Stratford on Avon

General view of the sign outside the BBC's 'Broadcasting House' in Portland Place, central London.

BBC CWR sees listener numbers rise – as corporation plans cutbacks

A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital after a crash in Lighthorne. Photo by West Midlands Ambulance Service

Motorcyclist taken to hospital's major trauma centre after crash

An electronic speed limit sign showing 30mph

More speeding convictions in Warwickshire

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: a dozen for Stratford-on-Avon drivers over the next fortnight

PICTURE POSED BY MODEL File photo dated 02/02/20 of a teenage girl showing signs of distress, as child victims of sexual abuse are waiting more than 600 days to see their attackers brought to justice, figures suggest.

Confirmed child abuse recorded in Warwickshire

The four bed bungalow in Langley. Photo by DM & Co. Homes

Property focus: Take a look at this £1.75m bungalow up for sale

A person riding an electric scooter in Westminster, London.

More people were injured in e-scooter collisions in Warwickshire

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

South Warwickshire Trust cares for four patients with Covid-19 in hospital

File photo dated 03/10/2014 of a NHS ward, as patient safety investigators have issued a warning to the NHS over writing to patients only in English after a Romanian child died following missed cancer scans.

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust broke single-sex ward rule multiple time...

Dogfest will be taking place at Ragley Hall next month. Photo by Mark Mackenzie/Dogfest

TV presenter Michaela Strachan attending south Warwickshire's Dogfest

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Good news as food hygiene ratings awarded to three Stratford-on-Avon establishme...

A member of the military at passport control as they cover for striking Border Force officers. Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) members working as Border Force officers at Gatwick, Heathrow, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester and Glasgow airports and the port of Newhaven resumed strikes on Wednesday for four days over pay, jobs and conditions. Picture date: Thursday December 29, 2022.

Stratford-on-Avon takes in dozens of Afghan refugees

Rats nibble on discarded food in central London as The Keep Britain Tidy Campaign announced that the UK rat population had increased by 24% to 60 million, due mainly to the rise in fast food litter. * The group is launching a campaign to encourage those using takeaways, food halls and concession stands to bin unwanted food rather than dump it on the streets.

Stratford-on-Avon District Council dealt with more than 100 rodent infestations ...

General view of estate agents signs outside a block of flats in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Stratford-on-Avon house prices dropped slightly in March

File photo dated 22/10/14 of a Police officer, as according to new figures, some of the UK's biggest police forces have recorded a rise in the number of violent homophobic crimes this year, with hundreds of assaults on gay and lesbian people reported to police so far in 2014 - including more than 300 in London alone. Scotland Yard recorded 1,073 violent homophobic offences between January and October, up from 1,007 in 2013 and 1,002 in 2012.

Record low number of thieves sentenced in Warwickshire

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to two Stratford-on-Avon establishments

Rats nibble on discarded food in central London as The Keep Britain Tidy Campaign announced that the UK rat population had increased by 24% to 60 million, due mainly to the rise in fast food litter. * The group is launching a campaign to encourage those using takeaways, food halls and concession stands to bin unwanted food rather than dump it on the streets.

Warwickshire County Council dealt with more than 100 rodent infestations last ye...

Rats nibble on discarded food in central London as The Keep Britain Tidy Campaign announced that the UK rat population had increased by 24% to 60 million, due mainly to the rise in fast food litter. * The group is launching a campaign to encourage those using takeaways, food halls and concession stands to bin unwanted food rather than dump it on the streets.

Warwickshire County Council dealt with more than 100 rodent infestations last ye...

A Universal Credit sign on a door of a job centre plus in east London. Recipients of Universal Credit (UC) have described feeling "pushed beyond limits" due to the impact of cuts. A £20-per-week uplift to the benefit that was introduced at the start of the coronavirus pandemic ended on Wednesday, leaving recipients of UC £1,040 worse off per year. Picture date: Wednesday October 6, 2021.

More people on universal credit in Stratford-on-Avon

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Good news as food hygiene ratings handed to four Stratford-on-Avon establishment...

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: six for Stratford-on-Avon drivers this week

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

South Warwickshire Trust cares for eight patients with Covid-19 in hospital

NOTE: IMAGE 12 OF A SET OF 35 IMAGES FEATURING LOCKED GATES OF BUSINESSES AND PLACES THAT ARE CLOSED DURING UK LOCKDOWN A black combination lock secures a hasp on a door to a puzzlair escape game centre in Bristol to prevent access as the UK continues in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Rise in 'Section 21' evictions in Stratford-on-Avon last year – as Government mo...

Older people at a charity tea party in London.

Nearly half of suspected dementia cases in Stratford-on-Avon lack a formal diagn...

A preschool age child plays with plastic toy animals.

Almost a dozen Warwickshire households apply to become foster carers

The waiting room in OPD 15 Neurophysiology dept in NHS Lothians' Department of Clinical Neurosciences (DCN) which has been transferred into a purpose-built new home on the Little France campus in Edinburgh.

Backlog of long waits cleared at the South Warwickshire Trust – despite Governme...

Part of a Roman coin hoard found in Snodland in north Kent is looked at closely by a British Museum worker; the coin hoard, discovered by a digger driver, is made up of over 3,600 coins and is part of the British Museum's annual report of treasure finds at the British Museum in London.

More treasure discoveries in Warwickshire last year

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Stratford-on-Avon road closures: six for motorists to avoid this week

PICTURE POSED BY MODEL. A woman showing signs of depression.

Black patients in Coventry and Warwickshire more than three times as likely as w...

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

South Warwickshire Trust cares for nine patients with Covid-19 in hospital

File photo dated 26/01/18 of pound coins and English bank notes, as households with children and pets are feeling particularly tightly squeezed by rising living costs, research suggests.

Cost-of-living crisis: more than 10,000 Stratford-on-Avon households to receive ...

A nurse puts on PPE in a ward for Covid patients at King's College Hospital, in south east London. Picture date: Tuesday December 21, 2021.

One more death recorded in Stratford-on-Avon

File photo dated 18/1/2023 of a NHS hospital ward, as nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland's NHS recruitment crisis.

The South Warwickshire Trust: all the key numbers for the NHS Trust in March

General view of an Accident and Emergency Sign at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Drop in visits to A&E at the South Warwickshire University Trust last month

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Stratford-on-Avon road closures: almost a dozen for motorists to avoid this week

The British Motor Museum will be marking the 100th birthday of the MG at an event later this may. Photo supplied

British Motor Museum to host event to mark 100th birthday of the MG

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. Picture date: Wednesday January 18, 2023.

One in 10 jobs unfilled at the South Warwickshire Trust

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

South Warwickshire Trust cares for six patients with Covid-19 in hospital

A nurse puts on PPE in a ward for Covid patients at King's College Hospital, in south east London. Picture date: Tuesday December 21, 2021.

Three more deaths recorded in Stratford-on-Avon

Moreton Morrell College. Photo by Google Streetview

UPDATE: Lockdown lifted at Moreton Morrell College

A radiator at a home in north London.

One in seven Warwickshire households in fuel poverty

A radiator at a home in north London.

One in seven Stratford-on-Avon households in fuel poverty

File photo dated 24/01/16 of a preschool age child playing with plastic building blocks. Two out of three parents with young children say the free childcare measures announced in the Budget will encourage them to go back to work, according to new research. But the extra help is only a "step in the right direction", with the UK having some of the highest childcare costs in the world accounting for nearly a third of a family's income, said jobs company Indeed.Issue date: Friday March 24, 2023.

Fewer Warwickshire families claiming Child Benefit

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The spring market in Kenilworth. Photo supplied

Organisers of spring market 'impressed' by the footfall of this year's event