’STRATFORD ON AVON DISTRICT COUNCIL TAXING PROPERTIES BUILT WITHOUT PERMISSION’ CLAIM ... AN astonishing claim that council tax is being levied and collected on buildings in the Stratford district that have been erected without planning permission is being made by ...

ALARM OVER TIMING OF CYCLE SHED DEMOLITION ... PEOPLE living near Stratford Upon Avon High School were mystified yesterday (Wednesday) when men with a bulldozer pulled down the school’s cycle sheds the day after residents ...

MAJOR CONCESSIONS IN CAR PARKING RETHINK ... TWO major concessions on parking charges in Stratford are being offered to the town by Warwickshire County Council as part of a radical policy rethink that chimes perfectly wi...

MATT, 21, WINS £90,000 IN WORLD’S BIGGEST POKER TOURNAMENT ... A STRATFORD man won £90,000 playing cards at the biggest poker tournament in the world last week. Matt Harris, aged 21, won a seat worth $10,000 at the prestigious World Seri...

BIDFORD FIRE STATION SAVED ... BIDFORD Fire Station was saved today. Warwickshire County Council voted 34 to 22 in favour of a Conservative recommendation to adopt Option B of its fire service review. This...

DRIVER DIES IN B4632 CRASH ... A PEBWORTH man died after the 4x4 vehicle he was driving overturned near Upper Quinton on Tuesday morning. Gary Stuart Williams, aged 38, was driving a green Land Rover 4x4 a...

DRIVEN OUT OF TOWN BY RATES SIX TIMES HIGHER THAN IN EVESHAM ... A STRATFORD Upon Avon retailer claims high business rates in the town—more than six times as much than for a similar shop in Evesham—have forced her to close her town centre s...

GREENWAY PARKING: PUBLIC MEETING CALLED ... A PUBLIC meeting will be held in Stratford Upon Avon on Monday night, to discuss Warwickshire County Council’s controversial proposed car parking charges at the Greenway. Res...

2010 - OUR 150TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR. ALL STRATFORD LIFE IS HERE: FROM RAILWAY TIMETABLES TO LIBELLOUS LETTERS ... THE Herald first hit the streets of Stratford on 6th July 1860—150 years ago this week. It was priced at two old pence—roughly 0.8p in today’s money—and was launched as an ind...

VILLAGE FIRE STATION GRANTED A REPRIEVE ... THE fire stations at Bidford on Avon, Studley and Warwick are still facing the prospect of closure under proposals being put to Warwickshire County Council later this month—bu...

FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF ECO-TOWN ... HUGELY controversial plans for the 6,000-home Middle Quinton eco-town at Long Marston have finally bitten the dust. The new coalition government has washed its hands of the pr...

HELP FOR HEROES TATTOO YOUTH STOLE THE CASH HE RAISED IN SKY-DIVE ... A YOUNG Wellesbourne man who stole money from the charity he was fundraising for was given a suspended prison sentence at Stratford-upon-Avon Magistrates’ Court yesterday afte...

CULTURE SECRETARY TO VISIT BIRTHPLACE ... CULTURE Secretary Jeremy Hunt is making his first visit to Stratford-upon-Avon as a cabinet minister this Saturday for a meeting at Shakespeare’s Birthplace about tourism in t...

ELDERLY ’PUT AT RISK’ BY INCREASES IN CARE CHARGES ... ONE of the best known and most respected organisations concerned with the welfare of the elderly yesterday (Monday) issued a dire warning about the impact of huge increases in...

WOMAN HURT IN A46 LITTLE CHEF ROBBERY ... A WOMAN employee suffered bruises to her neck and face in a robbery outside the Little Chef restaurant at the A46 services at Oversley Mill, near Alcester. She also had her ...

TORIES TO BRING DOWN THE CURTAIN ON WORLD CLASS STRATFORD? ... WORLD Class Stratford (WCS)—the ambitious multi-million pound initiative launched over five years ago with a fanfare of hopes and expectations—is on the brink of being closed ...

THEATRE SEATS THAT ARE FIT FOR A FERRARI ... AUDIENCES are being promised a ‘comfy’ ride when they go to the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre due to open in November, as they will be sitting on seats made by the same people...

CHURCHYARD WILDLIFE PROJECT IS AWARDED A £48,000 GRANT ... A PROJECT to make a churchyard in Wellesbourne more wildlife-friendly will begin next month after the village’s In Bloom committee received a grant of more than £48,000. Thre...

OVER 20,000 FLOCK TO RIVER FESTIVAL ... An estimated 20,000-plus people flocked to the riverside to enjoy a raft of free entertainment which included bands, dancing, street entertainers and readings by well-known ac...

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