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14th (St. Anne's Scouts) Worksop are celebrating 100 years of scouting. The group is almost as old as the beautiful St. Anne’s Church, from where it takes its name. The church celebrated its own 100-year anniversary in 2012 and remains as treasured as ever to not only the scouts but countless other groups that enjoy its building for their activities.

You may have seen a sticker covered Jaguar present at many of the events across Notts, including  recently the Christmas Markets, such as the one in Retford at the end of 2021. The Jaguar is owned by Stuart Dixon, who has covered two of his prized fleet of Jaguars with stickers bearing the names of people and businesses.

Since 1995, the Sherwood Forest Trust charity based in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, has been working with local volunteers, schools and businesses on practical projects to help the famous Forest.

Pupils from three local schools have been working with The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, to develop an exciting new exhibition with the prestigious Jerwood Collection of modern and contemporary British Art.

Your local libraries in Mansfield, Worksop, Retford, Southwell and Newark are open and ready to give you a safe, warm welcome. Becoming a library member means you can borrow up to 24 items at one time, including fiction and non-fiction for adults and children, audio books, DVDs, large print, heritage resources, and much more! Your membership also gives you access to free Wi-Fi, PCs, and a wealth of E-resources including magazines, newspapers, E-books, and E-audio.  Libraries have been working hard to resume regular events, from reading groups, to heritage, to activities for children. ...

Every year in February The Heights Of Abraham spring to life. The cable cars begin their journeys and Victoria Prospect Tower, Savage Garden, Tinker’s Shaft, the Restaurant and Caverns re-open for visitors to enjoy. 

In December 2020 the District Council approved plans to plant over 4000 trees at Vicar Water Country Park to create a beautiful new wood. The area, around 4.4 hectares, was previously grazed by a local sheep farmer. However, he has since retired and the District Council spotted the opportunity to create an extensive habitat scheme within the Green Flag award winning park.

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.

I have always grown up with dogs so it was no surprise when I decided to bring a dog into my home. I remember it well, sitting at my computer reading about the different breeds. I never planned to own a Dobermann but when one came across my screen I instantly fell in love. The more I looked into the breed the more I knew this was the breed for me. Soon after I purchased my first male Dobermann, a black and tan 10 month old, named Puma. He was a magnificent companion. Intelligent, elegant, brave and loyal are all true when describing a Dobermann. It wasn’t until many years later after I lost...