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 [...]
COUPLE RUN MARATHON FOR THEIR POORLY SON
A couple from Radcliffe completed the Robin Hood half-marathon to raise money for their son James, who was diagnosed with a Wilms Tumour last August. Lesley and David Spencer told The Local News: “James was just 16 months old when he was diagnosed. This type of cancer only affects children and starts in one or [...]
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 [...]
HUGE HONOUR FOR RUSHCLIFFE TORCHBEARERS
A number of Rushcliffe residents will have the honour of being torchbearers to carry the Olympic flame along parts of the London 2012 Olympic relay route. Harry Clarke, from Lambley, will carry the torch in Rushcliffe. Harry is 19 years old and was a team member of the Dako Flying Angels Vaulting and Gymnastics Display [...]
CELEBRATE EASTER
You can celebrate Easter at the Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum at their Easter Fun Day on Saturday 7th April. Help their knitters to find their lost bunnies hidden in the buildings and garden and win a gift. The event will run from 11.00am until 4.30pm. The museum is located on Chapel Street in Ruddington (post [...]
VICTORY FOR CAMPAIGN TO SAVE POLLING STATIONS
Radcliffe residents are celebrating after Rushcliffe Borough Council rejected Radcliffe Parish Council’s proposal to close three of the five polling stations in the village. Hundreds signed a petition calling for the polling stations to be saved. Dave Barton, local resident and secretary of Radcliffe Labour Party, said: “This decision vindicates our campaign to save the [...]
GREEN FLAG FOR COUNTRY PARK
Rushcliffe Country Park is officially one of the best parks in the country. Last month, it was awarded its fifth consecutive Green Flag award, a sign that the park is well-maintained and well-managed, with excellent facilities. Rushcliffe Country Park is one of a record number of parks and green spaces receiving the award this year [...]
RUSHCLIFFE RESIDENTS TO JOIN 80S POP STARS FOR FUNDRAISING TREK IN CAMBODIA
A recently married couple from Whatton in the Borough of Rushcliffe are getting ready to tackle a fundraising trek in Cambodia to raise money for children’s charity, Action Medical Research. Kate McAndrew, a local psychotherapist and her husband Gavin, an area sales manager, will join a group of adventurers that includes 1980s singers Martin Fry [...]
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 [...]
WHEEL HELP FOR WORK TRAVEL
Thanks to new funding, rural residents of Rushcliffe struggling with transport to work and training, could now receive assistance in the form of a moped on loan, public transport tickets or even a bicycle. Wheels to Work (W2W) Nottinghamshire has been operating since 2002, helping mainly young people who are finding it a struggle to [...]