Nottingham

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A Nottinghamshire man has become so frustrated with drivers speeding down his road that he plans to suit up as Deadpool to stop them. Mark Spaven, 59, says motorists have been whizzing down Cavendish Drive in Carlton for years and his cat, Groot, was struck and killed by a suspected speeding driver two weeks ago.

Now, feeling as though his complaints to the council have fallen on deaf ears, the self-confessed Marvel aficionado plans to take to the street as comic book anti-hero Deadpool - but promises not to chop anybody's heads off. "I'm going to be going up and down dressed as Deadpool," said Mr Spave, who has a hand-made 'slow down please' sign.

I had to look hard to find a good news article in the WBW this week.

A collection of documents dating back to at least the 17th century, which was discovered in a chest in Rushcliffe village last year, is being donated to the

The birds, all members of the heron family, have nested in trees on an island at Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust’s Besthorpe Nature Reserve in the Trent Valley

The star of Citizen Smith, GBH and much more on the ‘genius’ of James Graham’s BBC drama, his unlikely way into acting, and learning to simmer down on social media

Following this year’s edition of the heavy metal festival Bloodstock (8-11 August) at Catton Park, 55 bikers on Harley Davidsons transported the ashes of the

When it comes to mythical conflicts, Nottingham is associated with Robin Hood and the wicked sheriff rather than with legions of orcs and goblins.

But some of the universe's largest battles are fuelled by games companies based in the East Midlands city, in an area known as the 'Lead Belt' – a reference to the casting of model soldiers in lead alloy.

The largest of the firms, headquartered in an industrial estate not far from the city centre, is Games Workshop, owner of the Warhammer franchise and the world's largest manufacturer of miniature battle figures.

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Other companies to have set up shop in the area include The Assault Group, Mantic Games and Wargames Foundry.

Another, Warlord Games, makes a series called Bolt Action which it boasts is one of the world's leading Second World War wargames.

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The companies that make up the wider 'Lead Belt' account for about 90 per cent of the British wargaming miniatures market. Many supporting businesses are located nearby.

Credit: Nottingham City Council

Restored, enlarged and colorised using the Real-ESRGAN and BigColor AI models.

Looking East during the re-laying of the tramlines, which were moved at the time that the 'slabs' were laid out in the new Market Square. The construction of the Council House is almost complete, along with the laying out and paving of the Old Market Square and Processional Way...

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200 Degrees said it had been monitoring sites in West Bridgford to open a new cafe “for some time” and claims to have “fought off” several larger chains.

So with NCC leaving the County Hall, what are some of your dream wish lists for what could be done with the site?

It's obviously a huge building, and also has a massive car park, so there's really some great potential there.

Whatever happens, I really hope we get some sort of leisure out of it, we really need more riverside entertainment options.

Anyone have recommendations for someplace unique to head to?

Places like:

Lost Property Mollis The Tap Room

Any suggestions welcome!

Since the great reddit exodus, I've been struggling to get my non-Nottingham Post/World based updates about our fair city, so I thought I'd create the community to get the ball rolling here in the fediverse!

Hopefully others join soon, and we can really start shifting some info about Notts!