- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- Tube staff under attack, says RMT
- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- GPs 'overpaid for ghost patients'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- Mild weather hits Centrica profits
- Tributes to 'jolly jester' Carson
- 'MP' held after Commons disturbance
- RBS losses hit £2bn amid bonus row
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
Local News
Report on Ashfield’s future sent to every house
THE FUTURE facing Ashfield District Council — and the impact it will have on Hucknall residents — has been set out in an annual report to be sent to every household.
Boozy rowdies targeted by new orders
THE GO-ahead has been given to a scheme aimed at winning the battle against booze-fuelled anti-social behaviour in Hucknall and the rest of Ashfield.
‘Big Society’ is heading for the heart of Hucknall
COMMUNITY spirit will be the cornerstone of an event designed to bring Hucknall’s most caring groups and organisations together with the town’s wannabe volunteers.
All aboard as passengers give thumbs-up to train services
AN EMPHATIC thumbs-up has been given to the services run on Hucknall, Bulwell and Newstead’s Robin Hood train line.
BREAKING NEWS: Masked men raid betting shop
THREE masked men carried out a terrifying raid at a betting shop in Hucknall.
1 commentMan admits having explosives and firearms
A BULWELL man has been told he is going to prison after admitting possessing firearms and explosives.
Council wages war on bus-shelter vandals
VANDALS who damage bus shelters in Hucknall and the rest of Nottinghamshire are in the firing line — in a bid to slash an annual repair bill of £50,000.
Mum and kids kicked out after ‘living nightmare’
AN OUTRAGED mum-of-three claims she and her young children have been ordered to leave their rented home in Bulwell — after months of problems at the property.
Latest on armed raid terror at care home
THE HUNT continues for a crowbar-wielding burglar smashed his way into a Hucknall care-home in a terrifying raid as elderly and frail residents slept.
Mum accused of baseball-bat attack
A 28-YEAR-old Hucknall mum attacked another woman with a baseball bat at a school, it has been alleged in court.
Shoppers grill councillor on cuts
CONCERNED residents have been granted the chance to grill a local councillor as Bulwell and the rest of Nottingham face up to fresh spending cuts aimed at saving £21 million.
Temperatures lower than Russia during recent freeze
SUB-zero temperatures hit a remarkable low last weekend when the Dispatch district felt the full force of the belated winter freeze.
Fire closes popular chip-shop
A POPULAR chip-shop in Hucknall is still closed after firegihters spent more than two hours battling a blaze at the takeaway.
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Let’s get positive with our new Dispatch campaign
THIS morning, the Dispatch launches a new, fresh, vibrant campaign aimed at improving the lot of everyone in the Hucknall and Bulwell area.
Armed-raid terror at care home
THE HUNT is on for a crowbar-wielding burglar who broke into a Hucknall care home in the early hours of the morning as elderly residents slept.
Contract signed to rubberstamp care-home sale
NOTTS County Council’s controversial sale of Jubilee Court old people’s care home in Hucknall to a private company has taken a major step closer.
Council-tax failure claims rubbished
ASHFIELD District Council has poured scorn on a claim by a trade union that it has failed to collect council tax totalling £1.2 million in the last financial year.
BREAKING NEWS: Car stolen at knifepoint
A HUNT has been launched for two men who carjacked a woman at knifepoint outside a Bulwell supermarket.
‘Battle of the Bogs’ over axe for toilets
A NEW ‘Battle of the Bogs’ has broken out in Bulwell — this time involving public toilets.
Protection for war memorials from metal thieves
ACTION has been taken to protect plaques on Hucknall’s precious war memorial from being targeted by metal thieves looking to cash in.
BREAKING NEWS: Man charged with raping girl (12)
A HUCKNALL man has appeared in court charged with raping a 12-year-old girl.
Nailbiting time for staff as prominent shops bite the dust
THE Bon Marche stores on High Street, Hucknall, and Main Street, Bulwell, are both due to close — but staff are on tenterhooks waiting to find out when the axe will fall.
MBE pride for champ of the deaf and ex-Town footballer
A DEAF man from Hucknall and an ex-Hucknall Town footballer were given the royal seal of approval when they visited Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen and pick up MBEs.
Incredible Dorothy going strong at 110
AN INCREDIBLE woman who lives in Bulwell is thought to be one of the oldest in the whole of England — after celebrating her 110th birthday.
Let’s get positive — with the new Dispatch campaign for 2012!
THE year 2011 was all about doom and gloom.
1 commentEnergy park to spark £100m of investment
A GROUNDBREAKING £50 million energy park earmarked for Bulwell could create about 300 jobs and bring £100 million of investment to the area.
Out-of-court settlement after gran and boy killed on trainline
AN OUT-of-court settlement has been reached more than three years after a Hucknall woman and her grandson were killed on a trainline dubbed a ‘crossing of death’.
Teen jailed for killing friend in 90mph crash in stolen car
A TEENAGER has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after he admitted killing his friend in a 90mph death-crash in Papplewick.
Action stations as freeze continues
THE BIG chill is set to continue throughout the Dispatch district as sub-zero temperatures take hold following last weekend’s heavy snowfall.
PICTURE SPECIAL: Fun in the snow
DON’T miss this week’s Dispatch for a spread of photos taken during the recent snow flurries.
Watchdog concern at hospital
A WATCHDOG has said that a service delivered at Highbury Hospital (pictured) in Bulwell for patients with mental health problems is failing to meet all essential standards of care.
BREAKING NEWS: Out-of-court settlement in double railway-deaths tragedy
A HUCKNALL man whose wife and grandson were killed when they were hit by a train have been paid damages by Network Rail.
Firm building up charity work after hospital fundraiser
A KIND-hearted Hucknall businessman is hoping to help raise thousands of pounds for a specialist hospital unit — before turning his attentions to helping worthy causes in his home town.
Cutting back on food and heating to pay the mortgage
HOMEOWNERS in the Dispatch district are increasingly cutting back on fuel and food bills to help pay their mortgage or rent as the economic crisis continues.
Ill fundraiser putting her heart into charity walk
A 22-YEAR-old Hucknall woman with a lifelong heart condition that leaves her short of breath is to take on a sponsored walk for charity.
Bid to revive Hucknall In Bloom
A COUNCILLOR has called for Hucknall In Bloom to be revived this year.
Dispatch district transformed into winter wonderland
HEAVY snowfall left Hucknall, Bulwell and the rest of the Dispatch district covered in a blanket of white at the weekend.
Escaping horses spark safety fears on busy main road
A FRUSTRATED call has been made for urgent action to tackle horses that repeatedly escape from a field in Hucknall and wander onto a busy road.
SCHOOL ‘LEAGUE TABLES’: A-level aces impress to make the grade
NEW statistics and ‘league tables’ have revealed that students at the three main schools in Hucknall and Bulwell made big strides in A-level results last summer.
SCHOOL ‘LEAGUE TABLES’: National top of GCSE class
SCHOOLS in Hucknall and Bulwell are facing up to a mixed bag of results after the latest ‘league tables’ for GCSE exams were published by the government.
Summit to thrash out plans to build thousands of homes
A COUNCILLOR has urged Hucknall to “fight with all its might” against an option to build thousands of houses on the town’s outskirts.
Prolific burglar’s leap from window
A PERSISTENT burglar who admitted breaking into 14 houses in Bulwell has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.
Goodall Crescent top of the crime-fighting hitlist again
THE NOTORIOUS Goodall Crescent estate in Hucknall is once again Hucknall’s number one crime-fighting priority, the Dispatch can reveal.
Town’s mail-sorting office to be scrapped
THE ROYAL Mail sorting and delivery office in Bulwell is to close — despite a campaign to prevent the axe from falling.
Animal-cruelty hell discovered behind the gates of ‘Haven’ farm
THE HORROR endured by mistreated animals that were left to feed on the dead remains of livestock at a Dispatch district farm has been graphically exposed.
£23 million services hub opens
BULWELL’S long-awaited ‘one-stop shop’ for community services is now open for business.
BREAKING NEWS: Stab threat to teenage boy
A MAN threatened to stab a teenage boy during an attempted robbery in Hucknall.
Bulwell set to get ‘Superloos’
NOTTINGHAM City Council isn’t getting too BOGGED down with its budget — after announcing plans to save £15,000 by switching Bulwell’s public toilets for so-called ‘Superloos’.
Sport and jobs to regenerate former eyesore colliery tip
AMBITIOUS plans that will create more than 100 new jobs in Ashfield and regenerate the former Bentinck tip site near Annesley have been submitted to Nottinghamshire County Council.
Action needed to tackle child poverty
SHOCK figures have revealed that the Nottingham North Parliamentary constituency, which includes Bulwell, has one of the highest levels of child poverty in the UK.
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Weather for Hucknall
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 10 C to 16 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 3 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: West
