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Motion for the Ocean: Nottingham City Council Votes to Back Campain Protecting Waterways
Wed 24 Jan 2024Nottingham City Council backs ambitious Motion for the Ocean to protect and improve local rivers and our ocean...
Celebrating 100 Years of Women Gaining the Vote with Midlands Suffragettes
Fri 23 Nov 20186 February 2018 marked 100 years of 8.5 million women gaining their right to vote. Although it will be another decade before we celebrate 100 years of all women gaining the vote, it was a huge milestone in the step towards women’s rights being achieved...
Fluff Piece: Bromley House Library Celebrates Right to Vote with Knitted Figures
Tue 18 Sept 2018In 1918, the British government passed the Representation of the People Act, granting women in the UK the right to vote. While this did not include every woman in the UK, it was a gigantic leap for the progression of women’s rights. One hundred years on from this, Bromley House Library are celebrating this landmark with a display of miniature knitted versions of some of history's most famous women. We sent our Rebecca Miller down to the library to have a butcher's — Here's what she had to say.
Following the Abortion Vote in Ireland
Wed 06 Jun 2018Last week Ireland voted to repeal the 8th amendment, the piece of law in the constitution that means the life of an unborn foetus is equal to the life of the mother, which was entered into law back in 1983.
Vote for Notts Lego Club Organisers Make to Make on ITV's The People's Projects
Thu 12 Apr 2018Make to Make, a Community Interest Company that runs creative workshops in Nottingham, has recently reached the final of ITV’s The People’s Projects and needs your votes to receive further funding from The Big Lottery Fund. Make to Make’s workshops include Craft Cafe - a regular sewing and textiles workshop for isolated members of the community - and Lego Club - a fortnightly creative play session at Rough Trade Records where kids and parents can find time to play together. Managing director Kim Errington talks to LeftLion about funding, being on telly and the invaluable work Make to Make does for the community.
General Election 2017: How Nottinghamshire Voted
Fri 09 Jun 2017How all the Nottinghamshire wards voted in yesterday's general election...
2017 General Election: How Nottingham City Voted
Fri 09 Jun 201763% of Nottingham City's eligible voters turned out yesterday as all three seats were retained by the Labour party candidates...
UK Votes Leave in EU Referendum
Fri 24 Jun 2016The UK has been split in deciding whether or not we should remain in the European Union, with the Leave campaigners edging the vote with 51.9% to 48.1%
Bite The Ballot Nottingham - Vote in 2016
Sat 30 Jan 2016Aged 18-24 and feeling let down by your government? Read on for how you can change that
Nottingham Voted England’s Official Home of Sport
Fri 23 Oct 2015Callooh! Callay! VisitEngland have named Nottingham England's official Home of Sport thanks to all the fit folk in the city
Vote
Sat 14 Jun 2014Colin wants your vote, but it's not your typical election. A Nottingham short film starring Chris Waller and Ojan Genc
Interview: Pete Jordan of Spectrum
Mon 01 Aug 2005Since 2001 Pete Jordan has built Spectrum, from being a small Notts club night into one of the best breaks event in the world. Along the way it has also taken him on tour from Croatia to Glastonbury, not to mention putting him in touch with some of the best DJ’s in the business. We caught up with him to find out more…
Spectrum To Tour Croatia
Wed 07 Jul 2004"I've played in a few of the Eastern European countries and it is great to see another opening its doors to overseas acts."
Spectrum and LeftFoot
Thu 27 May 2004Photographic evidence from a few recent nights out in Nottingham