Emily Anderson

1 week ago | bbc.com | Ben Mellor |Emily Anderson

Driver charged £100 after stopping to be sickBen Mellor & Emily AndersonBBCMr Knight said he thought there would have been some "compassion"A driver who was hit with a £100 parking charge when he needed to stop after being sick has joined others to warn against accidentally entering privately-owned land. Dave Knight is one of many people who have been charged for entering a car park run by operator UKPS in Broad Oak Drive, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Greig Watson |Emily Anderson

Gladiator Hammer visits his former primary schoolGreig Watson & Emily AndersonBBCTom Wilson - Hammer - said the children's reaction reminded him of the Gladiators arenaA star of the TV show Gladiators has visited his former school in Nottinghamshire. Tom Wilson - known as Hammer - surprised the children at St Peter's Church of England Junior School on Thursday. The 6ft 6 (1.98m), 19 stone (120kg) athlete met some members of staff who remembered him as being "really quiet".

1 month ago | bbc.com | Emily Anderson

'We had to help each other during miners' strike'Emily AndersonBBCSue Piotrowski (left) and Sally Higgins, said they had no choice but to step up when the miners' strike began in 1984"We needed to be together and support each other because in this area, the majority of the miners were working," recalls Sally Higgins. The 73-year-old and her friend Sue Piotrowski, 71, were in the minority as the wives of striking miners in Nottinghamshire between 1984 and 1985.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Asha Patel |Emily Anderson

More than 90 NHS staff viewed attacks victims' dataAsha Patel & Emily AndersonSuppliedIan Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar were fatally stabbed by Valdo CalocaneMore than 90 members of hospital staff accessed the records of Nottingham attacks victims following their deaths, the BBC has learned. Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, both 19, and Ian Coates, 65, were stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane in June 2023.

2 months ago | bbc.com | Emily Anderson

New arts hub appoints its first chief executiveEmily AndersonBBCJess Vollar Bell says she is excited about her new role A major regeneration project on a former industrial building in Loughborough has appointed its first chief executive officer. The Generator Hall, in Packe Street, Loughborough, which was built in the 1930s, is being transformed into a new arts and cultural centre.