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Date Perseid meteor shower will reach its peak this week - and the best time frame to look for the Perseids
You could see up to 100 meteors per hour during the Perseid meteor shower.
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Leamington steakhouse chain branch to shut as part of company closures next month
The Leamington branch of a large steakhouse chain will shut permanently next month (September) as part of national closures being carried out by the company which owns it.
The best places in Coventry and Warwickshire to see the Solar Eclipse 2026
The UK will not see another deep partial solar eclipse until 2050
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Solar eclipse: How to make pinhole projector at home as stocks run low on special glasses
A partial solar eclipse - with around 90 to 96% coverage - will be visible from the UK on Wednesday.
Plans given go ahead to install potentially life-saving equipment in Warwick
A new piece of potentially life-saving equipment is due to be installed in Warwick after plans were given the go ahead.
“Rugby must have a strong voice": Group leaders unite to set out town's priorities for local government reorganisation
Three political group leaders on Rugby Borough Council have written jointly to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to set out priorities for Rugby as local government reorganisation moves forward.
Leamington volunteer selected for World Scout Jamboree in Poland
A volunteer from Leamington has been selected to represent the UK at the World Scout Jamboree in Poland in 2027.
Santander's Leamington branch set for major refurbishment
Santander's branch on The Parade in Leamington is set for a significant internal and external refurbishment, according to plans submitted to Warwick District Co
Bin collections to start earlier this week amid amber heat warning
Warwick District Council has confirmed that bin collections across the district, including Leamington, will begin earlier than normal from Weds 12 to Fri...
Missing Rugby girls Angelica and Verity have been found
Missing Rugby girls Angelica and Verity have been found safe and well.
Missing Rugby girls, 11 and 12, finally found as new investigation underway
They had not been seen for more than 48 hours
Warwickshire stargazer's top tips for those wanting to watch the solar eclipse tomorrow
A Warwickshire stargazer has given some top tips to those wanting to watch the rare partial solar eclipse in the sky above the county tomorrow (Wednesday August 12).
CRICKET - Norton Lindsey set to miss out on promotion after Long Itchington defeat
Long Itchington posted a mammoth 378-4 from their 45 overs at Wolverton Road which left Norton Lindsey in pursuit of 379 runs for victory.
'Historically significant' Georgian silver salver among items stolen from Warwickshire National Trust site
A ‘historically significant’ silver salver is among 25 antique pieces which have stolen from a National Trust site in Warwickshire.
Man, 81, left with punctured lung and fractured ribs after railway wall fell on him
Network Rail has been fined £1.2million over the incident in Rugby
Met Office warns Coventry to be hit by 15 hour long 'extreme heat' in new alert
It comes as temperatures are set to soar
Volunteers help rare butterfly habitat thrive beside railway cutting near Leamington
Volunteer conservationists are working hard to restore a rare butterfly habitat beside a railway cutting near Leamington.
The unsolved Warwickshire Tombstone Murder: Olive Bennett's 1954 Stratford cold case
More than 70 years on, the 1954 murder of Stratford-upon-Avon midwife Olive May Bennett — strangled and weighed down in the River Avon with a tombstone wrenched from Shakespeare's own churchyard — remains one of Britain's most baffling unsolved cold cases.
Warwick's popular classic car show rolling back into the town this weekend
The annual Warwick Classic Car Show which turns the town centre into an open-air museum showcasing a wide variety of vehicles is set to return this weekend.
Warwickshire people get glasses at the ready to witness rare partial solar eclipse
People across Warwickshire are preparing to watch a rare and exciting event this week.