The Advertiser has opened its archives to see what was making the news this week 25, 50 and 100 years ago. 25 years ago – July 30, 1999 ABOVE: Pictured are some of the cast from the Nearly Instant Theatre Session NITS Goes Victorian drama workshop at Newark Palace Theatre. They are Howard Newport, 11, as Queen Victoria’s butler, Paul Fletcher, 9, as an assassin, Alex Tinker, 10, as Queen Victoria’s maid, and Nicola Hindson, 10, as a music hall chairwoman. • The Newark High School must take special measures after a damning report that says it is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard…