[02 MAR 01] DON'T LET THE DOGS OUT IN DISEASE
AREA
Stray dogs found in
Nuneaton and Bedworth are to be rounded up by the council to
prevent foot and mouth spreading in the infected area.
MORE
[12 FEB 01] FEARS GROW FOR MISSING
SCHOOLGIRLS
Fears are growing for the
safety of three schoolgirls who have all gone missing from their homes
in the last week. MORE
[05 FEB 01] BLADE THREAT IN BURGER
HOLD-UP
A fast food restaurant manger
was threatened with a knife before crooks stole money from his safe.
MORE
[30 JAN 01] FEARS MOUNT OVER MISSING
COVENTRY GIRL
Concern
is mounting over the safety and welfare of a 14-year-old Coventry girl
who has been missing for a month and is believed to be in Bedworth or
Nuneaton. MORE
[29 JAN 01] WOMAN SHOVED INTO WALL BY
ROBBER
A woman struck her face on a
brick wall after she was shoved to the ground by a thief who snatched
her designer handbag. MORE
[19 JAN 01] CAR CHASE ENDS WITH STING
IN THE TAIL
A Coventry teenager is in
police custody after a 45-minute car chase went through three towns
early this morning. MORE
[17 JAN 01] WARWICKSHIRE TOWNS SET
CRIME EXAMPLE
Police officers from
all over the country are visiting Warwickshire to find out the
model way to combat crime in town centre shops. MORE
[20 DEC 00] LANDLORD FINED FOR NOISY PUB
A pub landlord must
pay more than £2,500 after being convicted of pestering
residents with persistently loud music.
MORE
[14 DEC 00] HARRY SHAW GIVES HIS NAME TO HST
- One
of the most famous names in Coventry business will now be
associated with the travel of information as well as people and is
setting up a base in Bedworth. MORE
[13 DEC 00] WARNING AS PILLS THAT COULD
KILL ARE STOLEN
Hundreds
of potentially lethal tablets are at risk from falling into the
hands of young children after they were stolen from a house
yesterday.
MORE
[13 DEC 00] ARMED ROBBERS STRIKE AT
CLUB
A steward and a barman
were forced into a cellar by armed robbers who struck at a
club last night.
MORE
[06 NOV 00] LIFE
IN EDWARDIAN BEDWORTH SLIDES INTO VIEW
An adolescent insight into
Edwardian Bedworth will be given next week at a slide show centring on
George Eliot’s great niece Alison Evans. MORE
[01 NOV 00] MOTORCYCLIST
KILLED IN RUSH HOUR CRASH
A Bedworth
motorcyclist was killed on a busy Coventry road yesterday when
he hit a kerb and fell off. MORE
[27 OCT 00] BEDWORTH
PARKERS FACE A DARKER FUTURE
Motorists who park illegally
in the pedestrianised part of Bedworth town centre will find
themselves having a doubly nasty shock soon. MORE
[20 OCT 00] LOCAL
PEOPLE KILLED IN AUSTRALIA CRASH
The three British
people who were killed in a horrific crash in Australia came
from Coventry and Bedworth, it has been revealed.
MORE
[18 OCT 00] CYCLISTS
BEING URGED TO TAKE CARE IN THE DARK
Cyclists in
Warwickshire are being issued with a safety checklist before
the clocks go back, with courses being held for children in
Nuneaton and Bedworth. MORE
[13 OCT 00] BOY
KILLED IN BEDWORTH ACCIDENT
An 11-year-old boy has died
after a road crash when he was hit by a vehicle. MORE
[28
SEP 00] COUNCIL
TO BRING IN ORGANIC RUBBISH COLLECTION
Nuneaton and Bedworth are going green – not
because of mold, but it is to do with rubbish. MORE
[27 SEP 00] MEN
IN MASKS ROB RURAL POST OFFICE
Masked men on motorbikes raided a rural
post office in North Warwickshire making the owner flee in
terror. MORE
[26 SEP 00] MAN
WITH NO PANTS HUNG ABOUT FOR 45 MINUTES
Police are seeking help to find a
teenager after he reportedly stood in Bedworth town centre
with his trousers round his ankles for 45 minutes. MORE
[25 SEP 00] THIRD LATE NIGHT ROBBERY ATTACK
IN BEDWORTH
Another taxi driver has been robbed after he made a late
night trip from Nuneaton to Bedworth. MORE
[19 SEP 00] BEDWORTH MAN RECOVERING AFTER
STABBING
Police think a man who was stabbed in
Coventry yesterday may have known his attacker, and do not
consider it was a road rage incident. MORE
[18 SEP 00] TRUNCHEON USED TO ROB TAXI DRIVER IN
BEDWORTH
A policeman’s truncheon and a beer
bottle were used to attack a Nuneaton taxi driver when two
passengers tried to rob him. MORE
[13 SEP 00] LORRIES BLOCK EXHALL PETROL
CENTRE
Lorries are blocking a petrol
distribution centre in Exhall as the fuel crisis starts to bite across
the country.
MORE
[08 SEP 00] PLEDGE
TO TAKE THE BUS OR WALK TO WORK
The streets of Nuneaton and Bedworth should be
quieter later this month – as people are encouraged to take part in
a scheme to leave their cars at home. MORE
[29 AUG 00] PASSENGERS
ATTACK AND ROB TAXI DRIVER
A taxi driver needed hospital treatment
after he was robbed and assaulted by two passengers in
Bedworth. MORE
[17 AUG 00] MORE
COUNCIL HOUSES SET TO BE TRANSFERRED?
Council houses in Nuneaton and Bedworth
could be transferred into the private sector, giving a new
landlord to thousands of people who now live in local
authority homes. MORE
[08 AUG 00] PIZZA DELIVERER ATTACKED
AROUND THE HEAD
A pizza delivery driver needed hospital
treatment after he was robbed while taking food to a Keresley
address.
MORE
[04 AUG 00] TEENAGERS ARRESTED IN
VILLAGE DRUGS RAID
Police have arrested a woman and a group
of youths following a drugs operation in Keresley.
MORE
[26 JUL 00] CYCLIST KILLED IN A444
RUSH-HOUR SMASH
A cyclist was killed
this morning in a crash that left a main road in north
Warwickshire closed through the rush hour.
MORE
[16 JUL 00] ARMED ROBBERY AT BEDWORTH
BOOKIES
Police are seeking drinkers in a Bedworth pub who may have
seen two men before they robbed a bookmakers shop at gunpoint.
MORE
[28 JUN 00] ARMED RAID AT BEDWORTH
BUILDING SOCIETY
A robber held up a building society in Bedworth, and made
off with cash after he threatened a cashier. MORE
[22 JUN 00] STAFF STRUGGLE WITH MASKED
RAIDERS
Two masked raiders struggled with shop
staff at a Bulkington convenience store before fleeing with
money from the till.. MORE
[19 JUN 00] BRICK THROWN AT CAR
IN BEDWORTH
A Nuneaton woman
narrowly escaped injury when a brick was thrown at her car as
she drove down a Bedworth street
yesterday. MORE
[14 JUN 00] WARNING OVER FUTURE OF
BEDWORTH SHOPPING
- Bedworth could soon become a 'ghost
town' for shoppers unless urgent action is taken according
to business leaders at the Chamber. MORE
[05 JUN 00] £10,000
ARSON AT EXHALL FACTORY
Thousands of pounds of
damage was caused to an Exhall factory at the weekend after
arsonists set fire to goods stored outside the building.
MORE
[30 MAY 00] MAN KILLED AS CAR
THROWN INTO FIELD
An Exhall man was
killed when he was thrown from his car on a Warwickshire road
at the weekend. MORE
[30 MAY 00] COUPLE RESCUED FROM
CAR FILLED WITH WATER
A couple had to be
pulled from their car as it was filling up with water after
crashing into a stream near Bedworth. MORE
[26 MAY 00] KIDS HAVE BUN DAY OUT AT
PARSONAGE
An exhibition featuring traditional
celebrations such as Whit Walks, Bun Day and coronations has
been unveiled in Bedworth. MORE
[17 MAY 00] BULKINGTON PEOPLE
INVITED TO SEE CENTRE
Villagers in Bulkington are being
invited along to an open day marking the success of four years’
hard work in creating a community venue. MORE
[11 MAY 00] BULKINGTON VILLAGE
CENTRE READY TO OPEN
A village centre that has been built in
a disused school and equipped by the community is to throw
open its doors for the first time next week. MORE
[11 MAY 00]
HUNT LAUNCHED AFTER MAN STABBED
Police are appealing for witnesses after
a 29-year-old man was stabbed in an Exhall Street
yesterday. MORE
[04 MAY 00] BASEBALL
BAT ATTACK IN BEDWORTH SHOP
A man snatched money from a till in a
Bedworth shop after threatening the cashier with a baseball
bat. MORE
[29 APR 00] MOBILE
HOME BLAZE IN BEDWORTH
The occupants of a mobile home in Bedworth had to be
re-housed yesterday after a gas cylinder exploded.
MORE
[27 APR 00] PAINTBRUSHES
AT DAWN IN FIGHT AGAINST ARENA
Nuneaton and Bedworth town centres are
to get a lick of paint as a spruce up in the battle with
Coventry City's Arena 2000. MORE
[21 APR 00] GOOD
DOG CAMPAIGN COMPETITION 2000
Playgroups and 'Out of Hours' clubs were asked to take part
in this year's Good Dog Campaign Competition. MORE
[10 APR 00] BULKINGTON FLAT FIRE RESCUE
DRAMA
Frightened residents had to be rescued
from a block of flats in Bulkington yesterday after flames
filled the stairwell. MORE
[03 APR 00] NUNEATON
MAN KILLED IN BEDWORTH SMASH
A Nuneaton man was killed when the car
in which he was a passenger became wedged under a lorry.
MORE
[28 MAR 00] EXHALL
FIRM CLOSURE THREATENS 350 JOBS
The general manager of an Exhall factory threatened with
closure says its fate is nothing to do with the difficulties
at Rover. MORE
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