This is a new website and the posts on my blog are from 2021 onwards but I have been active in the community for many years. Please click the links below to read news articles about issues I have previously been involved with.
Environmental
The Stapleford street that’s become such a hotspot for dumping rubbish that residents want CCTV
Disgust as fly-tippers dumping rubbish in Stapleford street ‘every week’
Plans in the making to clear out a whole town’s rubbish
Improvements to Cookies Pond, Bramcote
STRAG – Stapleford & Trowell Rural Action Group
Government overrule council on Broxtowe development plan
Vandalism ‘will not be tolerated’ after protected trees destroyed in woods
highways
Stapleford double yellow lines ‘mistakenly’ put down after roadworks
Anger over pothole repair branded as ‘bodge job’ in Nottinghamshire town
‘A long time coming’: Road in Stapleford to be closed while new pedestrian crossing is installed
Confusion as diversion sign sends motorists wrong direction down one-way street
Police close road as wall collapses on to busy route in Bramcote
Road in Stapleford will remain closed for weeks as ‘nightmare’ gas works continue
Traffic brought to a ‘standstill’ by heavy snow
Calls for removal of Stapleford speed humps in town centre to stop drivers using ‘rat run’
Giant inflatable crossing to be installed in Stapleford in ‘political protest’
Thefts of metal drain covers continue in Nottinghamshire
Emergency gas works to close Nottinghamshire road for 10 weeks
Stapleford residents force council to review speed limits
Double yellow lines would cause ‘nightmare’ for residents near new development
Stapleford residents baffled by ‘two and a half second’ cycle lane
Locals outraged by ‘two-second long’ cycle path in Nottinghamshire
Residents ‘bemused’ after cycle path appears on Notts road
Council mocked for ridiculously short cycle lane insists it’s not a cycle lane
‘Mini-Holland’ cycle network plan to transform Stapleford
Councillors call for Notts road networks to be reviewed after death of motorcyclist
Council mocked after creating 10ft long cycle lane that takes 2 seconds to ride
‘Two and a half second’ Stapleford cycle lane not a cycle lane, says council
policing
Live updates as cordon set up and police on scene in Stapleford street
Residents react to news of early hours ‘stabbing’ on their doorsteps
Fears ‘someone could die’ as hundreds of nitrous oxide canisters found strewn across Stapleford
Eerie pictures show inside derelict Nottinghamshire police station before office transformation
Stapleford street in shock at ‘tragic loss of life’ after man dies from stab wounds
Police called after crash between two vehicles in Stapleford
Road re-opens as teenager is arrested over altercation involving 4 people
Stapleford neighbours react with concern after shooting took place ‘close to home’
Thieves using key tool sold online to steal from Ford vans across Nottingham
Pensioner, 78, threatened with a knife and left unconscious after Stapleford burglary
Elderly woman ‘attacked’ in own home
Two men arrested in connection with Stapleford shooting
Troublemakers banned from gathering near Stapleford park
community improvements
Restored bell at Stapleford cemetery will ring again after almost five decades
Major plans on the horizon for Stapleford town centre
Plans to turn former Stapleford police station into offices
Ilkeston Road park upgrade given thumbs-up by locals
Stapleford residents to get computer training
‘Happy to talk’ bench introduced in Stapleford to help people feel less alone
£10,000 of improvements made to Ilkeston Road Recreation Ground
Ilkeston Road Recreation Ground Officially Reopens Tomorrow After £49,999 Of Improvements
£187,500 Successful Bid To Help With The Flooding Issues In Trowell
Stapleford residents delighted over £54,000 improvements near shopping parade
Official Opening Of Hickings Lane Recreation Play Ground.
Peatfield Road Recreation Ground Improvements
Defibrillator Donated To The Old Mill Club, Stapleford
New Bus Stop For Melbourne Road.
awards
Award nomination for Stapleford councillor who provides for his community
Stapleford volunteer is our 2020 Community Star
Community Champions Hero Award
Age Friendly Community Ambassador
Community Stars ‘Best in Nottingham’ Awards 2017
Friday 12th February 2016 the Building Communities in the East Midlands Awards
Colin Smith Memorial Award in 2016
Community Learning Champion award
community concerns
Stapleford Post Office saved from closure ‘at the last minute’
Pensioner ‘feared for her life’ after Trowell gas substation explosion
Town to raise funds in memory of teenager after stabbing in Stapleford
Anger as poppies put up to honour fallen war heroes are pulled down and ripped up
Staff put up in overnight accommodation ‘for safety’ as flooding hit Stapleford
‘It just beat us this time’: Homes flooded as Storm Dennis lashes county
Stapleford residents say gardens have become ‘getaway’ for criminals in cars
Petition to save popular woodland bike trails from ‘possible destruction’
Travellers cut lock on gate and pitch up on Bramcote park
‘Unfair’ parking charges at Nottingham College sites outside of city boundaries
Memorial bench unveiled to remember teenager who died of stab wounds
Jobs on the line as last bank in Stapleford faces the axe
Stapleford community plans to join ‘Red Box Project’ to tackle period poverty in schools
Vandals on motorbikes wreck Stapleford Town Football Club’s pitch
Calls for action on ‘dangerous’ Stapleford road prone to car crashes and dead cats
Community rallies to help elderly couple in need of bread and milk after daughter’s appeal
Flowers which ‘brighten up town’ ripped from planters and strewn across Stapleford by vandal
Friends pay tribute to ‘cheeky and smiley’ teenager who died after stabbing
Fight is on to save Stapleford Community Centre from redevelopment
Your Stapleford Your Ideas, Update.
Free CSCS training for Stapleford residents
Helped local residents with claims of over £13,000 for the Covid Winter Grant Scheme
Holiday Activities and Food Programme Easter 2021 supported by the #StaplefordFoodProject
Teaching life saving CPR to residents in Awsworth
Bramcote Probus Club Members #LearnCPR
Creating More Life Savers By Teaching CPR at Awsworth Youth Club
Local residents #LearnCPR At Hickings Lane Medical Centre
More People Taught How To Perform CPR in Stapleford
Teaching CPR to local businesses
Mum says one-year-old daughter was nearly abducted from Stapleford park
Parents terrified after two-year-old daughter almost abducted from Nottingham park
Stapleford knife crime action plan welcomed by mum of stab victim
Local businesses
Shock as face of mysterious ghost called ‘Herbert’ seen on wall of old carpet shop
Plan for former bank in Stapleford which closed and left locals ‘up in arms’
Aldi confirms work on new Stapleford store and homes to start ‘soon’
£250,000 luxury camping site at Stapleford farm site set to open by Easter
Nursery’s fears over ‘dangerous’ pothole caused by water leak
Queues for Farmfoods as Stapleford shop offers 50 percent off stock ahead of closure
Bakezilla’s Bespoke Cakes Now Open
Stapleford Iceland Store Application Forms
Stapleford Aldi Recruitment Day
Interviews
Going Solo: Richard MacRae, Independent
Ep.32 – Councillor Richard MacRae
Talking with Notts TV and Broxtowe Youth Homelessness about #PeriodPoverty
Taken from Notts TV this evening, talking about the Crawford CleanUp
Recorded Live With The Chayah Development Project on Friday 5th June 2020
Recorded live on Friday 29th May 2020
BBC East Midlands News article on the #StaplefordFoodProject
Independent Councillor Richard MacRae 