• Coming soon: Alcohol-free bar

  By dumphook

  It's no a bar then, is it?

            

   

  By Nottingham Post at 10:32 on 22/05/13

  

  A NEW alcohol-free bar will open in Nottingham – thanks to a £340,419 grant. Double Impact is one 11 projects across the East Midlands to receive a share of more than £3 million from the Big Lottery Fund. The money will enable the charity to open an alcohol-free bar, where people can meet for a coffee or meal during the day and for entertainment in the evening. Chief executive Graham Miller said the new café...

• Newark gas explosion: 'I jumped up and ran out... I saw smoke and the house was gone'

  By thoughtfully

  Without more information, it occured to me that with no one noticing a smell of gas and the Polish...

            

   

  By Nottingham Post at 07:30 on 20/05/13

  

  NEIGHBOURS rushed to the aid of trapped people after a gas blast destroyed a house. A baby and a young boy were passed out of a window while four people dragged a man from under rubble. One house in Wright Street, Newark, was destroyed while the house next door was severely damaged. Four people – two adults and two children – were taken to hospital. A man was taken by air ambulance in a "serious condition". As...

• Death rate claims were misleading – health boss

  By voxpopuli

  I guess you would have to look at a 3-5 year period minimum before A&E closure and the same...

            

   

  By Nottingham Post at 07:30 on 14/05/13

  

  HEALTH bosses have denied claims that closing an accident and emergency department at Newark hospital has cost lives. Reports at the weekend suggested the death rate had risen after the emergency department closed two years ago. A Sunday newspaper looked at death rates of emergency patients between 2009 and 2012. During that period the newspaper said the rate had risen from 3.53 per cent (192 patients) to 4.85 per cent (264...

• Brolly good Nottinghamshire County Show despite rain

  By dumphook

  What about the Purple Helmet's display team.

            

   

  By Nottingham Post at 07:30 on 13/05/13

  

  THE weather tried to spoil the 130th Nottinghamshire County Show– and failed. Gloomy forecasts and a cup final may have kept some Saturday visitors away, but only one shower hit the showground. And while a brisk south-westerly drove in the rain yesterday afternoon after a dry morning, all outdoor competitions went ahead and there were enough covered attractions for those without brollies in a crowd that is expected to be down...

• Here's what you get for £2.8m...

  By grammamamma

  How do you change the light bulbs in the chandeliers over the swimming pool?

            

   

  By Nottingham Post at 07:30 on 09/05/13

  

  N OT too long ago we'd all get excited about a home in Nottinghamshire being over the £1 million mark. Today, you can scroll through dozens of £1m houses on zoopla.co.uk and there are at least four for sale at double that, including Marsett House, which has been valued at £2.8 million. So, what do you get for your money? Tom De Ville, of Savills, said: "Marsett House is a classic English country house,...

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