Environment

Paul Baggaley, secretary of Newark Sports Association, voiced concerns over a rise in the threshold of signatures needed to debate a petition.

The re-submitted application for the land was met with the same concerns it was previously rejected for, despite changes.

Households can apply for up to two free Rowan or Crab Apple trees as part of the initiative of handing out thousands of trees across the district.

A host of organisations will take part in the Bramley Apple Festival at venues across Southwell on Saturday.

From next year, garden waste collections will be brought back in-house by the district council and more battery recycling drop zones will be available

Officers from the district council, councillors and family members ­— some as young as 16-years-old ­— spent the night in Castle House carpark.

Roger Bell, leader of Extinction Rebellion Newark and Sherwood, united in the London climate protests last week.

Airmen and soldiers who took part in Operation Market Garden during WWII are being remembered.

Police and the district council said despite the dangers of the deadly gas, thousands of empty canisters have been found all over the district.

A volunteer who helps raise money for Guide Dogs says more people are urgently needed in the Newark area to support the charity.

This week's district council planning applications include proposals to convert an office building into tourism-let units.

A chartered environmentalist with more than a decade of consultancy experience was appointed as associate director of a design practice.

Newark Emmaus Trust has signed up to Tesco’s Community Food Connection scheme which alerts users to unsold food at their local store via an app.

The application to build homes in the area is set to be submitted to Newark and Sherwood District Council and follows a neighbourhood survey.

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Despite its success the cost of the lorry park was questioned at Newark and Sherwood District Council’s policy and finance committee.

Newark and Sherwood District Council has agreed the disintegrated milestone at the Saracen's Head Hotel, Southwell, will be replaced with a replica.

Ollerton is the latest location Newark & Sherwood District Council will be targeting as part of the council’s Cleaner, Safer, Greener campaign.

The appeal comes after the RSPCA struggled to cope with the large numbers of horses it rescues that are often found sick, injured and dying.

Newark crews attended and contained the fire on Saturday at around 8.10pm.