Politics

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson stirred up controversy this week by likening this summer’s World Cup in Russia to Hitler’s 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Ashfield District Council has launched a year of events commemorating the end of the First World War by unveiling a floor lighting display on Kirkby Plaza, in tribute to all armed forces members past and present.

Fire chiefs have rubber-stamped a controversial decision to cut night-time cover at Ashfield and Retford fire stations as part of a bid to cut costs.

Council tax will rise by 2.95 per cent this year to fund Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue – while fire chiefs are also expected to rubber-stamp a controversial plan to cut nighttime cover in Ashfield and Retford.

UKIP’s deputy leader has resigned in protest over Henry Bolton’s refusal to step down as head of the party.

A week is a long time in politics, as the saying goes.

Mansfield MP Ben Bradley has apologised for a blog post slamming “unemployed wasters” and claiming benefit claimants should have vasectomies.

A council leader has said the central government is ‘starving’ the district of money - as its yearly budget is cut.

With the Scottish Government confirming this week that the smacking of children is to be banned in the country, a debate is now underway as to whether the rest of the UK should follow suit.

Two village local plans in Ashfield are to be adopted after residents overwhelmingly backed the ideas.

An Ashfield councillor is all smiles after winning a council seat – just five months after losing one.

We have been working hard for working parents to ensure they have been prepared for extended childcare provision in Nottinghamshire.

Mansfield MP Ben Bradley is stepping down from his role with Ashfield District Council, it has emerged.

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire business leaders says the outcome of the General Election means ‘yet more uncertainty’ for the country.