A rugby club’s semi-nude calendar has united the community — and attracted sales as far afield as Alaska. Southwell Rugby Club officially launched its Naked-ish Calendar 2025 on Saturday, September 21, and has has so far received a “fantastic” response…
Dover’s Aspar Team racer Jake Dixon fails to score points for the second race running after early crash at MotoGP’s Moto2 Indonesia Grand Prix
A Moto2 season of highs and lows continued for Jake Dixon in Indonesia, after a crash left his title hopes looking slim. Dover’s Aspar Team rider missed the first two races of the season following a practice accident in Qatar and then failed to score a…
Bomber County Gateway Trust and Linconshire-based Timmins Engineering celebrate milestone for ‘On Freedom’s Wings’ landmark Lancaster Bomber sculpture to be built on Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire border
A landmark project to erect full scale replica of a Lancaster Bomber is one step closer to lift off now that the final framework has been completed. The ‘On Freedom’s Wings’ project, billed as the Midlands’ answer to the Angel of the North, will see th…
Holcombe Men beat Cardiff & Met 4-1 with goals from Tom Russell, Matt Ramshaw, Mubashar Ali and Rohan Bhuhi while the W1s beat Bowdon 1-0 through Olivia Shannon’s effort
Holcombe Hockey Club’s senior sides picked up another maximum-point haul on Saturday. The men’s team won their Premier Division match away to Cardiff & Met HC 4-1 while the women’s clinched a 1-0 victory at Bowdon. Both teams have picked up two wins fr…
Environmental activists ‘joined hands’ to save land at Lowfield Lane, Balderton
Dozens of concerned residents and environmental activists ‘joined hands’ to save wildlife space from a development of over 150 homes. On Saturday (September 28), the campaigning group — Only Wildlife On Lowfield, welcomed members of the community to ta…
Lucie Holness from Herne Bay reveals how living with a stammer can leave her in pain and what has helped her cope and learn to speak more fluently
Imagine having a speech impairment that is so severe it causes physical pain just trying to talk – that’s the reality a young woman says she regularly experiences. Lucie Holness has had a stammer her whole life and is learning to face her daily struggl…
Woman gets maggot infested foot during stay at Medway Maritime Hospital
An 80-year-old widow has received an apology from a hospital after her foot became infested with maggots during her stay. Linda Nelson, 80, of Milburn Road, Gillingham, was admitted to Medway Maritime Hospital on July 29 with kidney failure, ulcerated …
Gillingham play Grimsby Town at home on Tuesday night in League 2, hoping to make it five straight wins at Priestfield this season
Gillingham manager Mark Bonner has welcomed the tough decisions he’s starting to face on a match day. The Gills boss is beginning to see more of his injured players return to fitness and at the weekend he left the likes of Euan Williams and Peterboroug…
Lydd’s Motoxracing Yamaha rider Bradley Ray finishes 15th at Motorland Aragon for another Superbike World Championship point
Lydd’s Bradley Ray scored another point as the Superbike World Championship season continued at Motorland Aragon. The Yamaha Motoxracing rider, who banked scoring finishes in Cremona the previous week, is now 21st in the standings thanks to his 15th-pl…
Henry Howarth, 17, joins MotorSport UK Academy Diploma in Sporting Excellence course at Loughborough College that helped launch career of Formula 1 driver George Russell
Teenager Henry Howarth has landed a place with an academy that helped launch the career of Formula 1 star George Russell. Howarth, 17, who lives near Bingham, was one of just 20 scholars selected for the MotorSport UK Academy Diploma in Sporting Excell…