FROM AFRICA TO LONDON BY BIKE
It was a gruelling task but they did it. Mark Timms (33) and 32-year-old Mark Hooley, both born and bred in Clifton, have recently cycled from the top of Africa to London. Mark Timms, who now lives in Clipstone, is raising money for Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People in the East Midlands. Meanwhile London resident, Mark Hooley, is raising money for the Stroke Association. They told The... Read More
TOP GRADING FOR CLIFTON KICKBOXING CLUB
PKA Kickboxing at Clifton have received an unprecedented grading result at their recent Clifton & East Leake club grading. PKA Kickboxing have been successfully running mixed adults and children’s kickboxing classes at the Clifton and East Leake Leisure Centres for the past 11 years. Mr Mike Haig, the UK principle of the Professional Kickboxing Association, visited the premises to assess the... Read More
RESIDENT HOLDS AN OLYMPIC TORCH – AGAIN
Clifton resident, 86-year-old Marcus Pegg, had a second chance to hold an Olympic torch, 64 years after he took part in a Nottingham relay as part of the 1948 Games. On the eve of the 2012 relay, Marcus held one of the genuine Olympic torches, donated for the day by Olympic sponsors Lloyds TSB to The ExtraCare Charitable Trust’s Lark Hill Village in Clifton. A resident at Lark Hill, Marcus was studying... Read More
JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
Clifton residents Wendy and Kevin Sheldon have got into the spirit of the Jubilee celebrations by adorning their house with Union Jack flags. Wendy said: “Get your bunting out from 1977 and 2002 and join the celebrations.” Read More →
BUSY BEES INTRODUCING SPECIAL COOKING SCHEME
Clifton-based Busy Bees will be introducing a new scheme in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) called ‘Cooking with me’. This will involve groups of children working together to create recipes, and will encourage them to explore other activities, such as painting, dressing up and role play, based on their cooking themes. The scheme encourages children to cook from an early age, developing... Read More
SUMMER ART/DESIGN & MEDIA SHOWS
Art, design, multimedia, computer games design and photography students from South Nottingham College will show off their best work at their traditional end-of-year Student Shows. The free exhibitions are open to the public and take place at the College’s Charnwood Centre in Clifton and Beeston Centre (High Road). The Charnwood Centre, Farnborough Road, Clifton is open daily from 15th to 21st June... Read More
WEST END PROFESSIONAL BACK IN KEYWORTH
Keyworth School of Theatre Dance (KSTD) welcomed back Hayley Reed to Keyworth recently. Hayley is a former pupil and now a West End professional. She led a three-day dancing, singing and drama workshop based on Grease. It coincided nicely with the Grease the Musical UK tour coming to the The Royal Centre in Nottingham during the same week. Hayley was also able to arrange a backstage tour for the workshop... Read More
PETER RAISING MONEY IN MEMORY OF WIFE PAT
Peter Burnett from Ruddington is stepping out to beat blood cancers. He will be going the extra mile to raise money for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, the charity dedicated to finding better treatments and cures for leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Peter is hoping as many people as possible willjoin him and his family in walking to beat blood cancers. He was inspired to organise the event after... Read More
LOCAL SERVICE STATION CELEBRATES ANOTHER WIN
Cotgrave Service Station is celebrating winning the ‘Best in Region’ category at Jet’s annual ‘Aim4Success’ awards, just months after receiving a ‘Forecourt Trader’ accolade last year. Cotgrave Service Station beat over 50 other stations in the Midlands to win the award, which recognises high levels of customer service, health and safety, employee training and local community support... Read More
PARISH AWARD FOR RADCLIFFE’S DAVID
Local resident David Griffin has been presented with the ‘Radcliffe-on-Trent Parish Council Civic Award 2012’. The award was made by the chairman of Radcliffe ParishCouncil, Councillor Georgia Moore, for David’s work on the hugely-successful Radcliffe Neighbourhood Watch Group. Mr Griffin said: “I am so honoured to receive this award, not just for the work Karen (my wife) and I have put into... Read More