Newark & Sherwood District Council

Tackling underage drinking and helping to improve the lives, health and wellbeing of young people in Newark and Sherwood has led to a national award for a council officer.

A nuisance tenant whose flat was believed to be part of the illegal drug-running County Lines network   has been banned from his own home under a closure order secured by Newark and Sherwood District Council working in partnership with Nottinghamshire Police.

Parents in Ollerton are being urged to safeguard their children from the perils of getting involved in anti-social behaviour after a recent incidents of criminal damage, arson, trespassing and danger to motorists.