Here is a roundup of the biggest stories from the news in Kenilworth this July

Alongside a host of planning applications, and a number of high profile council decisions, the last four weeks have seen Nub News cover everything from HS2 and fundraisers to local business successes.

Community News

Events continued this month, with the Old Town Festival and Castle Hill Fest both returning over the bank holiday weekend.

Students at Kenilworth School and Westwood Academy received their GCSE and A-Level results this month.

A splash of colour has been brought to Kenilworth's town centre in the form of a new mural on Station Road.

Sadly, one of the world's oldest people has passed away this month, just two months after celebrating his 111th birthday.

The mural has been painted on Station Road (Image via Brink Contemporary Arts)

Police

Warwickshire Police has received a report that a further 22 lambs (at around six months old) have been stolen from fields between Loxley and Wellesbourne.

Police were forced to use a stinger to stop an Audi following a chase along the A46.

The mother of a man murdered in Leamington has appealed for help to find those responsible following his first anniversary.

A force investigation has led to a former officer admitting to sexually abusing a teenage girl in the 1980s.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnap and false imprisonment following an incident near Wootton Wawen.

Business News

A pub landlord who was threatened with legal action to remove a giant bull mural from the side of his 400-year-old inn has lodged a planning application in a bid to keep the artwork.

A south Warwickshire landlady has branded the Government's proposal to impose smoking bans in pub gardens as 'yet another stick to beat the industry with.'

A new menu is set to be launched at a Malaysian restaurant in Kenilworth this September, bringing a range of "authentic and exciting dishes".

Stratford-on-Avon District Council has told The Bull's Head in Wootton Wawen to remove the painting of a bull (image via SWNS)

A French bistro café is set to open in Kenilworth this month, at the site of the town's former Thornton's shop.

The new owners of a popular Italian restaurant in Henley-in-Arden have thanked the local community for their support, just a few weeks after opening.

A collection of seven Warwickshire pubs has been bought by Fuller, Smith & Turner.

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