BUILDING A BETTER NOTTINGHAM, . . . IN CLIFTON

Residents have now moved into Kieron Hill Court, a brand-new block of 36 one-bedroom apartments named after a local soldier who tragically died in 2009 following an explosion in Afghanistan.

Kieron, aged just 20 years old, served in the Armed Forces from the age of 16 and was wellloved in his local community. The new apartments have a special plaque dedicated to him, which was unveiled by his parents, Daryl and Vicki Holmes, at an official ribbon-cutting event recently.

Nottingham City Homes worked with Nottingham City Council and construction partner, GEDA, to build the apartments as part of the Building a Better Nottingham programme, which so far has seen 700 new council homes for local people built and let, with more under construction, including in Bestwood where 129 new Council homes are to be built in the next two years.