Environment

An encampment of travellers pitched on Clipstone’s Vicar Water Country Park is being monitored by Newark and Sherwood District Council.

New figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) show there are six fly-tipping incidents every day on average in Mansfield in Ashfield – four in Mansfield and two in Ashfield.

A pregnant deer died after wandering onto a Nottinghamshire road with a plastic carrier bag stuck on its head

Getting to know animals has enriched the lives of people from Mansfield with learning disabilities and mental health needs.

A green energy scheme from which hundreds of households in Mansfield and Ashfield have benefitted, could be scrapped next year.

The growing risk of a rat infestation has caused an angry Mansfield resident to take actions into his own hands.

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is working hard to make sure the county’s wildlife is protected.

A controversial recycling depot in Kirkby will be extended – despite objections from residents that they are already ‘living in hell’.

Nottinghamshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping says the police is “recruiting at a faster rate” than any other force in the country.

The destiny of several prominent public toilet blocks and buildings in the Derbyshire Dales is set to be decided.

With the clocks poised to go back this coming weekend, there’s no turning the tide on the approaching colder temperatures, writes Coun John Cottee, chairman of the communities and place committee at Nottinghamshire County Council.

Your weather forecast for Friday promises dry and sunny conditions as the weekend arrives once again.

The Met Office is predicting that low cloud and mist in the early morning of Thursday will clear to bring spells of sun and light winds.

A major Nottinghamshire road has been closed northbound in order to clear up a 40 tonne spillage of chicken offal.

The Met Office predicts that a damp and overcast start to the morning will pass, leading to brighter spells this aftermoon.

Fracking for shale gas can begin for the first time in the UK since it was linked to causing earthquakes in 2011.

Two litters of piglets are the star attraction at White Post Farm.