Politics

Residents and visitors in Bassetlaw will soon be able to use a new cashless payment system at council car parks.

Attempts to block exploratory work by a fracking firm in a village near Worksop have been dealt a blow after a council withdrew an objection to the scheme on traffic grounds.

Last week saw the Royal British Legion receive the Freedom of Bassetlaw in recognition of its service to the armed forces community and the district, writes Coun Simon Greaves.

This week, I have been inundated with emails from local residents and what seems like half the country about Brexit, writes John Mann MP.

A Sherwood Forest councillor who helped collate an anti-fracking petition says it would be “disastrous” if the practice were allowed in Sherwood Forest.

A row has erupted in Nottinghamshire County Council after staff and residents of a care home found about its planned closure on Twitter.

Retford town centre is to be given a few modern touches thanks to a £44,000 funding package agreed by district and county councils.

Nearly three quarters of Labour voters across the East Midlands back Jeremy Corbyn’s decision to now support a People’s Vote on Brexit, according to a YouGov opinion poll.

New post-Brexit funds of £1.6bn have been earmarked by the government to support “struggling” town centres across the country - including £110m for the East Midlands.

A new state-of-the art accommodation block for the elderly in Worksop is on track to accommodate its first residents by the end of the year.

I’m delighted to announce through this column that Bassetlaw Council will be awarding the Freedom of the District to the Worksop and Retford branches of the Royal British Legion, writes Coun Simon Greaves.

This week, the Labour Leadership announced it would be seeking a second referendum on Brexit, writes John Mann MP.

Patients are repeatedly being let down by a Government which has spent nine years under-funding the NHS, writes Sir Kevin Barron MP.

Brexit king Nigel Farage is set to bring his ‘Brexit Betrayal’ march to Worksop as he bids to “stand up for Brexit”.

Did you know that Nottinghamshire welcomes 24 million visitors to the county every year, servicing 15,000 jobs and generating £1.75 billion for the economy, writes Coun Kay Cutts.

Parliament has been in upheaval this week with the emergence of ‘The Independent Group’ with some of my colleagues leaving the Labour Party, writes John Mann MP.