This week has seen students across the city receive their exam results and I?d like to congratulate them on their success and wish them the very best for the future.

We shouldn?t underestimate the Covid impact on the 2021 cohort, nor for the year group before them who saw their 2020 exams severely affected. Their efforts are all the more impressive for that and we?re so proud of them.

There are some fantastic young people in the city who have shown incredible mental strength and fortitude to study for their exams in these most difficult and unprecedented circumstances.

I?d like to thank pupils in Nottingham, plus their teachers, support staff, parents and carers, for all their hard work and commitment. We wish them the very best with whatever comes next, be it sixth form, college, apprenticeship or employment.

A number of banners have gone up in Bulwell to congratulate returning Olympic hero Emily Campbell who won the silver medal in the 87kg+ event at the Tokyo Games last week.

Her proud local community has been right behind Emily and supporting her success, with the Nottingham Markets team making a donation to her Olympic fund in 2019. The money, which came from stallholder contributions, helped with travel and accommodation costs.

This year we had representation at the Games from a number of competitors from the city and we?re incredibly proud of all of them. However, we wanted to acknowledge Emily?s remarkable achievement of becoming the first female weightlifting medallist in British Olympic history. That?s a huge thing for her personally and for her sport.

We know how much Bulwell means to Emily, and, clearly, how much she means to her community. Putting up the banners around the market and outside the Riverside is only a small gesture but we wanted to mark her success. She is an inspiration to young people ? both here in Nottingham and further afield ? and is the embodiment of just what can be achieved in life with talent, commitment, focus and hard work. We?re so proud of her.

Tickets to see Titus the T. rex are selling fast but he is sticking around for another year! He?s receiving rave reviews and there are lots of dino-themed workshops happening too. Find out more about the Titus exhibition and the family workshops

If you?re heading into Nottingham, download the app to take part in the FREE Look Up Adventure trail ? you?ll complete challenges and learn new things about the streets you?ve walked through many times. Or, book tickets to take a look around the newly-reopened Nottingham Castle if you haven?t been yet.

And this Sunday, there?s FREE yoga on offer at the Arboretum, and a FREE concert from Newark Town bank at Victoria Embankment bandstand