Stratford-upon-Avon

HE’S been in the antiques business since he was 13 and last Saturday Ben Field proudly welcomed invited guests to the grand opening of his very own antique…

THE HSBC branch in Studley will close on Friday, 15th April, the company has confirmed. The campaign to keep the branch in Alcester Road open was supported…

MOTORISTS wishing to park in Warwickshire no longer have to hunt for change following the introduction of a new system that lets you pay for parking with…

TV chef and author Sally Bee, from Stratford-upon-Avon, has joined forces with Staffordshire’s Hoar Cross Hall Spa Hotel to launch a healthy but indulgent…

BUS services change in Stratford-upon-Avon on the day of the Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations, Saturday 23rd April but Henley transport firm Johnsons…

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON Ramblers will lead a special week of walks in which they will take people into the countryside that surrounds William Shakespeare’s…

Controversial plans to close Ebrington School have been dropped following huge public opposition. Governors at the school had proposed closing the school…

INTERNATIONAL technology company Semcon has relocated its UK headquarters from Kineton to Warwick. The Swedish giant, which was based at Kineton, has…

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’…