Newark

A ban on bridal cars dropping off passengers outside Newark Town Hall is to be referred to the county council after town councillors queried the ruling.

Mr Nathan Corden, the general manager of Southwell Racecourse, which only re-opened in December after last summer’s floods, was relieved to have no problems this time.

Villagers are being urged to use their post office as much as possible ahead of its closure on March 8.

A 21-year-old described by a judge as a decent young man from a good family has been gaoled for four years for selling drugs.

A holidaymaker who may have come face to face with Madeleine McCann’s kidnapper said she just wanted the culprit caught.

A £7m futuristic apartment complex on stilts has been planned for an island in the River Trent at Newark.

Mr Roy Briggs-Price had to swim to reach three miniature horses in a field off the A46 Newark bypass in the early hours of Monday.

A businessman on board the passenger jet that crash-landed at Heathrow said he felt he was the luckiest man alive.

More children are set to receive cycle proficiency training.

Many people walking to Newark’s new Asda development will have to dash through gaps in four lanes of moving traffic.

Prince William has made his first solo flight as part of his training at RAF Cranwell.

There are fears that the cost of a pint of beer in pubs could increase from about £2.20 to as much as £4 this year, largely because of increased prices of barley and hops.

A service is being held at Southwell Minster to mark the work of homeless charity Framework, whose projects include a Newark hostel that is proving to be a lifeline for its residents.

The A617 between Newark and Kelham finally re-opened yesterday morning — a week after heavy rains caused flooding that shut the road.

Work has started on a £3/4m youth centre on Newark’s former Sconce Hills School playing field, after nine years of campaigning.

A young girl who won a cup in last year’s Advertiser Children Of Courage Awards for her ability to cope with a serious illness is able to attend school full-time after an operation to remove most of a brain tumour.

Children have written to the Advertiser, asking for help to stop parents parking on zig-zag lines.

Businesses are being asked for their views on the type of shops that should be provided as part of the planned expansion of Newark.

Wards and clinical areas are being steam cleaned at Newark Hospital as part of a £1.2m initiative to beat superbugs such as MRSA.

A Long Bennington company that makes horse-drawn carriages has been included in a book celebrating British manufacturing.