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  1. Article · Aug 29, 2026 · David Pittam

    Hydrotherapy pool helps fox cub to recover after he was injured in Huthwaite (opens the original)

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    A fox cub is having swimming sessions in a hydrotherapy pool to help his recovery after he was hit by a car. Chance, as his rescuers have aptly named him, lay injured by the roadside, with his back legs immobile, for days before he was spotted by a member of the public. Vets who examined him initially thought he may have to be put down, but Mansfield Wildlife Rescue in Nottinghamshire stepped in to rehabilitate him. This has involved assisted swimming with his designated carer from the rescue at

  2. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · David Pittam

    Kirkby-in-Ashfield teen Elvis refuses to be rocked by school bullies (opens the original)

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    A teenage Elvis Presley mega-fan has defied his bullies to become a full-time impersonator performing as his idol to thousands of people. Lewis Goddard, 18, said he could not help falling in love with Elvis when he stumbled across a video of someone performing his songs online four years ago. The teenager, from Kirkby-in-Ashfield, in Nottinghamshire, began to practise his moves and style, but bullying by his classmates over his passion for the King left him skipping class and ultimately dropping

  3. Article · Aug 15, 2026 · David Pittam

    'They shouldn't all be in London' - the call to bring back our lost lidos (opens the original)

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    During a long, hot 1960s summer, a teenage Chris Noble became obsessed with his local lido. He spent every single day of the summer of 1967 at Highfields Lido in Nottingham, often from open to close. He, like many in the city, remember it as more than just a pool. He learned to swim in its expansive and notoriously chilly waters, and later took his future wife on dates there. But the tide turned against lidos, and people living in Nottingham - and a number of cities and counties across the count

  4. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · David Pittam

    Bingham takeaway owners shocked after losing hundreds to pranksters (opens the original)

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    A restaurant owner has said she has been left feeling "shocked" and "undermined" after the business lost hundreds of pounds to pranksters in one weekend. Pok U, who runs the Cantonese restaurant Yeung Sing in Bingham, Nottinghamshire, said two orders came in, totalling about £400, which turned out to be fake. One included a set menu for four at £91.80, 10 Desperados beers, cocktails, three bottles of wine and two portions of chicken chow mein with no veg. Pok, 45, said it was the first time this

  5. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · David Pittam

    'Unacceptable' wavy lines on road in Gedling mocked (opens the original)

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    Wavy yellow lines painted on a road in Nottinghamshire have been labelled a "joke" and an "embarrassment" by residents. Nottinghamshire County Council said the work carried out in Arnold Lane, Gedling, was "unacceptable" and the firm responsible would be repairing it at their own expense this week. The road had recently been resurfaced, but for a stretch of several metres the lines appear wavy, which has prompted both amusement and annoyance among neighbours. Tina Brewster, 65, who lives just of

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