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Plans that would have kept the rollercoaster in place have been rejected. Photo: Google

Plans to keep rollercoaster overlooking Hucknall street are rejected

Coun Bert Bingham said budgetary pressues were behind the proposals. Photo: Submitted

Proposed changes to post-16 SEND travel could cost parents hundreds of pounds

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The Greater Nottinghamshire proposal for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)

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The Government is running a consultation on licensing reform, which includes a proposal to remove the statutory requirement for alcohol licensing notices to be advertised in print local papers

Last chance to have your say over plans to axe pub licensing notices

Removing alcohol licensing notices from local newspapers would shut local people out of decisions that affect their daily lives

We're fighting plans to axe licensing notices - and we want your views

Nottingham Forest have had their City Ground expansion plans approved. Photo: Submitted

Nottingham Forest ground expansion plans approved after traffic problems dispute

How the site at the western end of the runway could look after development

East Midlands Airport unveils plans that could create more than 20,000 jobs

Man proposing to his girlfriend

Touching wedding proposals: Man pops question at Steps concert

Nottingham City Council has started consultations over £16m in cuts. Photo: Submitted

City council starts consultation over £16m budget cuts

Tuition fees in England have remained at the same level since 2017, and haven't risen with inflation (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

The cases for and against increasing university tuition fees
Universities need at least an extra three thousand pounds per student to keep up with inflation 💸
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Sugary drink refills could be banned in proposals put forward by the Welsh government (Photo by Adobe Stock)

'Pointless': Diners slam plans to ban free sugary drink refills

Dyson was founded by Sir James Dyson in 1991

Dyson to cut up to 1,000 jobs in the UK as part of global restructure

Cyclists could face tougher sentences under new proposals

Watch: Cyclists could face tougher sentences under new proposals

The former workshop and stables in Bulwell is set to be demolished. Photo: Lacey & Owen

Potentially dangerous building in Bulwell to be demolished and flats built

Virgin Media O2 will cut up to 2,000 jobs

Virgin Media O2 to cut more than a tenth of UK workforce

Millions of patients in England will be able to get prescriptions for seven common conditions, plus the contraceptive pill and more blood pressure checks, directly from pharmacies under new plans to tackle the GP crisis in the UK.

Breaking Pharmacies to offer prescriptions for 7 new conditions amid GP crisis

Pope Francis allows women to vote in bishops’ meeting for first time

landlords may soon be given more power to deal with anti-social tenants

Landlords to be given extra powers to evict ‘anti-social’ tenants

129 Cineworld venues face risk of closure

The 129 Cineworld cinemas at risk as chain struggles to find buyer

Full list of places that will see a council tax increase in April 2023

Chief Fire Officer Craig Parkin, of Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service.

£5 council tax increase approved by Nottinghamshire fire authority

The PCS Union (Credit: Getty Images)

PCS union announce 100,000 members will strike on Budget Day

Leading UK vet calls for outright ban on owning dogs with cropped ears

British passport prices are set to rise next month

Passport application fees to increase next month

Nottingham City Council is proposing a potential council tax rise of almost five per cent next year

Bulwell residents facing council tax hike as authority looks to save £29m

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman addresses delegates on the third day of the annual Conservative Party Conference. Credit: Getty Images

Home Secretary plans to crack down on protests with new bill

Could Top Wighay Farm get an extra 640 homes built on it?

Proposals emerge for an extra 640 homes at Top Wighay Farm
Details have emerged of new proposals that could see an extra 640 homes being built at the huge new Top Wighay Farm development.
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Residents have objected to proposals to turn Hucknall's old police station into a large new care home

Police Station care home plans remain undecided as residents object

Jonathan Gribbin, public health director for Nottinghamshire, says Covid-19 is likely to become more of a winter illness

Health chief says Covid likely to become ‘predominantly winter seasonal illness’

Labour councillors want a personal guarantee from the council leader that plans to extend the line that serves Hucknall and Bulwell will go ahead

Labour councillors want council leader to guarantee rail plans will go ahead

Nottingham City Council needs to save £28 million

Bulwell Children's Centre under threat of closure as council tries to save £28m

Whyburn Farm captured from the skies by Hucknall's Paul Atherley

We are standing with you against the destruction of Hucknall's green belt

Nottingham's Goose Fair may have to charge an entry fee to cover costs needed for Covid safeguards. Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images

Entry fee and safety fencing could be only way for Goose Fair to go ahead

Households warned they will need up to 7 bins each as part of major rubbish coll...

Many supermarkets are encouraging card payments (Photo: Shutterstock)

Latest rules on cash payments at UK supermarkets - including Asda, Tesco and Sai...

Energy firms could get powers to cut off EV charging at peak times

A national lockdown has not been ruled out, as Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it could be imposed as the “last line of defence" (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Kirkby Train Station.

What you think of proposals for Kirkby's gateway to the world?

Link from Kirkby to high speed rail line could halve journey time to London

Nottinghamshire independent living scheme approved

Former Police station, Victoria Road, Kirkby In Ashfield

Plans for ex police station

Councillor Tim Brown, Portfolio holder for Environment, during a visit to Ashfield District Councils waste facility.

Free garden waste scheme edges closer

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Proposals to slash school summer holidays

The Learning Centre Oakdale. Kids playing basketball in the sports hall.

Mansfield school for kids with behavioural problems faces the axe
A Mansfield school for children with behavioural and emotional difficulties is facing the axe - because fewer kids are being thrown out of the classroom.
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