News in Hucknall

Leader of Ashfield District Council, Jason Zadrozny, stands in Piggins Croft car park, the site of the new health centre. Photo courtesy of Ashfield District Council.

Hucknall has been selected as one of just six areas nationally to get a brand new super health centre.

Plans for a brand new 'Cavell Centre' – an 'all under one roof' health centre, set to be located in Piggins Croft Car Park are now at an advanced stage. The District Council have already raised £1million of funding towards the ambitious project.

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The original plans submitted by the Boundaries Commission in which all of Hucknall would remain in Sherwood.

Councillor Jason Zadrozny has defended his part in the proposals put forward to split Hucknall across two parliamentary constituencies.

These suggested changes are part of a national review of all parliamentary constituencies being carried out by the Boundary Commission. Their main brief is to ensure that all constituencies have similar size populations with the majority of seats having to serve between 69,724 and 77,062 electors.

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CC-BY-SA-3.0 Photo Credit: David Lienhard

The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for Hucknall and its surrounding areas on Friday (6th August).

According to the Met Office website: "Heavy showers are expected across much of the UK on Friday. Within the warning area these showers and thunderstorms will be slow moving and may cause localised surface water impacts. Rainfall totals will vary considerably and not all locations will be affected by the heaviest showers.

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Photo courtesy of East Midlands Railway

Nottingham train station now has a designated, welcoming space for passengers who require assistance or need a calm place to wait for their train.

Created by East Midlands Railway, the Assisted Travel Lounge, provides customers who have booked passenger assistance a designated waiting area and a clear meeting point. It has been installed on the dispersal bridge at the station.

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Photo Credit: Tom Surgay

A controversial plan to divide the town of Hucknall across two parliamentary constituencies has gone through following a vote in tonight's Ashfield District Council meeting.

The Councillors voted 23-10 in favour of moving Hucknall West into the Ashfield constituency instead of the Sherwood constituency in which it currently sits along with the other Hucknall District Wards.

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