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nottingham A Government pat on the back
The East Midlands Development Agency has
been given a pat on the back by Govern m e n t
for its success in i m p roving the regional
economy. EMDA has helped over 21,000
businesses improve their perf o rmance, attracted
£135m of private investment to regenerate
The 23rd annual deprived areas, helped nearly 18,000 people
Robin Hood develop their skills and regenerated 117
Festival comes to
h e c t a res of brownfield land. It comes as
regional development agencies across the
an end on Sunday
country have been given increased powers
and visitors to
following proposals set out in the recently
Sherwood Forest
published Govern m e n t ’s Review of Sub
have enjoyed a National Economic Development and
week of medieval Regeneration.
merriment. The
festival attracts
upwards of 70,000
Rock with the Stars
visitors over the The city will play host to some of rock music’s
course of the biggest stars this summer, when the ‘Highway
week. This to Hell’ Kerrang metal summer school
weekend will comes to the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham.
Part of a series of gro u n d b reaking summer
feature jesters,
schools being organised by the Brighton
jousters and of
Institute of Modern Music (BIMM), the one day
course, all our
event is the only one to take place outside
favourite
Brighton and will be tutored by members of
characters from bands such as The Prodigy, Hundre d
the Robin Hood Reasons, Ghost of a Thousand and Sikth.
legend. The all star jamming session takes place on
18th August.
Tourist hotspots pick of the
region
Ten tourist spots in the county have made it to
the regional finals of the 2007 Enjoy England
Excellence Awards. Attractions include the
Galleries of Justice, the Nottingham Tourist
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C e n t re, Hart ’s Hotel and the Lace Market Hotel
all in the City. Other hot spots, including the
Attenborough Nature Reserve, White Post
F a rm, the DH Lawrence Visitor Centre and the
Grange Hotel, are all up for the coveted tourism
gong.
Fun by the riverside
100,000 people are expected to check out the
three day Riverside Festival that kicks off
this Friday. They’ll be plenty on throughout the
weekend for festival-goers to enjoy, including
live music, perf o rmances, arts and fairg ro u n d
attractions. Four stages will showcase world
and roots music from local and national live
acts, along with folk, reggae, ska and blues and
a traditional brass band. The festival takes
place on the city’s historic Victoria Embankment
and the festival’s renowned spectacular
fireworks display on the Saturday is sure to
wow the crowds. Visit:
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/enjoy
And far from finally…
Designs by Igor Barteczko, a first year
a rc h i t e c t u re student from Nottingham Trent
University, have impressed so much that his
stru c t u re will be built at Nottingham’s
P ro g ressive Jewish Cemetery. . . A University of
Nottingham centre has won funding to develop
cutting-edge technology that ‘captures’
polluting carbon and stores it permanently in
rocks. The centre, awarded £1.1m, will play a
crucial role in the fight against climate change. . .
C o n t rol, a film about the life and death of Joy
Division frontman Ian Curtis was the talk of
Cannes this year. The biopic, filmed largely in
Nottingham, and stars Samantha Morton,
gets its pre m i e re in the British Gala strand of
the Edinburgh International Film Festival.