Warwickshire County, England News

THE sacrifice of a young Worcester soldier who died in the trenches following a tragic accident will be remembered alongside other casualties of war.

POLICE are treating the death of an elderly man in a house fire in Nuneaton as `unexplained'. Both the man's identity and the cause of his death, following a blaze at an address in Woburn Drive, remain a mystery.

THEY came in their thousands to remember the dead. People from all walks of life, young and old, black and white, families and individuals, ex-servicemen and accountants, they were all there to pay a public, yet very private, tribute.

Second World War veterans in the West Midlands have been encouraged to return to the places where they saw action, with the help of cash from the Big Lottery Fund.

A NUMBER of big bonfire and firework events are due to take place in the area this week .

Villagers are to be kept waiting to find out if the first stages of a windfarm project near their homes will go ahead.

Two men have been taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition after separate road accidents in Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

The future of the loss-making Spa Centre could be settled next week when councillors vote on a report that recommends closing it.

A Southam mother who is recovering from a cancer operation was left without the means to buy electricity for her house.

Business leaders in Birmingham and Solihull have welcomed the Bank of England's decision to pump an extra A 25 billion into the UK economy.

A MAN has appeared in court this morning charged with the murder of a city fireman.

The owner of a boat which was involved in a collision where a 19-year-old woman died had only taken delivery of the craft just a few weeks before the tragedy, a court heard.

A Birmingham man with a history of mental illness died in police custody after being struck by a patrol car called to his home, an inquest jury has been told.

The parents of a Kenilworth teenager who was assaulted in an unprovoked attack are urging eyewitnesses to come forward.

Pop star Pink was held by security ahead of her gig in Birmingham, England on Friday - when a bouncer failed to recognise her.

THREE people had to be rescued after a fire in sheltered accommodation in Coventry last night.

This gold strip with a Biblical inscription is one of 1,500 items in the hoard. The largest haul of Anglo Saxon treasure, which was recently unearthed in Staffordshire, is to go on display once more.

More time may be made available to change proposals on where 10,800 new homes should be built around Leamington, Warwick and Kenilworth.

Old soldiers and fresh faces gathered to launch the Warwickshire British Legion's poppy appeal in Leamington last week.

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