The City Council has agreed to grant Nottingham Forest a new 250-year lease to enable to the club to redevelop the City Ground. Forest announced in February its plans to build a new Peter Taylor Stand, plus make improvements to the Trentside area, Brian Clough and Bridgford stands. The City Council leases the land that […]
Nottingham has been successful in securing a share of £11m to safeguard the future of the city’s parks and open spaces. The National Trust has teamed up with The National Lottery Heritage Fund to launch ‘Future Parks’ and eight areas around the country have now been chosen to take part in the pioneering scheme. Each […]
Nottingham City Council’s and Rushcliffe Borough Council’s waste teams have successfully completed the transition to a shared depot site at Eastcroft, realising valuable savings for both authorities. The collaboration sees the two authorities continue their respective services, with residents in both areas seeing no change to bin collections. Rushcliffe’s team bid farewell to their Abbey […]
The statue of the man who masterminded one of Nottingham Forest’s most famous moments in their history had a spruce-up this week to mark the 40 anniversary of that success. The legendary Brian Clough, together with his assistant manager Peter Taylor, were at the helm on Wednesday 30 May, 1979, when their Forest side beat […]
Labour has retained control of Nottingham City Council following the local election on Thursday 2 May. Ahead of the polls opening, the party held 52 seats on the authority with the Conservatives holding three. The full results are: Labour: 50 seats The Nottingham Independents Putting Clifton First: three seats Conservatives: two seats
A host of events – including the creation of a celebratory ale – will be launched next week to mark 50 years of friendship with Nottingham’s twin city of Karlsruhe. The union between the two cities began on 26 July, 1969, and the twinning has led to many joint cultural activities and successful exchanges involving […]
Nottingham will mark the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster with a minute’s silence on Monday 15th April. Local people are invited to join the Lord Mayor and the Sheriff of Nottingham in front of the Council House in the city’s Old Market Square for the silence at 3.06pm, the time when the 1989 FA Cup semi-final […]
Nottingham City Council has reiterated its position that it is not seeking to close the Marcus Garvey Centre. An online petition calling on the authority to ‘reverse its decision’ to close the building in Lenton has been signed by close to 3,000 people. The building itself is operated by an independent management committee, which makes […]
A message of reassurance and solidarity with Nottingham’s Muslim community has been issued by the City Council following the terror attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Councillor Toby Neal, the Council’s Portfolio Holder for Community Protection, said: “These horrific attacks have outraged people in Nottingham and across the world. They are a crime […]
Nottingham City Council is to consult with citizens over plans to relocate its Marcus Garvey Day Service. The culturally-specific service in Lenton Boulevard is provided by the council as a day care facility for older people with dementia and disabilities – primarily from the African-Caribbean community – who have activities, support and meals. The proposal […]