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This Christmas, visitors are being invited to come for the festivities, food, fun and shopping, and stay for the night as Newark and Sherwood District Council launches a new campaign encouraging people to turn a festive day out into a seasonal short break.

3,000 homes in areas of Southwell, Lowdham, Lincoln Road and Hawtonville in Newark are now taking part in a food waste collection trial being run by Newark and Sherwood District Council as preparations continue for the introduction of separate food waste collections across the district in 2027.

An updated plan setting out where housing and employment development will be supported in principle across Newark and Sherwood has been adopted by Newark and Sherwood District Council.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds invested in local projects as Newark’s Pride in Place Programme begins to build stronger communities.

Newark and Sherwood District Council, working in partnership with Nottinghamshire Police, has secured two closure orders on properties in the Newark area following continued reports of serious criminal and anti-social behaviour.

Residents across Newark and Sherwood are being invited to attend a series of free digital support sessions this October as part of Get Online Week, the UK's annual digital inclusion campaign led by the Good Things Foundation.

Nottingham County Court has made a final injunction order requiring an illegal encampment in Weston to cease operating as a caravan site and be restored to its original condition by 15 January 2027 after Newark and Sherwood District Council applied to restore previous injunction proceedings issued in April 2025.

Communities, businesses, schools, and volunteers from across Newark and Sherwood have been recognised at this year's East Midlands in Bloom Awards, with a number of local entries receiving regional honours.

The Newark Castle Gatehouse Project is set to receive substantial new funding from the Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward, allowing the site to further enhance its visitor offer by opening up its hidden underground spaces, including three dungeons which haven’t been open to the public for a number of years.