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Wills look-a-like died in sleep

A PRINCE William look-alike from Nottingham died of natural causes. Matthew Turpin, who appeared on Blue Peter and Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes, was...



Green's Mill to run on chip fat?

Green's Mill

GREEN'S Windmill in Sneinton could soon be powered by chip fat on days when the wind is not strong enough to turn its sails. A new...


Cake thieves target Mr Kipling van

A Mr Kipling cake

TWO men tried to steal cakes from a van as its driver made a delivery to a city convenience store. The offenders are believed to have...


CCTV to foil taxi yobs

Driver Daniel Cooper with a taxi camera

A CITY private hire car firm is thought to be the first major company of its kind in Britain to install CCTV cameras in all its vehicle...


Drugs hidden in Kinder Surprise egg

A Kinder Surprise egg

A DRUG addict who kept his stash in part of a child's Kinder Surprise egg has been sent to rehab for nine months. Lee Fisher, 29, also...


Man drove off and injured his ex

Judge Andrew Hamilton

A man injured his ex-lover after driving off as she was about to lean through his car window.


Abusive Wollaton neighbour back in court

Grenville Anscombe

A PENSIONER jailed after repeatedly threatening and abusing his neighbours has appeared in court. Grenville Anscombe, 73, of Farndale...







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Rebecca Adlington

Adlington fought off illness before winning gold

REBECCA Adlington's coach has revealed how a cold threatened to wreck the Mansfield swimmer's Olympic dream. The 19-year-old Mansfield star picked up...



Calderwood: Forest have the firepower

Nottingham Forest v ReadingNottingham Forest Manager Colin Calderwood.Picture by Dan Westwell

NOTTINGHAM Forest will not feel sorry for themselves over their front-line injury crisis, with Colin Calderwood insisting: "We can...


Notts kayakers through to Olympic finals

Kayaker Tim Brabants

TWO Notts kayakers paddled their way into the Olympic Games finals in Beijing today. Tim Brabants (below), who has already qualified...


Brabants makes second final in Beijing

Tim Brabants

TIM Brabants will make a double bid for Olympic kayak gold this weekend after squeezing into the final of the men's K1 500m final by...


Set-pieces vital to Stags' hopes

Stags defender Alan O'Hare

ALAN O'Hare is convinced Mansfield's attention to detail at set-pieces will prove crucial this season. The central defender and the...







 

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GMTV's Penny on her sexy new character

Notts-born GMTV presenter Penny Smith has written a summer romp of a bestseller that spills the beans on the world of breakfast TV. Just don't go...



Review: A Party to Murder, Theatre Royal

Curtain call: A Party to Murder

THE background music, sinister but at the same time playful, warns you that this American thriller is going to be a lot of fun. It...


BLOG: Comedian Matt Forde at the Fringe

Matt Forde

Nottingham comedian and BBC6 presenter Matt Forde is blogging for thisisnottingham from the Edinburgh Fringe, where he is hosting a...


Review: McFly at Belvoir Castle

McFly

A CHILL in the air and the ever-present threat of rain. It must be time for latest in the series of 'Midsummer' concerts at Belvoir...


SPOTLIGHT: George Lucas on Clone Wars

Animated hero:  Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi raises his lightsaber against an enemy

BACK in the mid-1970s, a young writer-director called George Lucas was struggling to get his grand space opera movie made. Disappointin...












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