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The huge Island Quarter site (formerly Boots Island), between London Road and Manvers Street, on the edge of Nottingham city centre

The massive £1.4 billion transformation of Nottingham's largest regeneration site faces a fresh hurdle after more than £4 million in funding for new housing was pulled.

The Island Quarter site, which had been known as Boots Island before the city's health and beauty giant left in 1996, was in line to benefit from millions in Government money to speed up the construction of 322 homes.

However, it has now been revealed that Claire Ward's East Midlands mayoral authority withdrew the £4,156,100 grant as developer Conygar decided it would not be able start construction by the deadline of March 31 next year.

The setback comes amid a lull in v

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