Tag: Warwickshire

Memorial bench honours Warwickshire D-Day soldiers

A memorial bench has been unveiled to honour 154 men killed or injured during a battle in France, the day after D-Day. The engraved bench in Lebisey Wood, Normandy, has been set up to honour soldiers from the Royal Warwickshire regiment who took part in the campaign on 7 June 1944. Jason Woods, from the […]

Warwickshire residents block in fly-tippers caught in act

Police have detained suspected fly-tippers after a group of residents blocked in their vans, the Warwickshire force has confirmed. Two vans dumped large piles of rubbish on Packington Estate’s Maxstoke Lane near Meriden on Wednesday. Warwickshire Police described it as “some of the worst fly-tipping we had seen in a long time”. Despite residents’ actions, […]