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Ashfield District Council claim bid to reopen Maid Marian line rejected in 'body blow' by Government

They say the Government thought the level of subsidy would be too high

Nottingham Post

BBC One Sherwood locations as Ashfield mentioned in show

The six-part drama is airing on BBC One

Nottingham Post

Sherwood recap: episode one – welcome to Ashfield … mind the flying arrows

In the beguiling series opener, a tragic murder opens old wounds – and something more sinister – in this ex-mining town simmering with age-old rage

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The 'calm' Notts district where average house price has risen the most in the county in last 20 years

Average prices in the area were £185,364 in March this year

Nottingham Post

Council leader slams new £500k Nottinghamshire cycle path as 'biggest waste of money' he has ever seen

Work was completed earlier this year

Nottingham Post

The ‘amazing’ indoor market in Sutton In Ashfield that people are blown away by

The market has welcomed two new stalls

Nottingham Post

Despair at Kirkby-in-Ashfield roadworks that councillor claims are causing 'serious danger to life'

They will be in place for several more weeks

Nottingham Post

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Conservative MPs predicted to lose seats across Nottinghamshire following partygate scandal

Ashfield and Bassetlaw predicted to remain blue

Nottingham Post

Ashfield council slams government cuts as three schools rated among worst in UK

The council has called for 'urgent Government intervention' and says the funding is a 'scandal'

Nottingham Post

Latest Nottinghamshire mobile speed camera locations confirmed

Mobile teams will be enforcing speed restrictions

Nottingham Post

Food banks: an MP claimed there's no massive use for them in the UK – the evidence shows why he's wrong

There is no “massive use for food banks” in the UK, according to Lee Anderson, the Conservative MP for Ashfield. However, figures and evidence from food bank organisations, charities and researchers show that this is simply not the case.

The Conversation

‘An insult to the whole community’: Sutton-in-Ashfield people react to MP’s food bank comments

Lee Anderson’s suggestion that food poverty is down to not being able to cook and budget properly is ‘out of touch’, says council leader

The Guardian - UK

Who is Lee Anderson, the Tory MP causing outrage with his food bank comments?

TORY MP Lee Anderson is facing a backlash for suggesting some food bank users “cannot cook properly”.

The National (Scotland)

Tory doubles down on foodbank claims and says 'I'm glad it caused all this fuss'

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson dug in over his controversial remarks, saying: 'The point I was trying to make is that I think the the actual food bank usage is is exaggerated'

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The Independent UK

Minister distances Government from Tory MP Lee Anderson’s food bank comments

The MP for Ashfield is facing a backlash for saying people use food banks because they ‘cannot cook properly’ and ‘cannot budget’.

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire readers react to Lee Anderson saying food bank use fuelled by no budgeting or cooking skills

The Conservative MP for Ashfield has also hit back on Facebook

The Independent UK

Tory MP Lee Anderson defends saying food bank users ‘cannot cook properly’

The Ashfield MP said people use food banks because they ‘cannot budget’.

Nottingham Post

Lee Anderson: Who is the controversial MP?

The Ashfield MP suggested that people reliant on food banks "cannot cook" and "cannot budget"

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Nottingham Post

Tory MP defends Lee Anderson and says 'poor basic skills' trapping people in cycle of poverty

He has come to the defence of Ashfield's Tory MP Lee Anderson whose comments have been the cause for controversy

The Independent UK

Tory MP urged to apologise over claim food bank users ‘cannot cook properly’

Labour branded his remarks ‘beyond belief’, whilst the Liberal Democrats described them as ‘disgraceful’ and the SNP ‘reprehensible’.

The Independent UK

Tory MP : People use food banks because they cannot budget or cook properly

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson made the remarks during a debate on the Queen’s Speech in the House of Commons.

Daily Mirror

Tory MP moans poor people 'can't cook properly' and boasts meals only cost 30p

Ashfield Conservative MP Lee Anderson claimed "generation after generation" of people in his constituency "cannot budget" and "there is not this massive use for food banks"

Nottingham Post

Old Pretty Polly factory to become homes under new plan for Sutton-in-Ashfield that's 'place to be'

"Sutton-in-Ashfield is the place to be to invest”

Nottingham Post

Kirkby-in-Ashfield: Anger over 'pathetic' state of town without a bank

The last bank shut in February

The Independent UK

‘You’re a parasite’: Tory MP launches angry tirade against Brexit protester outside parliament

Lee Anderson, the MP for Ashfield, accused Steve Bray of looking like a ‘tramp’

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