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Stratford Foodbank appoints new trustee

Stratford Foodbank appoints new trustee

STRATFORD Foodbank has strengthened its trustee board as it tackles the pressure of the current situation and looks to the future. Paul Spooner advises…


VIDEO: Melissa in song for VE Day anniversary

VIDEO: Melissa in song for VE Day anniversary

AT a time when many events have been postponed or cancelled, the 75th anniversary of VE Day is an immovable moment in history. Although large public gatherings…


District prepares to safely celebrate VE Day

District prepares to safely celebrate VE Day

AT a time when many events have been postponed or cancelled, the 75th anniversary of VE Day is an immovable moment in history. Although large public gatherings…


Residents offered free online sign language classes

Residents offered free online sign language classes

Thousands of families across England will get the chance to learn sign language in the comfort of their own homes from today (Friday) as part of Deaf…


Council chairman's VE Day message

Council chairman's VE Day message

Cllr Christopher Kettle, chairman of Stratford District Council: “On Friday we should be celebrating VE day across the District. It was not so long ago,…


Celebrating birthdays under lockdown

Celebrating birthdays under lockdown

Jane Tailby, Headteacher at Bridgetown Primary School, looks at how to mark birthdays during the crisis. HOW do you mark a birthday celebration during…


Two arrested after laser shone at police helicopter over Warwick

Two arrested after laser shone at police helicopter over Warwick

Two men have been arrested after a laser beam was shone at a police helicopter over Warwick yesterday (Wednesday). Police were called to Rothwell Road…


Get ready for VE Day with this week's Herald

Get ready for VE Day with this week's Herald

IN this week's unmissable Stratford Herald we are putting the spotlight on how our communities are finding creative ways to mark the 75th anniversary…


INTERVIEW: RSC actor Bally Gill #ArtistsInRetreat

INTERVIEW: RSC actor Bally Gill #ArtistsInRetreat

Bally Gill as Romeo embraces Karen Fishwick as Juliet in the RSC’s 2018 production. Photo by Topher McGrillis/RSC During the lockdown Herald arts finds…


Join musical theatre marathon this week

Join musical theatre marathon this week

Forget the West End and Broadway, on Thursday the epicentre of the musical theatre world will be the tranquil village of Moreton Morrell. It is where…


Ambulance chiefs urge residents to observe social distancing during VE Day celebrations

Ambulance chiefs urge residents to observe social distancing during VE Day celebrations

The West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) is urging residents to celebrate VE Day on Friday in ways which don’t increase their risk of transmitting coronavirus. The…


Sports groups oppose Wasps training ground plans as application goes in

Sports groups oppose Wasps training ground plans as application goes in

Disgruntled sports groups appear unconvinced by proposals from Premiership rugby club Wasps to allow some community use of their proposed new training…


Barney's birdbox fundraising to say thank you to NHS

Barney's birdbox fundraising to say thank you to NHS

A talented Newbold youngster has been putting his love of woodwork to good use during the lockdown period to raise money for the medics who helped his…


Signs go up at Stratford's new Villare Hotel

Signs go up at Stratford's new Villare Hotel

It may be a tough time for the hospitality industry but plans to re-brand Stratford’s former Grosvenor Hotel moved forward last week as a sign bearing…


UPDATE: Swan shot by catapult thugs dies of its injuries

UPDATE: Swan shot by catapult thugs dies of its injuries

A SWAN shot by thugs with a catapult on a canal near Stratford has died from its injuries. The male – half of a breeding pair on the canal near Wilmcote…


Swan shot in horrific attack

Swan shot in horrific attack

A SWAN suffered life-threatening injuries after being shot on a canal near Stratford at the weekend. The bird – the male in a breeding pair – was left…


School continues Shakespeare tradition

School continues Shakespeare tradition

One of Stratford’s greatest traditions still managed to take place last week as King Edward VI School paid tribute to Shakespeare. During Stratford’s…


INTERVIEW: Artist Evgenia Golubeva on life in lockdown #ArtistsInRetreat

INTERVIEW: Artist Evgenia Golubeva on life in lockdown #ArtistsInRetreat

Writer, animation director and illustrator Evgenia Golubeva tells Herald arts about her life under lockdown. Tell us about what you do, and how you got…


INTERVIEW: Shakespeare scholar Emma Smith #ArtistInRetreat

INTERVIEW: Shakespeare scholar Emma Smith #ArtistInRetreat

Emma Smith’s highly acclaimed Sunday Times bestselling book This is Shakespeare has just come out in paperback. Here the Oxford academic, praised for…


Diary of a lockdown mum

Diary of a lockdown mum

Trainee journalist Heidi Bottomley was halfway through work experience at the Herald when the lockdown came. Here, she describes life at home in Norton…


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