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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Will Jefford

    Student: University of Nottingham strikes 'not what we signed up for' (opens the original)

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    A student has said she feels "shorthanded" as staff at University of Nottingham are to go on strike for three months. The University and College Union (UCU) said its members would strike on Wednesday and Thursday and would then carry out "sustained strike action" from 5 October to 11 December over the Future Nottingham restructuring plans. A spokesperson for the University of Nottingham said it was "disappointed" by the timing of industrial action, adding many students would be "unaffected" by t

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Will Jefford

    Boy drowned while 'lake jumping' in Syston, inquest concludes (opens the original)

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    A 13-year-old boy who drowned in Leicestershire had been "lake jumping" with a group of friends before getting into difficulty, an inquest has heard. Hayden Jones-Powell disappeared after going into Meynell Lake, off Fosse Way in Syston, shortly before 13:00 BST on 25 June. On Friday, an inquest into his death heard he had been with a group of 15 people after Wreake Valley Academy, where he was a pupil, closed early due to hot weather. Isobel Thistlethwaite, assistant coroner for Rutland and Nor

  3. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Will Jefford

    Ashfield council leader set up fake society, court hears (opens the original)

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    The leader of Ashfield District Council set up a fake heritage group in a bid to defraud a council out of thousands of pounds, a court has heard. Ashfield Independent councillor Jason Zadrozny is accused of setting up the Ashfield Heritage Society (AHS) in 2018 before applying for funding from Nottinghamshire County Council and transferring it into his personal account. During a trial at Northampton Crown Court on Tuesday, prosecutors said he also failed to pay tax on four rental properties. The

  4. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Will Jefford

    Bernard Matthews confirms closure of Derby factory (opens the original)

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    A British food giant is set to close its factory in Derby amid "significant financial losses". Bernard Matthews Foods has confirmed it will be shutting its processing facility on Shaftesbury Street South by the end of 2026. A spokesperson for the company said the decision had been made at the conclusion of consultations with "employee and union representatives". The decision comes two years after the company announced plans to close a plant at its headquarters in Great Witchingham, Norfolk, wher

  5. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Will Jefford

    Derbyshire Police officer hit autistic man with baton, court told (opens the original)

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    A former police officer left a man bleeding from the head after hitting him with a baton during an arrest, a court has heard. Shaun Elliott, 56, is on trial accused of assault occasioning actual bodily harm following the incident at Buxton Police Station in Derbyshire on 30 December 2022. On Monday, prosecutors told the first day of the trial the former Derbyshire Police officer had struck Kian Green, who is autistic and has cerebral palsy, in the back of a police van while attempting a search.

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