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  • CCTV images to aid robbery hunt

    03/07

    POLICE have issued CCTV images of two men they would like to trace to progress their enquiries into a robbery at the Co-op in Newbold ...»

  • Two injured in car collision

    Kara Bradley 03/07

    A COLLISION between two cars resulted in a man and a woman being taken to hospital. The collision, in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, happened near to Meadowlands Fisheries ...»

  • New burial ground could be built in town

    Dan Santy 02/07

    A GROUP has been set up to look into the possibility of building a new crematorium and burial ground somewhere in Rugby. The borough council's ...»

  • Traders feeling the Asda effect

    Report by Dan Santy 02/07

    TAKINGS at a town grocery shop are down 40 per cent since Asda’s new superstore opened - meaning staff may lose their jobs, its owner ...»

  • Pupils join village’s litter patrol

    Dan Santy 01/07

    AN EXAMPLE was set by these schoolchildren who spent a morning sprucing up their area by picking litter. Pupils from Hillmorton Primary School scoured the ...»

  • Village’s day in the sun

    Pictures by Jamie Gray 01/07

    ANOTHER great turnout for the annual Ryton village fete helped make it a big success. Crowds turned out under the sunshine for the event last ...»

  • Fund-raiser puts Kevin in sight of target

    Dan Santy 01/07

    KEVIN Faulkner’s hopes of seeing again came one step closer thanks to a fete held at the weekend. The fundraising event held in aid of ...»

  • Pupils put their best feet forward

    Dan Santy 01/07

    TREKKING toddlers walked around a school field for charity this week as part of Barnardo’s Big Toddle. Youngsters from Newbold Riverside Children’s Centre joined in ...»

  • Impressive £21k raised at cancer ball

    Dan Santy 01/07

    A WHOPPING £21,300 was raised from this year’s annual Rugby Cancer Ball. The organisers of the 40-year-old event topped last year’s efforts by nearly £6,000, ...»

  • Showing off some new-found skills

    Dan Santy 01/07

    PUPILS enjoyed a circus skills workshop as part of a week of sporting activities at Clifton upon Dunsmore Primary School. They got involved in circus-style ...»

  • Party will mark club’s anniversary

    Laura Payne 01/07

    RUGBY Canoe Club will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Monday (July 6). The club was formed by Ray Allen in 1969 because he wanted somewhere ...»

  • School reopens after outbreak

    Dan Santy 02/07

    BILTON Grange School reopened this week after an outbreak swine flu. The part-boarding school on Rugby Road school was shut from June 19 until Monday ...»

  • Villagers win reprieve in new houses battle

    Dan Santy 02/07

    VILLAGERS in Newton look set to have won their battle to stop a planned development of 165 houses being built on land at Coton Park ...»

  • Give blood

    Kara Bradley 01/07

    Give blood ANYONE who wants to donate blood can roll up their sleeves at the Railway Club on Hillmorton Road next Tuesday (July 14). ...»

  • Tesco now set to grow

    Dan Santy 02/07

    TESCO’s multi-million pound Leicester Road store expansion looks to set be given the go ahead. Plans to double the size of the branch were due ...»

  • Joy for farm after rare bird find

    Kara Bradley 02/07

    FATHER and son farmers Jim and Stuart Russel have proved to be wise owls when nesting boxes they put up have resulted in seven rare ...»

  • Emergency dash with a difference

    Kara Bradley 01/07

    IT WAS a supermarket sweep for a Rugby family when they won the chance to do a trolley dash around Sainsbury’s in aid of the ...»

  • Waste smell is hitting workers

    Laura Payne 02/07

    WORKERS on an industrial estate near Rugby’s waste depot have slammed the council after their working lives were made a misery by the foul smells ...»

  • Cattle market development will go ahead

    Dan Santy 01/07

    THE CATTLE market redevelopment will go ahead - despite some concerns about it still not being addressed. The plans were given the green light at ...»

  • Woman carjacked at knifepoint

    01/07

    A WOMAN had her car stolen at knifepoint in broad daylight as she waited in a queue of traffic. It happened yesterday (Monday) while she ...»

  • Pickpocket warning after women has £200 stolen

    Kara Bradley 01/07

    A WOMAN had £200 stolen from her while she was shopping in Rugby on Saturday (June 27). And the incident has prompted police to remind ...»

  • Man knocked unconscious after robbery

    Kara Bradley 01/07

    A ROBBERY victim was knocked unconscious during an attack in which he was also warned that his assailant had a knife. The man was assaulted ...»

  • Fatal collision driver named

    Kara Bradley 01/07

    THE 18-YEAR-OLD who died when the car he was driving in collided with a viaduct at Butler's Leap on Saturday morning (June 27) has been ...»

  • Fatal collision follows robbery

    Kara Bradley 01/07

    A TEENAGER has died after the car he was driving, which was being followed by police, collided with a viaduct pillar at Butler's Leap. The ...»

  • Man kicked to the floor by shops

    Kara Bradley 01/07

    A MAN who confronted a youth who kicked a ball at the shop he was in was assaulted and kicked to the floor on Wednesday ...»

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