/ North Warwickshire

Plans for over 1500 homes off Robey’s Lane revealed
/ North Warwickshire/ Property, Planning & DevelopmentHeadline
PLANS have been submitted to North Warwickshire Borough Council for 1,540 homes, a 100-bed Care Home, a Primary School and a Community Hub on the land between Robey's Lane and the Former Golf Course...
Appeal for witnesses following armed robbery in Coleshill
/ Appeal/ Crime/ North Warwickshire
Police are appealing for witnesses or information following a robbery at a shop in Coleshill. At around 6.05pm yesterday evening (Wednesday 9 January), it's reported two males entered a shop on Station Road Industrial...
More details released in relation to M42 collision
/ Appeal/ North Warwickshire/ Travel & Motoring
WARWICKSHIRE Police have released more information and called for witnesses to come forward following the tragic incident this morning (Wednesday).At around 2.45am, police were informed a pedestrian had been hit by a...
Overturned articulated lorry causes A5 chaos
/ 999/ North Warwickshire/ Travel & Motoring
A LORRY which overturned on the A5 this morning has caused traffic misery for morning commuters - and it is expected to last a number of hours. Police Officers from North Warwickshire Response team, supported by...
Twenty-eight CCTV cameras rolled out in Polesworth
/ Council & Politics/ Crime/ North Warwickshire
RESIDENTS of Polesworth can now feel a little safer knowing that 28 CCTV cameras have been positioned around the village, in a bid to cut crime and anti-social behaviour. Polesworth Parish Council who are responsible...
Residents urged to take extra recycling to centres
/ Council & Politics/ Environment & Nature/ North Warwickshire
RESIDENTS are being urged to take their excess Christmas recycling to one of Staffordshire’s recycling centres. The call from Staffordshire County Council comes ahead of one of the busiest times for recycling, as people dispose...
County lines operations in Atherstone and Nuneaton hailed a success by Police
/ 999/ Crime/ North Warwickshire
OPERATIONS to target county lines drug crime in Atherstone and Nuneaton have been hailed a success.County lines crime is a term used to describe gangs transporting drugs from bigger cities into smaller towns. This...
Appeal for witnesses following burglary in Atherstone
/ Appeal/ Crime/ North Warwickshire
OFFICERS from Warwickshire Police are appealing for witnesses or information following a residential burglary in Atherstone this week. The incident relates to a burglary in Church Walk, Atherstone at approximately 8:30am on Monday 19 November.Entry was gained to the house...
Appeal after woman was threatened with a knife as group steal her car
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WARWICKSHIRE police are appealing for information after a woman was threatened with a knife and had her car stolen in a robbery in Coleshill. The victim was attacked by three men as she was...
Witness appeal after pensioner killed in Nuneaton collision
/ Appeal/ North Warwickshire/ Travel & Motoring
WARWICKSHIRE Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision in Nuneaton this afternoon (Wednesday 7 November). Police were called shortly after 12.15pm to a report of a blue Jaguar X-type in collision with a...
Dyslexia group welcomes House of Lords response to ‘controversial’ literacy teaching guidance
/ Children & Young People/ Council & Politics/ Education & Employment
Dig-iT (Dyslexia Information Group in Tamworth) has welcomed the news that Warwickshire County Council has withdrawn its ‘Teaching children and young people with literacy difficulties - Practice Guidance, February 2018’ for further review. The decision comes after...
Appeal to help locate Tamworth man
/ 999/ Appeal/ North Warwickshire
OFFICERS from Warwickshire Police are appealing to the public for help to locate 26-year-old Emmanuel Cassie. Police would like to speak to him as it's believed he may have information about an investigation into an...
Police search for three males following Atherstone robbery
/ 999/ Appeal/ Crime
POLICE in Wawickshire are looking for three robbers following an incident in Atherstone shortly before 1am. A family was threatened by the men, who were wearing balaclavas, after they broke into their property on...
Warwickshire Police to be separated from West Mercia after 6 year alliance
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A DECISION has been taken by the West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable to withdraw from the strategic alliance arrangements currently in place with Warwickshire Police, from October 8, 2019. In June...
Trading Standards tackle North Warwickshire car dealer
/ Crime/ North WarwickshireHeadline
THE owner of a North Warwickshire garage that sold an unroadworthy vehicle it described as ‘in good condition’ and ‘drives very well without faults’ has been successfully prosecuted by Warwickshire County Council Trading Standards. Responding to...
Motorway Services drama as Minibus and Lorry catch fire
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A MINIBUS exploded into a ball of flames this afternoon (Wednesday) and set fire to a neighbouring HGV at the Moto Service Station The incident occurred at the Motorway Service Station that sits at Junction...
Kingsbury road to be closed to vehicles
/ North Warwickshire/ Property, Planning & Development/ Travel & Motoring
WARWICKSHIRE County Council has made a Temporary Traffic Order closing Coventry Road, Kingsbury from a point either side of the railway bridge, to vehicular traffic. The closure is required to safely facilitate brickwork repairs to...
Local pub raises nearly £14,000 for Cancer Research UK
/ Community/ North Warwickshire/ Staffordshire
A PUB in Warton has again raised an amazing amount of money for Cancer Research UK through a fun run and otherfundraising events. Last night at The Office at Warton, unveiled their final 2018 grand...
Local resident releases new book
/ North WarwickshireHeadline
LOCAL resident, Mick Manise has recently published this book entitled, 'Stories from the Great War, Vol. 1, The Pooley Miners'. The book contains the biographies of the 32 men named on the War Memorial situated...
Have you seen missing Polesworth woman?
/ Appeal/ North WarwickshireHeadline
Chelsea Vaughan, who was reported missing from Polesworth, has now been found. Thank you to everyone who shared our article, this has now been removed for reasons of privacy.No other details are available from...
Police appeal after motorcyclist dies in collision
/ Appeal/ North WarwickshireHeadline
An appeal has been made by Warwickshire Police for witnesses following the fatal collision on Woodford Lane in Nuneaton, between Woodford Bridge and Woodford Cottage. Police were called at 7.37pm on Sunday (19...
Car cruising’ ban in North Warwickshire borough
/ 999/ North Warwickshire/ Travel & Motoring
A JUDGE has banned so-called car cruising events in North Warwickshire borough. In the injunction, street cruising is defined as: 'Two or more drivers or motor vehicles on a public highway or any place the...