From elite cycle races to live-saving carers, the Advertiser has looked back on what was a busy year for news across the area. Yesterday, we looked back at January to June. Today, we turn our attention to July to December.
JULY The General Election was in the forefront of people’s minds as they went to the polls on July 4. In line with the national Labour landslide, Sherwood turned red as the results were announced in the early hours. Michelle Welsh won with 18,841 votes, pipping previous MP Mark Spencer to the post by 5,443 votes.
However, in Newark the Conservatives remained strong and Robert Jenrick was voted in for another term — making him the last remaining Conservative MP in the county. A teenager ‘defied the odds’ after he refused to give up after he was told he’d exhausted all avenues for treatment following a terminal cancer diagnosis. Dan Evans, then 18, underwent a stem cell transplant and by July was at home recovering.
He said: “There are many things I still want to do. Being 18 is young and you have your whole life in front of you, and I didn’t want to give up on that.” Fascinating archaeological finds were unearthed during work to transform Newark’s former M&S, at 32 Stodman Street.
The site, which is in the process of being redeveloped into retail and residential units, was host to an archaeological dig by a specialist team from Contour Archaeology Ltd. They identified a fully intact horse burial, as well as Medieval walls, wells, enclosure .
