News in Hucknall

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.

Hucknall's teenage racing sensation, Ruben Hage claimed his first ever circuit win at Brands Hatch last weekend in the Junior Saloon Car Championship.

The 16-year-old produced a strong performance in mixed weather conditions at the Kent circuit to beat the top two drivers in the championship in a captivating three-way duel.

Hucknall Leisure Centre's brand new fitness suite will open on Monday (9th August). It has been transformed as part of the £20millon investment into the District's leisure centres by Ashfield District Council and Everyone Active.

The state-of-the-art fitness suite has been relocated into a larger space to accommodate the new equipment which includes: all new Technogym equipment; a functional training area; an Olympic power rack; Watt bikes; climbers and plate loaded equipment.

UPDATE: This item has now been found. Ashfield District Council wishes to thank everyone who contacted them with information concerning the missing defibrillator.

The defibrillator, usually stored in the Council offices on Watnall Road in Hucknall, is missing, Ashfield District Council have confirmed.

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 (6th August) sees the release of Stillwater starring Matt Damon. The film has been in the spotlight in the US this week because the writer-director said the story was inspired by the Amanda Knox 'saga' and she has criticised the film on social media. However, film insiders have said that there is much more to it than the trailer suggests, and that Damon could even be looking at an Oscar nomination.

Ashfield District Council officially welcomed their new Chief Executive Officer into the role at last Thursday's Council meeting (29th July).

Theresa Hodgkinson takes up the role, replacing Carol Cooper-Smith who leaves the Council after six years.

Detectives investigating a report of a break-in at a property in Hucknall have arrested a man as part of their enquiries.

Police were called after items were damaged at a house in Florence Street, near Farleys Lane, on Saturday 31 July 2021.