JemmaPage published Tributes paid to Newark councillor Marika Tribe

Residents are going for gold in this year's Britain in Bloom in memory of the green-fingered councillor who revived Newark's interest in the competition.Tributes have been paid to Marika Tribe after she passed away aged 68 at the end of April following a brief illness.Mrs Tribe, who was a keen gardener, first urged local shops and businesses to add a splash of colour to the town in 2009 – after an 11 year break from the contest.About five thousand geraniums, petunias and salvias were...