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Pictured from left to right: Cllr David Pidwell, Patricia Shepherd, Cllr Steve Scotthorne

Funding towards local dramatic society in Carlton in Lindrick

Council homes rent rise in line with the Government’s National Social Rent Policy

Council homes rent rise in line with the Government’s National Social Rent Polic...

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

Rampton Hospital was rated ‘inadequate’ in 2023 after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found several serious problems.

NHS managers questioned on progress at Rampton psychiatric hospital

Pictured: Cllr Steve Scotthorne Cabinet Member for Identity and Place, Cllr David Pidwell and Carlton Civic Centre Luncheon Club

Councillors bring festive cheer to a community club

Pictured: Cllr Fraser Merryweather, Cllr Madelaine Richardson, Cllr Alan Rhodes and S8081 Community Foundation

Funding for Worksop Community Project this Christmas

Pictured from left to right: Cllr Steven Pashley, Janis James Chair of Misson Community Association

Funding to help annual Christmas Lunch donated by Bassetlaw Councillor

Pictured left to right: Tracey Everett-Fox, Cllr Hazel Brand, Ward Member for Misterton

Funding to create a new chill out zone for dance studio

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

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

Jamie Waller

Plans to extract ash where it is buried near Lound, Retford, have been approved

A 25-year project to dig up former quarry in Bassetlaw has been approved

The proposed site of the new incinerator on Shireoaks Road in Worksop. Photo: Submitted

Worksop councillors warn plastic incinerator ‘would wreck everything’

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

Proposed wards for Bassetlaw

Have your say on a new political map for Bassetlaw District Council

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

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

Cllr Joe Horrocks, Cllr Lynne Schuller, Deborah Cameron and Youth Centre Team

Councillor grants support young people

Cllr Harriet Digby, Cllr John Manners, Peter Moyes, Katie Merills, Retford Lifesavers Team

Councillors splash out grants for Retford Lifesavers

l-r: Cllr Alan Rhodes, Anne Kean from Christ Church, and group members.

Worksop Councillor grant funds new gaming equipment

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 about the future for some recycling centres in Nottinghamshire under new 'supersite' proposals. Photo: Google

'Supersites plan' raises fears for future of some county tips

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

Dinnington set to get a banking hub after campaign led by Conservative Ward Councillors Sophie Dack, Julz Hall & Ben Whomersley, supported by Alexander Stafford MP in major high street boost

Dinnington set to get banking hub following campaign

Residents in Dinnington are set to get a banking hub on the High Street thanks to a campaign.

Kate Mason

Cllr Lynne Schuller (foreground) with Housing Officer Paula Owen and Caretakers from Bassetlaw District Council’s Housing Service.

Bassetlaw Councillors and staff clean up litter plagued housing estate

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’

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

The River Ryton at the height of the flooding.

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

Bassetlaw Council headquarters.

Bassetlaw District Council commits to Net Zero operations target by 2030

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

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

Former Councillors Simon Greaves and Michael Quigley MBE received their Alderman status as part of an Extraordinary Meeting of Council in July, following a proposal by Cllr Alan Rhodes.

Honorary Alderman titles given to former Bassetlaw Councillors

Laughton Road in Dinnington, the town's high street. (Photo by: Local Democracy Reporting Service)

Huge step forward for hIgh street transformation

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

Nottinghamshire Council is based at County Hall, West Bridgford.

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

County Hall, Nottinghamshire Council's headquarters in West Bridgford.

Nottinghamshire Council handed major fine children’s care plan review delays

County Hall, home of Nottinghamshire Council.

Approval of Notts healthy families plan to be reconsidered

Important deadlines to be aware of to vote in May elections

Polling station

Everything you need to know about registering to vote in May elections

County Hall, Nottinghamshire Council's headquarters on the banks of the River Trent in West Bridgford.

Hundreds of vulnerable children facing delays for care plan reviews

Nottinghamshire Council is not meeting its targets to complete reviews of care needed for hundreds of vulnerable children, councillors heard.

Andrew Topping

Councillor James Naish, leader of Bassetlaw District Council.

Bassetlaw Councillors call for a better devolution deal for Bassetlaw

West Bridgford Fire Station.

Fire cuts plan scrapped at three Nottinghamshire stations

Nicola Bulley went missing on January 27

Nicola Bulley: Councillors remove contact details over harassment

Councillor Ben Bradley, leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, has defended plans to increase council tax by 4.84 per cent.

County council 'not cutting frontline services'in Worksop with planned tax rise

County Hall, Nottinghamshire Council's home in West Bridgford.

Tax rise part of ‘difficult act of balance’ for council finances

An application to build a Lidl store on land off Carlton Road has been refused by councillors.

Application for new Lidl store in Worksop refused by councillors for second time

Jill Scott celebrates after England's UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final victory over Germany

Jill Scott to be awarded freedom of the city of Sunderland

Council leaders, including Coun Ben Bradley, right, sign the devolution deal.

Councils to hold meetings to approve major East Midlands devolution consultation

Plans to have a ‘smoke-free generation’ in Nottinghamshire were approved by councillors.

Concerns raised over popularity of e-cigarettes as councillors approve ‘smoke-fr...

Adrian Smith, Nottinghamshire Council chief executive

Nottinghamshire Council will be ‘in safe hands’ with Adrian Smith as new chief e...

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