GEDLING BOROUGH Council has confirmed that its summer sports scheme for children in Lambley and Woodborough will go ahead again this year. The future of these free activities had been in doubt due to the budget cuts that are affecting…
Category: Woodborough
Local history laid out on the web
AFTER NINE years of effort, a local history team in Woodborough has unveiled its new website covering the village’s history and heritage. The Woodborough Heritage site – http://www.woodborough-heritage.org.uk/ – now provides over 200 articles, equivalent in length to about 700 A4…
Public meeting opposes turbine
A PUBLIC meeting in Woodborough last night (21 June 2011) resolved to oppose the application for planning permission for a wind turbine at Woodborough Park Farm. Organised by Wacat, Woodborough and Calverton against Turbines, the meeting attracted about 220 people…
Turbine campaign turns up pressure
CAMPAIGNERS against the proposed wind turbine at Woodborough Park Farm will hold a public meeting in Woodborough Village Hall on Tuesday 21 June at 8pm. The group has also been making door-to-door deliveries of leaflets and pro-forma letters of objection…
Turbine farm stages open day
THE FARM at the centre of the Woodborough wind turbine controversy, Woodborough Park Farm, is taking part in Open Farm Sunday this weekend, 12 June 2011. Across the country, hundreds of farms are opening their gates to the public to…
Sherwood MP launches newsletter
THE MEMBER of parliament for Sherwood, Mark Spencer, has launched a monthly email newsletter for constituents. Although this has been going since March 2011, we’ve only just learned about it. In this month’s missive, Spencer asks for constituency views on…
Windfarm wars hit Woodborough
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to erect a 67m wind turbine near Woodborough has passed a planning hurdle, with the approval of the proposal this evening by Woodborough Parish Council. After empassioned statements from both councillors and members of the public, the…
Woodborough mobilises for village award
HAVING ENJOYED success in last year’s Best Kept Village award, Woodborough has set its sights on even greater glory in 2011. The organising committee has the ambition of winning the ‘Best in Notts’ category in addition to the category award…
Labour takes Gedling, Tories lose Newark (updated)
THE FULL RESULTS of Thursday’s local elections are now in, with implications for the two borough councils in our area. Gedling Borough announced its results on Friday, but it took Newark and Sherwood until today (Sunday 8 May 2011) to…
Woodborough’s wedding makes the news
THE ROYAL wedding street party held in and around the Four Bells Inn, Woodborough, became the focus of press interest yesterday as BBC East Midlands Today and other news organisations descended on the pub. The local news broadcaster sent both…