Oliver Pridmore

1 week ago | nottinghampost.com | Oliver Pridmore

Reform UK has defended how long it is taking to decide who will lead Nottinghamshire County Council, saying they are carrying out "due diligence." The party has also denied that the new group of Nottinghamshire Reform councillors has already chosen Mansfield's Mick Barton to lead them. Nigel Farage's party achieved 40 councillors in the Nottinghamshire County Council election on Thursday (May 1), way more than the 34 they needed to take control of the authority from the Tories.

1 week ago | nottinghampost.com | Oliver Pridmore

Reform UK will announce the next leader of Nottinghamshire County Council in just under a week's time after taking full control of the authority. Nigel Farage's party secured a convincing majority in the county council election on Thursday (May 1), with 40 councillors elected on a day which saw the Tories lose control and Labour knocked down to just four members. The 40 councillors was well over the 34 needed for any party to form a majority.

1 week ago | nottinghampost.com | Oliver Pridmore

Managers of some Nottingham community centres say they have had "no communication whatsoever" from the city council as they remain uncertain about their future. The Labour-run authority said it would start talks with its 35-strong community network on their future "imminently", but some have not heard anything since that point. Louise Holland, a trustee at the Sherwood Community Centre, said: "We just don't know what's going on. We've had no communication whatsoever.

1 week ago | nottinghampost.com | Oliver Pridmore

Developers are progressing on plans for a host of developments that could see a Nottinghamshire village grow by around 3,000 houses. Discussions have been under way for years about a range of major housing developments in Toton. The projects have been plagued by uncertainty around funding and the closure date for a major Ministry of Defence site. That uncertainty is now ending thanks to a pledge of private financing from developers and a commitment from the Defence Secretary on the barracks site.

1 week ago | nottinghampost.com | Oliver Pridmore

A Nottingham bus operator says the city council has missed a key opportunity in its major transformation of Maid Marian Way. Trentbarton says it has seen "significant drops" in customers due to the works on the key Nottingham route and that the council "could have gone further" with some of their upgrades.