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

News

New charity shop 'offering something different' now officially open in Kenilworth. The latest edition to the shopping scene in Kenilworth has opened this week, in the form of new charity shop, 'Pre-loved Emporium.'

Cars ignored direction from Kenilworth fire crews on Wednesday as they were called out late this afternoon to deal with a vehicle fire on Leyes Lane.

Arrests made in Kenilworth as part of Warwickshire Police anti drink and drug campaign. Arrests came as part of Warwickshire Police's winter campaign to minimise the number of motorists drinking under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

Community News

Kenilworth residents invited to follow third annual Christmas Window Walk courtesy of the PTA at St Nicholas Primary School.

Cancelled? Oh no it isn't! Much loved Kenilworth pantomime set to go online this year. The much-loved Christmas pantomime produced by the Talisman Theatre in Kenilworth is set to go online to bring some festive cheer to the end of 2020.

Christmas cheer will still be provided by the Talisman Theatre this December, as the people of Kenilworth are invited to a Talisman Christmas Special at the end of next week.

Eight youngsters from Kenilworth aged 5 to 11 years old have just completed a sponsored fast to raise money for local food banks.

Community expands across the Atlantic as Rotary Club members make links with Kenilworth, New Jersey.

Restaurateur cooks up a plan to help the homeless in Warwickshire this Christmas. We Love Pizza, in Regent Place, is supplying its leftover food at the end of the day to Helping Hands Community Project soup kitchen which provides hot food to hundreds of people a month.

Features

Who is Kenilworth's most 'Wikipedia'ed' resident? A new interactive map of the UK has been created to see which famous person has been most searched for in each town of the UK. Who do you think it is in Kenilworth?

New entrepreneurs hoping to become toast of the town. Paul Rowe and Lucy Scrivens, are enjoying a busy start for BRC Collective which they partly attribute to increasing demands driven by the pandemic.

Our latest Up Close With is now available! Click here to read all about Kenilworth's Sarah-Jane Perry, her life in the area and her journey to become one of the world's greatest squash players.

Sports headlines

Kenilworth Sporting FC have been awarded the Team of the Month Award. The side currently sit top of the Midlands League Division Three, and are set to return to competitive football next weekend.

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.