Nottingham City Council’s burglary reduction project has helped make 136 rented homes in the city safer since it started just over 18 months ago. This has been achieved by not only making security improvements but also uncovering a range of problems from damp to fire hazards. The council set up the project in August 2014 […]
A book of condolence has been opened at Nottingham’s Council House for the victims of the attack in Pakistan on Easter Sunday. The attack in a park in Lahore killed 70 people, coming days after the world mourned the death of 35 people in Brussels following an attack. City Council Leader, Councillor Jon Collins, said: […]
Belgian flags are flying at half-mast on Nottingham Castle and the Council House in sympathy for those who died in yesterday’s terrorist attacks in Brussels. A book of condolence will also be opened today (March 23) at the Council House, whose dome will be lit in the colours of the Belgian flag from tonight. Nottingham City […]
Nottingham City Council has set its budget for 2016/17 – with a Council Tax increase of 3.95% needed to keep vital services like adult social care going following Government cuts. The council had to find £20.5m of savings from the budget for the forthcoming year, having lost £70m in Government grant since 2013/14. By the end […]
There are just two weeks to go until the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile in Nottingham on Sunday 20 March. Loads of local people have already signed up to run one, three, or six miles, but there’s still time to bag a place, don your deeley-boppers and do yourself proud! Alex Brown – event organiser said: “We […]
The Government has found extra funding to help out councils in rural areas and councils in the south – but Nottingham and other places hit harder by Government cuts have been overlooked. Councils heard on Monday about the final financial settlement they are getting from the Government for 2016/17 – with Nottingham City Council’s main […]
Thousands of vulnerable people in Nottingham could be placed at risk of losing specialist accommodation as a result of Government proposals to reduce housing benefit. Older people, those with mental ill health or learning disabilities, young mothers, those fleeing domestic violence, vulnerable young people, BME groups and refugees who are living in specialist accommodation with […]
Nottingham City Council will start work on Wilford Road and Wilford Street on Friday 22 January as part of its £250 million plan to transform and regenerate the Broadmarsh area. Lanes on Wilford Road and Wilford Street will be altered to provide two lanes coming out of the city centre and one lane going in. […]
Nottingham City Council is offering residents over 16 years old, eight weeks of free sports sessions in a range of settings across the city. With FREEsport –Nottingham citizens can choose to play, their way. FREEsport offers citizens the choice of learning a new sport or perhaps returning to a sport they once played in a […]
A number of tents have been erected on Station Street in Nottingham city centre, with occupants claiming they are homeless and calling for the council to open empty buildings for rough sleepers. The City Council has been granted a possession order by the County Court today (Thursday 31 December) which orders those on the camp […]