News in Hucknall

A 17-year-old girl was arrested on suspicion of assault by beating of an emergency worker following an incident that happened in Hucknall on Tuesday (17th August) evening.

Police were called to a disturbance in Nabbs Lane at about 10pm and on the scene multiple police officers were assaulted by the teenager.

Popular Hucknall event venue the John Godber Centre has been refurbished partly thanks to funding from the County Council.

The Centre, on Ogle Street, is in its 114th year of existence and has been a beneficiary of Nottinghamshire County Council's Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) in which is has received £7,673. This amount has been match-funded with money raised by the St Mary Magdalene Church Hucknall Jumblers and St Mary's Trading Company.

Two men have been arrested following a pursuit on the M1 near the Hucknall exit of the motorway.

Police used tactical contact to stop a suspected stolen van after the driver allegedly attempted to drive along the wrong side of the motorway.

A Toucan Crossing will be installed in Hucknall to provide a safer crossing point for pedestrians and cyclists on one of the busiest roads in the town.

The crossing will be on Watnall Road, to the east of its junction with the A611 Hucknall Bypass. It will incorporate a controlled area indicated by zig-zag markings along the approaches to the crossing within which parking and loading by vehicles will be prohibited at all times. A 'toucan' crossing is a type of pedestrian crossing that also allows bicycles to be ridden across. Since "two can" cross together.

The very first Hucknall Food and Drink Festival will take place on Sunday (22nd August) on the pedestrianised part of the High Street.

Ashfield District Council, with partners Discover Ashfield and Lincoln Green Brewery, are putting on the event which has no charge for admission and will run from 10am – 5pm.

Jubilant staff at Hucknall Leisure Centre are celebrating after achieving the top banding score for customer service – putting the facility in an elite set of centres nationally.

The leisure centre, run by Everyone Active in partnership with Ashfield District Council, was rated 'excellent' following Quest Prime Assessments.

A man from Hucknall has become the first resident to be prosecuted by Ashfield District Council for a breach of a Noise Abatement Notice.

Andrew Spencer of Sheridan Way, Hucknall, was convicted at Nottingham Magistrates Court for Breaching an Abatement Notice, under Section 80 (4) Environmental Protection Act 1990, on 28th June 2021.

The Covid-19 mobile vaccination centre was well received in Hucknall today with good take up from local residents.

The bus stopped at Tesco, Ashgate Road where it was mainly used by the under 30s with some pensioners also getting their second jab.

The petrol station at Tesco Extra on Ashgate Road in Hucknall reopened this morning (Monday 16 August).

As previously reported, it originally closed for a month on Sunday 11 July for routine work to replace the fuel storage tanks to be carried out.

A crew from Hucknall Fire Station were one of four that attended a minor road traffic collision in Kirkby in Ashfield this morning.

In a statement, a spokesperson for Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called to an incident this morning at 10:06am on High Crescent, Kirkby-in-Ashfield. Crews from Hucknall, Ashfield, Eastwood and Highfields Fire Station attended.