Newark

After a change in the law, the police are no longer responsible for stray dogs.

Drivers on the A46 will have to join 10mph convoys on short stretches from Thursday, and the entire road from Farndon to Saxondale roundabout will have a 40mph limit.

A former Newark police chief has been enlisted to revive a failing community partnership.

A retired village policeman wants more people to celebrate St George’s Day.

Thousands attended the Newark and Nottinghamshire Garden Show on Newark Showground at the weekend, despite bad weather.

Pupils at a primary school released balloons to mark Earth Day on Monday.

Approval has been given for homes on the derelict Robin Hood Hotel site in Newark despite calls for a rethink over the scheme by the chairman of Newark Town Council planning committee, Mr Peter Foster.

A newborn lamb missing for three days was found fit and well after being buried in a bale of hay.

A lifesize cardboard ‘talking’ nurse at Newark Hospital is being used as part of the latest campaign to encourage visitors and staff to wash their hands.

Newark’s former Conservative MP Mr Richard Thain Alexander died on Sunday, four years after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 73.

The Southwell and Nottingham diocese is to do all it can to encourage more couples to marry in church.

A baby-care company, set up by a couple three years ago and now exporting worldwide, has won a Queen’s Award For Enterprise.

The Magnus Church of England School in Newark has one of the highest levels of persistent absence in the county.

St John Ambulance’s new £600,000 headquarters on Telford Drive, Newark, was open to visitors at the weekend.

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.