shopper Katie Ward was one of the first inline.The 21-year-old of Arnold said: "We were hear at 4.10am and there were 100 people here already."This is my first time doing this and I have come for the...
  
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• DanRussell commented Boxing Day sales: Hundreds queue from 2.30am waiting for Next to...

  26-12-2015 07:07
  
  More than 500 shoppers queued throughout the early hours of Boxing Day to get their hands on the best bargains.The first customers arrived at 2.30am outside the intu Victoria Centre but the doors did not open til 6am.Bargain hunters were let in 50 at a time to keep crowds under control.Shopper Katie Ward was one of the first inline.The 21-year-old of Arnold said: "We were hear at 4.10am and there were 100 people here already."This is my first time doing this and I have come for the...
  
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• Plans for new board game cafe in Nottingham - Nottingham Post

  26-12-2015 07:05
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  Plans for new board game cafe in Nottingham
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  Board game fans could soon be able to have a quick go of snakes and ladders while sipping a cappuccino at a new themed café. The Ludorati Café Bar is planned to open in March next year in Maid Marian Way, offering over 750 classic and alternative ...
  

• NottmPostEG published Nottingham's top 10 restaurants of 2015: Food Sleuth

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
  The best restaurants in Nottingham? Plenty won't be on this list, among them Michelin two-star Restaurant Sat Bains (obviously) and city standard-setters Hart's, World Service, Iberico, MemSaab, Laguna and Mr Man's in Wollaton. The qualification for this article today is a review in 2015 and a rating of at least three stars. Of 50-odd restaurants tried during the year, several missed out on medals but deserve a mention in dispatches: the spices-in-the sticks Bridge and Bay Leaf at Gunthorpe;...
  
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• NottmPostEG commented Nottingham's top 10 restaurants of 2015: Food Sleuth

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
  The best restaurants in Nottingham? Plenty won't be on this list, among them Michelin two-star Restaurant Sat Bains (obviously) and city standard-setters Hart's, World Service, Iberico, MemSaab, Laguna and Mr Man's in Wollaton. The qualification for this article today is a review in 2015 and a rating of at least three stars. Of 50-odd restaurants tried during the year, several missed out on medals but deserve a mention in dispatches: the spices-in-the sticks Bridge and Bay Leaf at Gunthorpe;...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Tim Sexton: Warm weather means insects galore at Attenborough

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
  Tim Sexton from Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, assistant manager at Attenborough Nature Centre, on why the warm weather has meant more insects and fewer birds. It's Christmas, and the last thing I expected to be writing about as we approach the end of December is butterflies and bumblebees. Yet amazingly, over the last week at Attenborough the unseasonably mild winter has brought peacock butterflies and buff-tailed bumblebees out of hibernation in search of food. Fortunately for these...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Nigel Kirk: How celebrity sells in the auction house

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
  Identical Derby china plates are worth the same – unless one was Lady Thatcher's. After a recent auction of her effects made £2.6m, as auctioneer Nigel Kirk gives his views. Celebrity sells, as does notoriety. Sometimes the everyday objects that once graced the houses of the famous go under the hammer for huge prices. Auctioneers, including your correspondent, are keener than ever to source such material for the many eager buyers around the world. This month, for example,...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Leicester hospital blamed for crisis as Notts paramedics suffer

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
  Ambulances are being taken off Nottinghamshire's roads for hundreds of hours every month because of problems ata Leicester hospital.Paramedics are queuing with patients at Leicester Royal Infirmary but cannot leave them at Accident and Emergency because the hospital's beds are often full and medics are struggling to cope with the demand.Statistics released to the Post byEast Midlands Ambulance Service show that Notts paramedics spent 480 hours caught up in the problems in Leicester last...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Geoff Futcher: How will you burn off those Christmas calories?

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
  Geoff Futcher from Nottinghamshire Footpath Preservation Society on how his walking doesn't stop for Christmas Day. You will by now have emerged (surely!) from the annual marathon of festive meals. But will you have had the opportunity to walk off all those extra calories? You would surely have benefited from doing so, for research suggests that we Britons consume possibly more Christmas Day calories than any other nationality. A survey in 2013 suggested that our intake exceeded 7,000...
  
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• Nottingham Post published First families move into Beeston new homes development

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
  Seasonal cheer was served up to the first families moving into a new homes development in Beeston when they were invited to a party to meet their new neighbours. A Christmas buffet and mulled wine was served at the sales centre at Silk, a development that will see 130 homes built off Hassocks Lane. Matt Newman, Bellway sales manager,said: "We thought it would be a good ice-breaker and a way to help our new residents to get to know each other a bit better. "We have been...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Carol Lovejoy: The violent death of William Hallam

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
  A stolen cash box, a bloody weapon, and police who took three days to turn up – amateur historian Carol Lovejoy looks at a Notts winter murder from the 1920s.
  "I am afraid I am in a bad way and I have no hope of getting better. I expect I am going to die." That was the start of the dying declaration of widower William Hallam of Kirklington, near Southwell. Hallam was the steward of Kirklington Village Institute and lived in Field Cottages just 100 yards from the club. He...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Best Foot Forward: Belvoir Estate and Stathern Woods (5 miles)

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
  Start at the Plough Inn in Main Street, Stathern. With your back to the Plough, turn right. Follow Main Street round the bend and then take the first left into Red Lion Street. After the Red Lion pub turn right into Water Lane.After the playground on the right, turn left and take the footpath to the church. Go through the churchyard to the right and exit onto the road. Continue in the same direction up the hill.Turn left into Dalliwell and continue to the end of the road. Take the footpath to...
  
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• LucyBudge published Plans for new board game cafe in Nottingham

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
  Board game fans could soon be able to have a quick go of snakes and ladders while sipping a cappuccino at a new themed café. The Ludorati Café Bar is planned to open in March next year in Maid Marian Way, offering over 750 classic and alternative games. Gaming fan Max Allen, of West Bridgford, thinks the plan for the new cafe is partly due to the increase in popularity of classic board games. Max, who runs an IT security consultancy firm, is the creator of the West...
  
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• LucyBudge published Good Deeds Notts: Post reporter helps out at Kitty Cafe in memory...

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
  The cats at the Kitty Cafe will enjoy a day of purr-fect pampering and grooming to raise money for the Queen's Medical Centre. Post reporter Jemma Page will be visiting the feline-tastic restaurant with her older sister Amy to pull funds for the adult intensive care unit at the Nottingham hospital, after their mum Jackie died in August. Jemma, 22, and Amy, 24, have set a target of £1,000 and are asking for donations ahead of their event on January 10. Their mum Jackie, a former...
  
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• LucyBudge commented Plans for new board game cafe in Nottingham

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
  Board game fans could soon be able to have a quick go of snakes and ladders while sipping a cappuccino at a new themed café. The Ludorati Café Bar is planned to open in March next year in Maid Marian Way, offering over 750 classic and alternative games. Gaming fan Max Allen, of West Bridgford, thinks the plan for the new cafe is partly due to the increase in popularity of classic board games. Max, who runs an IT security consultancy firm, is the creator of the West...
  
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• JenniferScott published Nightclub will be torn down for new restaurants

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
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• JenniferScott commented Nightclub will be torn down for new restaurants

  26-12-2015 07:00
  
  A nightclub will be torn down and replaced with six new restaurants after planning permission was granted for the development. The former ISIS club on Redfield Way, near to the Showcase Cinema and Dusk til Dawn casino, closed its doors in 2009 after a spate of violent incidents. But now Nottingham City Council's planning committee has given DLA Architecture Limited the go-ahead, a new lease of life could be breathed into the site - as well as 140 full and part-time jobs. Two of the A3...
  
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