‘The best day ever!’ That was the verdict from excited schoolchildren from Hucknall who took part in the Christmas lights switch-on at the headquarters of Nottinghamshire County Council.
A once-in-a-lifetime experience is sending a 16-year-old Hucknall boy on an expedition to one of the poorest, but also most spectacular, countries in the world.
Volunteers from around Ashfield, including Hucknall, are giving their time to run a group that helps build the lives of others through woodwork and joinery.
Parents of children who are due to start secondary school in Hucknall and the rest of Nottinghamshire in September 2020 have less than two weeks to apply online for a place.
Nottingham's iconic Robin Hood statue has been redecorated with a Lego parrot as part of a national scheme to nurture the creative skills of youngsters.
