12+ hour, 16+ min ago   (527+ words) A spider on the ceiling of a home(Image: Getty) Households throughout Britain are being urged to retain their used tea bags as an effective way to keep spiders at arm's length. Positioning certain types of tea bags around the…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (524+ words) A three-year-old boy seriously injured in a crocodile enclosure incident at a Cambridgeshire zoo has been discharged from hospital and has returned home, his family has confirmed A three-year-old boy who suffered serious injuries after an incident in a zoo's…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (351+ words) The Urban Exotics pet shop in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Image: Google Street View) A Nottinghamshire council launched an investigation after a woman strangely claimed to be the 'biological mother' of a reptile. Ashfield District Council investigated a report of antisocial behaviour…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (531+ words) Charlie the Chimp in storage in the social history collection at Brewhouse Yard Museum.(Image: Simon Brown) One of Nottingham's most nostalgic symbols - the mechanical ape from the Gordon Scott shoe shop - is now housed in a small city museum....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (860+ words) Almost 100 years ago, in the 1930s, a beautiful white-flowering plant called the Nottingham Catchfly became locally extinct. This hardy herbaceous perennial, which unfurls its white petals at dusk to attract nocturnal pollinators, was first found growing on the walls of Nottingham…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (368+ words) Lionkeeper Reece Oliver, pictured next to his lions Rocky and Rora, in 2022(Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post) A Nottinghamshire lionkeeper has warned that he may be forced to block off sight of the mighty mammals after children climbed part of…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (359+ words) Oyster has a new home at an animal sanctuary(Image: RSPCA) A reward of up to £3,000 is on offer for information that results in an arrest and conviction after a monkey was abandoned on a London bus. The female common…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (468+ words) The crucial consideration, though, is determining when that disturbance becomes excessive and warrants action or reporting to the relevant authorities. Here's what police, councils and other support organisations advise. Police forces in the UK generally have the same approach to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (187+ words) The force says it is making 'significant progress' with its investigation into the reported incidents Police are investigating several reports of schoolchildren injuring swans in a Nottinghamshire town. The force says they are aware of numerous "completely unacceptable" alleged incidents…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (321+ words) The RSPCA investigated the discoveries of two dismembered cats in West Bridgford(Image: Joseph Raynor/ Reach PLC) The RSPCA has moved to quell fears after cats were reportedly found dismembered or decapitated in multiple places across Nottingham. Concerns were raised…...