News in Kenilworth

Warwickshire County Council's Cabinet has committed almost £1.5m in additional investment into targeted youth support over the next two years.

The council has said it is a priority to help children be the best they can be.

Much-loved actress and national icon Joanna Lumley - like Nub News - shares a love of visiting and highlighting local communities across the country and has just launched her new TV series doing just that.

Nub News is delighted to help spread awareness of her series, 'Joanna Lumley's Home Sweet Home - Travels in my Own Land' which is on ITV.

The annual 'Fairtrade Fortnight' hosted by the group Fairtrade Kenilworth will be held virtually this year.

Running between Monday, February 22 and Sunday, March 7 the annual event is hosted "to entertain, educate and inspire, while raising awareness of the effects of the climate crisis on vulnerable farming communities."

Controversial plans not to reopen the Kenilworth's leisure facilities after lockdown have come in the same week as Warwick District Council have submitted a planning application for the redevelopment work at Abbey Fields Leisure Centre.

A planning application for the "Demolition of existing swimming pool and outdoor pool and redevelopment to provide two new indoor swimming pools and associated changing facilities with ancillary cafe, boundary treatment and landscaping" has been validated (January 28) for discussion by the district council's planning committee.

Three businesses all working in different parts of hospitality have come together to plan a romantic weekend for couples in Kenilworth this coming Valentine's Day.

The Famous Virgins & Castle in Kenilworth, The Court House in Warwick and West Midlands Wedding Caterer of the Year, Caviar & Chips are pooling resources to help deliver romance to couples in Warwickshire.

An eight-year-old Hatton Park boy schoolboy has adopted the spirit of the late Captain Tom Moore in support of a charity local to him.

William Colegate is running up a fundraising total for Molly Olly's Wishes with a 62-mile challenge.

A vegan fayre is coming to Warwickshire this summer and organisers are looking for local vegan and ethical businesses to sign up to showcase their products and help spread awareness of a vegan alternatives.

Hosted by Lisa and Paul Millard, owners of the 'Soy Oi' vegan food van, the festival will take place on Saturday, November 20 at Atherstone Memorial Hall.

Formal approval of the plans for the new Kenilworth Rugby Club site off Warwick Road have been welcomed by local Liberal Democrats.

The plans for the Rugby Club will see a brand new clubhouse and five new senior and two new junior rugby pitches.

The future of local government at the district level for Kenilworth remains in the balance as ongoing merger talks continue between Stratford-on-Avon District Council and the town's current local body Warwick District Council.

SDC and WDC are moving towards the next step: 'To create a single statutory South Warwickshire Council covering all of the activities currently carried out by Stratford-on-Avon District Council and Warwick District Council by 2024.'

Kenilworth Town Councillors have expressed huge disappointment with Warwick District Council's plan not to reopen the leisure facilities in Abbey Fields and at Castle Farm until such time as the proposed building works have been completed.

The district council's plan will be discussed at a meeting on 11 February of the council's executive.