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1 week ago | 
stratford-herald.com | Patrick Hollis
STAFF at Pizza Express in Stratford have been told the restaurant will be closing. Workers at the restaurant chain on Ely Street have reportedly been told the shop will close its doors in August. The Herald has been informed that staff have now received letters telling them about the closure. In summer 2020, the Herald reported that the Stratford branch was not one of 73 restaurants the chain had chosen to close.
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1 week ago | 
stratford-herald.com | Patrick Hollis
A STRATFORD bakery has risen above the competition to create an award-winning sourdough bread. MOR Bakery in Bell Court took the Seeded Sourdough title at the British Baker Awards 2025. The bakery, owned by David Pearson, opened in March 2020. “It’s a nice recognition for a loaf that’s been on the shelf since we opened,” David told the Herald. Award winning bread is no mean feat, and David explained what it takes to make a winning loaf. He said: “You had to enter your own bread.
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1 week ago | 
stratford-herald.com | Patrick Hollis
The 2025 local elections are fast approaching, and every seat on Warwickshire County Council will be contested. Each week in the run up to polling day on Thursday, 1st May, the Herald will be asking the main parties their views on key issues. In this second edition, the topic on the table is education.
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1 week ago | 
stratford-herald.com | Patrick Hollis
COMMUNITY groups across Stratford district can apply for grants from a £150,000 fund set aside by the district council. The authority’s Community Climate and Nature Fund is open for a third round, with applications encouraged from town and parish councils, community and charity groups, and sports clubs. Applications will open in May after approval from Stratford District Council’s cabinet on Monday (7th April).
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1 week ago | 
stratford-herald.com | Patrick Hollis
STRATFORD Gliding Club is hoping to help improve a statistic about the number of women pilots in the UK. Only five per cent of the 30,000 pilots across the country are female, and the club has announced it’s doing its part to encourage more women to take to the skies. On 26th and 27th April the club will host a ‘Women Go Gliding’ weekend at their Snitterfield base.
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1 week ago | 
stratford-herald.com | Patrick Hollis
STRATFORD Town FC now shares a status with some of the most famous clubs in world football – a status which shows its community credentials. The Bards now feature on a list alongside the likes of Ajax, Napoli, River Plate and Atletico Madrid as members of the United Nations’ Football for the Goals initiative.
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1 week ago | 
stratford-herald.com | Patrick Hollis
PLANS for a new employment site in Gaydon could create up to 500 jobs, according to developers. Deeley Properties is proposing to build the development close to the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) campus. According to the developers, there will be up to 500,000 square feet of ‘high-quality’ employment space where 400-500 jobs will be provided. The site, northeast of JLR, is on the B4100 and within easy reach of Junction 12 of the M40.
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1 week ago | 
stratford-herald.com | Patrick Hollis
RESIDENTS in the Stratford district will soon be able to recycle more from their doorstep. As of next Monday(14th April) the district council is able to recycle plastic bags and wrapping. Items should be empty and clean and placed loose in recycling bins along with other recyclables and should not be put within one another. Items that can now be recycled are:All plastic bags – carrier bags, salad/fruit/vegetable bags, frozen food bags, bread bags,; cereal bags, flower bags.
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1 week ago | 
stratford-herald.com | Patrick Hollis
MORE traditional telephone boxes could be removed from villages across the Stratford district later this year. Over a dozen pay phones are subject to a British Telecom (BT) consultation about their removal. The one in Wellesbourne’s Chestnut Square could be saved as Wellesbourne and Walton Parish Council has confirmed it has applied for ownership. The others at risk of removal are in: Warmington, Shotteswell, Little Dassett, Wilmcote and Alderminster.
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2 weeks ago | 
stratford-herald.com | Patrick Hollis
A STRATFORD woman has been jailed for 17 years after being found guilty of multiple terrorism offences. Farishta Jami was convicted of two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism under section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006 by a jury at Leicester Crown Court. The mum-of-four had planned to flee to her native Afghanistan with her children to become martyrs of Islamic State.
