BUS WAR EXTENDS TO COTGRAVE
Competition on Rushcliffe’s bus services has increased further with Premiere announcing a new service for Cropwell Bishop and Cotgrave. The company, that runs head-to-head in Radcliffe and Bingham with established operator TrentBarton, will launch the Red2 on 5th September – which is a direct service linking Cotgrave with the Victoria Centre.
Running every 20 minutes during [...]
BINGHAM’S PETER PUBLISHES THIRD NOVEL
Bingham author Peter Youds is about to publish the third novel in the ambitious Ties of Blood series. These are original historical novels which tell the gripping story of how a small British army, under-funded and poorly supplied, defied the might of Napoleon for seven years, before finally defeating his forces at Waterloo. The new [...]
INNER WHEEL CHARITY PRESENTATION
At the June meeting of the Inner Wheel Club of Bingham, president Monica Jeffs presented cheques to the two charities she chose for her year in office. Volunteer representative, Dave Gibbon, accepted the cheque on behalf of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance, and Sarah Macey, community fundraiser, accepted one on behalf of Maggie’s Nottingham, the [...]
CAN YOU HELP GIRLGUDING?
Two of Bingham’s three Brownie packs are looking for leaders. Sue Jones will be leaving the 4th Bingham pack after more than seven years in charge, while Anne Frankish will soon retire from the 3rd Bingham group. The latter unit’s Guider, Jackie Hunter, left the group at Easter.
Sue Jones said: “I’ve really enjoyed running the [...]
BINGHAM COMPANY HELPS PROVIDE HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE
A company based in Bingham is leading theway in making Rushcliffe a healthier borough. Fresh Fruit Delivered is a new company launched by Bingham-based Water at Work and Home. The aim is to help employers provide a healthier alternative snack for their workers, as well as helping them reach their target of five a day. [...]
CHORAL SOCIETY NEWS
By Sylvia Aldworth
It is now the end of our singing year. We rehearsed for our November concert and annual carol concert in the first term. In January 2010 we started work on ‘Samson’ by Handel. This was a difficult piece as we had 19 choruses to learn.
After all that effort the performance was a thrilling [...]
ROTARY ART EXHIBITION IN BINGHAM
The Rotary Club of Bingham & District held their annual art exhibition over the Easter weekend, which proved again to be a great success with a good steady flow of visitors throughout Saturday and Sunday. There were some 86 artists exhibiting between them just over 250 pictures, covering a wide-range of styles and media including [...]
BINGHAM SUMMER FAIR
The annual Bingham Summer Fair will be held on Saturday June 12th in Bingham Market Square and the surrounding area.
There will be lots of stalls, entertainment, art, sandcraft, climbing wall and hopefully a fly-past, to name but a few of the exciting things happening on the day.
BINGHAM CHORAL SOCIETY
Bingham & District Choral Society are inviting anyone who is interested to four weekly singing evenings to be held at Carnarvon School on Nursery Road
in Bingham.
These sessions will take place on a Wednesday from 7.30 to 9.30pm on the 19th and 26th May and the 9th and 16th June. The cost is only £15 and [...]
BINGHAM QUALITY STATUS
Bingham Town Council has been granted ‘Quality Status’, recognising it as a quality council. The certificate was presented at the Statutory Annual Meeting earlier this month.