Friday, May 4th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
North Warwickshire goes Blue
For the first time since it’s creation in 1974 the electors returned a Tory majority in North Warwickshire Borough . The Conservative party now have a working majority of 7 councillors.
Their victory came mostly at the cost of the Lib Dems who were wiped out with all three of their councillors […]
Sunday, April 29th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Staff and visitors were evacuated from NWBC offices on Friday, April the 13th after an E-mail bomb threat .
Police confirmed that the message had been received at 9.15am and they then cordoned off the area to allow a full search of the building.
Speaking to The Recorder, Council Spokesperson Karen Barrow, said,
“We received an email this […]
Saturday, March 10th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Chris Green, owner of Bates The Butchers in Atherstone is celebrating an important industry award.
His own home cured bacon has been recognized for it’s excellence with a gold award presented by The British Pig Executive.
Chris beat off all comers from The East Midlands to win the coveted award in February at Peterborough.
“This is what locally […]
Saturday, March 10th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Grendon residents are still up in arms over controversial plans to expand a rubbish dump on the A5, adjacent to Grendon island.
Warwickshire County Council is currently siting skips on the site for residents from Tamworth and parts of North Warwickshire to dump unwanted larger items.
The residents are angry at County Council plans for an expanded […]
Saturday, March 10th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
NEW multi-lingual leaflets are proving to be a hit for passengers on a key bus route between Atherstone, Nuneaton, Bedworth and Coventry.
Stagecoach in Warwickshire has put out the leaflet - in English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi - on its Primeline 48 route.
The leaflet was put together following feed back from passengers and is a first […]
Saturday, March 10th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Warwickshire County Council, North Warwickshire Borough Council and North Warwickshire Primary Care Trust have joined forces to lay the foundations for better access to council and health care services in North Warwickshire.
Representatives from the two councils plus interior designers, Paragon, put on their hard hats and got ‘carried away’ with a wheelbarrow to mark the […]
Saturday, March 10th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
For people looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift local author Christine Freeman will be signing copies of her books Images of Atherstone and Memories of Atherstone between 11am – 1pm on Saturday 17th March at Throckmorton’s Bookshop on Atherstone’s Market Square.
Peter Playdon, proprietor of Throckmorton’s, said:
“Christine’s books and our other local history titles are […]
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