Nottingham, England News

Dispatch reporter Denis Robinson has once again been digging through the archives to find out what was hitting our headlines from 50 years ago.

A baton round was used in the arrest of a man after an armed siege in Nottingham, police have confirmed.

Commuters and residents are being warned about the following disruptions and delays to traffic in and around Derbyshire, today, Thursday, March 13. A6 Derbyshire - A6 London Road in Alvaston closed and slow traffic at Blue Peter Island, because of a broken down vehicle.

The photographic works of Evan James Atwood, are gorgeously surreal. Although there are a ton of artists out there that have embraced such creative portraitures of late, he focuses on nature as well to really elevate his portfolio over many others.

Richard Stephen Minion, 30, formerly of Baghdad Road, Cranwell, but now living in Riseborough Walk, Bulwell, Nottingham, admitted assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty on February 12. Prosecuting, Tracey Ross told Grantham magistrates that at 4.15am Minion was being booked into the custody suite at the police station where officers ... (more)

UNGRACIOUS: You don't have to dig very deep to find the irony when it comes to Jake Bugg 's guest appearance on last week's American Idol results show.

Would you go on an ice-cream diet to lose weight? New cleanse prescribes FIVE PINTS a day for four days straight Banned driver who drove at 100mph during Christmas Day police chase with his heavily pregnant girlfriend and baby in the rear seats jailed A banned driver who drove at 100mph during a Christmas day police chase, with his heavily pregnant ... (more)

Sunday week's mass was taken by Fr F. Higgins. The reader was Mary Clare Endy. Delia McGibbon, Andrew O'Mara-Winson, Jim Turton, Herve Poveda and Jerry Herrington served communion.

A coroner is considering calling for improvements at a road junction on the Annesley bypass to prevent further tragedies following the death of a Hucknall motorcyclist.

On the move: EY, also known as Ernst and Young is to close it's City Gate offices in Nottingham.

Two skulls and a thigh bone have been found at a construction site for Nottingham's new tram, according to a workman.

That is the luxury "Dave the cockle man" has been serving to Nottingham pub-goers for the last 50 years, with barely a day off.

Nottinghamshire's official guide for accommodation, sports, entertainment, culture, shopping, drinking, dining and more has just been launched by Experience Nottinghamshire, the destination management organisation responsible for driving leisure and business visitors to the city and county.

ARTISAN breads and cakes are to be sold at a new bakery in West Bridgford - and local businesses say it signals the resurgence of independent shops in the area.

A drink-drive suspect kicked and fell on a police officer when he was arrested in the early hours of the morning in Bulwell, a court heard.

IN PICTURE: Martyn Swaby - Credit Union and Jeff Buck - Rumbletums, pictured at the Rumbletums Cafe in Kimberley.

Still going: Owner Peter Grain, 83, with shop manager Malcolm Chiswick, 62, at the Gee Dee Models shop in Hockley.

A Stapleford woman was handed a three year conditional discharge after pleading guilty to two offences under the Social Security Administration Act 1992, at Nottingham Magistrates Court on January 20. She was also ordered to pay costs of A 382.50 to Broxtowe Borough Council and a A 15 victim surcharge.

Commercial property agency Innes England has strengthened its team after Leicester professional Sian Cawthorne qualified as a chartered surveyor with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors .

A courageous Bulwell man who has experienced the trauma of a life threatening prostate cancer scare has made a triumphant return to the amateur stage in a sparkling production of Aladdin.