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Man created ‘assassination kits’ in his home garden for criminal underworld

Four men were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court in connection with weapon kits sold to criminals.

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2025

Ruthless criminal gang who made and supplied ‘assassination kits’ jailed

Four men were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court in connection with weapon kits sold to criminals.

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2025

Death of police sergeant who was hit by train ‘wholly preventable’, coroner says

Sergeant Graham Saville died after being hit by a train as he attempted to save a distressed man on the tracks near Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025

Father-of-three dies in hospital weeks after e-scooter collision

Kieran Hall, 43, was crossing the road on an e-scooter when he was hit by a car in Nottingham and died in hospital five weeks later.

Evening Standard · Apr 30, 2025

Street racers hang from windows as they use city roads as ‘personal race track’

Drivers were filmed performing doughnuts with passengers hanging out of the car windows in footage shared by Nottinghamshire Police as part of its crackdown on individuals using the streets as their "personal race track".

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after house explosion kills 53-year-old

A 43-year-old man has been questioned on suspicion of murder and released on bail as police probe fatal Worksop blast

Evening Standard · Apr 15, 2025

Worksop explosion: Murder suspect arrested by police after house destroyed in huge blast

The body of 53-year-old David Howard was recovered from underneath debris after the blast on Friday, April 12

Evening Standard · Apr 15, 2025

Father who died in house explosion named by police

The body of 53-year-old David Howard was recovered from underneath debris following the blast at a house in Worksop on Friday.

Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2025

Police officer sacked for sending sexual messages to 14-year-old girl

Nottinghamshire Police constable Matthew Hunt would have ‘sought face-to-face contact’ with the girl if he had not been caught

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2024

Alleged data breaches into Nottingham triple killer case ‘an utter disgrace’

University students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, were stabbed to death last summer.

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2024