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BBC News
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Love Rugby Festival celebrating arts and sport to boost town
A festival getting under way in Rugby will celebrate arts and culture along with sport and Love Rugby Festival starts later and runs until 6 July, and one of the highlights will be the Couch to 5K fun run through the town centre on the last day, with the finish line at Whitehall Recreation Borough Council said the festival had been organised to boost pride in the borough and increase footfall in the town coincides with Rugby School's Festival on the Close, and Warwickshire Open Studios' Summer Art Weeks festival. The council said the run was to celebrate sport and to tie in with the festival's theme of improving people's mental and physical will follow a route that takes them past landmarks such as Rugby School, Caldecott Park and the Clock Tower. 'Celebrating the best' The festival lineup includes several exhibitions at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a "birthday bash" on Saturday. Displays for children and families include self-portraits and crafted animal figures.A butterfly trail has been organised in Caldecott Park, where people can pick up a sheet and search for 15 colourful, wooden events are being held to celebrate Pride, including a speed-meet, a cinema night and march and picnic, on events include a football festival all weekend, triathlon taster sessions on Monday and Tuesday, and paddlesport at the Rugby Canoe Club on leader Michael Moran urged people to join in, be part of something special and celebrate "the very best" of the town. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
5 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Hundreds of new school places proposed in Rugby
An extra 300 pupils could attend a school in Rugby if council plans go forward.A consultation is under way to add another 60 children per year group at Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College, the only secondary school in the north of proposal also includes the creation of a specialist resourced provision – a dedicated section within a mainstream school – for 20 students with special educational needs and associated with the proposed development would include a new extension and internal remodelling works to the existing school building, a Rugby Borough Council report said. Councils have to consult the public on such changes with the opportunity to air views planned to run from 23 June until 20 the plan progress, it would go before the council's cabinet for a decision in September with the plan for the extra capacity to be open in time for the school year starting in September report stated: "Rugby north planning area is currently forecasting an ongoing shortfall for Year 7 entry of circa 30 places per year. "This shortfall is expected to continue as approved housing in the area is built out."It is proposed to increase the number of secondary places in this area by expanding Avon Valley School from 220 places to 280 places. "This increase of 60 places per year group will meet the current shortfall as well as ensuring future capacity to meet the need for school places." Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.
BBC News
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Rugby museum celebrates 25th anniversary with special exhibition
A special exhibition is set to go on display at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum later this month to mark its 25th Blueprints, the exhibition will include preliminary sketches made by celebrated artists including LS Lowry. Also on display will be rare photographs of the gallery under construction and the original architectural on 21 June, organisers said the exhibition will provide insight into how artists develop ideas into works of art. "Artist sketchbooks tend to be private, temporary and personal - places where artists work through ideas, ask questions and, sometimes, make mistakes," said Katie Boyce, the museum's senior exhibitions and programming officer."When you open a sketchbook, you catch the artist mid-thought, mid-question and mid-decision. "It's the visual equivalent of overhearing someone talking to themselves." 'Imaginations and inspirations' Councillor Maggie O'Rourke, Rugby Borough Council's portfolio holder for partnerships and wellbeing, said the exhibition explores the "literal and metaphorical building blocks" not just of the artworks, but the building itself."It's a rare opportunity to take a peek into the imaginations and inspirations of many of the artists featured in The Rugby Collection, and also discover the history of the building which has played such a pivotal part in our cultural life over the past quarter of a century."The exhibition runs until 6 September.
BBC News
07-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Brinklow residents say green belt homes will destroy village
'Green belt homes will destroy our village' 8 minutes ago Share Save Joan Cummins BBC Midlands Today Charlotte Benton BBC News, West Midlands Share Save BBC Brinklow resident Linda Johnson said the plans were not sustainable Plans to build hundreds of new homes to help meet housing targets in a historic village would "destroy" the area, residents say. The development is part of Rugby Borough Council's local plan with proposals to build 415 new homes on green belt land in Brinklow, near Rugby. Linda Johnson from the village, said the plans were not sustainable and bringing 1,500 people to the area where there was a lack of public transport, "wasn't the answer". The authority launched an eight-week consultation at the end of March and hosted a public meeting on Tuesday to encourage the community to tell the council what they thought of the development. Residents had dubbed the consultation as the "Battle of Brinklow" and said they were not prepared to let their village be "overrun by developers". "It's absolutely ludicrous that we'd lose a village like Brinklow, if they can build here they can build anywhere," resident Amanda Hayhurst said. "Why not declassify Westminster Abbey, that's how insensitive these people [the council] are," she added. About 150 campaigners gathered outside Rugby Town Hall in March when the authority's local plan was considered by the full council. The authority said it wanted to hear the community's opinion on "individual site allocations" and their views on its strategy to "allocate housing to some of the larger villages", instead of building a new countryside settlement. A spokesperson for the village's parish council said Brinklow was a "nationally important heritage asset" A spokesperson for the village's parish council said Brinklow, which was home to 24 listed buildings, a 13th-century church and ancient woodland, was a "nationally important heritage asset". Ms Johnson added that once the green built land had been built on it would be "gone forever". "We can't reverse these decisions," she said. 'Change is not a bad thing' Meanwhile, Debbie Aston, who owns land in the village, supported the authority's plans and said change did not have to be a "bad thing". Ian Currington from Brinklow Parish Council said the area was not against more people in the village, but thought a plan for a "sustainable amount" of new houses was more appropriate. "We just want to have a voice and make sure our voice is heard," he said. The borough council said housing targets were set by central government and all community feedback would be considered as part of the plan making process. The public consultation is open until 19 May. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Sport
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Bid to protect speedway from development welcomed
Campaigners have welcomed proposals to give a former speedway stadium more protection from development. Rugby Borough Council submitted a proposal as part of its Local Plan to support the restoration of Brandon Stadium in Coventry for speedway or stock car racing, as well as other motorsports and community uses. The council said planning permission at the former site of the Coventry Bees racing team would not be granted for any schemes that conflict with that. Wayne Roberts from the site's former racing team said the council's "forward thinking" had offered some "renewed hope". "We've had so many false dawns so to have the council supporting bringing the stadium back and keeping, it's what people need," he said. "There's so many stock car people that desperately want Brandon back so they can do racing - we need the stadium so we can have some entertainment." The Coventry Bees stopped racing at the stadium, which is currently derelict, in 2016, after failing to reach a deal. The stadium's owners Brandon Estates previously planned to build 124 homes and football pitch with a pavilion, on the site off Rugby Road, but the plans to demolish the speedway for housing were rejected in January 2024. A public consultation on the council's proposal is open until 19 May. Jeff Davies from the campaign group Save Coventry Speedway and Stox (SCS) said gaining more voices to back the authority's plan was "critical" for the site. "We would like to get people who support the restoration of the stadium and the return of the sport to write to the council and state their support for this policy." He said despite how long it had been since the stadium last opened, he believed there would still be a big appetite for the sport. "We've seen what's happened in Oxford, their stadium closed for 15 years and reopened in 2022, the teams there now have the biggest attendance in the country. "It's a sign that people don't know what they've lost until it's gone. They came back in their thousands." Mr Davies added that he was "absolutely sure" it would be the same case in Coventry. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Deadline passes for speedway stadium appeal Plans to demolish speedway stadium rejected Speedway stadium's fate to be decided next year Rugby Borough Council
