I have lived in Nottingham for many years and really care about the City. In some ways Nottingham is great with its range of good quality restaurants, great parks and City Centre planting and a range of diverse events and festivals.

However there are many things about Nottingahm which aren't so great. These include a high rate of crime, A City Council that has trouble holding on to its Chief Executives and some very poor Local Authority services.

The response from Senior City Council Officers and Councillors to any negative publicity is to refute it with arguments including that the statistics used are misleading and that other Cities of a comparable size are worse.

I wsih they would spend as much time and energy trying to tackle the problems in Nottingham, as they do trying to promote a good reputation for the City.

We should all demand better for Nottingham.