Cost of installing and maintaining the Stratford town centre Covid road scheme is revealed by Warwickshire County Council Published: 07:00, 10 March 2021
Controversy of the Stratford town centre barricades rumbled on this week as full costs of the Covid-19 road space reallocation scheme were revealed to the Herald.
To date the bill for the installing and maintaining the scheme comes to £301,310. This is in addition to the £192,000 that the council has spent on tarmacking the town centre roads as part of the initiative.
Asked where the money was coming form, a spokesperson for Warwickshire County Council said: âThe resurfacing works for the areas around Bridge Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, will be funded from the Warwickshire County Council capital funding allocation for 2020/21.
How my Stratford postman saved precious letters from my mother
| Updated: 07:46, 09 March 2021
Some of the less frequently recognised heroes of lockdown have been our postal staff. Here, Stratford resident MANYA CHADWICK pays tribute to her postie, Matt Shadbolt, with the amazing story of the rediscovery of her motherâs lost letters.
A WEEK ago, I was eagerly awaiting two envelopes that should have arrived several days before.
My cousin in Devon had found letters my mother had written to her parents from 1944 to 1967. The letters were of great sentimental value and my cousin wanted me to have them.
Postman Matt Shadbolt with his very happy Redwing Close customer Manya Chadwick. Photo: Mark Williamson R10/2/21/2917. (44605268)
Wing mirror to blame for Harbury teenager Holly Chevassut s death, finds coroner
| Updated: 08:12, 09 March 2021
TRAGIC teenager Holly Chevassut was killed by an oversized truck wing mirror, the chief coronerâs office has concluded.
The 14-year-old was walking along Plough Lane â a rural road with no pavements near her home in Harbury â in the dark at 5.23pm on 31st October 2018 when she was struck by the apparatus protecting the wing mirror of a passing recovery lorry.
Although she was rushed to University Hospital in Coventry, she died two days later from her injuries, named at the inquest as a traumatic spinal injury.