Nottingham City Council Leader, Councillor David Mellen, has responded to the news that a suspected terror attack took place at London Bridge earlier today: “The details of exactly what happened in London today are still unclear but sadly it appears that two members of the public have died in the incident and a number of […]
If you’re not already registered to vote, you need to do so by midnight on Tuesday 26 November if you want to take part in the General Election on 12 December. Anyone wishing to vote by post needs to make an application by 5pm on the same day – 26 November. With the mail likely […]
Highways crews have been out and about in Nottingham today (Thursday) to help keep the city moving after constant heavy rainfall has caused roads to flood in some areas. All of Nottingham’s 40,000 plus gullys – the metal grates seen in the street – are cleared annually, with known problem areas targeted more frequently particularly […]
A plan which sets out Nottingham City Council’s priorities and ambitions for the start of a new decade has been published. The Council Plan for 2019-2023 was signed off by councillors at a City Council meeting today (11 November). A resolution had previously been passed by the Council in May adopting the policies outlined […]
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has been urged by Nottingham City Council to restore the funding sources that previous Chancellors have taken away from Nottingham. Councillor Sam Webster, the Council’s Portfolio Holder for Finance, Growth and the City Centre has written to Sajid Javid ahead of this week’s spending review announcement to highlight that Nottingham […]
Statement from the City Council Leader, Councillor David Mellen “It’s important that we condemn terrorism wherever it occurs in the world and whatever the misguided motivation. “Attacks like the one in Somalia yesterday, which led to innocent people losing their lives, shock us all but it will of course have particularly affected Somali people and […]
Due to the persistent rainfall over the past week in the Nottingham area, the World Triathlon Nottingham on Saturday 15 June will now be held as a duathlon. This decision has been made further to the continued monitoring of the water flow and results of an additional water quality test taken this week. The safety […]
There’s a greater chance that people living in Nottingham may own a cave than anywhere else in the UK, but they may have been in the dark about how to look after them – until now. With 860 caves and cave systems beneath our feet across a city of just over 300,000 people, there’s a […]
Nottingham City Council’s annual budget meeting has today (4 March) approved proposals to make £23m of savings in 2019/20 after another year of drastic Government cuts. The Government slashed the council’s main grant by £10m in the last year alone – meaning it has fallen from £127m in 2013 to just £25m for the forthcoming […]
Nottingham City Council has announced the sad news that former Lord Mayor and long-serving City Councillor, Mohammed Ibrahim, passed away on Christmas Day. Councillor Ibrahim was Lord Mayor from 1993 to 1994 after serving as Deputy Lord Mayor the previous year. He was first elected to the City Council in 1987 as Councillor for the […]