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News from around Nottinghamshire
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Autumn Newsletter
Nottingham Castle Marina
With the long summer days a distant memory, we have turned our attention to preparing the marina for the colder months and of course the festive period. Here's the latest from around the marina.
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Young Creative Awards Nottingham
To enter the Young Creative Awards you must be between the ages of 11 and 24 years old at the closing date of the competition (23 March 2020, 12 noon).
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Exciting news!
Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Exciting news! I'm so so happy to announce that I have a new album coming on 10th January, and it includes one of my all-time favourite pieces - Elgar’s Cello Concerto!
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Hockley Hustle
Photos
Well the verdict seems to be in - that was up there with very best of them. What a brilliant festival Hockley Hustle 2019 was!
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Romania forest murder as battle over logging turns violent
BBC
Forest ranger Liviu Pop was responding to a tip-off about illegal logging when he was shot dead with a hunting rifle this week.
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For the Love of George
"They'll be painting the park fence soon. It could do with a new coat. They do it every now and then."
The woman from the reproduction antiques shop contemplates the state of the state of the park fencing opposite.
Well there isn’t much else to do.
Until one day George walks in to look at a reproduction Queen Ann desk.
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Nottingham Young Writers Groups
Writing East Midlands
This year we will be running a Young Writers Group at Nottingham Central Library led by Jim Hall.
Sessions take place on Saturdays 1pm – 3pm and are aimed at 11–15 year olds. Each session costs £6, but bursary places are available.
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Muslim soldiers'shared history' of the Second World War
Nottinghmshire Live
The service of Muslim soldiers connected to Nottingham has been commemorated with a new exhibition highlighting their contributions in the Second World War to bring about a "shared history" of the conflict.
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Aurora Prize for Writing 2019
Writing East Midlands
The Aurora Writing Prize is an international competition run by Writing East Midlands. The prize was first awarded in 2016, and this year we worked in partnership with The Society of Authors and Lincoln Book Festival.
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MyVoice Writing Competition
Nottingham City of Literature
MyVoice is a new city-wide Creative Writing Competition for young people between 10-25. We’re asking you to write about what is important to you. Tell us how you’d change the world by inspiring us with your own short story, poem, article, scene, podcast or film, so we can imagine it with you.
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We Need To Talk About Erik
A short story, based, rather loosely it has to be said on some actual things that actually happened one rainy Bank Holiday weekend in Whitby.
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