News in Kenilworth

A solicitors firm which opened its Warwick offices during the pandemic, has donated £500 to a local charity which supports children with terminal and life-limiting illnesses.

Wadsworths, which also has offices in Solihull, Henley and Tamworth, presented Molly Olly's Wishes with the donation representing a percentage of every Will they administered throughout the month of November last year.

Kenilworth Carnival is set to take place again this year, after the 2020 event had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The carnival will return to Abbey Fields on Saturday, June 26 and Sunday, June 27 with stalls, food and music alongside Wilson's Funfair.

Two sisters from Kenilworth who stepped up to help key workers and their community during the Covid-19 pandemic have been recognised with a Rotary Young Citizen Award 2021.

Seanna (18) and Ciara Hamill (20), are the women behind SanHanzUK, the social enterprise interest company which has been supplying PPE to local key workers, charities and businesses.

Plans for an oak-built stable with a tiled roof and rooflights have been thrown out by councillors even though neighbours of the proposed shelter in Haseley were in favour.

Three people living near the site in Firs Lane urged members of Warwick District Council's planning committee to go against the recommendation of their planning officer and grant permission when they met last night [TUE].

Children from the Year Two class at Crackley Hall School have come first in the country in a global maths competition.

Pupils at Crackley Hall joined millions of children across the world on Wednesday 5 May in a live 'Mathletics' challenge, a worldwide event that saw schools go head-to-head in maths quizzes to mark World Maths Day.

A one-day market will be held in Kenilworth on May Bank Holiday weekend to encourage people to show their support for local businesses as lockdown measures ease.

Organised by Kenilworth Town Council, and managed by CJ's Events, the Kenilworth Open Day Market will be taking place in Talisman Shopping Centre on Saturday, May 29 from 10am to 3pm.

Two young friends are gearing up for an epic fundraising challenge when they cycle 50 miles for a Warwick charity this summer.

Carrick Hayre and Nicole Baker, from Knowle, hope to raise £1,000 when they cycle along a route between their homes and Molly Olly's Wishes charity HQ in Warwick town centre, on July 3.

Clinton Primary School in Kenilworth is helping relaunch a campaign to help make roads around schools safer for children.

The 'Cars and Kids Don't Mix campaign' is being run by Warwickshire County Council and Warwickshire Police with the support of local schools.

A bucket full of drowned mice was found by officers from Kenilworth and Warwick Rural Police this morning.

Officers were on patrol in Hunningham when they found the bucket discarded on the side of the road.

Two birthing rooms at Warwick Hospital have received much-needed work to provide an improved private and homely birth setting for expectant Warwickshire mothers.

The project's aim was to transform the birthing rooms on Labour Ward, which were originally separated by a joining 'Jack and Jill' bathroom, to create two individual rooms with en-suite bathrooms.