News in Kenilworth

Together with local author Robin Leach, Tony Collett, Rev'd Andrew Attwood and Cllr Kate Dickson, we marked today the 80th anniversary of when bombs/landmines dropped on Kenilworth killing more than 25 people.

Tony Collett, who now lives near Cambridge, is the grandson of Sarah Collett, who was killed in Kenilworth by shrapnel on 7th November 1940.

The winners of the Mayor of Kenilworth's 2020 Christmas card design competition have been announced.

The four young Kenilworth residents each designed a different card which the Mayor will use when sending Christmas cards to local community groups, to county organisations and to the leaders of Kenilworth's twinned towns in France, Germany and Italy.

A Kenilworth firefighter has said "I definitely heard them laughing" after being assaulted on her cycle home from work on Wednesday, November 11.

Alison Insley has been an on-call firefighter at Kenilworth Fire Station for nearly five years. On her cycle back from a call in Leamington on Wednesday night, at around 8.45pm, a car drove past her at speed on the Kenilworth Road and threw what appeared to be white paint at her.

It has been announced this week that there is a new opportunity for a mobile food outlet in Abbey Fields, Kenilworth.

Warwick District Council, who oversee the maintenance of Abbey Fields, are opening applications for a new food vender to set up in the town's park.

West Midlands Police are again appealing for witnesses following the death of a biker three weeks after a hit and run on the Kenilworth Road in October.

29-year-old Malachi McClelland was hit by a car whist on his motorcycle at around 6pm on Saturday, October 17, and has remained in a critical condition in hospital since.

Crackley Hall School, Kenilworth will be adding a second Reception class for pupils starting in September 2021 after seeing an increase in the demand for places at the popular prep school.

The new Reception class will enable more children to benefit from the school's specialist tailored approach.

Nominations close next week for the preliminary phase of the new Leamington Business Awards which recognises Covid resilience across the region.

The seventh – and newly named - Leamington Business Resilience Awards, introduces three additional categories recognising Business Resilience, Business Pivoting and Lockdown Hero.

Construction work is progressing well at a new housing development in Cubbington, where the first homes have now been released for sale.

Bellway South Midlands is selling an initial selection of properties at its Hazelwood development, which is located off Coventry Road in the village, just three miles from Kenilworth.

As Remembrance Sunday yesterday could not be observed in the usual fashion, three Kenilworth men completed the 'Paras' 10' event in aid of Support Our Paras.

Glen Iceton, Paul Edwards, and Bob Stear all successfully ran the 10 mile route with the adage that they had to be wearing boots and carrying a 35lb pack the whole way to replicate military fitness and selection tests.

As the people of Kenilworth were forced to mark Remembrance Sunday this year in a different fashion to normal, residents have found their own ways to mark the day.

Some members of the community have been painting poppies and sending them to Kenilworth Fire Station.