Five gardens will be open to the public on Sunday as part of Newark’s entry into the East Midlands in Bloom competition.
Avocets, the emblem of the RSPB, have bred for the first time at Langford Lowfields nature reserve, near Collingham.
Soaring temperatures have meant fun in the sun for many this week, and a boom in sales for firms in the business of helping people to cool off.
Churches in the Southwell diocese are thought to be the first in the country to stop serving communion wine from a chalice because of swine flu.
Anti-litter campaigners are confident that a concerted effort to tackle the problem in Ollerton will be a success and could be copied by other communities.
A disabled man who was knocked unconcious in a violent assault said he feared the attack could have made his brain injuries worse.
Insulin-dependent diabetics could be banned from being taxi drivers in Newark and Sherwood.
Rushcliffe was yesterday named as a swine flu hot-spot.
Transport minister Mr Chris Mole cut the first sod as the dualling of the A46 from Newark to Widmerpool officially started on Friday.
There are fears a vegetable-growing and packing business could close with the loss of up to 400 jobs if plans for a waste plant nearby are approved.
Two friends from Elston between them raised almost £700 by completing the Edinburgh Moonwalk.
Eleven gardens will open in Ollerton a week on Sunday in a venture organised by the Sherwood Forest Rotary Club.
The mother of a severely autistic child is setting up a support group for parents and carers.
The mother of a boy with a rare form of cancer who needs treatment abroad, says she has been overwhelmed by people’s generosity after an appeal in the Advertiser.
Children at a Newark school opened their vegetable garden to parents on Wednesday, showcasing produce including lettuce, strawberries, potatoes and onions.
A family-run day nursery was judged to be good in all areas in its latest Ofsted report.
“The signal clanks down, a cloud of smoke belches from the 80-years-old engine, hands wave from a single carriage crammed with passengers to a platform probably more crowded than ever before and Paddy, the Southwell-Rolleston train, begins its final journey.”
A military band will perform a ceremonial tattoo on War Memorial Recreation Ground, Southwell, to raise money for charities that help current and former servicemen.
The Methodist minister for four churches on the Newark circuit was given a farewell evening at Balderton Methodist Church on Saturday.
The MP for Newark, Mr Patrick Mercer, has defended his second job, saying it is important in helping him keep in touch with the world outside politics.
