Michael Gove speaks as Vote Leave campaign comes to Nottingham on...
A rallying cry was made to vote to leave the European Union last night as the most senior politician who wants a Brexit spoke in Nottingham.Justice Secretary Michael Gove was at the launch of Vote...
View ArticleWorld War Two medals stolen in raid
Burglars stole medals from the Second World War after forcing their way into a house in Ilkeston. The offenders kicked open a door at the back of a house in Flamstead Road between the morning of...
View ArticlePCC candidates go head to head in debate organised by the Post
Five candidates running for the role of Nottinghamshire's police and crime commissioner will face off in a public debate, organised by the Post.Current incumbent Paddy Tipping, of Labour, Tony Harper,...
View ArticleTeenager headed for party with machete and knife disguised as a...
A teenager headed for a party carrying a machete and two knives – including one disguised as a credit card.Part-time gardener Cain Denham was detained by police after collecting the weapons from a...
View ArticleMan charged over Long Eaton assault
Police officers investigating an assault in Long Eaton have charged a 51-year-old man.The man was arrested in the town on Friday morning as a result of information from the public, and has since been...
View ArticleNottinghamshire is the UK's tortoise-napping capital
Nottinghamshire tortoise owners beware – you are more likely to have your precious pet stolen living in the county than anywhere else in Britain. There have been six tortoise thefts in the county since...
View ArticleThree-year-old dies after collapsing at Wheelgate Park
A three-year-old child has died after an incident at a Nottinghamshire theme park. The child was taken to hospital due to a medical condition which worsened through Sunday afternoon.Police, ambulances...
View ArticleNottingham man jailed for his role in 'dirty cash' money...
A Nottingham man has been jailed for 15 months for his part in a money laundering scam worth £115,000 in "dirty cash".Andrew Phillips, 56, of Pedmore Valley, Bestwood, was found guilty at Maidstone...
View ArticleNottinghamshire man jailed for 15 years after raping woman and...
A man who raped a woman on his 28th birthday has been jailed for 15 years. Scott Southall, of Harworth, beat and raped the woman, who was in her thirties, at his home in Rutland Crescent on the night...
View ArticleCyclist knocked off bike in Basford
Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was knocked off his bike by a car – and the driver didn't stop.The incident happened on Sunday at around 11.15am when he was cycling on Nottingham...
View ArticleNotts County fan calls for better safety in the stands after...
A lifelong Notts County fan says he feared for his life when he was trampled on at a football match.John Wilmott, a councillor for Nottinghamshire County Council, went to Saturday's away game at...
View ArticleDrink-driver tells court her drinks were spiked - but couldn't...
Kandisa Potter told Nottingham Magistrates' Court that her drinks had been laced after her car was spotted veering around Nottingham streets.But the 25-year-old was handed a 17-month driving ban on...
View ArticleBasford burglar caught red-handed with stolen jewellery
Robert Wilson, of Cranmer Street, St Ann's, helped raid the house when the family went out, Nottingham Crown Court heard today.He was nabbed by police with £900 worth of jewellery.The rest of the haul,...
View ArticleArmed police and helicopter called to Stapleford scrap yard
Armed police were called to a scrap yard in Stapleford after reports of a "threat to kill." Officers were called to Bessell Lane at around 2.15pm on Monday after receiving a report that a threat had...
View ArticleKimberley burglar given chance after he kicked drug habit in...
Burglar Jason Donald was on remand facing a hefty jail sentence for raiding the home of a vulnerable woman in Kimberley.But Recorder Shaun Smith decided give Donald his freedom – after he heard about...
View ArticleDrink-driver caught doing handbrake turns at Colwick Park
Jobless Stacey Vardy was banned from driving for four years after pleading guilty to drink-driving at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.She was detained after police got a 999 call about a car churning up...
View ArticleCCTV released after man injured in attack outside Nottingham...
Police have released images of a man they want to speak to after an assault outside NG1 nightclub. The victim suffered a broken cheekbone following the attack, which happened at about 5.10am on March...
View ArticleHusband battered wife with copper piping and kicked her...
As Bisharat Bashir was sentenced to 30 months in prison, he sobbed in court as his devastated wife sat in the public gallery nearby.The young dad pleaded guilty to three assaults on her and a fourth...
View ArticleDaughter took blind mum's car and drove from Nottingham to...
A desperate mother took her blind mum's "lifeline" car without asking - and abandoned it 111 miles away in Liverpool.Leah Moth knew her mum Michelle was in hospital when she took the red Vauxhall Agila...
View ArticleBurglary trial starts after photos of a mum's dead sons were...
The alarm was raised in Sneinton after the alleged victim discovered her purse was missing from her home in West Street, Nottingham Crown Court heard yesterday.Defendants Lee Love and Janet Davidson...
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