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Warwick and Leamington MP Matt Western. Photo supplied

MP renews call for permanent traveller sites after incidents

Matt Western MP with Kate Cliffe and Helen Jones at the event at the Sydni Centre on Saturday. Picture supplied.

Benches placed at Leamington community centre to remember prominent townspeople

Warwick and Leamington MP Matt Western has been campaigning against the controversial plans to build new homes between Sydenham and Whitnash for the past eight years. Picture supplied.

MP's delight as plans for houses between Whitnash and Sydenham are paused

The Secretary of State for Environment has been invited to 'don her cozzie' and take a dip in Warwick's River Avon to find out for herself how bad river pollution has got.

Environment minister invited to a dip in Warwick's polluted River Avon

Ballot box. Stock image.

Deadline approaches for voter ID applications for Warwick district election

Residents gathered in Leamington to mark the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. Photo supplied

Community gathers in Leamington to mark anniversary of invasion of Ukraine

Business owners and residents protesting against the plans to build a student complex on premises in the Althorpe Street industrial estate in Leamington. Credit: MIke Baker.

Student flats plans are rejected giving reprieve to Leamington businesses

Businesses in Althorpe Street, Leamington Spa, are being told they will have to leave their premises in three months' time if plans are approved to build student accommodation in the area.

MP supports Leamington businesses which are fighting against student flats plans

(L-R) Paul Stafford, managing director for Vistry; Marc Howard, head of development for Stonewater; Matt Western MP, Aidan Weir, development manager for Stonewater; Katy Beswick, sales director for Vistry.

‘Social housing is badly needed in Leamington and Warwick’ says MP as he visits ...

Warwick and Leamington MP Matt Western hosting his Awards for Community Excellence 2023.

The winners of Warwick and Leamington MP's Community Awards for Excellence 2023

Nearly 40 children from Barford St Peter’s School went to Shire Hall to express their concerns regarding the proposed quarry at Wasperton Farm. They were met there, and supported by, Warwick and Leamington MP Matt Western (left), Cllr Jan Matecki (right) and Cllr Alan Rhead(middle back). Photo supplied

Council branded 'disappointing and disrespectful' after snubbing school children

): Matt Western MP speaking with staff and students at Royal Leamington Spa College.

Leamington and Warwick MP meets engineering students for Apprenticeship Week

The Warwick and Leamington MP's community awards will be returning this month. Photo supplied

Warwick and Leamington MP's annual community awards will be returning this month

The Rosalind Franklin Laboratory in Leamington - known as the mega-lab

Almost 700 temporary jobs to go at Covid megalab in Leamington

Matt Western MP is interviewed by BBC Midlands Today in regard to the fire safety issues at the Christine Ledger Square in Leamington.

MP's concerns over Leamington tower block safety issues

Railway engineers are making final preparations ahead of major accessibility improvements for passengers at Warwick railway station. Photo supplied by Network Rail

Final preparations being made ahead of lifts being installed at railway station

Wasperton Fields near Barford where Smiths Concrete wants to open a sand and gravel quarry. Picture courtesy of Smiths Concrete.

Barford residents 'steadfast in their commitment' to stop quarry

Warwick District Council's Riverside House headquarters in Leamington,.

Report into failed merger between Warwick and Stratford district councils

Matt Western at Quigleys Butchers during Small Business Saturday.

In pictures: Warwick and Leamington MP celebrates small businesses

The WCUC alumni with Angela Joyce who took part in a panel discussion around getting into the games industry. From left: Chloe Smith, Leanne Reed, Emily Evans, Amber Silcock, Catherine Sabine, and Angela Joyce. Picture supplied.

Future video games designers meet industry pioneers at Leamington event

MP Matt Western’s Community Excellence Awards event is returning for its third year running and this year’s awards will take place on February 16. Photo supplied

MP calling for residents to nominate their local heroes

Barford villagers at St John's College in Oxford protesting against the college's plans to use land near the village as a quarry. Picture supplied.

Campaigners given hope in their fight against quarry near Barford

Work to install lifts at Warwick railway station now in sight after more than 20 years of campaigning. Photo supplied by Network Rail

Work to install lifts at railway station now insight

Barford villagers at St John's College in Oxford protesting against the college's plans to use land near the village as a quarry. Picture supplied.

Barford residents take their quarry protest to St John’s College in Oxford

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers a speech outside of 10 Downing Street in central London on October 20, 2022 to announce her resignation. - British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation on after just six weeks in office that looked like a descent into hell, triggering a new internal election within the Conservative Party. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Warwick and Leamington MP calls for general election after Liz Truss resigns

Lilian Delday is now at home and recovering after a hip replacement operation. She had suffered a fall in her kitchen and had to wait for more than ten hours for an ambulance. Picture supplied.

Warwick Woman, 90, who waited over ten hours for ambulance is now recovering

Matt Western MP stands with Packmores Community Centre secretary Amanda Burford Warwickshire county councillor John Holland and Warwick district councillor Dave Skinner outside the former Priory Medical Centre site in Cape Road, Warwick, for which there is a plan to create a new community centre. Picture supplied.

Plan for new Warwick community centre on site of former GPs’ surgery receives pu...

Warwick and Leamington MP Matt Western. Picture supplied.

Warwick and Leamington MP releases cost of living support booklet but says he wi...

Harry Potter and Game if Thrones actor David Bradley with Warwick and Leamington MP Matt Western at the Macmillan coffee morning. Picture supplied.

Warwick and Leamington MP’s coffee morning with Harry Potter and Game of Thrones...

The Covent Garden multi-storey car park in Leamington.

Fresh approach to future of ageing multi-storey car park in Leamington

The InPost Locker was removed from the front of Sainsbury's in Warwick today and the blue plaque dedicated to Dick Turpin can now be seen again. Picture supplied.

Post locker which covered blue plaque dedicated to legendary Warwick boxer has b...

The site in Wasperton Farm is 350 metres from Barford, and is intended to provide minerals for building across Warwickshire. Photo supplied by Smiths Concrete

More information released on proposals for new sand and gravel quarry near Barfo...

Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Leamington for the opening of the Warwickshire Justice Centre in 2011.

"If ever there was a world queen, she was it.": Leamington and Warwick MP is am...

More than 200 sewage dumps took place in Leamington and Warwick last year - a 67 per cent rise in cases.

More than 200 'sewage dumps' took place in Leamington and Warwick rivers last ye...

Councillor Moira-Ann Grainger, Warwick District Council’s portfolio holder for neighbourhood and leisure, with the team at Dennis Eagle

Warwick-based manufacturer wins 'landmark' deal to supply bin collection vehicle...

More than 6,000 17 and 18-year-olds have completed courses and sat exams this year, at schools/academies, further education colleges, sixth form colleges and training providers around the county.

Here is what teenagers in Warwickshire can do if they did not get the A-level or...