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Nottingham City Council is to get a extra £2.4m for public health. Photo: Submitted

Public health services in Nottingham to get a £2.4m funding boost

Councillors like Ian Briggs and David Shaw never stopped fighting for the evening bus service to return.

Hucknall’s evening bus service could start as soon as June

Nottinghamshire Council is planning to spend more than £70m on fixing the county's roads. Photo: Submitted

Alternative plans for fixing roads called ‘nonsense’ as £72m approved by council

City council leader Coun Neghat Khan is backing plans to expand the city boundaries. Photo: Submitted

Nottingham City Council leader supports plans to expand city boundary

Coun Lee Waters, with his son Alexander, has welcomed the investment in Titchfield Park.

Councillors give green light to PlayZone plans on Hucknall's Titchfield Park

Independent Councillors across the County are campaigning to keep Council Tax low and to protect front-line services.

Hucknall Councillors commitment to Safeguarding Frontline Services in Nottingham...

Ashfield District Council was praised for employing COVID Information Officers who worked with businesses and retailers to ensure safety.

Five years on: “Ashfield District Council’s response to COVID saved lives” says ...

Ashfield District Council has voted to freeze its portion of council tax across all households for the next 12 months.

Ashfield District Council approves tax freeze

Councillors Lee Waters and Dave Shaw will be rolling up their sleeves to help residents with their excess waste.

Big Ashfield Spring Clean 2025

Ashfield District Council is planning to freexe its council tax due to its “strong financial position”

Ashfield council to freeze tax due to "strong financial position"

ICB healthcare leaders were challenged over the impact at Nottinghamshire County Council’s health scrutiny committee meeting

Managers say £68m cut to NHS planning board won’t affect front line care

NHS managers say front line patient care won’t be affected despite a £68.5 million cut to the budget of the organisation responsible for planning local treatment.

Latifa Yedroudj, Local Democracy Reporter

Coun Sam Smith, Nottinghamshire County Council's portfolio holder for education

Frustratation as Government cuts funding for schools trying to become academies

Annie Valentine is sick of people putting rubbish in the recycling bins.

'It grinds me down...it's not low-level crime when you live with it'

Nottinghamshire County Council will hire a new member of staff to clear a two-year backlog of applications from schools wanting to become academies

New council officer to deal with backlog of schools wanting to become academies

Angela Kandola's seat as deputy PCC remains empty for now after her confirmation in the role was postponed. Photo: Submitted

Announcement of Nottinghamshire's new deputy PCC cancelled at the last moment

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

'Horrified' residents invaded by 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls

Coun Karen Bruce claimed that a Pop Tart was to blame for a dramatic toaster fire that nearly torched her kitchen.

I put a Pop Tart in toaster - my kitchen almost went up in flames

Nottingham City Council is spending £11m on repairing roads in Bulwell and across the city. Photo: Submitted

Bulwell to get slice of £11m pot to fix Nottingham roads most in need of repair

Nottingham City Council has shown improvement in the way it is managing its money. Photo: Submitted

Financial improvements continuing at city council after serious concerns raised

Philip Waller, 65, returned from a shopping trip last week to find that a broadband firm had erected the pole outside his house in Barnsley, South Yorks. Lee McLean/SWNS

Watch: Broadband pole was put outside my home but I had it taken down

1000s of households to get direct payment worth £125 - how to apply

Nottingham City Council has missed targets for social care savings. Photo: Submitted

Cash-strapped city council misses targets for social care savings

Levelling up improvements in Bulwell are set to be scaled back due to the impact of inflation costs. Photo: Submitted

Bulwell town centre improvements scaled back due to 'rampant' inflation

Michael Perkins is fighting for right to park on his own drive in Warndon, Worcester

Watch: Council ban owner of 'eyesore' motorhome from parking on drive

Fears have been raised new 'supersite' plans could mean closure for recycling centres like Hucknall. Photo: Google

'Supersites plan' raises fears for future of Hucknall tip

Hucknall was one of the areas badly hit by flooding during Storm Babet. Photo: Scotty Fenton

More than 1,200 homes and businesses suffered flooding following Storm Babet

A major reorganisation of Nottinghamshire's recycling centres is likely to be approved by the county council next week

Major reorganisation of recycling centres set to be recommended

Nottingham Castle's annual pass is going up to £15. Photo: Submitted

Nottingham Castle annual pass ticket price to increase to £15

The price of an annual pass ticket to access Nottingham Castle will be increasing to £15 from April.

Joe Locker - Local Democracy Reporter

Coun Shuguftah Quddoos, the Sheriff of Nottingham, has been suspended by Labour for voting against council cuts. Photo: Submitted

Suspended Sheriff of Nottingham has 'no regrets' after voting against cuts

Councillors have rejected proposals for Delia Avenue and Dorothy Avenue in Hucknall to be used as site access roads. Photo: Google

Councillors throw out plans to use Hucknall cul-de-sacs for building site access

A report found Nottingham City Council underpaid 40 employees by £70,000. Photo: Other

Review finds Nottingham City Council underpaid 40 staff members by £70,000

Ross Brown, council finance director and S151 officer, said a council tax rise above the typical cap was an option they were considering. Photo: Other

City council open to exceptional council tax rise as part of emergency help

Nottinghamshire Council has ruled the children's home will stay open. Photo: Other

Ashfield children’s home will stay open despite concerns

Opposition councillors say a decade of Government cuts mean a share of an extra £500m now will make little difference. Photo: Other

Opposition says £500m councils bonus 'won’t make any difference’

David Astill, NCT managing director says bus users are returning. Photo: Other

Almost three-quarters of public transport trips in Nottingham made on NCT buses

Staff from Dayus in Hucknall receive their Best Dressed Window award. Photo: Submitted

Hucknall shop is a winner in Ashfield's best dressed window contest

The first public consultation takes place at the Council House tonight. Photo: Google

Public consultation begins on city council budget proposals for next year

Nottingham City Council said it couldn't afford a promotion party for Notts County as it had for Forest a year earlier. Photo: Getty Images

Council couldn't afford Notts County promotion party after Forest’s cost £60,000

Cllr Glynis Campbell Sinclair was spotted cleaning her windows while on camera during a meeting of Highland Council's Inverness Area Committee Picture: Highland Council / SWNS

Councillor cleans her home's windows during live-streamed meeting

Standard bearers and military representatives standing proud ahead of the Hucknall parade. Photo: Lockie Laughland

In pictures: Hucknall and Bulwell turn out in force for Remembrance Day parades

Hucknall Leisure Centre was briefly used as an evacuation centre as major flooding hit the town. Photo: Submitted

Council focusing on helping vulnerable Ashfield residents hit by flooding

Budget restraints are threatening improvements to Nottingham Council's failing children's services. Photo: Other

£17.5m budget pressures threaten improvement to failing children’s services

Council tenants in Ashfield will see their energy bills reduced by the end of next month. Photo: Other

Council housing tenants in Ashfield to have weekly heating bills slashed

Opposition councillors are vowing to fight planned school meal price rises in Nottinghamshire. Photo: Getty Images

Opposition councillors vow to fight planned school meal price rise

The Wilko stores in Bulwell and Hucknall are set to close in the coming weeks. Photos: Google/John Smith

Hucknall and Bulwell MP and councillors' sadness at Wilko store closures

Councillors in both Hucknall and Bulwell have expressed their sadness at the news the Wilko stores in both towns are now set to close.

John Smith

Nottinghamshire Council's County Hall headquarters in West Bridgford. (Photo by: Local Democracy Reporting Service)

Safeguarding of young families central to new review of health visitors service

The mothballed swimming pool at Edgewood Primary School in Hucknall is to be turned into a dining hall for pupils

Hucknall councillors welcome 'belated' plans for Edgewood pool site

Campaigner Paul Craddock with Coun Dave Shaw and Coun Ian Briggs, who are campaigning to relieve parking issues. (Photo by: Ashfield Independents)

Councillors launch petition for extra parking in Hucknall

Nottingham City Council is hoping to have 'quick fixes' in place soon for its financial issues. Photo: Submitted

Council hoping to have 37 'quick fixes' for finances in place by September

Independent Alliance councillors claim they have been 'gagged' by Nottinghamshire Council. (Photo by: Independent Alliance)

'We've been gagged' claim Nottinghamshire Council opposition councillors

An artist's Impression of the planned council chamber inside the new Top Wighay building. Picture: Nottinghamshire Council/Arc Partnership

New flyover video shows how Top Wighay building could become council HQ

Ashfield Council's headquarters on Urban Road, Kirkby. Picture: Local Democracy Service

Final consultation on Ashfield Council housing plan expected in November

Nottingham City Council is refusing to publish a report detailing serious concerns about its financial state

Council refuses to publish report detailing ‘very serious’ financial concerns

Ashfield councillors have rejected plans to for 100 homes to be built on Misk Hills

Councillors unanimously reject plans for 100 homes on Hucknall's Misk Hills

Nottinghamshire Council is based at County Hall, West Bridgford.

Nottinghamshire Council members’ expenses totalled nearly £44,000 last year

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