Stratford-upon-Avon

ALMOST £1million is to be spent on filling potholes. Warwickshire County Council has banked £832,000 from the government’s Pothole Action Fund, which…

A COPY of Romeo and Juliet in Russian that was handed to the Shakespeare Memorial Library in Birmingham by a 30-strong delegation from the Soviet Union…

PAAPA Essiedu, 25, was brought up in east London by his mum. He studied drama at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Three years after graduating, the…

PROFESSIONAL Cookery apprentice Chloe Gardner has won in the finals of QHotels ‘Design a Dish’ catering competition, held at Crewe Hall, in Cheshire. The…

A special family celebration marked the re-opening of St Peter’s Chapel at Holy Trinity Church recently following its £50,000 refurbishment. Work has…

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON town centre streets are set to be thumping with the arrival of this year's Stratford Festival of Motoring next month. The annual May…

Two all-female Leafcutter Ant colonies have taken up residence at Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm. Atta cephalotes, to give them their official name,…

CUSTOMERS were queueing at the Post Office in Stratford town centre for the reopening of the branch earlier today, Monday. The branch in Henley Street…

A GIANT art cube, a BBC Radio 3 workshop and a World Record attempt will form part of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s contribution to the annual Shakespeare…

THE Post Office branch in Stratford-upon-Avon town centre reopens at 1pm today (Monday 11th April), after it has been closed for a fortnight-long refurbishment.…

THE town of Shipston-on-Stour paid its own special respects to a victim of last November’s terrorist attacks in Paris during a “twinning” visit to France…

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON School has been rated ‘Good’ following its latest Ofsted report, turning it around from its previous rating of ‘Requires Improvement’…

THE Royal Shakespeare Company, in Stratford-upon-Avon, and the BBC have announced today (Sunday 10th April), more performers and musical highlights for…

THE Stratford hotel and Stratford-upon-Avon College have launched a new apprenticeship campaign with MP Nadhim Zahawi. The event was part of the ninth…

The Shakespeare Hospice shop in Greenhill Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, has re-opened as the charity’s first designer boutique. “We get so many amazing…

A CHARITY reuse shop at Wellesbourne Recycling Centre was burgled on Monday 4th April. Wellesbourne Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) reported that burglars…

A CAR collided with an outbuilding in Bearley this afternoon (Saturday 9th April). Two fire engines from Warwickshire Fire and Rescue assisted Warwickshire…

IN-FORM Frome completed the league double over Stratford Town, who are still not mathematically safe from relegation, writes Bryan Hale. Two more points…

THE clock is ticking and Stratford’s Emily Kirk is in training for the London Marathon on Sunday 24th April. The former Alcester Grammar School pupil…

A HORSE was rescued from a ditch, near Shipston-on-Stour this morning (Saturday). A fire crew, along with the Large Animal Rescue Team, from Rugby, were…