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Bus driver Louise Lawrence is Awarded trentbarton Bus Driver of the Year 2026

The results of the 2025-2026 trentbarton really good service awards are in...

LeftLion's Latest Listens #41: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Willow Bay, Drivelheads, LOCAL LOSER and Firmament...

We chat to Set In Motion about what drives them, Splendour Festival, and their playlists...

Set in Motion are one of the Nottingham music scene’s most promising bands. Noted for catchy indie hooks, powerful songs and incredible live performances, over the last two years they’ve made a name for themselves as a guitar music powerhouse act. We caught up with vocalist and guitarist Alfie Wallace, guitarist Dillan Telford, bassist Niall Hopkins and drummer Joe Carnell - outside the Fox and Grapes - to discuss their imminent Splendour Festival set, their future plans and what they’re listening to at the minute...

James Davidson is Awarded trentbarton Bus Driver of the Year 2025

The results of the 2024-2025 trentbarton really good service awards are in...

LeftLion's Latest Listens #17 special edition: Divorce

In this special edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, we sample the debut album Drive to Goldenhammer from Nottingham's own Divorce...

LeftLion's Latest Listens #3: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this week's edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team's picks of the latest and greatest sounds from all around Nottingham and the Midlands, we review new releases from ALT BLK ERA, Cappo, Pink Cliffs and River Drive...

Beeston Civic Society - Back to the Ghost House

Nottingham’s Universities are looking for local community organisations to drive new research projects

Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham are calling on local organisations to help develop PhD research projects aimed at benefiting communities across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

Drivers, Day Trips and Lost Teeth: Trentbarton Buses Managing Director Tom Morgan Talks to Us About Their Community on Wheels

There’s an old saying that a bus is not just a means of transportation, it's a community on wheels. Local bus company trentbarton have been part of our community for over a century now. We put some questions to their Managing Director Tom Morgan about their history, their team and their local environment…

Film Review: Drive-Away Dolls

Ethan Coen’s solo directorial debut brings us all of the whacky and absurd charm of 90’s Americana...

Solid State Drive: Playtest

Racing Driver Tom Gamble Tells Us All About His Experience Competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Following in the footsteps of his older brother George, Nottingham’s Tom Gamble entered the racing world as an eight year old in a go-kart. Fast forward thirteen years, the 21-year-old now competes in the GT World Challenge series, has tested a McLaren Formula 1 car, and has raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He tells us all about what it’s like living life in the fast lane…

Music Review: The Hallé's Drivetime concert

Ian C Douglas reviews the Hallé's Drivetime concert at the Royal Concert Hall

Theatre Review: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Sam Harvey went to Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead...

Preview: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead at Nottingham Playhouse

Make sure you don't miss this one-of-a-kind production...

Parkway Drive

Film Review: Drive My Car

It's received four Oscar nominations, but does it get the much-coveted LeftLion seal of approval? It sure does...

A Bus Driver in Notts

"The role is customer-facing and interacting with passengers is both the best and the worst part of the job." 

Live Music Review: Parkway Drive and Killswitch Engage at Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

We got down to Motorpoint Arena Nottingham to check out Parkway Drive...

Steve Underwood: Bus Driver Turned Sleaford Mods Manager

Steve Underwood is the now former Nottingham City Transport bus driver who runs Harbinger Sound, a record label at the forefront of UK’s underground and DIY scene, putting out a diverse and sometimes challenging selection of artists that have span punk, noise, experimental and avant-garde. It was a chance meeting with Jason Williamson that would see the label have a top twenty album with Sleaford Mods and Steve becoming the band’s manager...

Film Review: Baby Driver

We see if Edgar Wright's highly-anticipated car-chase musical is all it's cracked up to be... 

Eskdale Drive

Queens Drive Recreation Ground