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• rodmalcolm published Jury told police found dried blood on man who denies stabbing...

  04-07-2017 21:53
  
  A flat tenant had blood on his hands when police called to arrest him on suspicion of stabbing a friend of 20 years, a jury has been told. Attilla Luzsanyi, 54, tried to stop officers entering his first floor home on Player Street in Hyson Green, where the alleged attack was said to have taken place. PC James Wilde arrived at around midnight on January 20 with orders to make an arrest, Nottingham Crown Court heard. "I kicked the door, I banged on the door. I may have shouted 'Attilla, it's...
  
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• HannahMitch commented Travellers in Bulwell have been issued with a 24-hour notice to...

  04-07-2017 21:50
  
  Travellers who have pitched up at a Nottingham park have been issued with a 24-hour notice to leave the area.The group who have moved onto Bulwell Hall Park have been served the notice by Nottingham City Council and are being monitored by community protection.The travellers pitched up on the football pitch in the park, which is close to the A611.Read more: Victim of forced labour lived in caravan shared by seven men in Aspley gardenA spokesman for Nottingham City Council said: "Community...
  
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• England v South Africa: Stuart Broad expects Joe Root's side to be 'attacking'

  04-07-2017 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stuart Broad says he is fit and ready to play a role in what he believes will be an attack-minded England Test side under Joe Root.
  
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• HannahMitch published Fines to be handed out to drivers who park 'dangerously' at...

  04-07-2017 21:22
  
  New parking enforcements will be introduced at two Nottingham hospitals from August 1.A financial penalty will be handed out to drivers who park dangerously in the car parks at Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) and Nottingham City Hospital (NCH).Andrew Chatten, director of estates and facilities at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said vehicles who don't park safely impact the safe and effective flow of traffic.He said: "Most people who park at our hospitals sites do so safely and...
  
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• HannahMitch commented Fines to be handed out to drivers who park 'dangerously' at...

  04-07-2017 21:22
  
  New parking enforcements will be introduced at two Nottingham hospitals from August 1.A financial penalty will be handed out to drivers who park dangerously in the car parks at Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) and Nottingham City Hospital (NCH).Andrew Chatten, director of estates and facilities at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said vehicles who don't park safely impact the safe and effective flow of traffic.He said: "Most people who park at our hospitals sites do so safely and...
  
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• SarahBryan1 published Restaurant owner claims to be on verge of bankruptcy due to...

  04-07-2017 21:04
  
  An owner of a restaurant in Beeston is calling for business rates to be fairer - after claiming the tax has left him on the verge of bankruptcy.Tony Rogers, who has owned Latino Restaurant in Chilwell Road for 15 years, believes he has had to pay more in rates due to the size of his company.He currently pays £14,500 annually on his shop, which is split into two units.The chamber of commerce for Nottinghamshire says the "broken" business rates system discourages capital investment...
  
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• HannahMitch published Thousands of houses lose power in Arnold

  04-07-2017 20:41
  
  A power cut in Arnold left 2,376 homes without power this afternoon.Western power Distribution said there was a fault trip at 4.44pm which resulted in properties in the area losing power. A total of 736 homes had their power restored within two minutes and the remaining properties were back on within an hour.Read more: M1 southbound closed between junctions 19 and 20 after serious collisionA spokesman for Western power Distribution said: "There was a fault trip at 16.44, the network went...
  
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• rodmalcolm published Victim of forced labour lived in caravan shared by seven men in...

  04-07-2017 20:33
  
  A Polish man was caught burgling a house while living in a tawdry caravan, forced to work and stripped of his wages.When Nottinghamshire police began to question him, they found that he had been too terrified of an Aspley family to seek a way out of his ordeal. And so a routine investigation led to a complex enquiry spreading from the East Midlands, back to his homeland and uncovering a system of fiddling state benefits in his name. Now three family members have been found responsible for...
  
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• laurahammond published Notts man jailed after admitting child sex offences

  04-07-2017 20:26
  
  A Nottinghamshire man who groomed teenage girls as young as 13 on social media has been jailed for almost five years.Luke Atkinson, of Exchange Street, Retford, was jailed for four years and eight months at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday (July 3).He was also made subject to a sexual harm prevention order, a restraining order not to contact his victims and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders' Register for life.It came after the 29-year-old pleaded guilty to sexual offences, including inciting...
  
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• Nottmtails commented Barrie McKay completes Nottingham Forest medical ahead of...

  04-07-2017 20:11
  
  Nottingham Forest will make Barrie McKay their second new signing of the summer within the next 24 hours. The 22-year-old has agreed the basic terms of a £750,000 switch from Rangers that will reunite him with Reds boss Mark Warburton. The winger or forward completed a medical at the City Ground on Tuesday afternoon and has agreed personal terms on a four-year contract. Having completed the majority of the formalities of his move from the Scottish Premier League club, McKay is...
  
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• HannahMitch published A Clifton school could shorten pupils' lunch break by 10 minutes

  04-07-2017 20:03
  
  A school in Clifton could shorten its lunch break by ten minutes and move it back by one hour as part of proposals aimed at making pupils 'more productive'.Farnborough Academy in Clifton has sent out a letter to parents asking for their opinions on the proposed changes. The school insists it is just a proposal at this stage and it wants to hear what parents think.The letter states that instead of the lunch break being from 12.20pm – 1.05pm it could be pushed back to 1.20pm –...
  
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• HannahMitch published A Clifton school could shorten pupils' lunch break - and move it...

  04-07-2017 20:03
  
  A school in Clifton could shorten its lunch break by ten minutes and move it back by one hour as part of proposals aimed at making pupils 'more productive'.Farnborough Academy in Clifton has sent out a letter to parents asking for their opinions on the proposed changes. The school insists it is just a proposal at this stage and it wants to hear what parents think.The letter states that instead of the lunch break being from 12.20pm – 1.05pm it could be pushed back to 1.20pm –...
  
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• rodmalcolm published European manhunt for Aspley family who forced man into 'slavery'

  04-07-2017 19:33
  
  A European hunt is under way for an Aspley family who lived in style while forcing a man into slavery.The trio fled the country shortly before their trial at Nottingham Crown Court, where a jury has now convicted them of a range of crimes.These relate to a Polish man who was forced to live in a caravan and wash in an unheated garage while they enjoyed the comfort of a house.He was made to work at Sports Direct, while his wages were plundered and benefit claims were made in his name but then...
  
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• Man who sent worker to Sports Direct guilty of forced labour

  04-07-2017 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The men were recruited from Poland on the promise of well-paid jobs, a court hears.
  
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• Sarah_Clapson commented Notts County make TWO fixture changes - including doing a U-turn...

  04-07-2017 18:55
  
  Notts County have made two more fixture changes - including reverting to the original date for a previously rescheduled game.When the fixtures were released last month, the Magpies and neighbours Nottingham Forest were twice due to play at home on the same day – on Saturday, August 26 and Saturday, November 25.The Reds' Championship match against Leeds United on the first of those dates has today been picked for live TV coverage by Sky Sports, kicking off at the later time of 5.30pm.Read..
  
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• DaveWhitfield published Watch video which cuts Nottingham bus journey from 29 mins to...

  04-07-2017 18:46
  
  Like those videos of long rail journeys, there's something slightly hypnotic about watching a bus trip through Nottingham.This video shows the NCT Red Line 44 making its way from King Street to the end of its journey in Gedling.Read more: Hundreds of fines cancelled after council bus lane CCTV is switched on for first timeIt passes through the city centre and Sneinton to Nottingham Racecourse, then heads through Colwick and Netherfield to the shops in Wollaton Avenue, Gedling.The timelapse video
  
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• Nottingham coffee shop opened a year ago named city's best ... - Nottingham Post

  04-07-2017 18:44
  
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  Nottingham coffee shop opened a year ago named city's best ...
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  It was just over a year ago when Lucy Giacone and her partner Michelangelo Franco decided to move away from helping other people to open coffee shops and ...and more »
  
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• Nottingham coffee shop opened a year ago named city's best independent business - Nottingham Post

  04-07-2017 18:44
  
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  Nottingham coffee shop opened a year ago named city's best independent business
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  It was just over a year ago when Lucy Giacone and her partner Michelangelo Franco decided to move away from helping other people to open coffee shops and set up their own. Now the couple's step into the unknown has been rewarded after their venture, ...and more »
  
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• SarahBryan1 published Firefighters 'anxious' about pay following tough year, union boss...

  04-07-2017 18:29
  
  Firefighters in Nottingham are 'anxious' about their working conditions and pay, a union boss has said.John Muggleton, secretary for the Nottinghamshire branch of the Fire Brigades Union, said it has been a tough year for firefighters in the county, on the back of an increase in call outs for the service.A total of 2,603 cases were attended by Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue between February 1 and April 20 of this year – an increase of 366 compared to the same time last year.John...
  
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• GemmaToulson published Children in Need cash to help tackle knife crime in Nottingham

  04-07-2017 18:22
  
  An organisation that works with young offenders who have been involved in knife crime in Nottingham is among four local groups to have been handed a share of £116,800 by BBC Children in Need.Mixed Foundations, which also counsels and mentors young people who are in prison for carrying a knife or being involved in violent crimes, has been awarded a three-year grant of £28,575.The cash will be used to provide specialist interventions and mentoring for disadvantaged children and young..
  
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• Children in Need cash to help tackle knife crime in Nottingham - Nottingham Post

  04-07-2017 18:22
  
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  Children in Need cash to help tackle knife crime in Nottingham
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  An organisation that works with young offenders who have been involved in knife crime in Nottingham is among four local groups to have been handed a share of £116,800 by BBC Children in Need. Mixed Foundations, which also counsels and mentors ...
  
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• SimonWilson published Don't Tell The Bride are looking for Nottingham contestants -...

  04-07-2017 18:17
  
  If you are planning a wedding then £14,000 towards the costs would be a hefty leg-up.But there is a catch. Or two.Firstly, the build-up to it and the day itself will be screened in front of millions of people.And brides won't be able to dictate how their special day pans out.But if that doesn't bother you then get an application in to Don't Tell the Bride. The popular reality TV show is looking for Nottingham couples to take part in the new series which moves to E4 from Sky1, having...
  
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• laurahammond published Teenager was 'strangled' by man she met hours earlier

  04-07-2017 18:14
  
  A Nottinghamshire man killed a 16-year-old girl by strangling her, a murder trial has heard.James Morton, 24, has denied killing Hannah Pearson at his home in Pierson Street, Newark on July 24, last year and is standing trial at Nottingham Crown Court.Opening the prosecution's case today (July 4), Michael Evans QC told the court that Hannah had been strangled when police officers found her lying on Morton's bedroom floor shortly after midnight on July 24, last year.Officers also found that...
  
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• Newark man, 24, strangled Hannah Pearson, 16, in bedroom

  04-07-2017 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Morton told police "I killed someone and it was an accident", a court hears.
  
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• HannahMitch published M1 southbound closed between junctions 19 and 20 after serious...

  04-07-2017 18:12
  
  The M1 southbound has been closed following a serious collision between junction 20 and 19.Leicestershire Police have confirmed that the road is not expected to reopen until after 10pm this evening (Tuesday July 4).Highways Englandhave said that all lanes are closed and normal traffic conditions are expected between 01:00 and 01:15 on July 5.A motorway traffic camera of the M1 northbound at Lutterworth shows the tailback of traffic forming and huge delays are expected.The incident happened...
  
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• Sarah_Clapson commented Former Nottingham Forest loanee Tom Ince leaves Derby County for...

  04-07-2017 18:10
  
  Huddersfield Town have signed former Nottingham Forest loanee Tom Ince from Derby County for an undisclosed fee.The ex-England Under-21 international has agreed a three-year deal, with the newly-promoted Premier League club having the option of a further 12 months."The 25-year-old attacker moves for a fee that will remain undisclosed at the request of Derby, putting pen to paper on a contract that runs until the summer of 2020," the Terriers announced on their official website.Read...
  
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• Sports stars and artists among those to be honoured by Nottingham Trent University - Nottingham Post

  04-07-2017 18:09
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  Sports stars and artists among those to be honoured by Nottingham Trent University
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  Inspirational men and women from the world of sport, business and culture will be honoured with degrees from Nottingham Trent University later this month. The university is handing out 12 honorary degrees to people who are either from Nottinghamshire ...and more »
  
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• rodmalcolm published Polish man found guilty of forced labour

  04-07-2017 18:08
  
  A Polish man has been found guilty of forcing a caravan dweller into slavery.Dariusz Parczewski has fled the country but the trial went on without him at Nottingham Crown Court.The jury found him guilty of making a Polish man undergo forced labour between February 2013 and March the following year. He was also found guilty of three acts of fraud.Another man, Krystian Parczewski, was found guilty of two acts of fraud.A woman, Bozena Parczewska, who is said to have mental health problems, was...
  
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• rodmalcolm commented Polish man found guilty of forced labour

  04-07-2017 18:08
  
  A Polish man has been found guilty of forcing a caravan dweller into slavery.Dariusz Parczewski has fled the country but the trial went on without him at Nottingham Crown Court.The jury found him guilty of making a Polish man undergo forced labour between February 2013 and March the following year. He was also found guilty of three acts of fraud.Another man, Krystian Parczewski, was found guilty of two acts of fraud.A woman, Bozena Parczewska, who is said to have mental health problems, was...
  
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• Billy Monger crash: Amputee teen racer back behind wheel

  04-07-2017 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teen racer Billy Monger gets back behind the wheel after losing his lower legs in a crash.
  
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• DanRobinson published Nottingham coffee shop opened a year ago named city's best...

  04-07-2017 18:06
  
  It was just over a year ago when Lucy Giacone and her partner Michelangelo Franco decided to move away from helping other people to open coffee shops and set up their own.Now the couple's step into the unknown has been rewarded after their venture, The Specialty Coffee Shop, was named the Nottingham Independent Business of the Year.More than 3,700 votes were cast in the annual It's in Nottingham Independents contest, with judges selecting a winner and two "highly commended" businesses...
  
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• DanRobinson commented Nottingham coffee shop opened a year ago named city's best...

  04-07-2017 18:06
  
  It was just over a year ago when Lucy Giacone and her partner Michelangelo Franco decided to move away from helping other people to open coffee shops and set up their own.Now the couple's step into the unknown has been rewarded after their venture, The Specialty Coffee Shop, was named the Nottingham Independent Business of the Year.More than 3,700 votes were cast in the annual It's in Nottingham Independents contest, with judges selecting a winner and two "highly commended" businesses...
  
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• Glenfield Hospital: Teen makes film about heart unit

  04-07-2017 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Filmmaker Ellie Kemp says she owes her life to the heart unit at Glenfield Hospital.
  
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• Nottingham set crime thriller film Ariella will finally be made after last minute £3000 donation - Nottingham Post

  04-07-2017 18:00
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  Nottingham set crime thriller film Ariella will finally be made after last minute £3000 donation
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  A group of young Nottingham filmmakers reached their £10,000 target to fund a short crime thriller just hours before deadline. Michael Jobling, 22, and his brother Jack, 17, will begin filming Ariella in Nottingham on September 18th after £3,000 was ...
  
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• laurahammond published Police launch appeal to find missing boy, 17

  04-07-2017 17:55
  
  Nottinghamshire Police has launched an appeal to find a teenager who has been missing for almost a week.Kyronne Grant, 17, was last seen in the Sherwood area at 6pm on Thursday, June 29.The teenager is described as being of a slim build and around 5ft 9ins tall. He has short black hair.READ MORE: 'Baby swan's neck was snapped at Bulwell park', claims anglerKyronne was last seen wearing all black clothing and trainers.If you have seen Kyronne or have any information about his whereabouts, contact
  
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• JonPritchard published Sports stars and artists among those to be honoured by Nottingham...

  04-07-2017 17:53
  
  Inspirational men and women from the world of sport, business and culture will be honoured with degrees from Nottingham Trent University later this month.The university is handing out 12 honorary degrees to people who are either from Nottinghamshire or have strong links to the county.They include Ollie Hynd, who won two gold medals and set two world records in the swimming pool at the Paralympics in Rio last year, and director of BME Cancer Communities Rose Thompson, who has four decades of...
  
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• Nottingham Post published Nottingham set crime thriller film Ariella will finally be made...

  04-07-2017 17:42
  
  A group of young Nottingham filmmakers reached their £10,000 target to fund a short crime thriller just hours before deadline.Michael Jobling, 22, and his brother Jack, 17, will begin filming Ariella in Nottingham on September 18th after £3,000 was donated in the last few hours of a Kickstarter campaign.The brothers moved from London to Nottingham to study at the Confetti Institute and have stayed in the city because of the level of local talent, with Michael and Ryan forming the...
  
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• Nottingham Forest's clash with Leeds will be shown on live TV - Nottingham Post

  04-07-2017 17:35
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  Nottingham Forest's clash with Leeds will be shown on live TV
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  Nottingham Forest's game against Leeds United on Saturday August 26 is the latest to be moved for live television. The visit of the Yorkshire side to the City Ground has only been moved back a few hours, to kick off at 5.30pm, at the request of Sky Sports.
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• isaacashe published Thousands of pounds worth of tools stolen in Worksop van break-in

  04-07-2017 17:23
  
  Police say thousands of pounds worth of tools have been stolen from a Nottinghamshire business.Officers were called to the theft from a mobile tool shop's van in Shireoaks, near Worksop, at around 1.20am on Wednesday, June 21.Read more: Appeal by police to find missing Nottingham manAfter the vehicle had been breached, two mopeds were seen leaving the scene.A spokesman said: "The tools are nearly all of the make 'Franklin' and are distinctively sold in orange foam holders like in the...
  
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• isaacashe commented 'Baby swan's neck was snapped at Bulwell park', claims angler

  04-07-2017 17:17
  
  An angler says he was shocked to see a man allegedly kill a baby swan with his hands at a Nottinghamshire park.The 27-year-old Bulwell resident, who did not wish to be named, had visited Bulwell Hall Park last night to go fishing.But while sitting across the lake he claims he saw a group of young people arrive on quad bikes, and after firing a catapult at some coots, they chased a family of swans towards the water, grabbing a cygnet.He says the small animal was handed by the children to a nearby
  
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• Nottmtails published Nottingham Forest's clash with Leeds will be shown on live TV

  04-07-2017 17:16
  
  Nottingham Forest's game against Leeds United on Saturday August 26 is the latest to be moved for live television.The visit of the Yorkshire side to the City Ground has only been moved back a few hours, to kick off at 5.30pm, at the request of Sky Sports.Read more: Nottingham Forest sell largest number of season tickets this CENTURY!Forest's fixture list has already been tinkered with slightly this summer, with this the fourth game to have the kick-off time altered.Mark Warburton's side will...
  
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• Nottingham Forest REJECT Burnley bid for Britt Assombalonga - Nottingham Post

  04-07-2017 17:07
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  Nottingham Forest REJECT Burnley bid for Britt Assombalonga
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  Nottingham Forest are understood to have rejected an approach from Premier League Burnley for Britt Assombalonga. The Clarets are the first of several clubs said to be monitoring the Reds striker to have laid their cards on the table with a concrete bid.
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• Nottingham Forest thank players' WAGs with bouquet of flowers for 'sacrifices' made during last season's relegation ... - Mirror.co.uk

  04-07-2017 17:06
  
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  Nottingham Forest said it with flowers to thank their players' partners for the 'sacrifices' made during a gruelling season. Forest avoided the drop from the Championship to League One by just two goals after finishing the campaign level with Blackburn ...
  
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• isaacashe published PayPal apologises for withholding ill Notts schoolgirl's...

  04-07-2017 17:02
  
  A money transfer service has apologised to the family of a seriously ill Nottinghamshire schoolgirl for withholding money donated to help send her to Disneyworld.A GoFundMe online donation page and a PayPal account had been set up for friends and family to donate towards the dream trip for Maddison Sherwood, eight, who has a condition called Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD1).The extremely rare neuro-muscular disease means Maddison, who attends Lantern Lane School.
  
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• Nottmtails published Nottingham Forest REJECT Burnley bid for Britt Assombalonga

  04-07-2017 16:55
  
  Nottingham Forest are understood to have rejected an approach from Premier League Burnley for Britt Assombalonga.The Clarets are the first of several clubs said to be monitoring the Reds striker to have laid their cards on the table with a concrete bid. But the approach has been quickly rebuffed, with the offer in the region of £8m far below Forest's valuation of their most instinctive goal scorer.Forest paid £5.5m to sign Assombalonga from Peterborough United in the summer of 2014,.
  
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• JamesPallatt published Nottingham Forest sell largest number of season tickets this...

  04-07-2017 16:45
  
  Nottingham Forest have sold the largest number of season tickets this CENTURY ahead of the new campaign.Supporters have been snapping up their season cards ever since the Reds were taken over by Evangelos Marinakis in May.The Greek offered fans a 10 percent discount on the price of the cards until July 1 – and the club announced on Tuesday they have sold 16,256 of them, revealing over 4,500 of those were new or lapsed supporters.Read more: Connor Mahoney rejected Nottingham Forest to join.
  
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• MattDavies published Triumphant Nottinghamshire turn attention to 'fresh start' in T20...

  04-07-2017 15:14
  
  Nottinghamshire's cricketers will be emphatically brought back to reality on Tuesday as they go from landing silverware at Lord's to preparing for the next phase of their campaign in Welbeck.Having lifted the Royal London One Day Cup on Saturday, the players were given two days off to recover from their efforts – and celebrations.However, they will spend Tuesday training at Welbeck before a number of senior players feature in two second team Twenty20 games against Northamptonshire in...
  
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• isaacashe published Helpers will be on hand when Broadmarsh bus station shuts, says...

  04-07-2017 15:11
  
  Nottingham bus users are being reassured helpers will be on hand when the Broadmarsh bus station shuts next week.Trentbarton says team members will be on the ground to direct customers from Sunday, July 9, as services switch to nearby streets.In addition, a new Trentbarton customer information point will be operating from Friar Lane to replace the current Broadmarsh facility.Read more: Charges revealed for car park replacing soon-to-be demolished Broadmarsh car parkCustomers who need to buy,...
  
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• JonPritchard published Police seen escorting prison van through Nottingham city centre...

  04-07-2017 15:00
  
  Police cars, motorbikes and vans have been spotted in Nottingham City Centre. They were seen escorting a prison van through the streets near Byron House. But police have reassured the public saying it was simply another training exercise. Read more: Man arrested after mosque window smashed with hammer The sighting comes after residents spotted another police escort on June 20 in the Aspley and city centre area.
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• JonPritchard commented Police seen escorting prison van through Nottingham city centre...

  04-07-2017 15:00
  
  Police cars, motorbikes and vans have been spotted in Nottingham City Centre. They were seen escorting a prison van through the streets near Byron House. But police have reassured the public saying it was simply another training exercise. Read more: Man arrested after mosque window smashed with hammer The sighting comes after residents spotted another police escort on June 20 in the Aspley and city centre area.
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