3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (787+ words) A Nottinghamshire-wide suicide prevention campaign is aiming to reach people who are vulnerable through encouraging open conversations and identifying people in the most at-risk groups. The Break the Silence on Suicide campaign from NottAlone, Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (383+ words) A store manager has raised hundreds of pounds to support grieving families by getting out of her comfort zone and completing a tandem skydive. Lucy Silver, who runs the Newark branch of Specsavers on Middlegate, took to the skies 14,000 feet…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (365+ words) A college student has become one of the five youngest people in the UK to hold a private pilot’s licence. Antoni Bagrowski, 17, who studies at the Air and Space Institute (ASI) in Newark, passed the last of his ten exams…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (228+ words) Hundreds of visitors enjoyed music, aerial acrobatics and a Hurricane flypast at a village gala. Caythorpe Gala brought around 600 people to Old Lincoln Road on Saturday, with all money raised going towards maintaining the playing fields. Organiser Kelly Pearce said:…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (354+ words) A charity wants joggers to raise money for ‘mental elf’ with its annual festive fun run this December. Nottinghamshire Mind will host the 5k event at Sherwood Pines Forest Park in Edwinstowe and is encouraging participants to turn out in fancy…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (533+ words) Two exhibitions have highlighted the courage of those “who put humanitarian values before those of politics”. Newark Town Council hosted a reception marking the launch of two exhibitions - ‘Between Life and Death - Stories of Rescue During the Holocaust’ and another…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (561+ words) Campaigners are celebrating after their “lifeline” bus service was saved. The Save the 300 Bus group launched a bid to salvage the route at the start of last week after previous operator CT4N went bust on Friday, August 14. The East Midlands Combined…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (255+ words) A councillor has urged the community to “come together in grief” after a four-year-old boy died in a Newark crash. Nottinghamshire Police attended the crash between an off-road bike and a car on Churchill Drive on Sunday evening. The boy…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (487+ words) A woman who has lived with Parkinson’s since 2018 has been selected to represent an England women's sports team in Canada this month. Chris Stanley, from Southwell, is a member of the Parkinson’s Pioneers, the UK’s only all-female Parkinson’s walking football…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (446+ words) Organisers behind a free multi-venue music festival are celebrating a successful return after hundreds of people packed pubs around town. On Saturday, the Newark Hustle returned with dozens of bands, solo artists and DJs performing across 11 town centre locations. The…...