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A SERVING Warwickshire police constable has been dismissed without notice for multiple breaches of professional standards amounting to gross misconduct. The former officer was alleged to have misused ...
A BOXING club helping youngsters in Southam has been given a funding boost of £500. The cash from Orbit Homes has helped provide Monty’s School of Boxing with new pads, gloves and headguards for the ...
YOUNG bookworms have picked their Warwickshire secondary school book of the year. ‘Quiet Storm’ by Kimberly Whittam scooped the award following a vote by year 7 and 8 students from 24 different ...
FOSTER carers are desperately needed at a dog rehoming centre in Kenilworth. This appeal from Dogs Trust comes as the charity continues to receive incredibly high numbers of enquiries from people ...
THE LEGENDARY Richard Thompson will be taking to the stage at this year’s Warwick Folk Festival. He will be joined by fellow headliners Le Vent du Nord, Kate Rusby and Martin Simpson at the four day ...
A RESTORATION project to install four new sails at Chesterton Windmill is now complete. The sails of the windmill located just south of Leamington were removed in 2021 after regular safety checks ...
A NEW permanent CEO has been appointed at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Rachael North has taken the top job at the charity, dedicated to preserving the Shakespeare family homes, after undertaking ...
TWIN towns are being celebrated at Leamington’s smallest art gallery. An installation of memorabilia celebrating Leamington’s twinning relationships has been installed into the ArtBox on Clarendon ...
THE GREEN light has been given to a massive solar farm in south Warwickshire by just one vote. Members of Stratford District Council’s planning committee narrowly approved the 81 hectare site on Fosse ...
I’VE previously raised concerns about the Government’s proposed Family Farm Tax – measures that risk undermining the very foundations of family farming in Britain. Unfortunately, the Spring Statement ...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a suspected arson in Temple Herdewyke. It was reported that two men caused fire damage to a property on Holywell Drive at around 9.30pm on Sunday March 30.