West Bridgford Wire

1 week ago | westbridgfordwire.com | Latifa Yedroudj

Bassetlaw is an area which has been a Labour stronghold for most of the past few decades. But the 2019 General Election saw the district elect a Conservative MP for the first time in more than 100 years – a result reversed by Labour in last year’s General Election. The Tories also picked up six out of the nine Nottinghamshire County Council divisions in the 2021 local election – with Labour winning the other three. However, could this change at the upcoming county council poll on May 1?

1 week ago | westbridgfordwire.com | Lauren Monaghan

Cotgrave in Rushcliffe has had its seat held by a Conservative councillor for over two decades. The Rushcliffe borough division sits about seven miles from Nottingham City Centre, with the area praised for the nearby 200-acre Cotgrave Country Park – popular with walkers, cyclists and horse riders. Conservative councillor and most recent council chairman, Richard Butler, has been the long-standing representative for Cotgrave at Nottinghamshire County Council since the 2001 local election.

1 week ago | westbridgfordwire.com | Joe Locker

£1.2m will be spent providing free advice and support for Nottingham households amid high rates of unemployment, benefit dependency, and unmanageable debt. Advice Nottingham is a consortium of six advice agencies based in the city. It is led by the Nottingham and District Citizens Advice Bureau. Funding for the service is due to end at the end of September, and city councillors are expected to approve a further £1.2m to keep it running for another three years.

2 weeks ago | westbridgfordwire.com | Joe Locker

A Nottingham councillor believes an NHS trust has shown a lack of accountability after new figures revealed more than 200 people under its care took their own lives over the last seven years. Figures published in response to a Freedom of Information request in November show there have been 211 ‘self-inflicted’ deaths of people under the care of the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust since 2018. This includes 11 inpatients being cared for by the trust at inpatient settings.

2 weeks ago | westbridgfordwire.com | Latifa Yedroudj

Plans for more than 110 new homes on a former Mansfield industrial site have been given the go-ahead. Mansfield District Council has approved 119 new homes on a site on Oxclose Lane in Mansfield Woodhouse. The new development will see the demolition of existing industrial buildings with a mixture of one- to three-bedroom homes, along with landscaping to improve the surrounding area.