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• TracyWalker published National Lottery results: Lotto numbers for Saturday, March 26

  26-03-2016 21:42
  
  The Lotto jackpot for this weekend is a massive £28.2m. So are you the lucky winner? The jackpot has rolled over seven times, making the winning ticket for the National Lottery this weekend worth a whopping £23.4m. The winning numbers are: 5,12, 43, 51, 53, 57 and the bonus ball is 28.
  The numbers for the Thunderball draw, where winners can scoop £500,000, are 3, 13, 16, 18, 32 and the Thunderball is 7.The draw, which took place during an interval break in tonight's The...
  
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• TracyWalker published Flatbed truck crashes into house and is abandoned at scene

  26-03-2016 20:52
  
  A flatbed truck crashed into a house before the driver fled the scene. Nobody was injured and structural engineers have been at the house, in Bracebridge Court, Worksop throughout Saturday to make sure the building is safe. Detectives are investigating the incident, which took place in the cul-de-sac at around midnight on Friday, into the early hours of Saturday. Police say the flatbed truck collided with the house and was then abandoned at the scene. Detectives are urging anyone with...
  
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• Leigh_Curtis published Leigh Wood secures Midlands Area Title with stunning stoppage of...

  26-03-2016 20:13
  
  Leigh Wood sent out an ominous warning to the rest of the featherweight division as he secured the Midlands Area title with a two-round demolition of Lee Glover. The Nottingham talent had too much power for his one-time rival who had beaten him earlier in his career during his amateur days. But he settled that score with some conviction as a wonderful left-hook in the second round led to a sustained and vicious assault that left Glover in dreamland. It was clear Glover was not going to...
  
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• MattDavies published England through to World Twenty20 semi-finals as Alex Hales...

  26-03-2016 19:49
  
  England are through to the World Twenty20 semi-finals after holding on to beat Sri Lanka in a perhaps surprisingly tense finish.Eoin Morgan's team looked well on course for a resounding victory in a game they had to win to qualify, having reduced Sri Lanka to 15 for four in reply to 171 for four.However, captain Angelo Matthews hit 73 off 54 balls to take it to the final two deliveries.Tremendous bowling from Chris Jordan and in particular Ben Stokes in the final two overs ensured England won by
  
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• TracyWalker published Best of Broxtowe Borough Awards: Allison is praised for helping...

  26-03-2016 19:27
  
  Plans are underway for a street party to mark the Queen's 90th birthday - in a street which became a tram thoroughfare. The Lower and Fletcher Roads Residents' Association was set up in Beeston four years ago after residents heard the tram route was being extended outside their homes. Locals endured three years of upheaval as the two cul-de-sacs were dug up and merged to create the new route. Seven months after its completion, residents are still coming to terms with the major...
  
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• TracyWalker published I Believe In Miracles: Charity film showing in Beeston with Garry...

  26-03-2016 16:45
  
  Barcelona, Bilbao, Berlin, BT Sport and now Beeston. I Believe in Miracles - the blockbuster film charting Nottingham Forest's meteoric domination of Europe is to be given a grass-roots screening. The trailblazing movie, from producer Jonny Owen and director Henry Normal, will be shown at the Beestonian Film Club at 7pm on Saturday, April 2. Garry Birtles, who scored 96 goals for Forest and was part of Brian Clough's double European Cup-winning team, as well as winning several England...
  
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• DanRobinson published Witnesses saw car flip four times as three men face life-altering...

  26-03-2016 16:17
  
  Nottinghamshire Police has released more details on the single-vehicle crash in Bestwood Park Drive that has left three men in hospital with serious injuries, while witnesses described the collisionWitnesses have described how a car flipped over four times in a crash that has left three men facing potential life-altering injuries – as police confirmed officers were following the car.Some residents in Bestwood Park Drive watched in horror as a blue Citroen Xsara collided with two stationary
  
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• DanRobinson published New nursery next to Victoria Centre will create 60 places for...

  26-03-2016 15:16
  
  New nursery in Nottingham city centre will create 35 jobs and help to address the lack of places in the citySixty places will be available at a new nursery due to open in Nottingham later this year. Victoria City Centre Day Care and Nursery has been granted planning permission and will be created in a derelict building in Perth Street, five minutes away from the intu Victoria Centre. Anthony Truin, owner of upholstery foam supplier Tony-Tex, is behind the £250,000 project. He...
  
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• TracyWalker published Concern for missing Ben, 23

  26-03-2016 14:35
  
  Police are concerned for the welfare of a missing man who has not been seen since the morning of Good Friday. Ben Davis, 23, was last seen at 10am on Friday in the Sherwood area of Nottingham and may be in Ilkeston. Officers from Nottinghamshire Police who are searching for him say they are concerned for his safety and well-being. Ben is described as being around 5ft 8ins tall with short brown hair. He is of slim build, has blue eyes and sometimes wears glasses. Officers believe it is...
  
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• jonmattos published Brian Clough could have managed Primal Scream, says lead singer...

  26-03-2016 14:35
  
  The lead singer of alternative rock band Primal Scream says Nottingham Forest's legendary former boss Brian Clough would have been a great manager for his band.Glaswegian Bobby Gillespie, 53, is a massive Celtic fan and says legendary manager Jock Stein was one of his heroes growing up.But Gillespie, appearing in today's edition of Soccer AM on Sky Sports, did not pick Stein when asked a question by co-presenter John 'Fenners' Fendley but instead went for Clough.Read more: Nigel Clough...
  
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• DanRobinson published Three people in hospital with potentially 'life-altering...

  26-03-2016 12:43
  
  Three people were in hospital with potentially "life-altering injuries" after a crash in Bestwood Park.The occupants of a blue Citroen Xsara were taken to the Queen's Medical Centre following the collision in the early hours of Saturday morning.Their vehicle remained upside-down in the middle of Bestwood Park Drive for hours, with police only beginning to remove it using specialist equipment shortly after 11.30am.Glass was spilled across the road, surrounding the crushed car.A silver...
  
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• DanRobinson published The day England won the World Cup: New book by Nottingham writer...

  26-03-2016 11:56
  
  As the 50th anniversary approaches of England's 1966 World Cup triumph, a new book by a former Post feature writer Chris Arnot relives people's memories of that great day. David Lowe reports Where were you on July 30, 1966, when Bobby Moore lifted the Jules Rimet trophy after England's great 4-2 World Cup win over West Germany? More than likely you were among the 32 million Britons watching the game on television, hearing commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme utter those immortal words "They...
  
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• DanRobinson published Collapsed fence closes major road in Nottingham city centre

  26-03-2016 11:42
  
  A road in Nottingham city centre has been temporarily closed after a fence collapsed. Drivers were warned about the issue in Talbot Street by the @RadfordCops Twitter page, run by Nottinghamshire Police officers, on Saturday at about 10.30am.The fencing was erected while construction work is taking place to build student flats, accommodating 434 rooms. Read more: Road in Bestwood Park closed after "serious" crash.
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• LynetteP published Delicious Easter lamb and chocolate recipes created for you by...

  26-03-2016 11:00
  
  Will you 'slam in the lamb' this Easter? Slow-cooking a cheaper cut means it doesn't have to break the bank - and we have just the recipe, created especially for you by the head chef at one of Nottingham's top hotels. Spring lambis the meat most associated with Easter. Especially a tender leg of lamb. Roger Smith, butchery manager at Gonalston Farm Shop, says: "It's a really big tradition here and we will sell out completely." "We keep the price stable all year round...
  
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• DanRobinson published HSBC, JD Wetherspoon and Carphone Warehouse bosses among 250...

  26-03-2016 10:55
  
  A group of 250 business leaders have backed the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union. The former chief executive of HSBC and the bosses of JD Wetherspoon, Carphone Warehouse, Patisserie Valerie and Phones 4 U are among those included in the list published by Vote Leave. John Longworth, the former director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce who resigned after he spoke out in favour of leaving the EU, has also been announced as the new chairman of the campaign group's...
  
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• DanRobinson commented HSBC, JD Wetherspoon and Carphone Warehouse bosses among 250...

  26-03-2016 10:55
  
  A group of 250 business leaders have backed the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union. The former chief executive of HSBC and the bosses of JD Wetherspoon, Carphone Warehouse, Patisserie Valerie and Phones 4 U are among those included in the list published by Vote Leave. John Longworth, the former director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce who resigned after he spoke out in favour of leaving the EU, has also been announced as the new chairman of the campaign group's...
  
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• TomNorton published Police called to multi-car crash in Bestwood

  26-03-2016 10:50
  
  Roads have been closed and transport links diverted following a serious accident in Bestwood Park on Saturday morning. The crash happened around in the early hours between Deer Park Drive and Beckhampton Road. Bestwood Park Drive has been closed while police continue to investigate– Belleville Drive was closed earlier this morning but has since reopened. Nottingham City Transport has had to divert its bus services in the area because of the crash.
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• TomNorton published Wet and windy Easter Bank Holiday forecast for Nottingham

  26-03-2016 09:58
  
  After a sunny start to the Easter weekend, the weather looks like it's going to take a turn for the worse. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind for Saturday with rain settling in later this afternoon.
  Read more: When are the supermarkets open on Easter Bank Holiday weekend?Despite the warning from the forecaster, temperatures will stay relatively mild throughout the day peaking at 12C from 1pm onwards. Rain is set to start moving in from 5pm with temperatures...
  
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• DanRobinson published When and where to watch Germany v England and game against the...

  26-03-2016 09:11
  
  With Notts County's Easter Monday showdown with Wycombe Wanderers and Mansfield Town's match against Northampton Town the only football for Nottinghamshire football fans to look forward to over the Bank Holiday weekend, it can only mean one thing – it's the international break. Friendly fixtures preparing nations for this summer's Euro 2016 kicked off on Thursday and England have now been called into action. There are two games coming up over the next few days for the Three Lions...
  
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• DanRobinson published Century-old toy gunboat sold for £6,000 by Nottingham...

  26-03-2016 07:58
  
  £6,000 for a tinplate toy gunboat? Auctioneer Nigel Kirk of Mellors & Kirk explains the reasons why The unique charm of old toys can turn a person into a passionate collector. From pre-history to our time, children need to play. Marklin, the maker of the finest tinplate toys, were prized then and now. This splendid Marklin tinplate gunboat dating from 1905-10 with tiny real bronze cannons became the subject of a fierce bidding battle at Mellors & Kirk. The hammer eventually...
  
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• DanRobinson published Centrury-old toy gunboat sold for £6,000 by Nottingham...

  26-03-2016 07:58
  
  £6,000 for a tinplate toy gunboat? Auctioneer Nigel Kirk of Mellors & Kirk explains the reasons why The unique charm of old toys can turn a person into a passionate collector. From pre-history to our time, children need to play. Marklin, the maker of the finest tinplate toys, were prized then and now. This splendid Marklin tinplate gunboat dating from 1905-10 with tiny real bronze cannons became the subject of a fierce bidding battle at Mellors & Kirk. The hammer eventually...
  
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• jonmattos commented Nottingham Forest flashback: Reds beat Manchester United at Old...

  26-03-2016 07:38
  
  Nottingham Forest took the top fight by storm in the 1994/95 season following promotion, just as they had decades earlier under Brian Clough. While Frank Clark's men were unable to replicate the Cloughie team that won the old First Division 12 months after promotion, they still excelled to finish third and would have a say on the title race that season. Manchester United were defending champions and had already dropped two points to the Reds in a 1-1 draw at the City Ground on August 22 in...
  
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• BenIreland commented Youngsters being 'priced out' of grassroots football by high...

  26-03-2016 07:27
  
  Burton Joyce Parish Council is charging up to £67 for people to hire an all-weather football pitch, with adjoining playing fields fenced off to the public A row has broken out about the right to charge football players for the use of an all-weather pitch paid for with money intended to boost access to the grassroots game. Some parents in Burton Joyce think that the £374,000 facility at the Poplars, which opened over the winter, is pricing young people out of using the area that...
  
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• karenantcliff published Yours for £700,000, this spacious Edwardian house in...

  26-03-2016 07:07
  
  The Edwardian's knew how to build houses. Large but elegant rooms, character features... it was all there. One such home in Beeston displays all this and standing on a tree lined avenue, which is part of St Johns conservation area, has a location to match. The five/six bedroom detached retains much of its original charm and character as you'll see as soon as you open the front door.Paul Merritt, director at Robert Ellis Beeston, said: "This is an outstanding Edwardian house in one of...
  
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• LynetteP published Batman V Superman and five other things to do in Nottingham today

  26-03-2016 07:00
  
  Stuck for something to do in Nottingham today?Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice (12A): The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel go head to head in this comic book epic, pairing Ben Affleck as the new Batman with Henry Cavill as Superman. Catch a showing at Cineworld, cineworld.co.ukRead more: Nottingham sisters walk red carpet at Batman V Superman premiere. Romeo and Juliet: A stunning performance of the story of two star-crossed lovers, part of Birmingham Royal Ballet's 2016...
  
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• JemmaPage published Notts County fans to travel 12,000 miles from New Zealand - so...

  26-03-2016 07:00
  
  After spending 13 years listening to his hometown football team on the radio, Notts County fan Fraser Smith will travel 12,000-miles from New Zealand – so his son can be a mascot.Young Fin Smith has supported the Magpies his entire life, but growing up on the other side of the world has stopped him from watching his team play at Meadow Lane. To celebrate his eighth birthday, parents Fraser and Vicky – who grew up in Hucknall but moved to New Zealand 13 years ago – have...
  
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• DaveWhitfield published Tin toy boat from a century ago sells for £6,000

  26-03-2016 07:00
  
  The unique charm of old toys can turn a person into a passionate collector, writes auctioneer Nigel Kirk. From pre-history to our time, children need to play.Marklin, the maker of the finest tinplate toys, were prized then and now. This splendid Marklin tinplate gunboat dating from 1905-10 with tiny real bronze cannons became the subject of a fierce bidding battle at Mellors & Kirk - and the hammer eventually fell at the huge price of £6,000. Powered by a clockwork motor, wound by a...
  
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• DaveWhitfield published Mandarin duck finds mate after a year of waiting

  26-03-2016 07:00
  
  In the last week a lone female mandarin duck which had been hanging around the Attenborough Nature Centre for over a year has finally met a mate, writes Tim Sexton, assistant manager at the centre.On Tuesday morning a male mandarin appeared on the reserve and the two ducks seem to have taken an instant liking to each other. They have been inseparable ever since and the male is regularly displaying to the female. It is not the first time a male mandarin has been seen on the reserve, but in...
  
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• Barry_Cooper published See Nottingham as you've never seen it before - in 3D

  26-03-2016 07:00
  
  The ability to view the world on the internet changed dramatically with the invention of Google Earth and Street View, giving us the chance to see the planet as we'd never seen it before. Now Google have introduced 3D to their Earth software, giving users the chance to see some iconic buildings in a format rarely seen previously. Using the latest software, you can now move around a city and explore famous landmarks and in some cases, go beyond the four walls and get a view inside. Across...
  
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