A potentially life-saving defibrillator has been presented to Butt Field Sports Club after a successful fundraising campaign.
The £1,350 machine gives the heart an electric shock in some cases of cardiac arrest.
“Defibrillators are important and that has been highlighted with the recent events concerning footballer Fabrice Muamba,” said club chairman Mr Pete Griffiths. Newark and Sherwood District Council elected a new leader at its annual meeting yesterday.  A charity shop that will be raising money for the New Life Children’s Centre in The Gambia opens in The Arcade, Newark, on Saturday.  A group of photographers will capture a Day in the Life of Collingham as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations in the village.
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 An English teacher recovering from breast cancer took part in a moonlit sponsored walk through London with ten colleagues to raise money for charity. Free cycle safety packs will be given away in Newark on Friday morning as cyclists are urged to be seen as well as safe on the roads this summer. The Earl of Wessex will visit Southwell a week on Monday (May 28) to view an exhibition in Southwell Minster which features part of the Queen's private collection of paintings.  Police are trying to trace the owner of an antique box they believe was left behind at a house in Carlton-on-Trent by a burglar.
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3:17pm Wed May 16, 2012 A 16-year-old swimmer upset the odds by becoming both a junior and senior champion at the ASA Midlands Regional Championships in Coventry, a year to the day after suffering injury heartbreak.  3:12pm Wed May 16, 2012 Balderton got off to a winning start as the weather relented to allow the majority of games across the 15 divisions in the South Notts League to take place.  1:48pm Thu May 10, 2012 A character property, The Dovecote, at Great North Road, Carlton-on-Trent, is on the market at £425,000 through Gascoines.
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 May Sat 19 and Sun 20, 2012 - Ann et Vin, Newark The self-styled king of dirty jazz returns to Newark on May 20 after a couple of years away, with an extended line-up, to bring an exciting weekend of live jazz at Ann et Vin to a tumultuous close.
May Tue 22 to Sat 26, 2012 - East Bridgford Village Hall A classic period thriller — The Shop At Sly Corner by Edward Percy — is the latest offering from East Bridgford Drama Group.
May Tue 15 to Sat 19, 2012 - Theatre Royal, Nottingham The winner of reality television show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? Connie Fisher, will be in Nottingham on Tuesday, May 15, to star in Leonard Bernstein’s musical comedy Wonderful Town.
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10:30am Thu Mar 29, 2012 The BMW M5 has to move with the times but don't ever think it's succumbed to middle age spread. Andy Enright reports.
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