21 March 2008
The RSPCA is appealing for information after two chinchillas were found dumped on a playing field in Boughton.
21 March 2008
A multi-agency week of action will take place on the Retford Road estate, Boughton, next week.
21 March 2008
Ollerton’s only public toilets are set to close after Newark and Sherwood District Council decided they were of poor quality and limited community value.
21 March 2008
A school principal has promised to work with councillors to help reduce anti-social behaviour by his pupils.
14 March 2008
Calls for a skatepark to be built near a new youth centre have been dealt a blow because of uncertainty over plans to re-build the Dukeries College.
14 March 2008
A man living close to a 300-year-old building that he fears could be converted into a home for young offenders, wants a public meeting with developers to clear the air.
14 March 2008
A couple say their life has been left devastated after a fire tore through the block of flats in which they lived.
07 March 2008
A St George’s Day celebration will not include a dragon parade this year, but organisers are still hoping for an exciting day of events.
07 March 2008
School league tables have revealed that Dukeries College, Ollerton, is the best secondary school in Nottinghamshire for pupils’ progress.
07 March 2008
The future of an underused rural bus service looks uncertain after a council admitted it will have to pick up the bill when Government subsidies run out this month.
29 February 2008
Traffic wardens will return to the streets of Newark and Sherwood in May, handing out fines of up to £70.
29 February 2008
Almost 900 cremations have taken place at a new crematorium in the last year, although this was not enough to see a town council receive any financial benefit.
29 February 2008
A council leader hopes the opening of a Boots pharmacy in Ollerton could signal the beginning of a retail boom that could attract more high street names to the town.
22 February 2008
A mother is calling for money to be spent on improving play areas, which she says are falling into disrepair, and are a magnet for drinking teenagers.
22 February 2008
The future of a support service that helps families with young children is secure for at least the next five years after it received a lottery grant.
22 February 2008
The wife of a dedicated biker and family man has spoken of her devastation after her husband was killed in a road accident, five years after their daughter also died in an accident.
15 February 2008
Inspectors have rated a community school as satisfactory, but said boys are still lagging behind girls when it comes to achievement.
15 February 2008
A developer who wants to convert two homes into flats in Ollerton and Boughton was told on Tuesday he could go ahead with one of the plans but not the other.
15 February 2008
Teenagers and youth leaders in Ollerton and Boughton finally have a new £700,000 young people’s centre, three years after the previous facility closed.
08 February 2008
The Dukeries College, Ollerton, could be rebuilt and turned into an academy school as part of a £150m scheme to transform secondary education in Newark and north Nottinghamshire.