Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
A masked gunman forced a newsagent in Long Street to hand over the contents of the till.
The robbery took place at Gale newsagents in Long Street, Atherstone, at 6.20am on Wednesday. 17th May.
A Warwickshire Police spokeswoman said: “He ran into the newsagents and shouted at the man behind the counter to empty the contents of […]
Sunday, May 20th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Police are appealing for help to trace offenders who killed a pet goat and mutilated three others.
The horrific attack took place on a small holding in Church Lane, Kingsbury.
The animals’ owners discovered they had had intruders in one of the outbuildings on the small holding, where the goats were stabled at shortly before 10.30pm.
One of […]
Sunday, May 20th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Work will start work this spring on a £4.1 million housing scheme for Waterloo Housing Association, at Wood End in North Warwickshire.
Lovell will build 37 new houses and eight apartments at the Islington Crescent site. The new homes will be for affordable rent, shared ownership or for sale through the housing association.
They will be built […]
Saturday, May 19th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Prime Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown fulfilled a promise to the party faithful by visiting Labour Party supporters at Dordon on April 27.
Mr Brown spoke with party members for half an hour before flying to his Kirkcaldy constituency.
It was 18 months ago at the Labour Party autumn conference that Mr Brown promised Dordon delegates he would pay […]
Friday, May 18th, 2007 by David Wilding
Have you ever wondered what things other local people search for in search engines like Google & Yahoo! ?
Well its possible to find out, and whilst the data source is most certainly not the most reliable it can make for an entertaining read.
Let’s be clear here this kind of data isn’t usually so publicly shared […]
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Spot checks have revealed the illegal and harsh world of east European workers packing vegetables for the country’s biggest supermarket chains.
Inspectors from the Government’s new agricultural labour agency found serious breaches of employment laws when they visited three packing plants in the West Midlands
None of scores of migrant workers had contracts of employment and most […]
Friday, May 11th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
The following young people were presented with their Duke of Edinburgh awards on Wed.18th April.
Making the medal presentation at the Council Chamber was The Mayor of North Warwickshire, Cllr.Adrian Edgington.
Silver Awards
Shane L Matthews, Nicola Fryer and Daniel J Webb ,
Bronze Awards
From Polesworth School: Lauren Atkins, Kyle Burrows, Emma Collier, Eleana Hair, Stephanie Hill,Sarah Jevons, Jonathan […]
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