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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 [...]
Atherstone, Crime, Long Street
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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 [...]
Atherstone, News, Technology
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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 [...]
Atherstone, Business, News, Politics
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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 [...]
Atherstone, Community, Polesworth, Twycross
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Hundreds of empty drinks cans were amongst the rubbish collected by the Borough Council’s Streetscape Team in a mass clean-up .
The team had been alerted to the grot spot in Atherstone by residents concerned about the walk-way by Racemeadow School. Just off Ratcliffe Road and running parallel to the A5, the path is also used [...]
Atherstone, North Warwickshire Borough Council, Queen Elizabeth School, Ratcliffe Road, Warwickshire County Council