Preparations for one of Nottingham’s biggest sports events got underway today (Thurs) at the Nottingham Tennis Centre where in just under a month’s time some of the world’s leading tennis players will converge on the city for the fifth Nature Valley Open. The tournament opens on 8 June and this year’s line-up looks to be […]
Cricket fans unable to get their hands on tickets for Trent Bridge World Cup matches this summer are invited to join the fun and action at a city centre Fanzone. Thousands of new and existing cricket fans have the opportunity to get up close to international cricket action as the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup […]
Councillor David Mellen has been chosen as the new Leader of Nottingham City Council. Following the local election on Thursday 2nd May, Councillor David Mellen was elected as Leader of the council’s ruling Labour Group. Councillor Mellen was first elected to the Council in 1995 to represent Dales ward and has served on the Council’s […]
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
With a little over a month to go before the start of the Nature Valley Open begins in Nottingham, the women’s field has been confirmed for the LTA summer grass court event which runs 8-16 June. There are two former winners returning for 2019 as World No.9 and last year’s champion Ashleigh Barty is joined by […]
From Saturday 4 to Saturday 18 May step inside the Salon Perdu for two weeks of circus, music, theatre, variety, workshops and more. Nottingham has a long history of hosting touring pop-up venues, with its famous Goose Fair being a mecca for live entertainment for over 700 years, long before the thrill rides of today. […]
Nottingham Performing Arts Library Service (NPALS) has taken centre stage in the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, UK & Ireland (IAML) Awards. It has won the Excellence Award for Music Libraries 2019 for its innovative work to provide music and drama groups with an outstanding, cost-effective regional loans service for music […]
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 […]
World top 10 player Ashleigh Barty, who led Australia to their first Fed Cup final since 1993 last weekend – including two singles’ victories and the deciding doubles game alongside Sam Stosur – will return to defend her title at the Nature Valley Open in Nottingham, an LTA summer grass court event which runs 8-16 […]
Nottingham is on the cusp of creating “possibly the biggest regeneration scheme in the UK” as outline plans to transform the high-profile 40-acre former Boots Island site have been approved today (17 April) by Nottingham City Council’s planning committee. Conygar Investment Company PLC intends to transform the site, which has laid derelict for many years, […]