Newark Archive

Middlebeck has recently announced sponsorship support for a local football team, Newark Brazil, thanks to the neighbourhood’s master developer Urban&Civic. Newark Brazil is an inclusive football club, offering children from 4-18 years old the chance to have fun, develop their skills and socialise. The team, based at Magnus Community Sports Centre, has over the years, supported children into professional football academies and offered young people admission to a low cost, fulfilling grassroots team.  This sponsorship announcement further endorses Urban&Civic’s commitment to s...

Shelby Valentine, Lexie Johnson and Alex Vickery have become the first IASTI Newark students to pilot an aircraft in flight. The trio were treated to a flight experience with AeroSPARX display pilot Rob Barsby as a reward for their good attendance, work ethic and attitude toward their course. They even got to fly a loop-the-loop.

Newark and Sherwood District Council, in partnership with Nottinghamshire County Council and Urban&Civic, has been successful in their bid for a £20 million investment, into the Southern Link Road (SLR), from the central Government’s Levelling Up Fund (LUF). This is one of just 17 successful bids out of 84 UK-wide authorities that submitted, and the only successful bid from a Nottinghamshire district.

An agreement has been reached between Newark Air Museum (NAM) and the Lincolnshire’s Lancaster Association (LLA), that has resulted in the ownership of the Avro Shackleton, WR977 and the Avro Vulcan, XM594 being immediately transferred to NAM.

Thirty-three crews from local businesses and organisations took part in the event, jointly organised by Beaumond House Hospice Care and the Child Bereavement Centre, both Newark-based charities.

The award, which is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces, celebrates its Silver Jubilee this year and has recognised a record number of 2127 sites in 2021.

Newark’s newest primary school building, Christ Church C of E Primary School, has opened its doors to its first pupils this week.

Newark Town Council and Newark and Sherwood District Council have partnered with the nationally renowned Teenage Market Company to bring the market to Newark on Sunday 19 September 2021 at The Wharf car park in Newark between 10am and 4pm.

The new Community and Activity Village complex is the YMCA’s impressive flagship project in Newark, based on Lord Hawke way off Bowbridge Road and, is already home to athletic track, a multi-use games area and two 3G football pitches.