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Pet Goats Attacked

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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 [...]

Crime, Kingsbury, News, Science/Nature

Huge cash windfall for North Warwickshire country park

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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding

Hundreds of thousands of pounds are to be pumped into Pooley Country Park and Heritage Centre in North Warwickshire.
The park on the site of a former colliery near Polesworth has discovered it has been selected for inclusion in the National Coalfields Program, managed by the Government’s regeneration agency, English Partnerships.
It is one of just six [...]

News, North Warwickshire, Polesworth, Science/Nature

Dump Expansion Plans still Opposed

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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 [...]

Grendon, Health, Mike O’Brien, News, North Warwickshire, Science/Nature

Wind Rescue Teams Praised

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Monday, February 19th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding

Chief Inspector Michael Naughton, the North Warwickshire District Commander has praised the actions of North Warwickshire Police and Community Support Officers, Partners and the Community for their outstanding response to managing incidents following the recent adverse weather conditions.
In a day that saw winds reported at speeds of 104 mph in the Coleshill and Atherstone area, [...]

News, North Warwickshire, Science/Nature, Warwickshire County Council

Environmental Plans at Shale Tip Worry Residents

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Monday, February 19th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding

Local residents are reported as being ‘concerned’ over plans to use the Baddesley Shale Tip as a high tech environmental power producer.
Merevale Estates have made an application to use the site, opposite the former Baddesley pit as Bio-power Plant to burn organic waste from the estate and convert it into electrical power. Other plans include [...]

News, Science/Nature, Warwickshire County Council

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