Nottingham City Council is holding another Big Reading Challenge in a bid to raise funds for a charity that gives free books to children in the city. City Councillors – including the Leader, Cllr David Mellen – will read to children at schools, libraries, nurseries and children centres across Nottingham. Large-scale readings will even take […]
How are the Council working to build more council and social homes in Nottingham? Where will the houses be built, and what obstacles do we face? Hear from Councillor Linda Woodings, Portfolio Holder for Planning, Housing and Heritage, on her vision for housing in Nottingham Our ambition is to build or buy 1,000 council or […]
The start of a new decade sees Nottingham City Council declaring a climate emergency and urging others to help it meet its ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2028. The council has long led the way on environmental innovation; from galvanising councils around the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change twenty years ago to investing […]
As we approach the New Year, the start of a new decade, I believe there are good reasons to be optimistic about Nottingham’s future in the 2020s, writes City Council Leader, David Mellen. Nottingham is a great city that I love living in after adopting as my own following studying here many years ago. Its […]
People in Nottinghamshire are now less likely to be affected by knife crime than in most places across the country, new figures have revealed. The number of offences per 1,000 of the population dropped below the national and regional average for the first time in over ten years in June 2019, it was announced at […]
Nottingham City Council has won the title of Climate Champion in a top national award, in recognition of its ambitious plans to be the first UK city to become carbon neutral. The Council was also declared overall winners of the Guardian’s prestigious Public Service Awards held in London tonight (November 26th). The Climate Champion category […]
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 […]
A Nottingham landlord has today been fined over £25,000 after admitting 12 licencing offences. Dexter Blackstock appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court where he faced charges relating to twelve unlicensed properties he owned and were required to be licensed under either Part 2 or 3 of the Housing Act. Mr Blackstock, aged 33, of Papplewick, was […]
A new campaign to recruit adopters will focus on sibling groups, older children, children from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, and children with complex health and disability needs. Every year the Regional Adoption Agency (RAA), part of Adoption East Midlands, will seek families for approximately 160 children, with many falling into these priority groups. The […]
The Leader of Nottingham City Council has condemned yesterday’s attack near a synagogue in Germany and expressed his sympathy and support for Nottingham’s Jewish community. Cllr David Mellen said: “The awful attack in Halle tragically left two people dead. It seems clear it was motivated by anti-Semitic views, which is something we wholeheartedly condemn. Nottingham, […]