Hundreds of walkers strolled into the sunshine on Sunday to raise money for The Myton Hospices. More than 440 people took part in Walk for Myton and raised over £20,000 in pledged sponsorship - smashing the event’s target of £11,500. Walkers could choose from routes of three, six or 12 miles for the sponsored walk and were invited to enjoy a picnic or BBQ and relax in the hospice grounds after the event.

The court case against a former detective charged with stealing £113,000 from Warwickshire Police’s headquarters will have to start afresh because of an administrative error.

More than 1,300 new homes could be built on three areas of green space between Leamington and Warwick, if councillors approve a developer’s plans.

Around 20 sites will be identified today (Friday) as potential areas for Gypsies and travellers to set up home.

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A former detective constable who Warwickshire Police had initially refused to name has pleaded not guilty in court to stealing £113,000 from the force’s headquarters.

A Leamington man has been jailed for six weeks for stealing from cars.

A Leamington man has died after being hit by a lorry.

When volunteers and staff decided to dredge the canal in Warwick, the last thing they expected to find were three motorbikes.

After watching how blood transfusions saved their wives’ lives, two men from Warwick literally rolled up their sleeves to do something about it.

An inaugural lecture in honour of a man who helped found the Imagineering Foundation to encourage young people into engineering will be given by a Kenilworth engineer.

The political leadership of Warwickshire’s newly elected council will soon be decided as parties vote in new leaders and make plans for the future.

Warwick Hospital opened its newly refurbished maternity unit last week and mothers-to-be have already been benefiting from the changes.

Representatives from Warwick have expressed their sadness after our story last week about the carnival procession not taking place again this year.

The new chair of the district council has defended the rising costs of fighting HS2 as costs creep up over budget and could hit over £150,000.

Efforts to return Bath Place Community Venture to its original site in Leamington’s Old Town are moving forward.

Probation Service changes in Warwickshire – including privatisation – will be a “disaster”, claims a union official.

Neighbours whose alertness led to the swift arrest of two men who had carried out a £25,000 burglary in their south Warwickshire village are to receive commendations.

Being diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer has proved to be no barrier to a Leamington mother’s determination to cycle 50 miles for charity.

And leaping more than 12,000 ft out of a plane is not enough of a challenge for a Warwick entrepreneur intent on raising funds for leukeamia research in support of his father.

A retired county councillor who approved the new structure of Warwick Hospital said he is now ‘very concerned’ with its care, following problems he has faced since he had a pacemaker fitted.