The Latest Breaking News from Nottinghamshire County Council

Jason Zadrozny quits as council leader after fraud and tax evasion conviction

Ashfield District Council stated on Tuesday that it will elect a new leader

The Independent UK · Sep 22

Council leader guilty of fraud and tax evasion after fake heritage society scam

Jason Zadrozny has been found guilty of nine counts of fraud

The Independent UK · Sep 21

Woman, 87, died after falling over pothole while crossing the road

Beryl Barrett fractured her hip in the fall and died from bronchopneumonia at hospital

The Independent UK · Jul 20

Reform media ban in Nottinghamshire is a disturbing glimpse of a future with Farage in power

COMMENT: As Nigel Farage attacked the state of free speech in the UK in front of a congressional committee in Washington DC, The Independent’s political editor David Maddox discusses Reform’s attitude to a free press

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025

Reform ‘don’t have to talk to press acting as activists’ – Tice after media ban

The Reform leader of Nottinghamshire County Council has denied he told his councillors not to give interviews to a local newspaper.

Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025

Reform council accused of ‘massive attack on local democracy’ after Nottingham Post ban

The editor of the Nottingham Post said the move was a ‘worrying sign of potentially things to come if Reform wins the next election’

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025

UK weather: London travel chaos caused by heavy rain with major flooding in Nottingham

The River Trent has reached near-record levels due to the effects of Storm Henk

Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2024

Tory MP and former Labour minister confirmed as East Midlands mayoral candidates

Mansfield MP Ben Bradley and Labour’s Claire Ward are in the running to become the area’s first region-wide mayor.

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Council leader facing fraud and tax charges to apply to change trial venue

Councillor Jason Zadrozny will apply for his trial to be heard away from Nottingham Crown Court.

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

Council leader denies fraud, income tax evasion and possessing cocaine

.Jason Zadrozny, the leader of Ashfield District Council, denies 22 charges brought after a fraud inquiry.

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023