Newark

Newark Parish Church was packed on Tuesday for the funeral service of the town’s former MP, Mr Richard Alexander.

A primary school has been awarded £1,500 for providing a nutritious breakfast club and gave parents, governors and teachers the chance to learn how to teach children to cook.

Seven young people from the Newark area were presented with gold Duke of Edinburgh’s awards at County Hall on Friday.

Youngsters from seven primary schools took part in jazz workshops at the Magnus Church of England School, Newark, on Tuesday, three weeks ahead of the town’s jazz festival.

A powerlifter who suffers from a serious spinal condition will be going for gold at this year’s Paralympics.

Plans for a business improvement district in Newark should be abandoned, according to the town council.

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.