CCTV: Arsonist sets fire to trailer full of kayaks before fleeing scene A trailer full of kayaks was set alight in a Nottinghamshire village, with police appealing for any information. The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
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 v the Nottingham Post: why local media is crucial to democracy The proposed reorganisation of council boundaries was probably not the issue which prompted British voters to elect hundreds of Reform councillors at May’s local elections. The Conversation · 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
Trump’s anti-press tactics are bad enough in the US. Now Reform is importing them to the Midlands Nottinghamshire council has borrowed the US president’s playbook – but may soon find that it needs the media more than it thought, says journalist Jon Allsop The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025
The Guardian view on Reform UK v the Nottingham Post: a council’s boycott of its local paper is both petty and alarming Editorial: Elected politicians should expect to be scrutinised. This attack on journalists is an attack on democracy too The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025
Reform council’s Nottingham Post ban a ‘massive attack on local democracy’ Nottinghamshire council’s administration says it will no longer deal with local paper, in unprecedented move The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025
Watch: Record-breaking eight cooling towers demolished in Nottinghamshire Watch the record-breaking moment eight cooling towers are demolished in series of explosions at a power station in Nottinghamshire. The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025
Surrey boost title hopes by besting Durham: county cricket day three – as it happened Surrey’s three-day win at Durham put them on course for a fourth successive Championship The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025
Summer drought posing danger to historic tree associated with Robin Hood The 1,000-year-old oak tree in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, is reputed to have been a hiding place for Robin Hood and his band of outlaws. Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2025
Westley scores century against Yorkshire, Durham are punished by Surrey – as it happened The heat sapped energy but Essex’s Tom Westley and Dean Elgar retained their poise, while Durham rued a decision to bowl at the Oval The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2025
Man created ‘assassination kits’ in his home garden for criminal underworld Four men were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court in connection with weapon kits sold to criminals. The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2025
Ruthless criminal gang who made and supplied ‘assassination kits’ jailed Four men were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court in connection with weapon kits sold to criminals. Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2025
County Championship leaders Nottinghamshire held to a draw by Yorkshire Defending champions Surrey trail the pacesetters by just two points. The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2025 My father died in a care home and all I got was denials and excuses Letters: Readers on how care homes and regulatory bodies have failed their families, in response to an article on The Firs in Nottinghamshire, which was closed by the Care Quality Commission
Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025 Death of police sergeant who was hit by train ‘wholly preventable’, coroner says Sergeant Graham Saville died after being hit by a train as he attempted to save a distressed man on the tracks near Newark, Nottinghamshire.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025 Loss of data relating to inquiry at NHS trust most likely deliberate, say police Nottingham university hospitals is subject of maternity care investigation involving nearly 2,500 cases
Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2025 Plastic surgeon who attempted to murder fellow doctor is jailed for life Peter Brooks, 61, stabbed Graeme Perks and doused the ground floor of his home in petrol in the early hours of January 14 2021.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025 Plastic surgeon jailed for life over attempted murder of fellow doctor Peter Brooks, 61, doused petrol on floor of Graeme Perks’s Nottinghamshire home before stabbing him in abdomen
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2025 ‘How did it get to this?’ What happens when care in a residential home breaks down The Firs in Nottinghamshire closed suddenly in April, exposing shocking failures that underscore the strains on care provision across the country
Evening Standard · Jun 4, 2025 Police sergeant hit by train after ‘misleading’ information given, inquest hears Sergeant Graham Saville, 46, was fatally injured while on duty in Nottinghamshire.
Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2025 Sergeant struck by train two seconds after order to stay off tracks – inquest Graham Saville, 46, was fatally injured when trying to help a man on a railway line in Nottinghamshire.
The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025 Police officer struck by train while helping man on railway, inquest told Graham Saville, 46, died after responding to a call of a distressed man near a railway line in Nottinghamshire.
The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025 NHS trust at centre of maternity deaths scandal investigated for manslaughter Detectives launched a criminal investigation into Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust after The Independent revealed babies had died or suffered serious injuries at maternity units
Evening Standard · May 23, 2025 Attacks by NHS trust’s patients ‘do not surprise us’, say Nottingham families Emma Webber, mother of Barnaby Webber, described Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust as ‘a woefully inadequate, failing service’.