BOROUGH COUNCIL TO CONSIDER MEDICAL CENTRE PLANNING APPLICATION
Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC) are due to consider a planning application for a new medical centre on green land to the north of Wilford Lane. This is the same site that caused consternation amongst patients of the five relocating surgeries back in the spring when the Primary Care Trust (PCT) was considering the proposal. The [...]
RUSHCLIFFE BACKING AGE UK CAMPAIGN
Rushcliffe Borough Council is backing the Age UK’s campaign to end loneliness among older people. They are encouraging its staff, businesses and residents to support the campaign by pledging to help in any way they can. Pledges are personal and could involve popping round to have a chat with an elderly neighbour, arranging a community [...]
MEET RUSHCLIFFE’S NEW MAYOR
Rushcliffe’s new mayor is councillor Irving Korn. Councillor Korn lives in Compton Acres and is married to Joyce. They have two grown-up children, Michael and Debra. Cllr Korn was born in London and left to escape the Blitz in the 1940s attending school in Nottingham. After leaving the RAF in 1951, his working life was [...]
TRIBUTES FOR COUNCILLOR SMITH
Local councillor Wally Smith passed away in hospital on Tuesday 26th April. Wally was chairman of Radcliffe Parish Council and also served on Rushcliffe Borough Council. He was chairman of its development control committee. An article on the Radcliffe Parish Council website said: “Wally had been a parish councillor since 1976. He had two spells [...]
ALL NEW CONTACT CENTRE FOR RUSHCLIFFE
Rushcliffe Borough Council has united forces with the police and the result is the Rushcliffe Community Contact Centre, which opened its doors for business last month. The Council’s customer services centre at the Civic Centre closed on Friday 1 April. The new centre is on the corner of Rectory Road and Bridgford Road, home of [...]
FOUR-YEAR PLAN FOR BOROUGH COUNCIL
“Controlled, confident and comprehensive”, that’s how Rushcliffe Borough Council describe their approach to having to save nearly a quarter of its budget over the next four years. Rushcliffe Borough Council has to meet a £2.8 million budget shortfall, looping £1.1 million off in the next year. The tough times ahead are a result of the [...]
COUNCIL PUBLISHES REDUNDANCY INFORMATION
Nottinghamshire County Council has published details of redundancy payments confirmed so far for the year 2010/11, as part of its wider budget proposals. The first phase of voluntary redundancies to help address the budget reductions has been initiated. As part of the first wave the Council has fulfilled its commitment to reduce significantly the number [...]
HOST A ROYAL PARTY
Nottinghamshire residents have until Thursday 31st March to register with the County Council the street parties they plan to hold to celebrate the royal wedding. The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will take place on Friday 29th April at Westminster Abbey. Nottinghamshire County Councillor, Richard Jackson, told The Local News: “The Council fully [...]
DETAILS PUBLISHED FOR FIRST STREET LIGHTING PROJECT
Nottinghamshire County Council has published the first detailed proposals for its street lighting project to save over £1m a year and cut carbon emissions and light pollution. Proposals for each light in East Markham, Hoveringham, Scarrington, Hockerton and Flintham are being sent to the relevant parish and district councils and the emergency services for their [...]
BRIDGFORD MAY LOSE ITS FIRE STATION
West Bridgford may lose its fire station following Government cuts, which could see the closure of four in the county. The county’s fire budget is set to be cut by £3m over the next two years and the number of engines will be cut from 36 to 30. Rod Jones, Liberal Democrat councillor for Musters [...]