News in Kenilworth

Warwickshire County Council have today approved an amended version of the cabinet's proposed Devolution and Local Government Reform proposal

The full county council met today to discuss radical changes to local government in Warwickshire, to replace the current two-tier system. Discussions come ahead of the Government's White Paper bill which will propose the greatest degree in local government reform for nearly fifty years.

Having finally reopened in April 2018, Kenilworth Station has allowed local residents access to local trains on the Coventry to Leamington Line, but running alongside this service is a group of volunteers who dedicate their time to maintaining the grounds around our new station.

Friends of Kenilworth Station is a group of volunteers who have come together to beautify the station.

"Follow the rules, play your part and do the right thing for Warwickshire." This is the message from Assistant Chief Constable Alex Franklin-Smith and the county's Police and Crime Commissioner Philip Seccombe today.

The two policing leaders are encouraging residents in Kenilworth and the rest of the county to continue to take seriously the threat of coronavirus and help reduce its spread around the county.

Kenilworth Nub News aims to be supportive to every element of the community from businesses, shops, and people, to charities, clubs and sports organisations.

We will be profiling some of these local businesses, and groups regularly over the coming weeks in a feature called 'Up Close With'.

More and more businesses in Kenilworth and Warwickshire are benefitting from the fantastic work of SanHanzUK, as they announced today that more local eateries are using their sanitising products.

Today SanHanzUK have announced that they will be supplying personal branded bottles to staff at The Clarendon Arms and Harringtons On The Hill.

Kenilworth Eco-Fayre will be running online for the first time this year, on Saturday October 3.

In October 2019, the Kenilworth Eco Fayre was organised by The Kenilworth and District Eco Church Group at St John's Church, with stalls, talks, demonstrations, refreshments and a reflective space.

This week the group Covid-19 Kenilworth Support have offered thanks to their volunteers for all the hard work that they have done supporting the community over the past few months.

On Tuesday, volunteers met on the courts at The Kenilworth Centre to offer out tokens of thanks to the rest of the volunteers who have served their community so well over the past few months.

The health and social care organisations within Coventry and Warwickshire are appealing for residents in Kenilworth and other towns in Warwickshire to share their voice on the new Integrated Care Record (ICR) which is due to go live in Autumn 2020.

The Integrated Care Record (ICR) will amalgamate information directly from existing health organisations to produce a consolidated electronic record for each individual. The rational is to create a much more streamlined and structured record for health care professionals to access.

A growing number of local businesses, sports teams and organisations have taken advantage of Kenilworth Nub News' free What's On directory.

Our What's On has had entries for all sorts of events. From worship meetings, to sports fixtures, as well as well as council meetings.

Kenilworth Firefighter Malcolm Gunter will retire today after 41 years of service as an on-call firefighter.

Malcolm has been a firefighter locally since 1979; after joining Warwick County Fire Brigade as an 18 year old he was posted to Kenilworth.