Stratford-upon-Avon

ON Thursday, 5th May, voters will go to the polls in the second elections for the posts of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales. The first…

THREE groups in Stratford-upon-Avon have banked a share of a £115,000 pot of cash from the Heart of England Community Foundation. The Foundation manages…

FORMER Aston Villa footballer, Stylian Petrov, and former world boxing champion, Frank Bruno, will be at the official opening of a new trampoline arena…

THE Stratford-upon-Avon Art Society’s annual Founders’ Lecture takes place on Thursday, 12th May, at at the Shakespeare Centre, Henley Street, Stratford. Vivien…

A COMPLETE rainbow brightened up the dark skies over Ettington on Saturday, leaving residents 'agog', according to the man who took the picture. Steve…

AUTOMOTIVE design, engineering and recruitment firm Contechs has announced it will create 50 new jobs as part of a £450,000 investment at its Warwick…

A FAMILY-run village post office has had a major refurbishment just months after it was saved from closure. Last May residents in and around Tysoe united…

THE northbound M40 was partially blocked last night, Saturday, between junction 11 and 12 because of an overturned caravan. It happened at around 6pm,…

AUGUST Bank Holiday weekend will see Stratford-upon-Avon’s first ever Shakespeare Duck Race. Over the last five years, the Rotary Club of Stratford-upon-Avon…

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON’S Shakespeare Hospice has beaten more than 400 other organisations to scoop a top national award and £30,000 in unrestricted funding. The…

THE tea was flowing in Stratford-upon-Avon ArtsHouse on Friday, 22nd April, when some 230 guests enjoyed a free afternoon tea to start the weekend of…

THE EU returns to the local agenda this week with two events focusing on the in/out referendum to be hosted in Stratford.Both take place on Wednesday,…

SOUTH Warwickshire based sales and marketing agency, The JMB Partnership, has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise — one of the UK’s…

Students at Stratford’s King Edward VI School completed a 125 mile sporting challenge in honour of the Bard last Saturday, transporting a quill by foot…

NEW York rapper Devon Glover, aka the Sonnet Man, recited all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets back-to-back on Sunday. 24th, rounding off the weekend and…

A sea of runners gathered in Stratford on Sunday to take on the Rotary Shakespeare Marathon and Half-Marathon. Raising money for a host of good causes,…

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON-born artist Jane Tomlinson has created three illustrated maps in praise of William Shakespeare. Jane started drawing maps just as…

THE Reverend Canon Roy Brown, left, Associate Minister at St Andrew’s Church in Wilmcote, gave his support to Stan Lapidge and Diana Howles, both church…

THOUSANDS of votes have already been cast by the people of Stratford to have their favourite landmarks included on the town’s Monopoly board but voting…

Thousands of people lined the streets of Stratford last Saturday for the town’s annual Shakespeare parade. The parade is considered one of the highlights…