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CROFTON Hall Coffee Shop and Eatery has been nominated by News & Star readers as one of the ten finalists in its 'Best Cafe 2024' award.

A CHARITY auction is to be held at Rosley village hall this to raise money to allow a terminally ill man marry his long-standing partner.

During Nottingham Castle renovations, archaeologists have unearthed remnants of an unusual practice dating back to the Georgian era.

The bones of the guenon monkeys were found during redevelopment works Experts believe that the primates were kept in a menagerie in the castle grounds The monkeys' most likely keeper was an eccentric tenant named Jane Kirkby During the regency, the mansion built on the original castle site was rented out  Having been shut for three years, the castle will reopen to the public on June 21

NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND— BBC News reports that the bones of three guenon monkeys, a species from central and western Africa, were unearthed at Nottingham Castle during an investigation carried out ahead of a construction project. The bones have been dated to the late eighteenth century, according to Gareth Davies of the York Archaeological Trust. “At that time, the ducal palace had been converted to apartments and these bones were just found in a levelling layer of rubbish,” he explained. The monkeys may have been the pets of Jane Kirkby, who lived at the castle from 1791 to 1825. Castle vo...