This is Nottingham --
NOTTINGHAM'S Creative Quarter was an "unsung hero", said Prof Neil Gorman, vice-chancellor of Nottingham Trent University.
He said Nottingham was a highly creative city and it needed to build on it with some "pull and push".
There was a "great story" to tell and Nottingham needed to garnish the creative talent.
Prof Gorman said the Invest in Nottingham evening was a "useful exercise", giving people from the City of London a sense of what was happening in Nottingham.
He said: "Finally, we have plans for a much better infrastructure.
"The people I met who were from diverse sectors of the City of London were genuinely interested.
"I do not know whether there were enough of them and whether they had the key influencing skills.
"But the Invest in Nottingham event is a good idea. It can't be a one-off. You have to build relationships and follow up with people in key businesses and key relationships to explain what Nottingham and Notts has to offer.
"This has to be an introductory event and there must be follow-up conversations."
David Ralfe, chief executive of the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, said it would help build a low-carbon vision across Notts and Derbys but supporting bio-science, creative and digital sectors.
"It is important people have good-quality jobs. I am interested in creating private sector jobs," he said.
Mr Ralfe, who has moved from East Anglia to take up the job, described the event as "fabulous".
"It has articulated a very clear vision for Nottingham and it involved the business community, which is very important.
"The proof of the pudding is that they get their rail ticket and come and visit." Reported by This is 10 minutes ago.
NOTTINGHAM'S Creative Quarter was an "unsung hero", said Prof Neil Gorman, vice-chancellor of Nottingham Trent University.
He said Nottingham was a highly creative city and it needed to build on it with some "pull and push".
There was a "great story" to tell and Nottingham needed to garnish the creative talent.
Prof Gorman said the Invest in Nottingham evening was a "useful exercise", giving people from the City of London a sense of what was happening in Nottingham.
He said: "Finally, we have plans for a much better infrastructure.
"The people I met who were from diverse sectors of the City of London were genuinely interested.
"I do not know whether there were enough of them and whether they had the key influencing skills.
"But the Invest in Nottingham event is a good idea. It can't be a one-off. You have to build relationships and follow up with people in key businesses and key relationships to explain what Nottingham and Notts has to offer.
"This has to be an introductory event and there must be follow-up conversations."
David Ralfe, chief executive of the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, said it would help build a low-carbon vision across Notts and Derbys but supporting bio-science, creative and digital sectors.
"It is important people have good-quality jobs. I am interested in creating private sector jobs," he said.
Mr Ralfe, who has moved from East Anglia to take up the job, described the event as "fabulous".
"It has articulated a very clear vision for Nottingham and it involved the business community, which is very important.
"The proof of the pudding is that they get their rail ticket and come and visit." Reported by This is 10 minutes ago.
This is Somerset -- Level crossing barriers in rural Somerset where a man was killed were held down for longer than usual before he tried to cross the tracks, a preliminary report has found. Dennis France, 65, died when his car was hit by a train at Athelney crossing, near Taunton, on March 21. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch said signals were working correctly but the closure sequence started earlier than normal. The report said evidence gathered thus far showed the car had been held at the crossing with the barriers down, but that it was then driven by Mr France, who worked at Debenhams in Taunton, round the barriers and on to the crossing. The report describes the crossing as an "automatic half-barrier" type and the lowering of the barriers is preceded by flashing signals. The sequence should be automatically started by the approaching train, but the RAIB report said that "on this occasion the crossing closure sequence commenced earlier". It explained that this was "because the previous train, an engineers' on-track machine, had passed through the crossing in the opposite direction to normal". No train passengers were hurt in the collision but the line remained closed until the afternoon. The RAIB's investigation is separate from the Office of Rail Regulation and the British Transport Police. It said its report, including any recommendations to improve safety would be published, once it has completed its investigation.
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This is Plymouth --
This is Devon --
This is Plymouth --
The boss of a French magazine and a photographer face a formal investigation over the publication of pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge taken while she sunbathed on holiday, it has been reported.
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A teenager is being questioned following the death a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed on a bus.
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This is Bath -- Baskerville's Bree Warren played a vital role for the South West Grade 5 team as they triumphed in Sunday's National Finals. The five-strong team stormed up the rankings to claim victory in Birmingham, with every member completing a clean routine without any falls in the final rotation on bars. Warren's high score of 11.10 on bars was key to a winning overall score of 128.50 as the South West were crowned British champions. Coach Emma Baskerville said: "She's been really concentrating on her bar skills and working very hard in the gym to get to the high standard at which she is now competing, putting in the hours and conditioning her body to ensure that she was at the best physical standard possible." Warren also had a good day on vault, scoring 11.75. She performed a new floor routine with elegance and style to gain 9.80 and scored 7.950 on beam.
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