Showing posts with label Nottingham. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nottingham. Show all posts
Thursday, August 20, 2026

A vanished island in the Trent near Nottingham

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Shakespeare knew all about the River Trent's fondness for changing its course. Here's Hotspur in Henry IV, Part 1 : Methinks my moie...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

RMT calls three one-day strikes over Midland Main Line safety

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The latest news on East Midlands Rail's unsatisfactory new trains is that the largest railway trade union has called three one-day strik...
Friday, July 17, 2026

East Midlands Railway cancels 20 fast services a day because of problems with its new trains

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East Midlands Railways has admitted that its problems with its new trains have not all been caused by the recent hot weather. BBC News repo...
Sunday, July 12, 2026

Council gives update on investigation into former Sheriff of Nottingham

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Following dozens of nominations from oppressed serfs in Sherwood Forest, West Bridgford Wire wins our Headline of the Day Award.
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Following the course of the River Leen through Nottingham

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Our History Underfoot – like and subscribe , my children, like and subscribe – follows the course of the River Leen through Nottingham. Just...
Thursday, April 23, 2026

My latest article for Central Bylines: Freda Jackson and Henry Bird

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"There has never been anybody like her. To say that she loved acting just would not be enough. We realised only recently when we were l...
Monday, March 23, 2026

The Joy of Six 1493

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"Australian politics is beautifully, exquisitely, delightfully boring. It is boring in the way it used to be back home - sane, predicta...
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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Bunny councillor hops away from the Conservatives

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Andy Edyvean, a former deputy leader of Rushcliffe Borough Council, has left the Conservative Party and now sits as an Independent, reports ...
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Friday, December 05, 2025

In search of the Lost Gunthorpe Toll Bridge over the River Trent

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Gunthorpe Bridge on the A6097 is the only road crossing of the River Trent between Nottingham and Newark. Built in 1927, it replaced an earl...
Saturday, November 01, 2025

Five Nottingham city councillors quit Labour to form new grouping

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Five members of Nottingham City Council resigned from the Labour Party this week. Joined by a sixth councillor who resigned from Labour earl...
Friday, October 03, 2025

A victory for free speech as Reform UK drops its ban on the Nottingham Post

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Faced with the threat of legal action , Reform-run Nottinghamshire County Council has backed down and scrapped its ban on journalists from t...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Liberal Democrats call on Nigel Farage to sort our Nottinghamshire's Reform UK council

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NEW: 'No idea, genuinely': Watch as Reform economic chief gets confused over existing relationships between Notts County Council and...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

The Grantham Canal from West Bridgford to Cotgrave

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A walk with Towpath Treks along the western half of the Grantham Canal. We see where the canal joins the Trent at West Bridgford and then fo...
Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Electrification of the Midland Mainline is paused yet again

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Yesterday the news was full of stories about government investment in the railways: today we heard a familiar story in this part of the worl...
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Monday, June 09, 2025

The abandoned church of St John the Baptist, Colwick, next to Nottingham Racecourse

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We're used to Trekking Exploration searching for abandoned railway lines, but this time he searches for an abandoned church next door t...
Friday, June 06, 2025

The Joy of Six 1368

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"The answer was a two-pronged attack. The first was a wholesale culture war against 'social justice', which presented BLM, clim...
Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Drone footage of the remarkable Welland Viaduct

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Something different from the Trekking Exploration YouTube account: drone footage of the mighty Welland Viaduct. This stands on the line bet...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Tracing the route of the Nottingham Suburban Railway

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The Nottingham Suburban Railway opened in 1889 and had largely lost its passenger trains by 1916. These ceased altogether in 1931. Goods wor...
Tuesday, November 05, 2024

The Joy of Six 1285

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"When I retired from professional chess in 2005, I channeled all of my energy into preventing Russia from sliding back into the hands o...
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

A noseh at the closed stretch of the Nottingham Canal

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A very Leicestershire video filmed in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Steve and friends from LeiceExplore look at what remains of the close...