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Weekly News Digest
Wednesday 19th January 2022
Here is your latest local news round-up
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Olympic champion to open swim centre for children
Four-time Olympic medallist Rebecca Adlington is set to open a ew swimming facility in her hometown to teach and inspire the next generation. The state-of-the-art swim! Mansfield facility at Portland...
Hunt for WWII tank tragedy victim's family
An amateur historian in Germany is appealing for help as she tries to trace the family of a Mansfield soldier killed there shortly before the end of the second world war. Guardsman Anthony Granville...
Woodhead expanding to meet demand
Construction contractor Robert Woodhead Limited – part of the Woodhead Group – is growing its team as it looks to build on a strong 2021. Recently appointed to several key projects in the East...
Theatre and museum activities for young and old
Mansfield Palace Theatre and Mansfield Museum are encouraging people to discover their range of learning and engagement activities — from Youth Theatre to learning groups. health and wellbeing...
Everyone welcome at Race For Life Nottingham
People are being invited to kick start the New Year by signing up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Nottingham. The charity’s much-loved events are returning and anyone who joins this...
Rotary appeals for new members
Sherwood Forest Rotary is appealing for new members to help continue its work supporting the community. A spokesman said: “We will soon be entering the third year living with the effects of Covid...
Building society's van-tastic help for hospice!
Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice has welcomed a donation of £30,283 from Mansfield Building Society’s Charitable Trust, which the charity will use to buy a new van. The North Anston hospice...
St George's Night fundraising dinner
Warsop Rotary is to kick start its 2022 charity fundraising with a St George’s Night dinner at Hostess Restaurant, Sookholme, on 22nd April. A spokesman said: “After nearly two years of Covid causing...
Aspiring performers learn from industry experts
Hip hop dance moves, using the voice, and the art of stage combat were just some of the skills practised by aspiring performers at West Nottinghamshire College. As part of the college’s performing arts...
Club thanks retiring directors for 10 years' service
Mansfield Town FC have thanked directors Paul and Tina Broughton after they stepped down from the club’s board of directors to pursue personal interests following almost 10 years at One Call Stadium...
Community band appeals for new players
Following a busy Christmas playing in the community Dukeries Community Band is back in rehearsal, studying new pieces and hoping that a concert will be possible sometime this year...
Puppy website barks up right tree
A website that encourages responsible ownership of dogs has gone from zero to more than four million page views and 300,000 users in less than seven months, thanks to a Mansfield-based web design...
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