The trust that runs the castle - made famous by its Robin Hood associations - has collapsed into liquidation
By Hugh Casswell and Dan MartinIts associations with the Robin Hood legend and a £30m refit should have positioned Nottingham Castle as a jewel in the city's tourism crown.
The BBC looks at how things got to this point and what the future holds for the city's much-vaunted attraction.A sign outside Nottingham Castle sets out the situation the trust finds itself incosting £30m, which bosses predicted would realise long-held ambitions to turn it into a "world class" attraction and anchor the city's reputation as a top tourist destination.
Susie Walton, the castle's former cleaning manager who has been made redundant, told the BBC that staff had turned up to work as normal on Monday, only to be told, with no notice and little explanation, that they had lost their jobs."We had all been in over the weekend when the castle was very busy with visitors.
Tim Bateson and Chris Pole of Interpath Advisory are set to be confirmed as the liquidators of the Nottingham Castle Trust but, beyond that, the future of the attraction remains uncertain.Council leader David Mellen said it was the authority's intention to reopen and operate the castle but has not indicated when that might be.
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