Human Interest

A selection of pictures from Newark's Christmas light switch-on yesterday.

The annual Christmas Late Night Shopping Evening will take place in Southwell on Thursday.

The Screwfix Foundation has given £5,000 to Beaumond House Community Hospice.

The winners of a competition to design a bookmark received their prizes from the deputy Mayor of Newark, Mr Roy Williams, on Saturday.

Rosalyn Palmer is a master RTT therapist, clinical hypnotherapist and coach, and a certified member of major professional bodies.

A charity that supports adults with learning disabilities will launch its annual Big Give Christmas Challenge Week on Tuesday.

A pupil at Magnus Church of England Academy, Newark, has had her long hair cut off for the Little Princess Trust which makes wigs for poorly children.

Hundreds turned out today to take part in a Service of Celebration for a special little boy who won the hearts of so many people.

Householders in Newark and Sherwood are encouraged to have a greener Christmas this year.

Pupils from little Liam Andrew's primary school took the opportunity of Children in Need to honour their friend and classmate.

A village pub that has been closed for more than two years looks set to be re-opened by the community.

A funeral service takes place on Monday for Mr Patrick D’Arcy Mumby, whose family ran a successful textile company in Newark for six generations.

A very special box is on its way to Romania among hundreds which have been filled with treats for Christmas by children in the Advertiser area.

A Newark teenager has been given an extended Criminal Behaviour Order after becoming involved in further nuisance, alarm and distress in the community

A Newark teenager has been given an extended Criminal Behaviour Order

A new one-stop symptomatic clinic for breast cancer care is due to operate from Newark Hospital by next spring.

Inspector Sutton said the main thing she would bring to the role is consistency as she plans to be in post for some time.

Newark's schools, nurserys and supermarkets raised money for Children in Need last week.

A family who launched a campaign to buy a defibrillator outside a school were invited to a ceremony to see another one in place outside Newark Castle.

Staff at an accountancy firm in Newark have gone bright blue to help with an annual campaign to raise money for Beaumond House Community Hospice.