A WILLIAM Shakespeare look-a-like has been forced to bow out amid an alleged racism row. Paul Workman, better known as ‘Mr Shakespeare’, has been regularly seen impersonating the playwright in the ...

CLASSIC cars from across the Midlands will be parking up in Leamington next month. The annual Cars at the Spa (CATS) festival, a major fundraiser for Leamington Rotary Club, takes place at the Pump ...

HOPE is the message behind a new mural in Leamington. The colourful 70 metre long work, depicting wild animals in clothes, has been created in the children’s play area at Strathearn Gardens off Rugby ...

AN EXCEPTIONAL student at Campion School in Leamington has received a Mary Dormer Harris Memorial Bursary. Harsimran Dhillon, who is in her final year of sixth form, has been presented with the ...

AS THE Easter break and festivities get under way pet owners are being warned to keep traditional goodies – such as chocolate eggs and hot cross buns – out of reach of their animals to avoid emergency ...

A NEW permanent CEO has been appointed at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Rachael North has taken the top job at the charity, dedicated to preserving the Shakespeare family homes, after undertaking ...

A SERVING Warwickshire police constable has been dismissed without notice for multiple breaches of professional standards amounting to gross misconduct. The former officer was alleged to have misused ...

DR FRED Reid, a distinguished historian, author, and inspirational campaigner for the rights of blind and visually impaired people, has died, aged 87. Born in Glasgow with humble beginnings, he was ...

THE FEAST of Fiddles will be fiddling away at Leamington’s Spa Centre on April 16. The group, born from a planned one-off special concert in 1994, now have 30 years under their belt, which has ...

HIS MAJESTY The King has delivered a message to everyone who works in the media industry at a special reception at Buckingham Palace this evening (Wednesday). The prestigious reception for regional ...

GARDENERS – do you have Ray’s butter bean, Grandpa’s Cress or Mrs Taylor’s Red Pear hiding in your garden shed or greenhouse? A charity is calling on Midlands gardeners to find and share their unusual ...