Newark

A Newark musician has composed a suite of music based on the town to be performed for the first time on the opening night of Newark Jazz Festival.

A plea to name a street in memory of a Newark soldier received a lukewarm reaction from town representatives on St George’s Day.

Newark Town Partnership has been accused of incorrectly claiming credit for projects.

Home brewer Mr Ron Allison won five top prizes at the Craft Brewing Association annual festival in Derby, but was named runner-up champion brewer.

Police are linking two distraction burglaries that happened within an hour of each other at the homes of old people.

A woman with Alzheimer’s disease was among runners from the Advertiser area who took part in the annual London Marathon on Sunday.

The evening before Prince William’s graduation, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, attended a dinner and ceremony at RAF Cranwell to mark 90 years of the Royal Air Force.

Only ten headstones out of 15,000 in Newark Cemetery have been found to be unsafe in a check that has taken four years to complete.

Prince William received his wings on Friday from his father, Prince Charles, after completing a four-month intensive flying training course.

A managing director has been appointed to help develop the work and services at Beaumond House Community Hospice in Newark.

The New Ferry restaurant in Farndon has been bought and is being renovated at a cost of £1m as restaurateur brothers and their partners embark on a second riverside location.

Newspapers is the topic at Newark Library this month as part of the government’s Year Of Reading.

Concern is mounting for a young Newark man who has not been seen since Sunday evening.

Pupils at a Newark infants’ school are having meals cooked at the school’s own kitchen for the first time in its 73-year history.

Hopes are rising that a mile-long riverside walk will be created from Mill Bridge to Northgate Retail Park, Newark.

Failings have been found at a village playgroup where youngsters could potentially access broken light fittings and glass bottles.

The first child has started lessons at Hope House School, Barnby Road, Balderton, which has been set up to help autistic children.

The pupils at Nottinghamshire’s smallest school hope to score a hit with a song that pleads for it to be saved.

It is supposed to be the latest device in tackling anti-social behaviour by gangs of yobs, but early indications show the Mosquito device may not be all that effective.

Balderton has ended its unhappy eight-month flirtation with town status.