THE tenth World Shakespeare Congress is being held in Stratford-upon-Avon and London this week – the first time the event has been co-hosted in two locations…
WARWICKSHIRE College Group and South Worcestershire College officially merged today (Monday) with the declared aim of bringing improved services to students,…
STRATFORD’S Ken Kennett community centre – which faced the prospect of imminent closure only a few weeks ago – looks set for a sunny future after all. The…
DAMNING allegations about the way Stratford-upon-Avon College is being run - to the detriment of its staff and students - have emerged. The claims, which…
THE biography that new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was commissioned to write of William Shakespeare now looks like it will never happen. And according…
SHAKESPEARE’S last will and testament has returned to Stratford-upon-Avon for the first time in 400 years and will go on public display today (Saturday…
BRITAIN’S new Prime Minister, Theresa May, made a special trip to Stratford-upon-Avon – via Shipston-on-Stour – during the first weekend of May 2009. At…
STRATFORD-ON-AVON MP Nadhim Zahawi today (Tuesday) responded to a challenge from a local Liberal Democrat councillor on the provision of funding for the…
THE long-awaited core strategy for the Stratford-on-Avon district was finally adopted this afternoon, Monday – protecting the area at last from the so-called…
THE chairman of Stratford-upon-Avon College’s governors, Lord Digby Jones, has told Warwickshire College to “get your tanks off my lawn” in response to…
STRATFORD MP Nadhim Zahawi today (Wednesday) welcomed Home Secretary Theresa May’s big lead following the first round of voting in the Conservative leadership…
GAYDON-based carmaker Aston Martin has criticised the lack of a “Plan B” from Vote Leave leaders in the aftermath of last week’s Brexit vote. Mark Wilson,…
STRONG objections lodged against plans to install 74,000 solar panels on nearly 100 acres of land to the west of Admington Road at Preston-on-Stour have…
A MASSIVE housing development of 200 homes proposed for Bidford-on-Avon has been given the go ahead by a government planning inspector. The controversial…
CAR giant Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has joined other motor manufacturers today (Monday) in arguing against Britain coming out of the European Union. JLR,…
THE crisis over affordable housing in the Stratford district has reached such a peak that the local council is considering the possibility of setting…
THE cost of using Stratford-upon-Avon’s park and ride in Bishopton will dramatically increase on Monday, 13th June. But the arrangements that will see…
MASSIVE plans to expand Jaguar Land Rover’s operations at Gaydon — expected to create nearly 2,000 extra jobs — are to be considered by Stratford-on-Avon…
AUSTIN REED’S store in Stratford-upon-Avon is to close by the end of June. The nationwide clothing retailer went into administration in April and today…
PLANS for the first phase of a massive and controversial housing scheme in South Warwickshire were given approval last week – and there was an immediate…