Updates for Wednesday 20 January 2016
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Sandish Shoker
BBC News Online
Sandish Shoker
BBC News Online
Looking at the menus school dinners have definitely changed since my school days.
It's all a bit upmarket now with the likes of turkey risotto and venison pie on offer.
A traders' association has written to Mansfield District Council , externalin a last-ditch attempt to stop changes to the location of the town's market from going ahead.
BBC Radio Nottingham
Latest figures , externalshow the number of school meals served in Nottinghamshire has risen by 10%.
This could be because children in reception, Year 1 and Year 2 automatically qualify for free school meals but the county council's figures show that not all children who qualify for these are taking up the offer.
Richard Waldron, headmaster at James Peacock Infant and Nursery School in Ruddington, said hot meals in winter gave pupils the energy and "positive feeling in their tummies" to learn in the afternoon.
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MP for Sherwood, Mark Spencer, quizzed George Osborne yesterday about the possibility of an enterprise zone at the former Thoresby Colliery.
Quote MessageI think we are at the stage where we are being told it could be a runner and now we need to make sure we get our bid in and present all the evidence to support it. The county council and local enterprise partnership need to push like mad behind the scenes and make sure the Treasury understand the argument we are making."
MP Mark Spencer
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BBC News Online
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Martin Slack
BBC Local Live
Here's a lovely picture of the north Nottinghamshire countryside and its power stations that I took this morning by the A57 near Tuxford.
It's the clouds from Cottam Power Station on the right and West Burton on the left.
Tickets for a Justin Bieber Appreciation night , externalsold out within one hour. The event has been a big hit at other cities around the UK and makes it way to a Nottingham bar tonight.
Klara Lethbridge
Newsreader, BBC Radio Nottingham
With plans for the redevelopment of the Sherwood Forest visitor centre and the extension of the Robin Hood railway line, an enterprise zone for Edwinstowe could bring a massive benefit to the area
Mike Pringle, county councillor for Ollerton, says the area has a history of skills in heavy engineering and clothing manufacture and could move into electronics.
The A1 in Newark has fully re-opened after an earlier accident , externalinvolving three cars. No-one was injured in the crash.
David Jackson
BBC Radio Nottingham Sport
David Clarke was on BBC Radio Nottingham this morning ahead of Nottingham Panthers' game against Breahead tonight.
It's the first leg of their Challenge Cup quarter-final.
Image source, Denham J Gouldson
BBC Travel
Traffic is slow on Wollaton Road again this morning near the roadworks.
Sandish Shoker
BBC News Online
It's not the first time an enterprise zone plan has been suggested for Thoresby.
A previous application which included Ollerton, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Mansfield was turned down by George Osborne because he said the business case didn't stack up.
Image source, PANow it's got his backing, residents in Edwinstowe say they are supportive of anything that brings in new jobs and new life to the area.
Sandish Shoker
BBC News Online
Klara Lethbridge
Newsreader, BBC Radio Nottingham
First this morning, some good news for the former Thoresby Colliery site.
The Chancellor George Osborne yesterday backed plans for a new enterprise zone at the site and said he will work with local MPs to make it happen.
Local businesses in the area have supported the idea too.
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
A murky and cool start to the day with plenty of cloud and some patchy fog.
However some of that cloud will thin and break allowing for some brighter spells.
Slightly milder than it has been the last few weeks. Highs of 4C (39F)
BBC Travel
If the A1 in Newark is part of your morning commute, be warned that one lane is partially blocked because of an accident.
Traffic is currently slow between the Newark Showground and Coddington turn off.
Sandish Shoker
BBC News Online
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