News in Kenilworth

Here are all the headlines and news stories from January in Kenilworth.

The month began with an announcement by West Midlands Railway that Kenilworth Station would not receive any passenger service 'until further notice.' Kenilworth Town Council wrote to WMR asking for more information. A reply was received indicating the operator's commitment to reopening service on the line.

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust's Cardiology Team has implanted their first patients with a LINQ II device to reduce the need for patients to physically visit hospital.

The team carried out the small, minimally invasive, procedure on their first five patients including Emma Spencer, who is a Medical Student working at the Trust, on Wednesday 20 January.

A Kenilworth artist who has drawn her garden every day during the three national lockdowns has been able to capture both the changing of the seasons and the emotional experiences of the past year in her art.

53 year-old Michala Gyetvai has produced nearly 200 emotional landscapes since the end of March 2020, all of which are interpretations of her own garden.

A Kenilworth poet has had two poems featured in a book all about people's experiences of lockdown during 2020.

53 year-old Michala Gyetvai's poems 'Solitude is an Attitude' and 'A Robin Flew into my Garden' have both featured in 'Yesterday's Diary – An Anthology of Coventry in Lockdown.'

A Warwick charity has been given a lift thanks to an innovative festive fundraising initiative.

Members of Knowle & Dorridge Rotary Club collected £2,700 for Molly Olly's Wishes when their virtual balloon race took off on Christmas Day.

Minister for Media and Data John Whittingdale has praised Nub News for showing there is still a demand for community-focussed local journalism.

The Maldon MP's endorsement follows the expansion of Nub News into 62 towns across the UK in recent months, including the launch of Kenilworth Nub News in August last year.

Teenage singer-songwriter Daniel Barrie, from Kenilworth, has released his second single, 'Curtain Falls.'

The single was released on Friday, January 22 2021, and can be found embedded at the top of this page.

The Duchess of Cambridge has spoken to staff at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust this week to thank them for their tireless work over the past 12 month

On Tuesday, January 19, The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron of the Nursing Now campaign, spoke to nurses with a variety of different roles at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust about their experiences during the pandemic and why their profession is so important.

Kenilworth businesses are being urged to get their staff tested regularly using one of six centres in the county, for those without symptoms of Covid-19.

Kenilworth's closest test centre, in Leamington Spa is run by Warwickshire County Council in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care, district and borough councils and community partners.

Following the success of last year's inaugural event for the creative sector, Warwick District Council has announced that Spark 2021; Ignite, will take place from 22 to 26 February.

Last year more than 380 delegates from the district's arts, entertainment, digital and cultural community came together for a day of fact finding, discussion and performance at the Royal Spa Centre.