Warwickshire Police were left embarrassed this week after spelling Shipston and Wellesbourne wrong on the side of one of its new mobile police station vans.

The new mobile police station was unveiled by the force on twitter, but officers may now be regretting not having double checked the design on its side.

In the design Shipston is spelt as Shipstone and Wellesbourne has become Wellsbourne.

The hi-tech van features on board WiFi, a flat screen TV and its own 240v power supply.

FRIENDS who met at a local football club are cycling 400 miles across four countries for an ex-teammate who has cancer.

Sam Canty, Joe Weston and Matt Wells — three of Matt Bates’ close mates — are riding from Central Ajax Football Club, in Warwick, to Ajax Amsterdam Football Club, in the Netherlands, after the 26-year-old was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of kidney cancer.

The ride — dubbed Ajax To Ajax — will begin on Easter Monday, 28th March, after a football match at the Hampton Road club and ends six days later at Ajax’s Dutch League game with Zwolle.

THE third annual Shakespeare Week was launched in a live digital broadcast by children’s television presenter Baroness Floella Benjamin, at the Shakespeare Centre, in Stratford-upon-Avon, this afternoon (Monday).

It was estimated by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust that 1.5 million pupils across the country were reached, in the hour-long broadcast entitled Walking with Will.

It was filmed live in front of 120 pupils from St Andrew’s Primary School, in Shottery, Stratford Primary School, in Broad Street, St Gregory’s Catholic Primary School and Alveston Primary School.

THERE were several top class local entries in this year’s Crufts including Fabien Chidonna At Efterpi a long coat Chihuahua owned by Mrs Sharon Baker of Hockley Heath which won best of breed. The overall winner at this year’s show held at the NEC in Birmingham was Devon the West Highland Terrier whom beat 22,000 other dogs to be named Best In Show. There were over 30 winning local entries in this year’s show. A full list of whom will appear in this Thursday’s Stratford Herald.

DIRECTOR of cricket Dougie Brown believes Warwickshire’s pre-season stay in the United Arab Emirates has been “very beneficial” to the squad.

The Bears squad landed back in Birmingham on Monday after a 13-day stay in the UAE, during which they played two T20s against West Indies and a two-day match against Worcestershire.

FC STRATFORD revived their Midland League Division Three title hopes with victory over Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons at the DCS on Saturday.

Martin Kendashki (2) and Ben Hill got the goals as Stratford secured their first win in six games.

STRATFORD Town manager Carl Adams believes his side were punished for failing to convert their chances against Weymouth on Saturday.

Ben Thomson struck twice as Weymouth came from behind to claim a 2-1 win at the Bob Lucas Stadium.

JAMIE Moore is fast becoming the jockey to follow at Warwick, as he landed a winner for the third meeting running when Incentivise scored at last Sunday’s Horse & Hound Warwickshire Air Ambulance Raceday.

With seven horses failing to finish, the £12,000 Whites – Free Skips For Metal Handicap Chase proved tough going for runners and riders alike. James Banks sent Krackatoa King to the front seven fences from home, but they had nothing left to give when Incentivise came to challenge approaching the second last.

“STRATFORD, it’s not all about Shakespeare”, is the often-trumpeted mantra beloved by many locals bored of the Bard — especially in this much-hyped 400th commemorative year since his death. Rejoice, then, that with this production of Don Quixote even the RSC acknowledge it’s not all about old Bill. Spanish novelist Miquel De Cervantes wrote the […]

INSPIRED by the iconic 1970s girls’ magazine, Jackie The Musical runs at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry from this week. It tells the story of a 50-something divorcée, who revisits her stash of well-thumbed Jackie magazines for the same reason she first read them nearly 40 years’ previous: advice on how best to navigate the […]

GARY Delaney comes to Stratford ArtsHouse on Saturday, 12th March, with his new tour show, There’s Something About Gary.

He is widely regarded as being one of the most quotable one-liner comics in the country, and is a regular on BBC 2’s Mock The Week and Radio 5 Live, and his talents have led him to write for 8 Out Of 10 Cats, and A League Of Their Own.

He’s also married to fellow comic Sarah Millican. Herald arts caught up with him ahead of the show.

THE Royal Shakespeare Company has announced the full cast for its production of Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist, at the Swan Theatre from 26th May to 6th August.

Polly Findlay returns to the RSC after directing The Merchant of Venice in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre last year, to direct Jonson’s hilarious satire that revels in just how vain humans can be.