What’s in today’s Mansfield and Ashfield Chad?

Other stories to make the headlines are the drink-drive breath test dodger who punched himself and a fresh bid to save Thoresby Colliery, plus find out why drinking on the streets of Shirebrook looks set to be banned.

There’s also an in-depth feature on a Mansfield group trying to improve the help available to victims of child sexual abuse.

In sport, Mansfield Town assistant manager Adam Murray explains why Louis Briscoe and James Jennings are two of 11 Stags players to have been released.

And you can relive the club’s first season back in the Football League with our four-page 2013-14 season month-by-month review.

For those who like to take advantage of our Chad reader offers, you could win a tablet computer thanks to Just Slim and save 30 per cent off Pasta at Ask Italian.

In the Ashfield edition, read about how campaigners have won their fight to keep open a Sutton retirement home after a year-long battle.

You can also find out all about Ashfield District Council’s new deputy leader, meet the Kirkby ‘rocket man’ getting ready for launch and assess the candidates for the forthcoming European parliamentary elections.

That’s not to mention the profile on the two Ashfield sports stars who have earned a place in the England team for this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

So make sure you don’t miss out on your weekly Chad - your guide to what’s going on in Mansfield, Ashfield and surrounding areas.