Just a year after their first expedition to deliver humanitarian aid to Ukraine, a big hearted duo from a Ruddington pub have recently returned from driving further donations into the war-torn country. After the partial Russian invasion there, early in 2022, with millions of Ukrainians displaced and fierce fighting from its military trying to defend their country from bombs and bullets ever since, there’s no sign of Vladimir Putin’s ambition to seize more of Ukraine waning just yet. Consequently, Dave Frankie and John Noble (pictured top), the manager and owner of The Frame Breakers…
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You’re invited to a classical occasion to remember on Saturday 13th May at 7.30pm in St Peter’s Church. ‘Long Live The King, Long Live The Choir!’ says the Ruddington & District Choral Society and the Ruddington Chamber Ensemble as they celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III – in the Choir’s 60th Anniversary year. Pat Beale says: “An evening of England’s musical heritage by the two great composers of royal music and pageantry: Purcell & Handel. Enjoy Purcell’s glorious “Come Ye Sons of Art” (the Birthday Ode for Queen Mary) and his sublime “Funeral Music for Queen…
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The house-builder currently constructing 175 new properties on former Ruddington Green Belt south of Musters Road says a contractor removed a large section of mature hedgerow there by mistake. Gardeners from ‘Buttercup Allotments’ off Asher Lane were alerted to the totally unexpected loss of their boundary hedge when a contractor working for Avant Homes suddenly starting digging it out on Maundy Thursday. When the allotments’ owner Brian Booker rushed onsite to challenge them, protesting that removal of this hedgerow was definitely not in Rushcliffe Borough Council‘s approved plans for ‘Wilbur Chase’,…
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As part of Ruddington’s celebration of The King’s Coronation is a FREE Puppet Show on Monday 8th May. “A Village Coronation – The Lost Shoe” starring ‘The Royal Family and their animal friends’ at the puppet theatre in St Peter’s Church. Liz Mack, from St Peter’s Leadership Team, says: “One of our team has written an original script for the puppet show. It features all the main family members of the royal family plus an assortment of animal puppets, with a special appearance by Megan and Harry. There also be will be…
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Two suspects have appeared in court following a police chase which ended with a car crash and an arrest in Ruddington. The pursuit began when officers from Nottinghamshire Police‘s Road Crime Team spotted a car which was known to them in Welbeck Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent, at around 7.50pm on Monday (10th April). The vehicle was travelling with another car which earlier had been reported stolen. Police say the second car failed to stop for officers and a chase ensued as far as Ruddington, where the crash occurred. Officers then pursued a suspect…
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Ruddington drivers who usually use Asher Lane to gain access to their homes – or get to the back entrance of Rushcliffe Country Park – are being advised of an unscheduled road closure which could last for a couple of days. A burst water main overnight means the road was shut this morning (Wednesday 12th April) from its junction with Musters Road to its junction with Distillery Street for emergency Severn Trent Water repairs which could take until 4.00pm tomorrow (Thursday 13th April).* In the meantime, motorists are being diverted along…
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I am often asked what is popular with my customers writes Ruddington based Travel Counsellor Leia Morales. Honestly it is difficult to say, as each of my enquiries is very different. But here is an insight into my last few bookings. Return to the Caribbean in 2024 I had a customer come home from St Lucia and wanting to book to go back to the Caribbean again next year. This happens a lot as customers like to have something to look forward to and know that the best flight prices to…
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Organisers of the weekly parkruns in Rushcliffe Country Park have taken delivery of a crucial piece of life-saving equipment – a defibrillator – which its own community stumped up the necessary funds for within a day! A social media appeal on March 30th raised the £816 required for the new, portable unit in less than half a day. The defibrillator arrived in Ruddington in time to be officially handed over on Easter Saturday morning by event ambassador Shane Sharkey to Geoff Hardy, Rushcliffe Parkrun Event Director Geoff Hardy (pictured above). Automated…
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If you ever dreamed of being a train driver when you were young, or you have kids who would love to do so, during the Easter holiday Ruddington Model Railway Club (RMRC) is giving you chance to ‘take control’ of some of Britain’s most famous childhood locomotives. This Sunday and Monday (9th & 10th April 2023), as well as the club’s indoor layouts running at Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre (NTHC) next to our Country Park, you can operate Thomas, James and Percy yourself on their outdoor ‘G Scale’ track. Organiser Sam Moss…
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It seems part of Ruddington Cleaners‘ building along Charles Street is being hung out to dry – with an application now submitted to house a veterinary physiotherapy and hydrotherapy centre alongside the existing laundrette. The current dry cleaning and laundry business opened on the site of the former Village Motors garage at No 8 and No 10 Parkyns Street in Summer 2017 – with an access for dry cleaning requirements off Parkyns Street and the self-service launderette frontage on Charles Street. Now, subject to planning approval, its former storage area will soon…
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