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Bulwell is to get a slice of a new £150,000 council grant for community groups providing food and cost-of-living support. Photo: Google

Bulwell food and cost of living help groups to get a slice £150,000 grant

There were a record number of suspensions at Nottinghamshire schools in autumn term last year. Photo Getty Images

Record number of suspensions at Nottinghamshire schools in autumn term last year

A-level results in Nottinghamshire were on the par with East Midlands average. Photo: Getty Images

Nottinghamshire pupils’ A-level results on a par with the East Midlands average

Nottingham city councillors say the authority is suffering from Government underfunding. Photo: Submitted

Bulwell councillor says Government underfunding is ‘biggest risk to council’

One six Ashfield workers are in insecure jobs. Photo: Other

One in six people in Ashfield in insecure work

Many people suffering no-fault evictions are finding themselves homeless for the first time. Photo: Submitted

More than 130 ‘no fault’ evictions on Nottinghamshire tenants in three months

Jeremy Hunt will announce the Autumn Statement today. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Watch the Chancellor's autumn statement speech here

Coun Lee Waters accused the Government of 'turning its back on Hucknall' over levelling up funding. Photo: Submitted

Hucknall councillors slam Government and town MP after latest funding snub

Part of the money will used for improvements to Bulwell Market. Photo: Other

Bulwell gets almost £20m of Government money for town centre improvements

More than half of Ashfield homes suffer with poor energy efficiency. Photo: Other

More than half of homes in Ashfield suffer poor energy efficiency

Bulwell's Christmas lights switch-on event will take place on Market Place on December 4. Photo: Google

Date announced for Bulwell Christmas lights switch-on event
The Christmas light switch-on event in Bulwell will take place on Monday, December 4.

Nottingham City Council is facing going into effective bankrupty. Photo: Submitted

City council considers declaring effective bankruptcy over £23m budget gap

Proposed changes to concessionary tram travel are being considered by the council. Photo: Other

Free tram travel for concessionary pass holders to be reviewed

New figures show women are still being paid less than men in Ashfield. Photo: Other

Women in Ashfield earning less than men as gender pay gap widens in Britain

Councils are appealing to the Government for help to avoid a homelessness crisis. Photo: Getty Images

More than £150,000 spent on temporary housing for homeless in Ashfield

The proposed local development plan with go to full council later this month. Photo: Submitted

Ashfield’s long-awaited housing plan to ‘take a stand’ against developers

Nottinghamshire Council's cabinet will discus the family hubs plans this week. Photo: NCC

New family hub being proposed for Hucknall under council plans

More children in Nottinghamshire needed extra help and support last year. Photo: Other

More children in need in Nottinghamshire

Figures show more than 50 per cent of working age disabled people in Nottinghamshire are out of work

More than half of working age disabled people in Nottinghamshire out of work

A newborn baby in the maternity ward at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey on May 22, 2020 in Frimley, United Kingdom. (Stock Image. Credit: Steve Parsons - Pool/Getty Images)

Bereaved families call for inquiry into NHS maternity services

Coun Dave Shaw wants to see HS2 money used to restore axed Hucknall Connect services. Photo: Other

Councillor wants axed Hucknall bus services restored with HS2 cash

Disadvantaged pupils are falling further behind in GCSE levels, new research shows. Photo: Other

Disadvantaged pupils fall further behind their peers at GCSE following pandemic

Nottinghamshire will get £4.7m from the Government to improve county bus services

Nottinghamshire to receive £4.7 million of HS2 cash for local bus services

Heat pumps grant rises to £7.5k as UK Government warned it won’t meet 2050 net zero target

UK government increases heat pumps grant in effort to achieve net zero

Schools in Nottinghamshire have seen phonics skills climb again after the pandemic. Photo: Getty Images

Nottinghamshire children's phonics skills rebound following Covid pandemic

A general view of scaffolding at Balbardie Primary School on September 04, 2023 in Bathgate, Scotland, after its buildings were found to contain RAAC. Credit: Getty Images

43 more schools found to have crumbly RAAC concrete

Coun John Cottee, Nottinghamshire’ County Council's cabinet member for communities.

Column: Help is out there for people struggling with cost of living across Notts

Greta Thunberg was among those speaking at the protest in central London. Credit: XR/Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images.

'Oily Money Out': Greta Thunberg joins protesters in central London

"We have no choice but to disrupt. This is only the beginning of the fight."

Few new homes were built in Nottinghamshire in the spring - and experts say not enough are being built overall. Photo: Getty Images

Drop in new-build homes completed in Nottinghamshire this spring

A councillor is worried that a major hospitals survey won't engage as much with areas like Bulwell. Photo: Google

Fears raised at how areas like Bulwell can fully be part of hospital survey

Nottingham Univeristy Hospitals Trust is missing A&E targets, NHS figures say. Photo: Submitted

New figures show Nottingham University Hospitals is missing A&E targets

Bosses at NUH say a number of significant improvements have been made since the survey took place Photo: Submitted

Disabled staff at hospitals trust almost twice as likely to experience bullying

New figures reveal more than 500 miles of footpaths have disappeared in Nottinghamshire in the last century. Photo: Other

Nottinghamshire has lost more than 500 miles of footpaths in the past century

The charity Framework fears there is no hope of the Government tackling Nottingham's homelessness any time soon. Photo: Getty Images

Charity fears 'no hope' in tackling homelessness in Nottingham before election

Thousands of children will be offered places on half-term activity clubs in Nottingham. Photo: Other

Food vouchers and free activities clubs for Bulwell families this half-term

An artists impression of how the new-look QMC might look. Photo: Submitted

Public consultation on major Nottingham Hospitals plans moves a step closer

Four British nationals who were being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan have been released and are set to return to the UK on a flight

Four British men freed by Taliban after being detained in Afghanistan

New figures show many areas of Mansfield and Ashfield are breathing in highly polluted air. Photo: Other

Air pollution 'dangerously high' in many Mansfield and Ashfield neighbourhoods

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer pledges to tackle NHS wait times with £1.5bn plan

Dale Vince joins Just Stop Oil activists during a protest by the environmental campaigners in central London. Picture Date: Thursday June 8, 2023. Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Just Stop Oil donor pulls funding over ‘pointless’ further protests

Alex Norris, Bulwell MP, and new Shadow Minister for Police

Alex Norris column: Criminals keep being let off while victims are let down

Hucknall MP Mark Spencer says the Ashfield Independents are just 'playing political games'. Photo: Getty Images

Hucknall MP hits back at Ashfield Independents in Government funding row

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Coun Oliver Hay (right) with fellow Hucknall South councillor Trevor Locke, is frustrated that the town has again missed out on Government funding. Photo: Submitted

'Kick in the teeth' for Hucknall as town again misses out on Government funding

People buying homes on Bellway's new Hucknall development could save up to £12,000 on their mortgages. Photo: Steve Baker

New scheme offers homebuyers up to £12,000 off their mortgage
House buyers in Hucknall could save up to £12,000 when purchasing a new-build home thanks to an incentive scheme launched by Bellway.

Rishi Sunak's government will preside over the highest tax rises on record, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. (Credit: Getty Images)

Sunak's government will oversee highest tax rises on record

The living room of Bellway's Lacemaker house-type at Abbey Fields Grange in Hucknall

Bellway launches scheme to offer buyers in Hucknall up to £12,000 towards their ...

The UK's first drug consumption room in Glasgow has been given approval. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK's first drug consumption room gets approval to open in Glasgow

According to a leaked photograph, the government is said to be possibly planning on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 phase in order to cut down on costs. (Credit: PA)

Labour mayors join forces to urge Sunak not to scrap HS2 Northern link

The latest Department for Education figures show 60% of 10,227 eligible pupils in Nottinghamshire met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in key stage two in the 2022-23 school year.

Nottinghamshire kids worse at reading, writing and maths than before pandemic

Millions of people are receiving payments to help with high bills amid the cost of living crisis - what further support is coming in 2023?

Cost of living payment: What other support is coming in 2023?

Ashfield Council could be set to buy up to six homes to house Afghan refugees. Photo: Other

Six homes in Ashfield could be used to house Afghan refugees

The DWP will pay more than seven million households and HMRC will follow with around 830,000 more, taking the total number of households eligible for the cost of living payment to around eight million.

Cost of living payment: Exact date £300 boost will be paid this autumn

Government commissioners could be sent in to run Nottingham City Council next month. Photo: Other

Government could send commissioners in Nottingham City Council next month

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults