Weekly Round Up: all the headlines and sports stories from this week in Kenilworth

By James Smith 1st Nov 2021

Here are the headlines, and features from this week in Kenilworth

News

MP for Kenilworth and Southam Jeremy Wright voted against the government for the first time in ten years this week over the latest coronavirus regulations.

Warwick District Council have today announced two new grant support initiatives to help the hospitality sector in Kenilworth and the rest of the district.

The Kenilworth Poppy Appeal has raised over £16,500 this year despite the limitations caused by lockdown restrictions.

The reuse shop at Kenilworth's Cherry Orchard recycling centre has reopened this week as the second national lockdown comes to an end.

Crime News

Following a Warwickshire Police investigation, a former priest who physically and sexually abused 'over a number of years' has been convicted of non-recent child sex offences at Warwick Crown Court.

A major new consultation, called 'Your Police, Your Views' has been launched by Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner Philip Seccombe to give people in Kenilworth and across the wider county the opportunity to have their say.

Two men have given a new meaning to the phrase 'a brush with the law' after being arrested in Stoneleigh in possession of hundreds of toothbrush heads believed to be stolen from a Leamington shop

A 57-year-old man from Kenilworth is one of five people to be arrested after drugs were seized from a property in Leamington.

Community News

Margaret Kite, who has lived in Kenilworth her whole life, and in her current house since it was built in 1962, was welcomed by a host of neighbours yesterday to mark her 88th birthday this week.

This year, owing to Covid-19 pandemic restrictions on outdoor events, the Kenilworth Lions' much-loved pre-Christmas carol concert is going online, and it will be completely free to watch on YouTube in the comfort of your own home.

Mayor of Kenilworth Cllr Richard Dickson has visited the Royal Mail delivery office in the town, to thank the 'heroes' who work there.[.L]

Waverley Day Centre has reopened after the second lockdown and remains a safe space for the elderly people of the town.

Following the meeting with Warwick District Council last week, Kenilworth Lido Campaign chair Ruth Colgan has expressed her disappointment at the decision not to pause the plans for leisure development in Abbey Fields.

The ever-popular Kenilworth Scout Post is to go ahead this year, much to the delight of the people of the town.

Features

Mayor's Column:'Thank you for what you are doing to make Kenilworth such a special place.' Mayor of Kenilworth Cllr Richard Dickson brings his monthly column to the town, and this month he is looking back at 2020 in Kenilworth.

Sports headlines

Kenilworth Wardens FC have completed their lockdown running competition. Members of the club have covered a staggering 1500 miles between them.

Kenilworth Wardens Reserves have won their first game of the season to lift them off the bottom of the Coventry Alliance Division Three.

Kenilworth Rugby Club are asking local people to get involved in the development of their new ground through their Build The Castle campaign. The club are already advertising for a new website manager.

     

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