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Warwickshire Police take DNA samples from 11 children every week, according to new figures released today. A charity is now criticising the "excessive" practice of treating children “like hardened criminals”. The Howard...

A REPORT publlished today by an influential think tank has shown that Coventry and Warwickshire's business base is among the most innovative in the UK. The report - Driving Growth -...

THE incoming 468th Mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon Cllr Diane Walden has selected Shakespeare Hospice as one of her chosen charities - but will only decide the other charities at the end...

A TEN-YEAR-OLD Stratford-upon-Avon boy is trying to get a sign put up outside his school to warn motorists there are children in the area. Callum Whittington wrote to the outgoing chairman...

A DOG with only two-and-a-half legs was saved from being put down in Romania by a Tiddington woman. Caroline Sugrue agreed to provide a home for nine-month-old Roxy, who lost the...

CAMPAIGNERS against huge new housing schemes in Alcester yesterday (Wednesday) voiced disgust that planning officials are recommending outline approval for another 350 homes in the town. The suggested go-ahead for two...

DAREN PEMBERTON, the former Liberal Democrat member of Stratford-on-Avon District Council who left the party to become an Independent Lib Dem councillor, has now joined the Conservatives. Cllr Pemberton, who is...

STRATFORD-upon-Avon residents have met with developers to discuss plans for 160 new homes in the town. Bovis Homes want to build on land between Birmingham Road and Bishopton Lane, opposite the...

METAL workers who could lose their jobs at the controversial Sims plant in Long Marston hope to find out their future tomorrow (Friday). A 30-day consultation period between 23 employees and...

WHEN the new chairman of Stratford District Council, Cllr Christopher Mills (Cons, Kineton), told his wife Susan that he would be taking on the role, she asked: “Does that mean...