Category: COVID-19 News & Information
Rotarians Answer the Call For Emergency India Aid Warwickshire Rotarians have supported a Heart of England campaign to fund emergency Oxygen Concentrators to help ease the Covid-19 crisis in India. Club members on both sides of the county, in Nuneaton, Bedworth and Warwick, raised thousands of pounds towards the cost of the vital equipment which saves lives […]
Will Steps Up For Local Charity – In All Weathers An eight-year-old Warwick boy schoolboy has adopted the spirit of the late Captain Sir Tom Moore in support of a charity local to him. William Colegate is running up a fundraising total for Molly Olly’s Wishes with a 62-mile challenge. Out in all […]
“The landscape of education has moved away from local authority schools to academies which just turned some school leaders into power-driven individuals taking their focus away from teaching and learning. Their priority and moral compass has been changed and it’s gone off in a direction that is not about the children any more.” A Controversial […]
Source: Eat With Ellen Has Your Favourite Place to Eat Signed up to The ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ Scheme? You’ve all heard of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, right? Just in case you haven’t, it’s a government scheme designed to help boost the hospitality industry after a super difficult time. The scheme opens […]
Could Fogging Technology Help Lift the Pandemic Cloud? Two friends are hoping their new enterprise will help boost local business efforts to re-emerge from the challenges of lockdown. Carl Barlow, from Leamington Spa, established Fog surface sanitisation company this month after adapting his private jet and helicopter valeting business which was suddenly grounded by COVID-19. […]
Making Memory Bears & More From Recycled Clothing Loss, personal health struggles and a global pandemic proved the perfect storm for Warwick woman Julie Brown but who has now turned her life around with the launch of a new business. The fifty-year-old mum, who battles multiple sclerosis, recently established SEW Unique Crafts which specialises in […]
Award-Winning Spanish Restaurant in Warwick Set to Reopen The owner of an award-winning – but famously compact – Spanish restaurant in Warwick claims relaxing the 2m distancing rule has saved his business from closure. Alex Clayton was forced to shut Tasca Dali at the start of lockdown, resorting, like many others, to offering meal deliveries […]
WINCHCOMBE FARM HOLIDAYS The owners of a boutique glamping retreat in Warwickshire say they hope a ‘surge in ‘staycationers’ will help them bounce back from a three-month lockdown that is forecast to have cost the business more than £100k. Jo Carroll and Steve Taylor are now ready to welcome back guests after taking comprehensive steps […]
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The coronavirus is spreading across the world and has now reached over 60 countries, including the UK. Here’s some useful information about this new virus from the NHS website…. COVID-19 is a new illness that can affect your lungs and airways. It’s caused by a virus called coronavirus. What’s the risk of coronavirus […]