Hucknall Dispatch

2 days ago | hucknalldispatch.co.uk | Joe Locker

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowA minister says the Government is scrapping a national ban on council-run bus companies after Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT) success ‘proved the approach can work’. In the 1980s most public bus services outside London were deregulated and privatised, leading to the mass sale of council-run bus companies.

4 days ago | hucknalldispatch.co.uk | Peter Ormerod

Grand opera with a modern edge is heading to Nottingham later this year – with a treat in store for youngsters too. Opera North will bring three productions to the Theatre Royal – La bohème, The Big Opera Mystery and Susanna. Phyllida Lloyd’s acclaimed production of Puccini’s La bohème captures student life in Paris in the early 1960s - but equally it does not shy away from depicting the devastation death brings when it touches the lives of a group of young friends.

4 days ago | hucknalldispatch.co.uk | Peter Ormerod

Nashville based blues-infused Southern rockers Parker Barrow bring their high-energy show to Nottingham this summer. The band are led by husband-and-wife duo Megan Kane (lead vocals) and Dylan Turner (drums). A chance encounter brought Kane and Turner together in 2019, when Turner was searching for a new singer for his band. The pair immediately hit it off, and within two weeks they were on the road together in full time pursuit of a mutual musical dream.

4 days ago | hucknalldispatch.co.uk | Peter Ormerod

Acclaimed Canadian songwriter Dana Sipos will take her haunting sounds to Sheffield next month. Known as a consummate performer, Sipos has brought her cosmic folk to living rooms, concert halls and festivals stages across North America, Europe and Australia. Her music can regularly be heard on campus, community and national radio as well as in films and on TV shows.

4 days ago | hucknalldispatch.co.uk | Donna Lincoln

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowA whopping 90 per cent of UK children will be tuning into Eurovision this year - thanks to the so-called 'Sam Ryder effect' sweeping through schools. Young Brits are set to embrace the upcoming Eurovision with open arms (May 13 - May 17) thanks to the widespread popularity of musician Sam Ryder - the UK's highest-scoring Eurovision entrant of all time.