SDC MAY AXE £275,000 GRANT TO TOURISM GROUP ... SOUTH Warwickshire Tourism (SWT)—which operates under the brand name of Shakespeare Country—is facing the possibility of having its £275,000-a-year grant from Stratford Distri...

STOMPING LEAR HIGHLIGHTS A CURIOUS FLATNESS ... AS descents into madness go, Greg Hicks’ depiction of the raging monarch in David Farr’s production of King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Courtyard Theatre in Stratf...

MAJOR VICTORY FOR CROSSING CAMPAIGNERS ... BIDFORD’S 15th century bridge is to be made safer for pedestrians after all. A grant of £25,000 is being provided by Warwickshire County Council to install a pelican crossing ...

TORIES MAY WELL HAVE SHOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT ... “Sir: The local Tories may well have shot themselves in the foot by their choice of prospective parliamentary candidate at the general election. Not because he was parachuted ...

DO YOUR BIT FOR A GREENER STRATFORD ... WITH Spring drawing ever closer Herald readers can enter into the spirit of the green season with a discounted journey at the Stratford Park and Ride. This excellent service ...

TEA TIME ... FAIRTRADE Fortnight was marked in Henley last Thursday when the village‘s Fairtrade group held their ‘Big Brew‘ day, one of 244 similar events being held all over the countr...

FLOOD PREVENTION WORK ‘PUTS CHILDREN AT RISK’ ... MEMBERS of Wellesbourne Parish Council are concerned for the safety of young children after the Environment Agency removed rails of a fence by the Church Walk riverside footpa...

RISE AND SHINE ... RESIDENTS of Ettington gathered at the village community centre on Saturday for a hearty start to the day in the form of a full English breakfast. About 120 people enjoyed th...

STARS SHINE ON COLLEGE VISITS ... STRATFORD College played host to two stars last week—one from the field of music and the other from the field of acting. On Thursday a graduate from the Academy of Contempora...

CALL FOR COUNCIL TO RESIGN OVER 30% TAX RISE ... TEMPERS flared at Bidford Parish Council’s meeting on Monday night with the whole of the council being asked at one point to resign for imposing a 29.5 per cent increase in ta...

WAREHOUSE BLAZE: THREE ARRESTED ... THREE men were arrested today in connection with the fatal warehouse fire at Atherstone-on-Stour. A 43-year-old man from Nuneaton, a 49-year-old man from Leamington and a 48-...

STRATFORD TORIES PICK CANDIDATE ... NADHIM ZAHAWI, co-founder and chief executive of YouGov, the polling organisation, has been selected as the prospective Conservative parliamentary candidate for Stratford-on-A...

FILMING AT NASH’S HOUSE WAS FOR BIRTHPLACE TRUST ADVERT ... CURIOUS passers-by wondering what the to-do was at Nash’s House, in Stratford, this week can sleep easy tonight with the news that a short advertisement was being filmed to pr...

CHINESE WELCOME YEAR OF THE TIGER ... CHINESE New Year was celebrated at the Methodist Wesley Hall in Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon, on Friday by 120 overseas students and townsfolk. The hall was transformed into...

MAN WITH A MISSION: TO MEET EVERY VOTER BEFORE THE ELECTION ... NADHIM ZAHAWI, newly-selected as the prospective Conservative parliamentary candidate for Stratford, has a mighty ambition to fulfil before the general election which is expec...

US GETS A TASTE FOR OUR CIDER ... A CIDER maker near Alcester has been toasting his new business venture after shipping his traditionally-made booze stateside. Allen Hogan, of Hogan’s Cider, in Haselor, recen...

BIRTHPLACE’S 25 MILLIONTH VISITOR ... SHAKESPEARE’S Birthplace celebrated its 25 millionth visitor this week since the famous house became a national memorial to Shakespeare in 1847, writes Philippa Mingins. The ...

MUSIC FOR ALL AT THE FESTIVAL ... IN the words of cellist Julian Lloyd-Webber: “One of the great strengths of the Chipping Campden Music Festival is its willingness to be involved with the wider issue of bring...

THEATRICAL HOTEL PLAN NEARS COMPLETION ... THE Royal Shakespeare Company’s joint venture with the company owned by one of the richest men in the Midlands is approaching its final refurbishment stage before completion. ...

YEAR OF THE TIGER ... STAFF at the Laughing Buddha Chinese restaurant in Stratford-upon-Avon, including owner Lily Cheung, were this week gearing up for their new year celebrations this coming Sun...

‘MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU’ IN NEW SPACE FOR PRIVATE PRAYER ... A NEW prayer space will be created at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, in an upstairs room which has housed ‘junk’ for more than 100 years. Rev Martin Gorick recentl...

THE CHEQUERED HISTORY OF A QUIET CONSTITUENCY ON THE AVON… ... As Stratford’s Conservatives prepare for a marathon meeting tomorrow (Friday) to choose a prospective candidate for this year’s general election, Preston Witts takes a close l...

STUDENTS GET A FREE HAND ... PERFORMING arts lecturer Claire Williams has taken on an interesting challenge with her current Higher National Diploma students at Stratford-upon-Avon college. Ms Williams, ...

REAL ALE LINKS BRITISH HEROES ACROSS A CENTURY OF WARS ... THE memory of a South Warwickshire barman and First World War army sergeant will be toasted again and again from this spring thanks to a brewery’s introduction of a real ale i...

THE BEAR SCOOPS BEER AWARD ... A STRATFORD-upon-Avon pub has beaten about 200 others in Warwickshire to be named Pub of the Season by the Shakespeare branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), publishers ...

WCC AGREES 2.4%RISE IN COUNCIL TAX ... HOUSEHOLDERS in the Stratford district living in typical D Band properties are facing the prospect of paying over £30 a year more in council tax in 2010-11 as a result of the ...

SIX ON THE STARTING BLOCKS IN RACE TO BE THE TORY CANDIDATE ... AT the end of last week—after several weeks of waiting with bated breath—Tories in the Stratford constituency were given by Conservative Central Office the list of six names f...

CULTURAL TASTER ... STAFF and pupils from Alcester Grammar School were visited by a touring group of Chinese artists on Tuesday—ahead of Chinese New Year on Sunday, courtesy of Hanban, the Chines...

IRON MAN FORGES A SWEET DEAL IN JAPAN ... A LOCAL businessman has completed a £70,000 export deal with a business magnate known as the Mr Cadbury of Japan. Hughie Powell, who runs Cotswold Decorative Ironworkers at M...

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