Shop workers fined over fake tobacco
TWO people have been fined after counterfeit tobacco was found in a Hyson Green shop. More than 250 packets of cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco was found by Trading Standards officers at the store –...
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Crime in Notts is up by 4% since March
CRIME in Notts has gone up by more than four per cent since March figures showed it had dropped year-on-year. Government statistics released earlier this month indicated recorded crime was down 12 per...
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Members of STRAG fight on to save precious Green Belt land
AN inquiry into a controversial housing development has been launched. Broxtowe Borough Council’s plan to build 450 homes on green-belt land at Field Farm, in Ilkeston Road, Stapleford, will now be...
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Winston Churchill in court for stealing ice maker
A NOTTINGHAM man called Winston Churchill is charged with stealing an ice maker, clothing and a laptop. The 48-year-old, of St Paul’s Avenue, Hyson Green, is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates’...
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Travellers leave mess in Notts and move just two miles
TRAVELLERS who left human excrement at a Notts recreation ground have moved less than two miles away.The group left a huge mess after a two-week stay at Lambley Lane Recreation Ground in Gedling before...
View ArticleWoman's £400 fine for dropping litter
A WOMAN was fined £400 for throwing down a wrapper from a cigarette packet in the street.Elizabeth Leiann, 32, of Fenwick Road, Broxtowe Estate, was in Nottingham when she committed the offence.The...
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Shooting: Cops widen search
PEOPLE living near the spot where a man was shot have told how they woke up to see police combing the streets. A 23-year-old was seriously injured in the incident in St Ann's at 9.30pm on Tuesday.It is...
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Save The New White Bull Group fight on to keep local historical pub
New White Bull, Giltbrook, Notts.Save The New White Bull Pub GroupCHARGE of The New White Bull Brigade!The Suffolk based pub company that brought us the demise of The Hardy & Hanson brewery...
View ArticleA DRIVER admitted dangerous driving at Nottingham Crown Court today
Waseem Rashid, 29, of Hallfields, Edwalton, entered his plea at Nottingham Crown Court. He was driving dangerously in a Toyota Avensis car in St Peter’s Street, Radford, on December 1 last year. He is...
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Council names and shames shops ignoring 'voluntary' ban
SHOPS that have refused to sign up to the voluntary ban on "super-strength" drink have been named and shamed by Nottingham City Council. Since May, 60 per cent of city centre off-licences have signed...
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Police believe missing teenager is in Nottingham
POLICE believe a missing teenager may be in Nottingham.Javed Oriakhel was last seen at around 11.20am on July 28, in the Wigston Lane area of Leicester. The 17 year-old does not know his way around...
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Six years in prison for drug dealer who hid his stash in a wheelie bin
Drug dealer: Leon MorrisA DRUG dealer who hid his stash in a wheelie bin has been jailed for six years. Leon Morris, 28, was arrested after police raided a house in Radford, in November 2012.As...
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15-year-old boy charged after stabbing
Site of stabbingOfficers were called to reports of a stabbing near the Apollo Fish Bar, in Burton Road, at about 8pm on Wednesday 21 August. A 17-year-old teenager had sustained a stab wound and was...
View ArticleMan jailed for sex attack on sleeping woman
A MAN was today sentenced to two years and three months after he sexually assaulted a sleeping teenager. William Shoriwa ended up at a get-together at the same address as a 19-year-old woman in Radford...
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Convicted of MURDER and living next door
NEIGHBOURS were horrified to learn that a convicted murderer was living just doors away without their knowledge. Tomas Simkus had been allowed to settle here despite having been convicted of murder in...
View ArticleInvestigation launched after serious sexual assault report
Police today (Friday 30 August 2013) are investigating reports of a serious sexual assault on a 17-year-old girl in Broxtowe. The assault is thought to have taken place at about 10.30pm last night...
View ArticleMan charged over Radford attack
A 34-year-old man has been charged with grievous bodily harm after an attack in Radford. Ross Nixon, of Russell Road, Forest Fields, is alleged to have assaulted a 43-year-old man in Bentinck Road,...
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Death of Kimberley's Traditional Community Charity Pram race event...
They are off Eastwoods town cryer Andrew Plumb starts off Kimberley playgroup on the timed run, watched by the large crowd.Disgruntled residents have hit out over the controversial decision to cancel...
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Quest to protect precious green belt land continues
Plans for a £15 million sports village were ‘withdrawn and not refused’, a council has said.Valuable green belt land already partially soiled by the carbunkle that is Ikea.Broxtowe Borough Council...
View ArticleTwo charged over Meadows robberies
A man and a teenage boy have been charged in connection with separate gun-point robberies in the Meadows. Vito Moukoumedza, 19, of Healey Close, the Meadows, was charged with robbery and possession of...
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