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Plans for huge CCTV improvements in Newark and Sherwood have now been approved, with a new centralised control room set to be built allowing for better prevention of crime in the area.

Last month Year 9 and Year 10 pupils from the Magnus Church of England Academy took part in an insightful Prison Me No Way workshop, funded by Newark and Sherwood District Council.

Newark Market Place will be transformed into a spectacle of light and flame on Saturday 1 March for the next fantastic town centre event from Newark Cultural Consortium’s programme Newark Creates.

To coincide with WWII Polish hero and humanitarian Irena Sendler’s birthday which was on Saturday 15 February, schools are now invited to nominate their pupils for the Irena Sendler Young Person Award.

Residents of the Yorke Drive estate can look towards a brighter future as Newark and Sherwood District Council Planning Committee has approved exciting regeneration plans, with work set to begin this summer after years of planning.

Set to launch in March 2025 the Newark and Sherwood Gift Card is designed to encourage people to shop local and support our town centres. Both national and independent businesses of any size will easily be able to accept the card with no additional equipment or cost required.

Newark and Sherwood District Council is celebrating the great work and dedication of its apprentices during this week’s National Apprenticeship Week 2025.

On Wednesday evening, the Government wrote to the Leaders and Chief Executives of all nine Councils in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire formally inviting them to submit proposals to create a new, City and County-wide structure of unitary authorities.

A piece of artwork that features more than 160 drawings from Newark residents has gone up as part of the construction wall around 32 Stodman Street in the town centre.

On this date, the UK Government wrote to Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Leaders, and along with another 21 areas across the UK, asked us to submit proposals on what new unitary councils could look like in Nottinghamshire.  In other words, how we would split up our area to meet the Government’s LGR criteria.  The proposal guidance is below: