News in Kenilworth

West Midlands Ambulance Service is launching a new campaign just in time for Easter half term, which encourages young children to learn important and life-saving skills.

The campaign, titled 'Little Lifesavers', includes learning resources such as a fun activity book and videos from our staff, providing the perfect entertaining and educational activity for youngsters to do this Easter.

Warwick District Council's Arts Team has today (April 2) announced that it has been successful in an application for the second round of Arts Council England's (ACE) Culture Recovery Fund Grants.

The award of £86,985, in addition to the £170,000 in the first round, will ensure the future viability of the Art Section's cultural offer, which includes exhibitions, events and workshops at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum and a programme of live performance and film at the Royal Spa Centre.

Crackley Hall School took first place in the recent Independent Schools Association (ISA) Limitless Skills Challenge scoring a huge total of 7,558 points, nearly double the score of the second placed school.

The six-week programme of physical challenges was designed to encourage pupils to stay active during the latest lockdown, harnessing technology in a fun and engaging way to transform time spent on-screen into time being physically active.

A much-loved Kenilworth food delivery service, which emerged during the first national lockdown, is to serve its final customers this April.

Warwickshire Egghut was launched in September 2020 after local nurse Louise Lynam posted on social media asking if any Kenilworth residents would be interested in receiving regular deliveries of fresh, free range eggs from Warwickshire farms.

The Green Party will today (31 March) launch its local election campaign with a pledge to build a Green Recovery in every community across the county.

Ahead of the local elections on 6 May, the Greens are looking to build on their record results from the last local elections in 2019, which saw the party more than double their number of councillors in the UK.

A local charity is helping to bring some seasonal cheer to poorly children in Warwickshire over the Easter period.

Molly Olly's Wishes has been busy delivering more than 300 chocolate eggs and teddies to community nurses and volunteers at South Warwickshire Foundation Trust Community Children's Nursing Team for distribution to children across the area.

Village fetes and other local events are the experiences we are most looking forward to when government restrictions are lifted, according to a poll seen by Nub News.

The finding comes in a survey of more than 2,000 consumers for #wecreateexperiences, a campaign being launched today (March 30) by One Industry One Voice, a group representing the UK's events industry.

To mark a year since the first lockdown, a Leamington restaurateur wants to say a special thank you to local unsung heroes who have made a positive difference in their community.

Through his new Local Legends Campaign, Jose Ribeiro, of We Love Pizza, aims to reward six people who live or work in the Warwickshire, area, with a feast of pizza.

One of the UK's most senior female business figures says closing the gender pay gap and achieving parity at the top of big business has to be achieved more quickly.

Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith, the president of the British Chambers of Commerce, was the guest of honour at the launch of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce's 21in21 Women in Business Mentoring Programme.

Children and young people across Warwickshire are being asked to help shape the county as part of a new initiative which aims to make it the best place it can be to grow up in.

Warwickshire County Council has launched a survey to capture the views and opinions of young people as part of its Child Friendly Warwickshire programme.