Villagers have revealed their despair at HS2 works that ‘devastated’ a beauty spot to make way for a tunnel. The Cromwell Lane bridge in the Warwickshire village of Burton Green used to be a ‘wall’ of foliage, but is now adorned with just a few tree trunk stumps barely a foot tall. The ‘deforestation’ of the … Read more
Villagers have revealed their despair at HS2 works that ‘devastated’ a beauty spot to make way for a tunnel. The Cromwell Lane bridge in the Warwickshire village of Burton Green used to be a ‘wall’ of foliage, but is now adorned with just a few tree trunk stumps barely a foot tall. The ‘deforestation’ of the … Read more
Great British boltholes: Billesley Manor in Warwickshire is a romantic cosy retreat… just as the Bard liked it Billesley Manor near Alcester has had many lives since Shakespeare stayed here The most recent facelift, last year, saw £5.6 million lavished on the 4-star hotel There are 71 rooms that are ‘richly dressed’, with wood panels … Read more
A luxury farmhouse on land where infamous highwayman Dick Turpin is rumoured to have stashed his stolen loot has gone on the market for £1.8million. The Grade-II listed Harwoods House sits on a sprawling 12 acres of land in Ashorne, Warwickshire and is for sale with Bromwich Hardy estate agents. The property is being marketed … Read more
Electric vehicle tech firm REE Automotive to create 200 high-skilled jobs at new engineering centre in Warwickshire REE Automotive said it would invest about £66m and create around 200 jobs It added that it plans to establish 15 ‘integration centres’ across the globe REEcorner and REEboard are the company’s two main technologies By Harry Wise For … Read more
‘Taming of the flu’: Social media users share hilarious memes after second Briton to be given Pfizer vaccine is named as William Shakespeare, 81, from Warwickshire Mr Shakespeare, from Warwickshire, received the shot in left arm this morning First vaccines were administered by nurses at University Coventry Hospital Maggie Keenan, 90, became the first to … Read more
‘Taming of the flu’: Social media users share hilarious memes after second Briton to be given Pfizer vaccine is named as William Shakespeare, 81, from Warwickshire Mr Shakespeare, from Warwickshire, received the shot in left arm this morning First vaccines were administered by nurses at University Coventry Hospital Maggie Keenan, 90, became the first to … Read more
Couple in their eighties found dead in their Warwickshire home with ‘no signs of suspicious behaviour’ may have died in murder-suicide as they struggled with second lockdown, police say Police were called to the property in Bucks Hill, Nuneaton, at 3.49pm on Sunday Bodies were recovered by emergency services and an investigation launched Fire crews … Read more
Mystery as elderly couple in their eighties are found dead in Warwickshire house with ‘no signs of suspicious behaviour’ Police were called to the property in Bucks Hill, Nuneaton, at 3.49pm on Sunday Bodies were recovered by emergency services and an investigation launched Fire crews were called but found no signs of carbon monoxide poisoning … Read more
An Inspector calls… at an ivy-clad hotel where guests pay £15 to use the pool and a ‘course’ in the tasting menu is a pot of olives (but breakfast is ‘top-notch’) Mallory Court, near Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, is part of the Eden Collection and has a new ESPA spa The dinner menu confused him, … Read more