News in Hucknall

The leader of Ashfield District Council, Jason Zadrozny, has tabled proposals to split the town of Hucknall across two Parliamentary constituencies.

The proposals will be discussed at the latest Ashfield District Council meeting which takes place tonight, Thursday 29th July.

Hucknall will host its very own food and drink festival next month on the pedestrianised part of the High Street.

The festival is due to take place on Sunday 22nd August and will mark the first time in Hucknall's history that it has hosted such an event.

An initiative launched by the Ashfield Policing team to tackle the rise in young people's involvement in criminal activity, has seen major success stories in Hucknall.

The 'Youth Early Intervention Scheme' sees any young person involved in crimes, repeated anti-social behaviour or missing episodes, receive regular visits from the local Policing Team (NPT) to try to encourage them away from criminality.

In November 1996 there was a fantastic weekend for people with an interest in the town. It was called 'Hucknall 2020 vision: our future' which stretched from Friday to Sunday. Many ideas were thrown around concerning what could be done for the benefit of the community. I am sure most of those who attended will remember it as a very exhausting but exhilarating weekend. Afterwards I wondered if there was anything I could do as an individual to benefit local people.

For five years I had been organising history type events which people seemed to enjoy, and the thought of a history-based newsletter came into my mind. I thought OK - if this is going to happen what should it be called? Names were bandied about – Heritage Times, Hucknall Herald, and others, but once 'Hucknall Torkard Times' came into the frame nothing else seemed to have the correct vibes. It also described what I intended each issue to contain, which were researched pieces by myself or other local historians, written items by other people such as memories of the town and folk they knew, questions, queries, help wanted, and odd items of interest.

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) have received government support to buy smoke curtains and other equipment designed specifically for tackling fires in high-rise buildings.

The curtains, which are designed to hold back smoke while people escape, will be introduced on Sunday 1 August once the Service has completed the necessary training. Smoke curtains would be particularly useful in high-rise buildings due to the potentially complex nature of these rescues.

A motorist was caught exceeding the speed limit by nearly 20mph yesterday by the Hucknall Beat Team.

The officers were out and about the town conducting a Fatal 4 OP. This consists of looking for motorists who are: speeding; driving whilst using their mobile phone; not wearing their seatbelts; or driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs.

As a continuation of our partnership with The Arc Cinema in Hucknall, here is all the information on when to catch the latest films this coming week.

Tomorrow (23rd July) sees the big release of the latest feature from visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan (Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, The Village, Signs, Split) based on the graphic novel 'Sandcastle' by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters. A chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly- reducing their entire lives into a single day.

As a continuation of our partnership with The Arc Cinema in Hucknall, here is all the information on when to catch the latest films this coming week.

Tomorrow (16th July) sees the release of three new films: Space Jam: A New legacy, The Croods 2 and The Forever Purge.

The petrol station at Tesco Extra on Ashgate Road in Hucknall is closed for a month as of yesterday.

A Tesco spokesperson said: "The petrol station at our Hucknall Extra store will close on Sunday 11 July for routine work to replace the fuel storage tanks. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause and look forward to welcoming customers back when we re-open on Monday 16 August."

As of this week, Hucknall Nub News will be partnering with The Arc Cinema in Hucknall to keep all film lovers informed of when they can catch the latest movies.

Each Thursday evening, we will upload the times for the coming week, starting from Friday as that tends to be the day new films are released.