News Archive

Cleaner streets, cleaner air – electric sweepers take to the streets

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Four new fully electric street sweepers began cleaning Nottingham’s city centre streets this week in a first for the UK.

Fresh blooms to add a splash of Old Market Square colour

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Work has started to brighten up Nottingham’s Old Market Square with new flowers and shrubs. The £15,000 Nottingham City Council

City Council backs appeal for LGBT+ adoptive and foster parents

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Nottingham City Council is backing an appeal for more LGBT+ people and couples to give homes to children in care.

City Council approves latest budget following decade of Government cuts

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Nottingham City Council’s annual budget meeting has today (4 March) approved proposals to make £23m of savings in 2019/20 after

Making exercise more inclusive

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Nottingham City Council has launched a new campaign aimed at increasing the number of people with disabilities taking part in

Work starts on £4m secondary school expansion

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Work to expand an outstanding Wollaton school has officially started. New classrooms, an assembly hall and changing rooms are being

The Magnificent Spiegeltent returns to Nottingham Old Market Square this May!

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The Greatest Nottingham – Credit Steve Fisher The first Spiegeltent events are announced today as the popular attraction, which has

Statement on Nottingham Forest’s ground redevelopment plans

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Councillor Jon Collins, Leader of Nottingham City Council, said: “This is important news for the city and we were happy

Trading Standards push to prevent fires caused by second hand electrical appliances

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Second hand electrical retailers around Nottingham have been visited by Nottingham City Council Trading Standards this week to check that

Action taken on dangerous site

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Action has been taken by Community Protection Officers to clear up a dangerous site on a quiet residential street in

Government cuts lead to City Council approving £22m of savings

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Nottingham City Council’s Executive Board has approved proposals to make £22m of savings in 2019/20 after another year of drastic

ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 – 100 days to go countdown kicks off

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Nottingham is gearing up for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019, with the ‘100 days to go’ countdown kicking

Funding bid could help city’s parks and open spaces to continue to bloom

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Nottingham City Council will find out by the end of May whether a bid for over £1m to develop the

Dolly Parton sings praises of Nottingham’s milestone 5,000 children with free books

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PHOTO: Cllr David Mellen with the 5,000th child to receive the free books, baby Remae Gordon-Goode, with dad Raelle, mum Melanie

Monsters are on the loose in Nottingham City Libraries! Fun, free activity for families this half-term

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Half-term is rapidly approaching in Nottingham (18 – 22 February) and friendly monsters are here to entertain children across the

Primary school praised for inspiring pupils

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A Nottingham primary school has been praised for the way it inspires pupils to work hard to be successful. Ofsted

Nottingham businesses invited to ‘Electric Vehicle Question Time’

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Nottingham businesses and public sector organisations are invited to a networking event where their questions about adopting Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles

Death of former City Council Leader

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Former Leader of Nottingham City Council Betty Higgins has died aged 92. Elected as a Labour councillor to what was

Nottingham City Council aims to reduce energy bills on the journey to be a carbon neutral city

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Following on from Nottingham City Council’s announcement that the city aims to be carbon neutral by 2028 the council is

Photo exhibitions show two sides of Newstead

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New exhibitions by a local photographer will give a different perspective on the landscape around Newstead Abbey. The exhibitions, running