Appeal after child assaulted inside Aldi store

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📹 Police issue CCTV image after child assaulted in supermarket

Officers investigating an assault on a child in a Daybrook supermarket have released an image of a man they would like to speak to. 

The victim, a seven-year-old boy, was assaulted inside the Aldi store, on Mansfield Road, Daybrook, on February 17. 

PC Ruby Trigger, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "Anyone who recognises the man in this image is asked to come forward. 

“This was a completely unacceptable incident. 

“Although he was uninjured, the child understandably became very distressed and wanted to leave the store. 

“It is important we speak to the man in this image and would urge him, or anyone who recognises him, to come forward.” 

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting 26*96254.

Alternatively you can call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111. 

🚊 Government cash could pay for tram extension to Gedling

A £15 billion funding scheme could help pay for a long-discussed tram extension to Gedling, the Government’s transport secretary has said.

In 2004, the first Nottingham Express Transit (NET) line opened, linking Hucknall and Phoenix Park to the Lace Market in the city centre via a nine-mile track, before an extension to Toton and Clifton was built in 2015.

Three main locations have been touted for a future extension.

The first could connect the tram to Gedling, while the second and third options could connect it to either the ongoing Fairham Pastures development near Clifton, or the Chetwynd Barracks development in Chilwell.

A new park-and-ride in Rushcliffe has also been mentioned in a recent report.

During a visit to Nottingham to discuss the Government’s integrated transport strategy, transport secretary Heidi Alexander, pictured, above; said: “I came to Nottingham to learn how they got the tram in place here. I understand why there are very significant ambitions for expanding the tram.

“The Government is investing £15.6 billion in a funding scheme, that is called Transport for City Regions, that will enable us to invest in things like tram extensions across the country.”

But she said: “It will be a decision for local leaders to make about the timing and investment priorities locally.”

The East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA), headed by Labour Mayor Claire Ward, announced in March 2025 that it would commission a £300,000 study into extending Nottingham’s tram network.

The last time an expansion almost gained traction was when Nottingham City Council approved plans to put business cases together just before the coronavirus pandemic.

However, the pandemic prompted financial concerns for the network, when it needed support from the Government due to plummeting passenger numbers.

These have never returned pre-pandemic levels, and in 2024 its losses totalled £57 million in a year.

Financial struggles were later offset by a restructuring of loans, which those running the network say helped secure its future.

Discussions over extensions have been ongoing for years, with a line to Derbyshire having been spoken about as early as 2014.

Talks over a possible extension to Long Eaton were hushed after the HS2 hub at Toton was scrapped by Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2021.

Mayor Claire Ward added: “The transport powers have only just come to myself and the combined authority, so that is nearly two years we have only just taken over those responsibilities. That is why I held the Mayor’s Big Conversation on transport, to listen to what people need right across our region.

“We will be talking more about what has come out, but those early themes are definitely about more reliability, more integration of bus services with trams and trains, thinking about the connectivity of our communities, not just into the city, but between those towns out in the counties.”

Keolis and its subsidiary Nottingham Trams Limited currently run the network as part of the Tramlink consortium, under the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) name and branding.

When Tramlink’s contract to run the NET network runs out in 2034, responsibility will be handed over to EMCCA.

By Joe Locker,
Local Democracy Reporter

💳 Man appears in court after series of card and shop thefts in Arnold

A suspect has appeared in court following a series of shop thefts and the use of stolen bank cards in Arnold.

Police have investigated thefts from a number of shops in Front Street and Mansfield Road, Arnold, during February and March this year.

Bank cards taken following car break-ins were also used fraudulently at two shops in Mansfield Road on February 8 and 21.

Michael Delaney, aged 37, of Leverton Walk, Arnold, has been charged with seven counts of shop theft and two of fraud by false representation.

He appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, March 26, and will next appear before the same court on May 1, 2026.

Sergeant Alison Riley, of the Gedling Central neighbourhood policing team, said: “Acquisitive crime is a priority for officers in Gedling so these charges are welcome news.

“These crimes can have a serious impact on victims – whether that be the store staff targeted by shoplifters or those who experience being robbed, burgled or having their car broken into.”

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