Southwell

Pupils and staff at two schools have won a national award for international excellence.

Disused former playing fields could be used for youth sporting activities again, under plans being considered.

Artists in Southwell will open their studios to members of the public as part of an event to make art more accessible.

Two years of effort has paid off for villagers who have completed the first stage of transforming a piece of land into a wildlife garden.

Modern street lights in a conservation area have been replaced with heritage-style lamps.

Facilities and services in Southwell would not cope with a large housing development, it is feared.

Pupils took pairs of old shoes to school to donate to people in Africa as part of a walk to school day on Wednesday.

Girls from the Minster School, Southwell, have won an award for achieving the best GCSE geography results in the country in 2007.

People young and old had fun together at a play day held on the Burgage, Southwell.

Improvements to signs outside a junior and infants’ school in Southwell warning drivers of pupils crossing the road are not enough to ensure children’s safety, according to campaigners.

A farmer’s wife who has been associated with Southwell Ploughing Match and Show for more than 30 years has written a book about its history.

Paintings of apples that will be judged in a competition as part of the celebrations for the Bramley Apple Festival are on display in Southwell Library.

Residents are hoping to prevent road accidents in their village by setting up a Community Speedwatch scheme. Nine villagers have volunteered to monitor in Rolleston.

A dentist has returned from Africa where he helped hundreds of people in a country still recovering from genocide.

Concerns have been raised that different councils are not communicating with each other over street cleansing work.

Highways officers are being asked to decide which of two signs, considered contradictory, at a town centre junction should be removed.

Campaigners are proposing to close Southwell’s main shopping street once a week to encourage more trade.

Tributes have been paid to two Minster School pupils who died in a car accident last week.

Efforts to secure off-street carparking for residents in Southwell town centre look unlikely to succeed in the near future.

The achievements of pupils at the Minster School, Southwell, during a memorable first year in their new building were celebrated at the school’s annual prize-giving ceremony.