Latest News | Environmentally friendly bus travel arrives in Rushcliffe| New role for Chief Executive Anthony May| Have your say on A6005 cycle corridor proposals| Notts mum praises network of support to urge more people to become foster carers| Applications Open for Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Grants| West Bridgford schoolgirl wins council animal house competition

Rushcliffe residents can now enjoy greener, cleaner bus journeys following the launch (Tuesday 3 May) of Nottinghamshire County Council’s new Nottsbus ECOnnect 33 service, which runs between Sutton Cum Granby/Radcliffe and Nottingham.

The Council has added two more zero emission buses to its existing fleet of eco buses to serve the route, which replaces the previous 33 bus service run by CT4N.

Chief Executive Anthony May has been appointed the Chief Executive of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) and will take up his new role in the Autumn. 

Anthony joined the County Council in 2004 and was appointed Chief Executive in April 2015, having previously held the posts of Corporate Director for Children, Families and Cultural Services and Deputy Chief Executive.

He called it “a privilege” to have served as Chief Executive for the last seven years and said he will look back on his tenure with a great deal of pride.

Views are being sought on proposed upgrades to the cycle corridor which links Beeston and Chilwell. The A6005 cycle corridor was discussed by councillors at the 9 February meeting of the Transport and Environment Committee.

The proposed upgrades are one part of a long-term aim to extend commutable distances by bike between Derby and Nottingham and are specifically focused on local connections between Beeston town centre, Beeston Train Station, the University of Nottingham, Chilwell School, the proposed development at Chilwell Barracks, Attenborough Train Station, as well as Chilwell Retail Park and Attenborough Nature Reserve.

A caring Nottinghamshire woman has spoken about the ‘amazing’ life-changing experience of giving children a settled and loving home as a foster carer.

Amy, who has been a foster carer with Nottinghamshire County Council for five years, says the fulfilling role ‘has filled us with the most amazing love, empathy and adoration’.

She has shone a light on life as a foster carer as part of Foster Care Fortnight, a national campaign which runs until 22 May and raises awareness of foster care and the need for new carers.

Applications are open for the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Fund, run by Veolia (Nottinghamshire County Council’s waste and recycling partner). Now in its 12th year the community fund is designed to support local projects that inspire people to think differently about waste and resources.

The fund is open to not-for-profit community groups, schools and charities based in the county of Nottinghamshire (excluding the city of Nottingham) and grants of up to £1,000 are available for initiatives that help Nottinghamshire to Reduce, Reuse or Recycle waste.

A West Bridgford schoolgirl has won a nature competition organised by the council and Notts Outdoors to design an animal house for local wildlife.

A Home for Wildlife was open to all Nottinghamshire primary schools to enter during most of March.

West Bridgford Junior School pupil Bella Emmerson, age nine, created the winning design with support from the school’s ‘eco team’ – thirteen classmates who meet regularly to work on environmentally-friendly projects.

Bella’s animal house design features a hedgehog house, bug hotel, birdhouse and pond and is made of wood and rocks.