West Bridgford Local News
COSTA COFFEE SET TO OPEN IN BRIDGFORD
Costa Coffee is set to open in West Bridgford on the site of Van Gaver House, just across from West Bridgford park. Bridgford already has a chain coffee shop in Caffe Nero on Central Avenue and there were plans years ago for a Starbucks in the area, but these never came to fruition. A spokesman for Costa Coffee...
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PERKINS RESTAURANT IN RUNNING FOR NATIONAL AWARD
Plumtree restaurant Perkins has been named as a ‘Front Runner’ in the 2013 Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Award. Family-run Perkins, whose menu champions local produce and regularly features dishes from their dedicated smokehouse, is one of 40 UK restaurants named among The Good Food Guide’s...
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LEO IS MAKING WAVES IN FILM INDUSTRY
A former South Nottingham College (now Central College Nottingham) student in Clifton has been involved in the production of two of the biggest recent movies. Leo Neelands was part of the post-production team of the new Hobbit film and is currently working on Iron Man 3. Leo’s role was as a digital compositor...
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WIN THREE-COURSE MEAL FOR TWO AT THE SANCTUARY
May 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Your Nottingham Local News has teamed up with the Sanctuary Bar & Restaurant to offer a prize of a three-course meal for two. The Sanctuary is located in Upper Saxondale and is a great venue for any season. They have some fantastic outside seating which allows you to simply enjoy a drink, a bar snack or a more substantial menu item from their seasonal brasserie style menu. They have a lovely private dining room which is perfect for private parties of between 12 and 36 people. The building is also available for exclusive hire for larger parties up to 120 people. Vist thesanctuaryrestaurant.co.uk... [Read the full story]
Letters
WE DON’T WANT ANOTHER COFFEE SHOP
May 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Given that it is now certain that Sleepers – an arm of the Co-op – is to close in the summer, I am concerned that this valuable commercial site could end up as yet another coffee shop, restaurant or charity shop. The balance of commercial ventures on Central Avenue has changed over the past few years with the incoming of such outlets. I hope that the planning authority will have due regard to this when adjudicating on future use for this property. Is it not time that we had, for example, a decent clothes shop to provide an alternative to travel into the city? Jeanette Bateson West... [Read the full story]
Diary
Sunday 2nd June
May 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Radcliffe Cricket Club are holding a car boot sale. Car boot to be set up from 6:30am and buyers from 7:30am. Call 07702 301 440 for information. Read More →
West Bridgford
COSTA COFFEE SET TO OPEN IN BRIDGFORD
April 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Costa Coffee is set to open in West Bridgford on the site of Van Gaver House, just across from West Bridgford park. Bridgford already has a chain coffee shop in Caffe Nero on Central Avenue and there were plans years ago for a Starbucks in the area, but these never came to fruition. A spokesman for Costa Coffee said: “It is due to open in late spring. We don’t have a definite date for opening at the moment but it’s looking likely to be around May or June. We don’t have the exact number of staff numbers at this stage but it will likely be between eight and 12 employees.” The views of... [Read the full story]
Rushcliffe
PERKINS RESTAURANT IN RUNNING FOR NATIONAL AWARD
May 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Plumtree restaurant Perkins has been named as a ‘Front Runner’ in the 2013 Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Award. Family-run Perkins, whose menu champions local produce and regularly features dishes from their dedicated smokehouse, is one of 40 UK restaurants named among The Good Food Guide’s national front runners. The modern, stylish restaurant is one of just four competing for the Midlands regional crown. Set within a lovingly-restored Victorian railway station, it would be a third success for Perkins. The restaurant was named Midlands Restaurant of the Year in 2008... [Read the full story]
Clifton
LEO IS MAKING WAVES IN FILM INDUSTRY
May 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
A former South Nottingham College (now Central College Nottingham) student in Clifton has been involved in the production of two of the biggest recent movies. Leo Neelands was part of the post-production team of the new Hobbit film and is currently working on Iron Man 3. Leo’s role was as a digital compositor creating visual effects in the computer-generated imagery (CGI) area, which is huge in all fantasy and sci-fi genre movies. Since working on the film he was offered a job at Fuel FX in Sydney who specialise in visual effects, design and animation. Leo (36) completed a Higher National... [Read the full story]
Letters
WE DON’T WANT ANOTHER COFFEE SHOP
Given that it is now certain that Sleepers – an arm of the Co-op – is...
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Diary
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