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How do you get to Wonderland? You follow the rabbit, of course! But this Winter you can also find it in the Victoria Centre in the old Disney shop.

Upon the 10 second countdown the scoreboard dropped to the stage only lifting to reveal the glitzy STEPS, and then, boom, they were straight in with the hits and of course those famous dance moves. I don’t think we stopped singing and dancing all evening; just a joy to have fun with friends once again and to see so many people happy and enjoying themselves.

From start to finish this latest adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Mark Gatiss makes effort to invoke a truer version of the novel by Charles Dickens than most. The frightful story is brought to life with a mixture of practical and special effects to immerse you in a night of haunting and ghoulish horror as Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

On a sunny Saturday October afternoon, we decided to venture into North Nottinghamshire to experience the popular Dino Kingdom event that every one of our friends had been roaring about, I mean raving about. Held at the picturesque Thoresby Park, Dino Kingdom stomped into North Notts and took over a portion of the 1000-acre English countryside.

For those of us who have grown up in and around Nottinghamshire, hearing about the tale and legend of Robin Hood is nothing new. Many of us take the story of Robin Hood and his connection to Nottingham and the wider region for granted, as part of the local furniture. We all know the stories (or at least so we think). Been there. Seen it. Done it. Got the green stockings.

Kate Dawson takes you along on her visit to Mill Waters Heritage Site in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Read on to find out more about the cafe, heritage centre and the Kings Mill reservoir at Mill Waters!