SNEAK PEEK: What's in this week's Chad...

We speak to the mum of a Mansfield man ‘left for dead’ as she appeals for information about the ‘cruel thugs’ who inflicted the injuries.

We meet members of Mansfield District Corps Of Drums who are set to perform at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres, Belgium, on Good Friday.

We have the latest from Mansfield Town bosses who have moved to reassure fans that a fine of more than £1 million for club owner John Radford and his company will not affect the Stags.

We take a look at the alarming figures surrounding kids taking knives to schools in the county.

See what Transport Secretary Chris Grayling had to say on his recent trip to Mansfield.

Meet the four aspiring Labour politicians who will go head to head to take Mansfield conservative MP Ben Bradley in the next general election after the constituency party revealed its shortlist of candidates.

Find out how you could win a pair of members passes for Southwell Racecourse worth £600 or tickets to a race meeting in our fantastic competition.

Newly released league tables reveal how local secondary schools stack up.

And of course there’s also your usual helping of community news, letters, columns and more.

As well as all of this, there’s your guide to what’s on when and where in our entertainment section GO! and all the latest Stags and sport headlines dominate the back pages.