The future of some of the town’s most loved public events are in doubt after bids for funding were unsuccessful. Newark Town Council’s finance and general purposes committee met this week to discuss proposals to scrap Newark Festival so that the popular ‘Newark on Sea’ urban beach can still go ahead. It comes after grant funding bids by the council for both events were unsuccessful, meaning the council would have to decide which to prioritise. The town’s Arts, Events, Culture and Twinning (AECT) working group made the recommendation that the council’s Newark Festival budget allocation of £25,0…
