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Bassetlaw Council says it has plans in place to meet the current overspend on its budget. Photo: Mark Fear

Councils confident their finances are in good shape

Bassetlaw Council has already been granted £17.9m to revitalise Worksop's Priory Centre. Photo: Other

Bassetlaw Council to move quickly with plans for £40m levelling up funding

Coun James Naish, council leader, admitted uptake had been low but predicted it would increase. Photo: Other

£18,000 council tenant helpline only used 70 times in year

The STEP programme would replace the now-closed West Burton A power station. Photo: Other

Council welcomes 'unthinkable' Investment Zone benefits as plans progress

Nottinghamshire Council says the 'higher than expected' minimum wage rise has added £5m to its budget. Photo: Submitted

'Higher than expected' minimum wage rise adds £5m in costs to council budget

Worksop's former Wilko store. Photo: Google

Boss of Worksop-based Wilko apologises for company 'collapse'

Bassetlaw District Council is encouraging its male members of staff to make the White Ribbon Promise – a promise to never use, excuse or remain silent about men’s violence against women.

Bassetlaw Council staff make White Ribbon promise against gender-based violence

Bassetlaw District Council is putting forward a proposal to create a new dedicated indoor market area at the Priory Centre as part of a £20 million town centre investment.

Plans to create new indoor market at Worksop shopping centre

Opposition councillors say 'children will go hungry' as a result of the council's decision to raise the price of Nottinghamshire school meals. Photo: Getty Images

‘Children will go hungry’ say councillors as school meal prices to increase

The new zones will launch in 2024, and will replace some scheduled services.

Nottinghamshire on-demand bus services to expand across remote villages

Homeless people in Bassetlaw have shared their views on how to tackle the problem. Photo: Getty Images

How Bassetlaw rough sleepers say homelessness could be reduced
Rough sleepers and people who have faced homelessness in the past have shared their views on a new strategy to tackle it in Bassetlaw.

The planned Heartwood Community Forest cover and area totalling 750 square kilometres

Plans for a community “forest” could see 300,000 trees planted

Sherwood’s former coal-mining communities to get £20m of Government money

Cllr Neil Clarke (cabinet member for transport and environment at Nottinghamshire County Council)

Extra £156million to maintain Nottinghamshire roads

WORKSOP, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 17: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes part in a resident Q&A session at Cafe-Neo at the Priory Shopping Centre on November 17, 2023 in Worksop, England. (Photo by Peter Powell - Pool/Getty Images)

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Worksop for Q&A session

School meal prices in Nottinghamshire are set to rise. Photo: Getty Images

Independents at county council slam ruling Tories over school meals price rise

Ben Bradley (left), Claire Ward and Matthew Relf are the candidates to be the first East Midlands mayor. Photo: Other

Council signs off £900,000 booklets cost for East Midlands Mayoral elections

An artist's impression of how the proposed new warehouse development will look. Photo: Submitted

Ashfield and Bolsover warehouse plans promising up to 500 new jobs

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Council help businesses understand Net Zero

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Groups benefit from Lottery Scheme

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

New family hubs being proposed for Mansfield and Ashfield under council plans

Homes and gardens across Nottinghamshire were submerged as Storm Babet brought devastiting flooding to the county. Photo: Jacob Lock

Flood-hit Nottinghamshire residents could be out of homes for months

Coun Richard Jackson says the council's finances are challenging but are being managed well

Council says 'don't worry' as it works to cut £60m three-year budget deficit

Commissioner Henry alongside Safer Streets Wardens

£1.3 million of new public safety funding for Notts

The ticket office at Worksop Station is now staying open. Photo: Google

Union thrilled as Government scraps plans to close station ticket offices

The site was planned for land in Haughton. Photo: Google

Plans rejected for controversial travellers’ caravan site near Retford

Nottinghamshire folk spent almost £50m of their own money on adult social care last year. Photo: Other

People spent nearly £50m of their own cash on adult social care last year

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
Nottinghamshire will receive £4.7 million to improve bus services over the next financial year, the Government has announced.

The River Ryton at the height of the flooding.

Council chiefs call on Government to honour £11m in promised flood defences

EV charge points at Bassetlaw District Council’s Worksop car park

Bassetlaw Council switches on EV charging for NHS

Pictured, from left to right, are: Andrew Woodley, Contracts Manager, Messenger Construction; Richard Kirkland, Employment and Skills Manager, D2N2 LEP; Glyn Morgan, Midlands and East Committee Member, The National Lottery Heritage Fund; Cllr Deborah Merryweather, Chair of Bassetlaw District Council; Jonathan Reynolds MP and Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy; Coun Jo White, Cabinet Member for Business and Skills at Bassetlaw District Council; Joe Player, Director, Anotherkind Architects.

New Worksop business hub open to offer support and advice

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

Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service has dropped plans to stop responding to automatic hospital fire alarms. Photo: Other

Fire service drops plan to stop responding to automatic hospital alarms

Keir Starmer is interrupted by a heckler. Credit: Getty

Keir Starmer Labour conference speech crashed by protester

Maxine Dixon and Dawn Walton.protest against the planned development

Campaigners fear huge housing scheme near Worksop could double area’s population

Coun Ben Bradley, Nottinghamshire Council leader and Mansfield MP, says the region won't miss out despite the northern leg of HS2 being scrapped. Photo: Other

Council leader allays 'levelled down' fears after 'disaster' HS2 cancellation

Worksop town centre.

£20m more Levelling-Up cash to transform Worksop's town centre

Councillors have voted in favour of new proposals to avoid future parking issues outside of new schools. Photo: Submitted

Designated pick-up areas planned at new schools to limit parking 'chaos'

Bassetlaw Council headquarters.

Bassetlaw District Council commits to Net Zero operations target by 2030

Nottinghamshire Council has backed plans to support ex-Wilko workers after the chain collapsed last month. Photo: John Smith

Council vows continued support for ex-Wilko employees after retailer's collapse

Proposals to provided all primary school children in Nottinghamshire with a free school meal were defeated in the council vote. Photo: Getty Images

Free school meals plan for all Nottinghamshire primary pupils narrowly rejected

Nottinghamshire Council is introducing a voucher scheme to help Ukrainian refugees. Photo: Submitted

Ukrainian refugees to be helped into new homes through voucher scheme

The Government has pledged to install 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028 – MCS figures show there were fewer than 33,000 installed last year, although separate industry figures show around 55,000 heat pumps were sold across the UK in 2022.

Less than one in 50 Bassetlaw homes have a heat pump

Independent councillors at Nottinghamshire Council want every primary school pupil to get a free school meal. Photo: Getty Images

Independents call for every primary school pupil to get a free meal

Worksop's Claylands Avenue site will all be impacted by strike action

Council 'confident' of minimal disruption during recycling workers strike
A Nottinghamshire county councillor says he is ‘confident’ contingency plans will limit disruption to households caused by a planned strike of recycling staff.

Emotional Sarah Jane Porter reflects on the wonderful work of Derbyshire Pcurs

Daughter “gutted” after Derbyshire palliative care service reduced

Nottinghamshire Council is to discuss helping Wilko staff from closed stores. Photo: Submitted

Council to discuss helping ex-Wilko staff after store closures

Coun Joan Dixon, Labour group leader on Derbyshire Council. (Photo by: Local Democracy Reporting Service)

Council opposes plans to merge Notts police and fire services with Derbyshire

Inside the Veolia Materials Recovery Facility in Mansfield. (Photo by: Local Democracy Reporting Service)

Councils assessing levels of disruption as recycling workers prepare to strike

The 'Cost Of Living Support' booklet, produced jointly by Bassetlaw District Council and the Bassetlaw Community Voluntary Service (BCVS) charity. (PHOTO: Submitted)

Relaunched booklet could offer vital help for laid-off Wilko workers in Worksop

BAssetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith spoke in the Commons this lunchtime on the collapse of Wilko

Bassetlaw MP blasts 'years of mis-management' by Wilko owners during PMQ's

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

Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith

Funding to help older and disabled people live independently in Bassetlaw

The price of Nottinghamshire Council-supplied school meals is set to increase next month. Photo: Getty Images

Rising food costs blamed as council puts up the price for school meals

Queen's Buildings, Bassetlaw Council's headquarters on Potter Street, Worksop. (Photo by: Local Democracy Reporting Service)

Worksop council reassessing some of its housing for failing RAAC concrete