21+ hour, 58+ min ago  (674+ words) Nottinghamshire County Council's Reform group has been slammed for its decision to remove a key verbal question during council meetings in an effort to make them more business-like. Rule changes included reducing the overall time for council questions from 60 minutes…...

19+ hour, 15+ min ago  (315+ words) Volunteers have been hard at work, making sure Newark Parish Church is spick and span ahead of a special celebratory service this weekend. Following the completion of capital works as part of "4m Reawakening of St Mary Magdalene project, a re-dedication…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (609+ words) Security were "dragging" people out of an LGBT+ nightclub as the building "lit up like a matchstick", a clubgoer has said. Firefighters were still tackling the blaze at Pink Punters, in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, after police were called just after 2am on…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (229+ words) Flags were raised at Newark Cemetery over the weekend in honour of Anzac Day. Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand to commemorate members of the armed forces who served and died in all…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (293+ words) An extraordinary planning meeting to decide on plans for a 75 hectare solar farm near a historic village. Foxholes Solar Limited has applied to build a solar farm on roughly the equivalent of more than 100 football pitches near the village of…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (569+ words) A new major road project has now opened on budget and four months ahead of schedule. The Southern Link Road " to be known as Middlebeck Way " connects the A46 at Farndon with the A1 at Fernwood, via a 5km stretch of new single-carriageway…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (499+ words) Newark Rugby Club lost out in a full-blooded relegation play-off to a penalty goal deep in stoppage time on a hot afternoon at Old Saltleians. The defeat means Newark will be relegated into a league including local rivals Southwell and…...

2+ day, 56+ min ago  (380+ words) As Nottinghamshire County Council's cabinet member for education and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), I'm proud to take on a role that means a great deal to me personally, writes Simon Wright. My own family's experiences of the system…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (342+ words) After over 100 years of bringing the community together in shared faith, a popular chapel is set to host a series of celebrations. Charles Street Methodist Church is celebrating a landmark anniversary, marking "140 years of Faith and Fellowship, with a series…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (158+ words) Some ran, some walked, many suffered blisters and chafing, but tens of thousands of people completed the 2026 TCS London Marathon in ideal race conditions on Sunday. As the course wended its way from Greenwich, in east London, past landmarks including…...