Skateboarding space to form part of Broad Marsh redevelopment
Plans have been unveiled to create a skateboarding area as part of the huge changes under way to reimagine the Broad Marsh area. The project, announced in the week of…
Victoria Embankment Memorial Gardens restoration well underway
The £1.7million restoration of Victoria Embankment’s Memorial Gardens is now well underway, returning the park to its former glory. The refurbishment of the gardens is going ahead thanks to £1.1million…
Council seeking to remove more carbon from development process
Another step has been taken on Nottingham’s journey to become carbon-neutral by 2028 with the introduction of a new environmentally-focused planning document. The Informal Planning Policy Guidance, consulted on by…
Shopkeeper fined for selling ‘dangerous’ out-of-date food and wrongly-labelled items
A Nottingham man has been fined £1,600 for selling out-of-date food and not labelling other items correctly at his shop in Forest Fields. Mohammed Sharif, aged 30, of Chadwick Road,…
Warning of con artists using cost-of-living crisis to target vulnerable
Nottingham residents have been urged to be on their guard against scams related to the current cost-of-living crisis. The warning has come from Nottingham City Council’s Trading Standards Service as…
Civic celebration event for Forest after securing historic promotion
Nottingham has the opportunity to celebrate Forest’s famous promotion to the Premier League tomorrow (Monday) at a special event in Old Market Square. Players and club officials will be showing…
Statement from Nottingham City Council about appointment of Donna Ockenden to lead maternity review
On behalf of Councillor Georgia Power, Chair of the Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee, and Councillor Adele Williams, Chair of the Nottingham Health and Wellbeing Board “We welcome…
Council committee calls for urgent action on leadership of NUH maternity review
The Council’s Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee has today written to the Health Secretary Sajid Javid and NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) calling for urgent action around…
Council bidding for recognition as UNICEF UK ‘Child Friendly City’
Nottingham has taken the first step on a journey working with children’s charity UNICEF UK towards international recognition as a Child Friendly City. The ambitious three-to-five-year partnership, made possible by…
‘Super-strength’ illegal vaping products seized during city raids
Trading Standards officers in Nottingham have seized illegal vaping products – some containing five times the legal amount of nicotine and e-liquid. Nottingham City Council officers bagged up hundreds of…