Nottingham is set to welcome a new rental community as Casa by Moda prepares to open its first neighbourhood in the Midlands
North Valley will offer 114 newly built homes designed for long-term rental
the neighbourhood will consist of two and three-bedroom homes on Radford Road in New Basford
Residents will be able to use the MyCasa app
a digital platform for handling maintenance requests
The app also supports community engagement by allowing neighbours to connect and participate in local events
director of development and projects at Casa by Moda said: “The landscape for single-family rental has never been more exciting
and we’re starting 2025 as we mean to go on with the launch of Casa
Looking ahead we have ambitious plans for the future and are looking forward to collaborating with leading housebuilders like Strata Homes
as well as local authorities and landowners
to deliver high-quality new homes across the UK
as we continue to deliver a UK-wide portfolio of secure
high-quality rental accommodation for this undersupplied market.”
pre-construction director at Strata said: “Casa by Moda is one of the leading providers of Single-Family Housing
so an opportunity like this to work with them to deliver our family home designs as part of their innovative rental model is fantastic to be part of
Regeneration of brownfield land like this site on Radford Road is a great opportunity to bring much-needed housing to the area.”
Detectives investigating a Nottingham armed robbery in which four e-bikes were stolen have made two arrests following a public appeal for information
Nottinghamshire Police issued images of two suspects after a group of masked males targeted Rutland Cycling
Thieves used a pair of shears to remove the high-value bikes
When challenged, the offenders threatened staff with the shears as well as a Stanley knife and a cycle helmet
which they had removed from a display and also subsequently stole
The group then left with the e-bikes – totalling £22,200 in value – along Nottingham Road
members of the public came forward with the names of two individuals and both were arrested on Thursday (22 August) in the Broxtowe estate area
were taken into custody for questioning and bailed with conditions pending further investigation work
Detectives have previously arrested two other suspects – a 29-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy – in connection with the investigation
They remain on condition bail while the investigation continues
Detective Sergeant Robert Palethorpe said:
“Our investigation into this armed robbery continues to gather pace and I am pleased to report we’ve now made further arrests
“We had a really good response to the police appeal and I’d like to thank the public for their help
“Several people called us to put forward names of those they believe could be responsible and several new lines of inquiry emerged from the information we received
“This is a good example of police and the community working together to help keep our city safe.”
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Two cannabis farmers were caught red-handed with more than a thousand plants when officers raided a property
Four rooms inside a New Basford-based building were found to have been converted into growing areas and packed full of Class B drugs
A total of 1,248 cannabis plants were ultimately seized from within the property in High Church Street when it was visited by police on 17 February this year
Electricity was also found to have been dangerously bypassed across the address
with officers making another significant discovery after catching and arresting growers Klevis Bicaku and Sadri Seeaj in one of the rooms
would go on to plead guilty to producing cannabis during their first court appearance two days later (19 February)
and 21-year-old Seeaj appeared before Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday (16 April)
where they were both sentenced to 16 months in prison
“We don’t want to see any kind of drug activity operating in Nottinghamshire
“That includes people like Klevis Bicaku and Sadri Seeaj who tend to cannabis grows within our communities
“As they’re both now finding out to their cost
becoming involved in this behaviour is not acceptable and will lead to time spent in prison
“Cannabis production is far from a victimless crime
with this illicit practice often having links to wider criminality and the exploitation of others
so we’d implore anyone who has any suspicions that a cannabis grow could be operating near to where they live to please report this to us on 101
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Detectives investigating an armed robbery in which four e-bikes were stolen have released images of two people they’d like to trace
A group of masked males entered Rutland Cycling, in Nottingham Road
and used a pair of shears to remove the high-value bikes
When challenged the offenders threatened staff with the shears as well as a Stanley knife and a cycle helmet which they removed from the display and subsequently stole
The group then made off with the e-bikes – totalling £22,200 in value – down Nottingham Road
The robbery took place at 4.30pm on 11 June
“Thankfully the staff members were not hurt but this was an appalling ordeal for them and left them feeling shaken
“We are conducting a number of lines of inquiry to trace those responsible and I would ask anyone with any information that could assist us to please get in touch
we are releasing images of two people we are keen to speak to in relation to this incident
please get in touch with us as soon as possible.”
You can call us on 101 quoting crime number 24*343241 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111
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Police in Nottingham have stopped a car packed with 14 people
Officers stopped the seven-seater Vauxhall Zafira on May 27 believing to be loaded with more people than legally allowed
Police founded 14 people inside - double the seven legally allowed to travel in the vehicle
The number included 8 children who were not wearing seatbelts while travelling through New Basford in the north of Nottingham
The driver was summonsed to court for driving without due care and attention
failing to ensure children under the age of 14 were wearing a seatbelt and using a motor vehicle where the number of passengers was likely to cause danger
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said: “Carrying too many passengers in a vehicle is a serious offence
primarily due to the safety risks it poses
“People are twice as likely to die in a car accident if they do not wear a seatbelt
which is why we were extremely alarmed to find eight children without seatbelts inside this vehicle
“Drivers should always adhere to their vehicle’s passenger capacity as failure to do so can have devastating consequences
driving with more passengers than there are seatbelts can void your car insurance
leaving you uninsured in the event of an accident
“You can also face penalty points on your license and a fine
you might be summoned to court where penalties could be more significant.”
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By law, all drivers and passengers must wear a seat belt while travelling in a car, van or other vehicles whether they are sitting in the front of the car or as a passenger in the back seat, a press release from Nottinghamshire Police said
The person driving is responsible for making sure children under the age of 14 are wearing one
For passengers aged 14 and over it is their own responsibility to wear a seat belt
Passengers caught failing to wear a seat belt when one is available
The fine can increase to £500 if the case goes to court
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Police recovered £2.5m worth of drugs in a single week
as a proactive policing operation enjoyed more success
The City Centre Operation Reacher team raided two properties and found significant quantities of class A and class B drugs on each occasion
the team discovered approximately 1,500 cannabis plants at a business premises in Lortas Road
the Reacher team executed a warrant at the address on 18 November and discovered the grow
which was removed and destroyed by Nottinghamshire Police’s cannabis dismantling team
Inquiries to find those responsible for the set-up remain ongoing
The second raid took place at a flat in Cranbrook Street
Officers discovered half-a-kilogram of cocaine
a large quantity of suspected stolen property
Two young children were taken into police protection due to conditions in the property
with officers arresting two adults also found inside the flat
They included a 47-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to supply a class A drug
A 25-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of the same offences and was released under investigation
It is estimated the drugs seized from the two raids have a street value of approximately £2.5 million
Operation Reacher is a proactive policing model that has added sergeant-led teams of seven officers to all 12 neighbourhood policing areas across Nottinghamshire
By responding dynamically to community concerns the ongoing initiative is aimed at building trust and confidence that the police will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with residents to make our communities safer
said: “This was a particularly successful week for the team and will no doubt cause significant disruption for local criminals and drug dealers
this positive action has resulted in large quantities of drugs and criminal property which will deprive criminals of financial benefit
“I would ask residents to continue reporting their concerns so that we can continue to make our communities safer.”
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Plans to build 114 build-to-rent (BTR) homes on the site of a former British Gas Works in Nottingham have been given the go-ahead.
Stata Homes has been successful in pushing through plans for the scheme, which has been through several iterations since it was first unveiled a year ago.
The development, off Radford Road in Basford, will be built on 2.4ha of derelict brownfield land and will feature a public open space.
A statement from Strata said: “Our proposal involves the creation of 114 new homes which will help Nottingham City Council meet their housing needs.
“We have shown how we have considered the site and its surrounding environment in physical, social and economic terms and explained how these factors have influenced the evolution of the site design, both in conceptual and detailed terms.”
The announcement comes following a £9million investment from the Skills Funding Agency
which will see the current building demolished and redeveloped
It is set to become a regional hub for training in construction
Formal plans are to be submitted to Nottingham City Council’s planning committee early next year
with the aim of opening the new campus in September 2015
Students currently studying on the Basford campus will continue to do so
as the new development will be built around the existing buildings
A new Sustainable Construction Centre will be constructed at the same time
on the site of the old Red Lion pub near the A610 Nuthall Road
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a British illustrator for Nike and Absolut Vodka
released free a series of desktop wallpaper
people began downloading Basford’s wallpaper, claiming that the act of coloring in her work calmed them
As word of Basford’s therapeutic art spread
she was approached by Lauren King Publishing
a publisher who was interested in having her create a line of children coloring books
“For years people have been telling me that they would like to color my monochrome creations, so I pitched them a coloring book for grown ups,” she told BuzzFeed News
“At that time coloring for adults wasn’t the global trend that it is now
so they were understandably a bit skeptical.”
Basford released her first adult coloring book in 2012. Since then she has sold over 2 million copies (wow). She currently (Dec, 2015) has three of the top twenty best selling books on Amazon, and is accompanied by four other coloring books that round out the best seller’s list
over the summer her books held the top two best selling books on Amazon were her’s
Of course, adult coloring books could just be another example of our generation refusing to grow up. Adult summer camps are now a thing, as are adult preschool classes
but adult coloring books as a stress-relieving tool has the backing of science
the famed psychiatrist Carl Jung used art in the early 1900s as a relaxation technique with his patients
Jung had patients color in mandalas: circular designs with concentric shapes similar to the windows of Gothic churches
Jung would use his patient’s art work to understand their emotions
While I wouldn’t go as far to say that using a midnight blue vs. a navy blue in a coloring book is a sign that you’re moody
adult coloring books are a useful decompression tool
they use logic when coloring within the lines and creativity when deciding what color match best
precise coloring movements activates the cerebral cortex
which relaxes the part of brain that controls emotion and stress
when we color we focus on the coloring and not our worries
coloring has also proven to help adults connect with their inner child
the famous killer who gunned down 48 people from a tower at the University of Texas
Brown discovered that as a child Whitman rarely was allowed to play
This finding spurred Brown to study 26 more mass murderers
which showed that 96% of them had a similar history of having very little playtime in their childhood
Brown went on to write a book showing a correlation between how much play we experience and our success in the academic world
our ability to reduce stress reduction and innovate at work
So then why aren’t Moon Shoes or Tamagotchi’s popular among adults
You don’t have to think when doing it. There aren’t any instructions or rules
And there’s not an overwhelming blank page to think about what to do next
or thousands of choices to pick from that cramp your brain
Following the pattern in a coloring book is soothing
It’s a niche activity that you do while watching Netflix
For all you coloring noobs, here’s a link for Basford’s top-selling book
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