News in Atherstone

A petition calling for street lights to be turned back on across Warwickshire has been presented to the county council.

The petition, which has been signed by more than 1,000 people, was started by Chloe Fojtik, from Stratford, who urged councillors to put the safety of women before any financial implications.

Calls for improved bus services across Warwickshire have led to the creation of a cross-party working group.

The introduction of electric and hydrogen buses will be investigated and an improvement plan will be presented to Warwickshire County Council's cabinet by the end of October.

An review into how Warwickshire children with special educational needs are cared for will take place next week.

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will be visiting Warwickshire County Council and Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group to carry out its local area inspection.

A new arts programme will benefit seven to 17 year-olds in Warwickshire living with mental health challenges.

A programme of drama, music, movement, photography, crafts and films will be tailored to each young person and delivered online or in person.

The Managing Director of Tamworth-based HiB, has been ranked as one of the top business leaders in the UK, as part of the Growing Business Intelligence SME Leaders 20.

The award recognises and celebrates the achievements of leaders at small or medium-sized enterprises and is presented to those that have demonstrated strength, innovation, flexibility and resilience during the challenges of the past 18 months.

Atherstone's closest lateral flow testing site will close at the end of June.

The LFT site at Water Orton Community Hall will close on June 30.

A 'prolific' burglar has been sentenced to 66 months in prison for nine offences committed in North Warwickshire between March 2019 and February 2021.

Lea Jon Hiatt, 48, of no fixed abode, appeared at Warwick Crown Court on 16 June.

Warwickshire Police is appealing for the public's help to locate a man wanted in connection with an assault in Dordon last month (May).

Police want to speak to Denholm Price, 34 - he has connections to North Warwickshire and Birmingham.

When the travel-addicted Max Kelly left Atherstone Station in January 2020, he thought his teaching role in Vietnam would be similar to his previous experience, as a tutor in Mexico.

When the ever-adventurous Nicola Flowers set off from Bedworth in April 2019, she had no idea she would be staying abroad for two years.

It was a deceptively sunny day when I met Abigail Remmer for a socially-distanced walk along the Atherstone Canal.

As to be expected of the English springtime, it soon began to get chilly, but the 26-year-old PhD student didn't seem to notice. She told me that she was inspired by William Blake poems about the seasons, and it became clear to me that she lived through the pandemic like someone out of a Romantic novel.