Feelings were running high over the potential sale of Newark’s Gilstrap Centre as members of the public quizzed district council representatives on its proposals.
Firecrews from Newark and a special environmental protection unit from Stockhill Fire Station, Nottingham, were called to a chemical spillage on Brunel Drive last night.
A man with a rare genetic condition that has already robbed him of his sight has been told the local NHS will not pay for innovative treatment at a London hospital.
A campaign calling for the A612 to be downgraded from an A to a B road in a bid to deter lorries and end some of the Southwell’s traffic problems has been relaunched.
The creation of a £5m museum at Newark’s Old Magnus Buildings is progressing after councillors agreed to submit a bid for about £3m to the Heritage Lottery Fund.
NEARLY 130 years ago Victorian philanthropist Sir William Gilstrap gave Newark its first free public library — the Gilstrap Centre. It has been in public use ever since.
For many years it was what Sir William had intended, a public library.
Today, it is used for the Castle And Conflict exhibition, temporary exhibition space for various groups, it is home to the Romanesque arch that was believed to have once stood at the entrance to the castle chapel, and as Newark’s tourist information centre.
Standing at the edge of the castle grounds, it is the ideal spot for the tourist information as the natural point to which most tourists gravitate.