News in Hucknall

Ashfield District Council has been successful in its application to the Infrastructure Solutions for Zero Emission Vehicles competition.

Working in partnership with Cleanergy EV Ltd, DG:Cities, Royal Borough of Greenwich and Nottingham City Council, Ashfield District Council will receive £10,391 in funding as part of a project to support the transition to zero emission vehicles for Environment and Waste.

A mobile vaccination bus will visit Hucknall on Monday, 16th August, as attempts are made to ensure more of the town's residents are vaccinated against Covid-19.

Ashfield Independent Councillors have welcomed the imminent visit of the vaccination bus to Tesco Extra Car Park on Ashgate Road after local councillors, including Lee Waters, raised the issue of poor vaccination levels in the centre of Hucknall with health bosses.

The two films that will be screened at the outdoor cinema at Hucknall's Titchfield Park on Sunday 5th September have been revealed today.

Raya and the Last Dragon, which was only released earlier this year, will be shown at 2:30pm, and Rocketman, which is a biographical drama based on the life and work of musician Elton John, will be shown at 6:30pm.

Trustees of a local community centre are hoping to encourage businesses from surrounding areas to use the venue to host their classes by offering it free of charge whilst they get their ventures off the ground.

Gareth Johnston, who is a trustee of the Newstead Centre, is hoping to attract business owners from surrounding towns and villages, including Hucknall, to use the centre.

Disruption to Nottingham tram services, caused by issues with the overhead line, have continued into a second day.

Passengers travelling from Hucknall will only be able to get as far as Bulwell and those heading towards Hucknall from Nottingham city centre will only be able to get as far as The Forest.

When Hucknall technician Katie Hufton spent her days in her sandwich shop dreaming of being a paramedic, she never thought that it would one day become a reality.

Katie, 48, thought that the job was out of reach for her and that the closest she would get to the ambulance service was chatting with East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) staff who popped in to grab a bite to eat.

Students at Hucknall's National Church of England Academy were celebrating this morning as they received their A Level results at Hucknall Sixth Form Centre at the end of a difficult year for all students and staff.

The students had to contend with remote learning and internal assessments but their hard work and resilience through these challenging times has culminated in an excellent set of outcomes.

The Ashfield Independents are calling for Hucknall Library to provide more opportunities for unemployed Hucknall residents to retrain as well as more job centre services.

This comes on the back of the scale of child poverty in places like Hucknall and Ashfield being revealed. The figures for claimants of free school meals showed a dramatic rise in North Nottinghamshire. As of July 2021, there are 5244 claimants in the Ashfield District compared to 4187 at the start of the COVID pandemic in March 2020.

A Hucknall bowls club is seeing an increase in numbers following a successful recruitment day during the May bank holiday.

Titchfield Park Bowls Club welcomed 36 new bowlers to its green during the 'Bowls' Big Weekend' event which took place on Monday 31 May. The day was part of a national initiative, run by Bowls England, designed to give people a chance to sample the game of bowls in order to help boost the sport's popularity.

Sky Brown's Olympic heroics this week have led to a huge increase in skateboarders at Nabbs Lane Recreation Ground and Titchfield Park in Hucknall.

Millions watched this week as the 13-year-old flew around the Olympic Skatepark to claim the bronze medal and it has sparked a newfound interest in the sport – especially at the popular Hucknall parks.