New eco-friendly taxi cabs and a smartphone app for hackney cab passengers have been launched in Nottingham. Nottingham City Council unveiled models of next-generation taxi vehicles on March 1 which it wants the city’s whole fleet of hackney cabs to convert to in the forthcoming years. The first of the new electric cabs – an […]
A taxi revolution is underway in Nottingham – with new-look eco-friendly hackney cab vehicles and a new user-friendly app set to be unveiled in the city from 1st March. Nottingham City Council is taking steps to make the city’s hackney cab fleet one of the best and most modern in the country. Having already introduced […]
Private tenants in Nottingham will benefit from better quality accommodation and greater protection from rogue landlords after the Government approved a new licensing scheme. The City Council scheme covering over 30,000 privately rented homes in Nottingham is the largest outside London to be given approval by the Secretary of State. A report by the BRE […]
Twelve recently selected British Army Generals visited Nottingham this week to learn all about life in the city. The Army Generalship Programme (AGP), aims to educate future British Army General Officers to lead and manage the British Army in the modern world. As part of this they have to learn about different societies and organisations, […]
A man and a woman have been convicted after pleading guilty to money laundering and selling counterfeit goods totalling over £75,000. Naeem Javed Malik, 40, and Jasminder Kaur Dosanjh, 28, both of Radcliffe Road, West Bridgford, were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on February 2nd who together have been involved in the sale of counterfeit […]
A St Ann’s flat has been closed down for three months due to ongoing reports of drug use, alleged drug dealing and prostitution. The Nottingham City Homes one-bedroom flat located at 5 Rodel Court has been a concern for a long time as drug and prostitute related allegations have surrounded the property since 2013. Four […]
A homeless man, often found drinking and sleeping in Hyson Green’s Mary Potter Centre, has been banned from the health centre after continuously refusing to leave and assaulting a security guard. Tadeusz Wierminski, aged 32, has been regularly spotted in the centre on Gregory Boulevard to drink and sleep during late 2017 and early 2018. […]
An aggressive beggar who has vowed to turn his life around after a stint in prison has been banned from begging in Nottingham for three years and ordered to take steps to address his drug taking and chaotic lifestyle. Christopher Hands, aged 28, of no fixed abode, has persistently been begging in Nottingham city centre […]
A proposal to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Nottingham has now been formally submitted to the Secretary State for the Department for Communities and Local Government for confirmation. Recently, the Secretary of State approved the London Borough of Newham’s selective licensing proposal and the City Council is looking forward to […]
Nottingham City Council and Nottingham City Homes have taken possession of a house used for drug dealing after the tenant disrupted his neighbours’ lives with serious anti-social behaviour. The house where Dean Brodell, aged 39, lived on Crammond Close, The Meadows, was already subject to a Closure Order to prevent problems recurring at the property. […]