21+ hour, 8+ min ago  (324+ words) An interview with John Swinney was interrupted by a woman urging the First Minister to boycott Israel. The First Minister was speaking to the Press Association during an election campaign stop in the Western Isles on Wednesday when Liz Brown,…...

7+ hour, 13+ min ago  (151+ words) Plans to remove a public payphone in a town centre while keeping and adopting the iconic red kiosk have been supported. The proposal relates to a payphone in the Market Place, behind Toni & Guy that would see the payphone itself…...

7+ hour, 13+ min ago  (487+ words) Plans to transform a vacant town centre bingo hall into a 42-bedroom hotel, complete with internal gardens, have been approved. Pery's Bingo closed its doors at the Castlegate Centre, on the corned of Castlegate and Lombard Street, in May 2024 and…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (470+ words) Concerns have been raised that the loss of NSK, an "institution of Newark, will impact not only the workers but the town as a whole if residents have to go elsewhere for work. 220 employees are set to be affected by…...

7+ hour, 13+ min ago  (624+ words) A round-up of club meetings, community events, and theatre and music shows for the week ahead: Edwinstowe: Sherwood Forest, Realm Of Dragons Easter Trail, to April 12 Newark: Parish Church, start of Easter egg hunt in town centre, to April 12 Newark:…...

7+ hour, 13+ min ago  (166+ words) A family has spent their Easter bank holiday outside a football match collecting funds for a charity. Simon Ward, his eight-year-old son George and his wife Marie, who works at Curry's in Newark, which partners with the charity for fundraising…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (471+ words) The price of oil plunged and global stock markets recovered sharply after the US and Iran agreed a two-week ceasefire. The conditional ceasefire deal includes reopening the important Strait of Hormuz waterway. Traders and investors welcomed the deal on Wednesday…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (478+ words) Plans to create a new dental practice within one of the principal towns" historic routes have been supported. Members of Newark Town Council"s planning committee discussed a series of applications submitted by Ice Dental relating to 27 Castlegate, within the…...

15+ hour ago  (428+ words) Staff at Newark's hospital have said they are "absolutely delighted' with its latest rating by health bosses, which described families as being "at the centre of everything that staff did'. Newark Hospital has maintained its overall rating of "Good' in…...

21+ hour, 58+ min ago  (308+ words) Construction firms reported a record surge in cost inflation as the conflict in the Middle East weighed on new orders and confidence in the sector. It came as new figures showed the slump in the UK construction industry continued last…...