Nottingham Local News http://www.nottinghamlocalnews.com 0115 981 9200 nottinghamlocalnews.com Thu, 16 May 2013 16:27:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 PERKINS RESTAURANT IN RUNNING FOR NATIONAL AWARD http://www.nottinghamlocalnews.com/2013/05/perkins%e2%80%88restaurant%e2%80%88in%e2%80%88running%e2%80%88for%e2%80%88national%e2%80%88award/ http://www.nottinghamlocalnews.com/2013/05/perkins%e2%80%88restaurant%e2%80%88in%e2%80%88running%e2%80%88for%e2%80%88national%e2%80%88award/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 09:04:50 +0000 admin http://www.nottinghamlocalnews.com/?p=9201

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 and 2009.
Perkins co-owner, Jon Perkins, said:?“It is wonderful to be named amongst readers’ top 40 UK restaurants and a massive boost to everyone here at Perkins. Our committed service team deserve a massive pat on the back. Having readers consider us among the Midlands’ top four restaurants is a nod to the incredible suppliers who continue to provide Perkins with brilliant seasonal ingredients.”
Current locally-sourced highlights on the Perkins menu include tomato, shallot and basil tart tartin with olive salad, honey and mustard dressing; roast rump of organic lamb and mini shepherd’s pie with parmesan mashed potato and fine beans; and pork fillet, black pudding and cheek fritters with creamed potato, sautéed cabbage, smoked bacon, peas and Dijon Hollandaise sauce.
The Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year competition gives diners the opportunity to have their say by nominating a favourite local establishment across 10 UK regions. The award celebrates local eateries and recognises great food and service across the UK. The 10 regional winners will be announced this month and the overall winner of GFG Readers’ Restaurant of the Year will be announced at an awards ceremony in June.

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The Sanctuary Bar & Restaurant in Upper Saxondale joined up with Nottingham Rugby to host
a Steak Night with the opportunity to meet the players and coaching team. All of the squad, along with the coaching and management team, attended the event and mixed with Sanctuary regulars and rugby fans. They enjoyed delicious Longhorn steaks, something The Sanctuary is now famous for. The steaks are locally sourced and dry aged for a minimum of 21 days for a more rounded, complex and tastier flavour.
The rise of the Green and Whites under head coach Martin Haag this season has the seen them book a play-off semi-final berth for the first time in history. Their recent victory over the Cornish Pirates guaranteed Nottingham Rugby second place in the RFU Championship and their highest finish since relegation from the top flight in 1992.

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Wyldecrest Parks, one of the largest residential park home companies in the United Kingdom, have been given a top management certificate. The company, who have a park in Radcliffe, are the first mobile home business on the Lloyd’s register of quality-assured businesses. To achieve the certificate of approval called ISO 9001, Wyldecrest’s management systems and procedures have been tested over several months and given a seal of approval.
Wyldecrest chairman, Alfie Best, said: “This is a giant step forward for the company and our customers, but it doesn’t stop here. It’s a evolutionary process and we need to maintain and improve upon the high standards we are already setting.”
The ISO 9001 is designed to help organisations ensure they meet the needs of their customers and for them to comply with statutory and regulatory requirements.
Matthew George, financial controller, added:?“This is a great feather in our cap and the first time a park home company has been placed on the Lloyd’s register of quality-assured companies. It’s taken several months to achieve but we now have been given the official seal of approval. It means we are a forward-thinking company and have met an international standard for managing the systems and processes in the company. Implementing ISO will make us a more efficient and effective organisation, increase our customer satisfaction, enhance our marketing and reduce waste, while also increasing productivity.”

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Keyworth School of Theatre Dance (KSTD) hosted a successful holiday workshop. Children of all ages enjoyed three days of musical theatre, learning songs and dance routines from Les Miserables, High School Musical, Matilda and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Kirsty Callender, co-principal of the Keyworth School of Theatre Dance, said: “Thank you to all the children for their fantastic attitude and good behaviour throughout. Also to Helen, Kirsty and rest of KSTD team for making the workshop another success.
These workshops are a fantastic way to spend the holidays and are for children and teenagers of all abilities and experience. KSTD are now preparing for their Charity Show at Loughborough Town Hall on 29th and 30th June, with all proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Support. For more details about KSTD email kstd.info@ntlworld.com, or call Kirsty on 07914 578 440 or Ann on 0115 937 5150. You can also visit the website at keyworthschooloftheatredance.co.uk.

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The 140 children of Willow Brook Primary School in Keyworth raised a staggering £2,850 for Comic Relief. Each of the five classes thought of a 30-minute challenge which they could be sponsored for. Reception choose a non-stop ‘Wake and Shake’ session, while Class 2 opted for continuous laps around the playground on their bikes. Class 4 sang the Comic Relief song over and over, Class 5 completed a relay challenge around the field and Class 6 saw how many Maltesers they could get in a bowl using straws. Headteacher, Ly Toom, told The?Local?News:?“It was an amazing achievement. Well done to the Willow Brook children, families and staff for putting their all into fundraising for such an excellent cause.”
As an added incentive, the class who raised the most money could select a treat of their choice. Class 2 raised £722 and will soon be having a pyjama day. Visit their website at  willowbrook.notts.sch.uk to check out the school’s news

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She has gathered together an eclectic mix of stalls offering food, home and gardenware, fashion and personal products and even some pocket money stalls that will tempt the children. Many of the stallholders are local to the area and the majority of the produce is handcrafted by them. There will also be plenty of refreshments, ice creams, lunches and teas available, as well as a tombola and raffle with plenty of special prizes.  Entertainment will be provided throughout the event by Persiflage Saxophone Quartet, also local to the area. At midday there will be Teddy Bear Parachute Jumping from the tower of the nearby St Giles Church. Visitors to the fair are encouraged to bring their teddy and homemade parachute to join in the fun.
This is a fundraising event for the Nottingham Breast Institute at the City Hospital. Joan Charlett, who is helping to organise the event, has already raised £33,000 towards research and the purchase of equipment for Oncoplastic Reconstructive Breast Surgery at the Breast Institute, through baking and selling cakes and desserts, as well as taking part in several fundraising activities. This event will help to raise funds for the purchase of a 3D camera that will enable patients about to undergo reconstructive breast surgery, following a mastectomy, to perceive their possible post-surgery body image.

]]> http://www.nottinghamlocalnews.com/2013/05/fine-food-and-local-crafts-fair/feed/ 0 YOUR CHANCE TO GET FIT WITH ORIENTEERING IN NOTTS http://www.nottinghamlocalnews.com/2013/05/your%e2%80%88chance%e2%80%88to%e2%80%88get%e2%80%88fit%e2%80%88with%e2%80%88orienteering%e2%80%88in%e2%80%88notts%e2%80%88/ http://www.nottinghamlocalnews.com/2013/05/your%e2%80%88chance%e2%80%88to%e2%80%88get%e2%80%88fit%e2%80%88with%e2%80%88orienteering%e2%80%88in%e2%80%88notts%e2%80%88/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 08:46:42 +0000 admin http://www.nottinghamlocalnews.com/?p=9183 The Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club is restarting after the winter break. The community orienteering club night takes place on a Tuesday evening at Rushcliffe Country Park
(6:30-8pm). People attending will not be charged for the first week and the cost is then £2 for adults, £1 children and £3 for a family.
This is orienteering (navigation) exercises with some fitness thrown in. No experience is necessary and all abilities are catered for. Train individually or bring members of your family or friends to introduce them to an exciting new challenge. It is suitable for all ages but under-14s must be accompanied by an adult. Parking on site. Contact Hilary Palmer for more information via email at ro@noc-uk.org or call 0115 982 0651.

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The annual Summer Concert will be held on Saturday 6th July in St Mary’s Church at 7:30pm. For ticket details please call 0115 912 3660.

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Our third exhibition at Cotgrave Miners Welfare was again a success. Make a note in the your diaries now that 12th and 13th April 2014 will be our fourth year at the same venue. Visitors enjoyed seeing the layouts in varying scales and seeing and buying the offers at the trade stands, including the stand of our long-term sponsor, Bill Mossop. Congratulations to Stan Clough and his group who organised it all.
Two of the layouts were created by Bingham Model Railway Club (BMRC) members. Chris Trafford’s work in progress ‘South Town’ is based on one of Yarmouth’s three terminal stations. Trevor Webster’s ‘Stamford East’ has been exhibited many times too much acclaim.
All the buildings were scratch built to match the originals. He was just beaten into second place by the public vote for ‘Best in Show’.
This was won by Alan Britton of Mansfield with ‘Nunbrook and Loxley’, which shown to the public for the first time last August. Another thing of note was that Maurice Boddy visited us from York for the third year running. Maurice had the unenviable task in 1965 of telling me what to do on BR’s computers and making sure I did as I was told.
Maurice also wrote 17 volumes of RCTS ‘Locos of the LNER’ between 1963 and 1977. Another three volumes were published from 1988 to 1994. Last year, Maurice complained to Les Richardson about a shortage of his favourite locos, A3s and A4s, so Les was better prepared this time. If this story makes any reader want to find out more about BMRC, please contact me via grahamdean.bmrc@ntlworld.com or on 01949 877 779.

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