17 October 2008
A village shop is one of 12 in the country involved in a trial to see if stock can be sourced from within a 30-mile radius.
17 October 2008
An entertainer from Newark performed at the 40th birthday of a Coronation Street star.
17 October 2008
A woman who ran the London Marathon after being told she had Alzheimer’s disease is to appear in a national television appeal to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Research Trust.
17 October 2008
Villagers are being asked to help raise £6,000 to allow work to start on a new Scout and Guide headquarters.
16 October 2008
Protesters chose World Food Day to stage a demonstration at a biofuels conference.
16 October 2008
Police are appealing for information after speakers were stolen from a lorry parked on the A1 at Dry Doddington some time between 5pm on Tuesday (October 14) and 7.38am on Wednesday (October 15).
16 October 2008
Police are appealing for information after cash was stolen from a house in Long Bennington.
16 October 2008
Services at Newark and Kings Mill hospitals have been praised by a hospital watchdog.
16 October 2008
Doctors surgeries in Newark and Sherwood are failing to meet government targets for out-of-hours services.
15 October 2008
Newark’s Sconce and Devon Park is set to under go a major transformation after securing a £1.13m lottery grant.
15 October 2008
A pink party for Breakthrough Breast Cancer will be held at Flintham Village Hall, on Saturday, from 3pm-midnight, to coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
14 October 2008
The A46 was closed at Farndon for nearly two hours this morning (Tuesday) after two vans were involved in an accident.
13 October 2008
Hundreds of people donned pyjamas and dressing gowns for the first ever Forget Me Not Sleepwalk in aid of Beaumond House Community Hospice, Newark.
10 October 2008
After an application by the district council, Newark and Sherwood was approved as a Growth Point area by the Government in 2006. The scheme could see up to 6,000 homes built south of Newark. Here, reporter Andrew Miller looks at the latest developments in the Growth Point process.
10 October 2008
A winter beer festival planned for Newark Town Hall early next year is to receive a £1,000 grant.
10 October 2008
A village bus stop is to be moved because it is in a dangerous position.
10 October 2008
Artists’ impressions of this year’s Christmas lights in Newark have been released.
10 October 2008
Christmas came early for a little boy with leukaemia. Joel Picker-Spence (6) celebrated with family and friends at home at The Meadows, Farndon, on Saturday.
10 October 2008
Coloured flags mark the presence of dog dirt on a football pitch less than 24 hours before youth sides were due to kick-off.
10 October 2008
Up to 25 employees at a Newark gaming company could lose their jobs because of a decline in the industry.
