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 A ground-breaking ceremony marking a significant milestone in the creation of an £8.5 million modern, purpose-built Health and Wellbeing Hub in Worksop has taken place.
Bassetlaw District Council has awarded the building contract to Tilbury Douglas to transform the long vacant site on Newgate Street, which is owned by the council and will be leased to the NHS and operated by Newgate Medical Group.
When completed it will enhance healthcare provision for residents by improving accessibility and capacity and is expected to be completed by early 2026.
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 Cllr Josie Potts and Cllr John Shephard, joint Ward Members for Worksop South East, have donated £1,050 through their Councillor Community Grant to buy and install a defibrillator and a heated cabinet at the Kingston Road Community Hub.
Being able to access a defibrillator quickly can be critical to surviving a heart attack as research has shown that if a defibrillator is used within the first five minutes of someone suffering a heart-attack, it can increase their chances of survival from 6% to 74%.
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 A community hub in Elkesley is encouraging its residents to take up a new sport and use its facilities more with the introduction of a new outdoor table tennis table.
A £500 Councillor Community Grant from Cllr Charles Adams, Ward Member for Welbeck, has paid for the table tennis table to be installed at the front of the Memorial Hall after Secretary Neil Oldbury discovered the tables being used by children and their parents on holiday in Europe.
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 A group in Misterton is opening up opportunities to aspiring artists as well as helping others to improve their wellbeing thanks to a Bassetlaw Community Grant.
Brushstrokes Art Group based in Misterton Village Hall has received a £250 grant, donated by Cllr Hazel Brand, Ward Member for Misterton, which will contribute towards materials and tuition for new members as well as covering their annual costs.
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 The Bassetlaw Achievers Awards returned for this year, celebrating the outstanding achievements of 28 local residents and five organisations who have gone the extra mile to help their communities.
The event took place at Retford Town Hall and was hosted by the Chair of Bassetlaw District Council, Cllr Sue Shaw. These awards recognise achievements in the community, personal goals in sport and fundraising efforts for local charities.
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Bassetlaw District Council is consulting residents and businesses on renewing the Public Space Protection Orders that cover Worksop and Retford Town Centres for another three years until 17 June 2028.
Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) are one of the tools that Councils can use to help tackle anti-social behaviour locally. PSPOs are aimed at ensuring public spaces can be enjoyed free from anti-social behaviour. They allow Councils to set an area where things such as drinking alcohol on the street, or causing nuisance, harassment, alarm and distress can be banned.
Breaching the order is a criminal offence and it allows the Police or Council to issue a Fixed Penalty Notice of £100. However, should the matter be taken to court and following a successful conviction, magistrates have the power to order the offender to pay a fine of up to £1,000.
The Council is proposing to renew the PSPOs that are currently in place. PSPOs were introduced to Worksop and Retford Town Centres in June 2016, extended in 2019 and then amended in 2022.
The PSPOs are designed to tackle persistent behaviours that have a detrimental effect on the quality of life of those in the local area, including being under the influence of illegal substances and street drinking.
The consultation and a full list of the proposed prohibitions, draft orders and maps of the designated areas for the Worksop and Retford can be found online at www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/pspo-survey
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Proposals that would bring about the biggest change in Local Government in Bassetlaw for over 50 years have moved forward with the Council agreeing to submit an interim plan to the Government for Local Government Reorganisation in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Following a meeting of Full Council, Bassetlaw District Council has resolved to express a preference for a new unitary authority combining Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Gedling, Mansfield and Newark & Sherwood, with a second new unitary authority covering Nottingham City and the remaining County including Broxtowe and Rushcliffe.
Bassetlaw District Council will continue to work collaboratively with the eight other councils in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, to ensure the best outcome for residents and businesses.
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Bassetlaw District Council has been awarded £3.2 million to help to reduce carbon emissions from Worksop and Retford Leisure Centres in what could be the single largest carbon reduction project carried out by the council.
The council has been successful in securing funding from the government's Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, which is contributing to the UK’s ambition to be ‘Net Zero’ by 2050.
The money will be spent on replacing the end-of-life space and pool gas heating system with heat pumps, alongside other smaller improvements such as solar panels, a draught lobby and LED lighting.
These improvements are projected to reduce carbon emissions by 448tonnes CO2 per year. This equates to a 60% reduction per building or over 20% of all carbon emissions from the Council’s built estate.
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 A project to improve the way people enjoy their homes, as well as tackle issues linked to community safety has been completed in Carlton-in-Lindrick.
Residents living on Lichfield Walk and Lime Tree Avenue, part of the Carlton Wimpey Estate, have been part of a new landscaping project that has seen the locations of their front and rear gardens and driveways switched. This now gives them an improved and more private outdoor space to enjoy, more functional entrances to their homes and contributes to reducing anti-social behaviour.
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- More than 6,500 jobs a year could benefit Nottinghamshire residents at the peak of operations.
- Nottinghamshire’s economy could be boosted by between £86 million and £210 million each year, for the next 40 years.
The full, predicted economic benefits of the UK’s prototype fusion energy powerplant to be built at West Burton near Retford have been revealed for the first time.
The report – known as an economic impact assessment – gives a unique insight into the potential benefits of this world-class project. It covers a timeframe of more than 45 years, from when planning began in 2019, through to 2065, however the majority of these benefits are expected to be from 2030 onwards.
The ambitious project - Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production, known as STEP - is being led by UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd (UKIFS) part of the UK Atomic Energy Authority group (UKAEA). Due to be built by 2040, it aims to revolutionise the way energy is generated thanks to cutting-edge fusion technology.
As well as the STEP fusion facility, a skills centre and a business park are planned.
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